This page is just for fun. It's a random collection of rare crossword answers; so rare that each appears only in a single Modern Era puzzle. Bogus entries (thematic words that make sense only in that crossword) are excluded.
There are 50,557 unique Modern Era answer words in the database.
Click any word to see it in the context of its puzzle. Words in this color did appear in pre-Shortz crosswords.
| Word | Date | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALHAMBRA | Sat Jan 24, 2015 | Ancient Moorish palace in Granada | Kevin G. Der |
| ATTACKDOG | Sun Jun 1, 2008 | Its bite is worse than its bark | Patrick Berry |
| AUGITE | Thu Nov 12, 1998 | Common mineral in rocks | David J. Kahn |
| BEEKEEPERS | Tue May 17, 2022 | Hive minders | Richard D. Allen |
| BLACKEYEDPEA | Tue Aug 19, 1997 | Popular Southern vegetable | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BLACKVELVET | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | 1990 #1 hit for Alannah Myles | Joanne Sullivan |
| BREVET | Sun May 4, 2008 | Nominal promotion of a military officer | Richard Silvestri |
| CHOICEST | Tue May 6, 2003 | Best of the best | Karen M. Tracey |
| CLAWFOOT | Fri Sep 8, 2023 | With 57-Down, old-fashioned bathroom fixture | Rachel Fabi and Ken Stern |
| COCOONED | Fri Jul 22, 2005 | Wrapped tightly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CRIMEPREVENTION | Fri Nov 28, 2008 | Goal of a neighborhood watch | Joe Krozel |
| DEFENDER | Fri Aug 5, 1994 | Guard | Daniel R. Stark |
| DRESSRACKS | Sat Oct 9, 2004 | Shifts places? | Byron Walden |
| FIGHTNIGHT | Mon Sep 21, 2020 | Time to watch boxing on TV | Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class |
| FLAVOROFTHEWEEK | Wed Jun 23, 2021 | Fleeting romantic interest | Kate Hawkins |
| GROWSUP | Wed Aug 5, 2009 | Matures | Donna S. Levin |
| GRUFFNESS | Sun Aug 14, 2011 | Surly manner | Paula Gamache |
| HIGHBROW | Tue Sep 14, 2004 | Intellectual | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| INFORITNOW | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | To a temp worker: "You're ..." | Sam Ezersky |
| INTROITS | Thu Dec 28, 1995 | Mass sections | Cathy Millhauser |
| LATEXGLOVE | Fri Jan 3, 2003 | Surgeon's wear | Jim Page |
| MALAGAS | Sun Feb 22, 2004 | Wines from Spain | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MIDMOST | Thu Jun 3, 2004 | Nearest the center | Mike Torch |
| ORALROBERTS | Sat Dec 19, 2009 | "The Call" autobiographer | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| PASTEDOWN | Fri Sep 24, 2010 | Affix securely | Mark Diehl |
| PETROLS | Sun Feb 2, 1997 | They're dispensed in litres | R. Silvestri |
| PILCROW | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | Paragraph symbol | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| PRETTYINPINK | Sun Feb 17, 2019 | Answer to 66-Across [Entertainment] | David Kwong |
| REALSOON | Thu May 10, 2018 | Not too far from now | Caitlin Reid |
| RIFFEDON | Fri Dec 25, 2020 | Used as improv fodder, say | Erik Agard and Wendy L. Brandes |
| SHAMMY | Sat Jun 24, 1995 | Buffer, in a way | Bob & Sharon Klahn |
| SHUTTLER | Wed Feb 12, 2014 | One operating a loom | Peter A. Collins |
| SLATETILE | Sun Oct 20, 2013 | Expensive patio material | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SOANE | Fri Jun 21, 1996 | English architect Sir John | G. R. Ferguson |
| TAKEUPACOLLECTION | Sun Jul 30, 2017 | Shorten some couture dresses? | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| TCHOTCHKES | Tue Oct 24, 2023 | Trinkets | Daniel Grinberg |
| THEYREGRRREAT | Mon Jun 1, 2020 | Kellogg's Frosted Flakes slogan | Erik Agard |
| THUMBONESNOSE | Fri Oct 27, 1995 | Show disdain | Mark Diehl |
| TWENTYFIVE | Fri Apr 20, 2018 | With 26-Down, the place of today's puzzle among all New York Times crosswords | Joel Fagliano |
| WASMET | Sat May 1, 2004 | Didn't go unfulfilled | Byron Walden |