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 50,703 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENIS | Wed Aug 2, 1995 | Mont ____, Alpine invasion route to Italy | James Neal |
| CHISELS | Fri Jun 7, 2002 | Cheats | Manny Nosowsky |
| COSH | Sun Jul 9, 2006 | British bludgeon | Patrick Berry |
| CRICHTON | Mon Aug 25, 1997 | "Jurassic Park" novelist | Randall J. Hartman |
| DELINQUENT | Tue May 6, 2008 | Overdue | Gary J. Whitehead |
| DOLLARDAY | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Merchandising event | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DOUBLERUN | Thu Aug 3, 2000 | Pinochle dream | Bob Sefick |
| EGGCARTON | Thu Aug 30, 2012 | Holder of 31- and 37-Across | Stu Ockman |
| FANTASYLAND | Tue Mar 31, 2026 | Utopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across? | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| FIXON | Wed May 18, 2011 | Choose definitely | David J. Kahn |
| HANGGLIDES | Thu Jan 18, 2024 | Soars near the shore, maybe | Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz |
| HETAERA | Sat Sep 10, 1994 | Courtesan of ancient Attica | Rand H. Burns |
| INDRAWN | Fri Jun 11, 1999 | Reserved | Jim Page |
| INSTAS | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Photo-sharing social media accounts, for short | Manaal Mohammed |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | Wed Jun 17, 2015 | Playwright who refused an 8-/57-Down in 1964 | Molly Young and David J. Kahn |
| KEENERS | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Lamenting ones | Fred Piscop |
| LANDBRIDGE | Wed Dec 6, 2006 | Continental connection and a hint to 17-, 24-, 31-, 41- and 48-Across | Levi Denham |
| LASHLINE | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Place to apply eye makeup | Bruce Haight |
| LAYOFFS | Sat Jun 6, 1998 | Reactions to losses, maybe | Rich Norris |
| LEFTENDS | Sat Aug 6, 2022 | Some defensive football players | Byron Walden |
| LWOW | Tue Mar 28, 1995 | Former Polish city | Christopher Page |
| MAGNUMS | Sat Oct 19, 2013 | Dirty Harry fired them | Peter Wentz |
| MATCHINGPAIRS | Sun Oct 15, 2006 | Job for a dating service counselor? | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon |
| NOONDAYS | Tue Apr 24, 2007 | Lunchtimes, typically | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NOWLETSSEE | Fri May 3, 2024 | "Hmm ..." | Eli Cotham |
| OPERATING | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Word with room or system | Trenton Charlson |
| PLAZASUITE | Mon Dec 29, 1997 | Title setting for a Neil Simon play | Gregory E. Paul |
| PLOTZING | Thu Jul 16, 1998 | Fainting, as from surprise | Kelly Clark |
| PRACTICALMAGIC | Tue Aug 2, 2005 | Sandra Bullock film of 1998 | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| QUEUEUP | Fri Dec 6, 2002 | Get one behind the other | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RAREMEAT | Wed Mar 11, 2015 | Something that's just not done at the dinner table? | David Steinberg |
| RARESTEAK | Sat Aug 14, 2004 | Ideal match, it's said, for a Cabernet Sauvignon | Joe DiPietro |
| SAPPED | Thu Nov 7, 2002 | Drained | Patrick Merrell |
| SENTI | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Tanzanian coins | Peter Gordon |
| SEXTANTS | Sun Nov 27, 2016 | Mariners' aids | Matt Ginsberg |
| SHOVERS | Wed Aug 28, 2024 | They pu_ _ _ _ _ _ _tuff | Jesse Goldberg |
| SOLDFORPARTS | Fri Jan 28, 2022 | Like many a lemon, eventually | Jem Burch |
| TEENJEOPARDY | Fri Aug 5, 2016 | Event where kids ask lots of questions, informally | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| THEROUNDS | Thu Jul 18, 2002 | What rumors make | Kevin McCann |
| THISISABUST | Tue Oct 1, 1996 | What the sculptor-turned-policeman said | R. J. Hartman |