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 50,751 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRMAILS | Mon Dec 27, 1993 | Sends quickly | Joel Davajan |
| ALDISS | Wed Mar 30, 2022 | Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian | Jack Murtagh |
| AUXILIARYVERB | Sun May 6, 2012 | Have, say | Alex Vratsanos |
| BAGHDADIRAQ | Fri Mar 18, 2011 | Home to more than 5 1/2 million Arabs | Patrick Merrell |
| BILLTO | Sun Sep 29, 2019 | Words on an invoice | Tom McCoy |
| BLOCKHEEL | Wed Jan 18, 2017 | Platform sandal feature | Matthew Sewell |
| BREAKASWEAT | Wed Oct 12, 2011 | Perspire mildly | Gary Cee |
| CATTLETHIEF | Fri Dec 4, 2020 | One who takes stock | Patti Varol and Doug Peterson |
| COPAS | Wed Dec 7, 1994 | Country singer Cowboy _____ | Chet Currier |
| CORNELLU | Sat Jun 23, 2012 | Big Red, in the N.C.A.A. | Laura Sternberg |
| COXSWAIN | Tue Jun 12, 2007 | Crew's leader | Jonathan Gersch |
| DATAFILES | Fri Apr 13, 2001 | Hackers' targets | Joe DiPietro |
| DEMIMONDE | Sat Jan 29, 2000 | Toulouse-Lautrec subject | Rich Norris |
| DINGIER | Wed Nov 14, 2001 | More run-down | Frank A. Longo |
| DOGRUNS | Wed Mar 5, 2025 | Off-leash areas | Rebecca Goldstein |
| EIGHTHOURDAY | Wed Feb 6, 2002 | Common shift | Joe DiPietro |
| ELONGATES | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Stretches | Derrick Niederman |
| FASTEDDIEFELSON | Mon May 4, 1998 | Paul Newman's role in "The Hustler" | Hugh Davis |
| GOETZ | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | Bernhard ___, so-called "Subway Vigilante" of 1984 | Randolph Ross |
| GOOGLETIME | Wed Sep 7, 2022 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Friday | Ekua Ewool |
| GRAZIEMILLE | Thu Nov 27, 2014 | Thanksgiving phrase | Stanley Newman |
| HANDPAINT | Sat Nov 19, 2005 | Decorate, as a pumpkin | Byron Walden |
| IDOWHATICAN | Sat Nov 9, 2024 | Modest reply to a compliment | Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| INDECENCY | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | Public nudity or foul language | Hal Moore |
| LIMNOLOGY | Fri Jan 19, 2001 | Study of lakes and ponds | Joe DiPietro |
| LIQUEUR | Thu Oct 1, 1998 | Cordial | Manny Nosowsky |
| MOMENTINTHESUN | Mon Feb 27, 2023 | Brief time to shine | David Rockow |
| MYAIMISTRUE | Sat Nov 3, 2012 | Elvis Costello's debut album | Milo Beckman |
| NOLEADS | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Why cases might go cold | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| OBV | Sun Nov 20, 2011 | Front of a coin: Abbr. | Trip Payne |
| ORTHOPTICS | Fri Dec 2, 2011 | Field of vision? | Ed Sessa |
| ORUP | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | "Is she not down so late, ___ so early?": "Romeo and Juliet" | Charles M. Deber |
| QUAINTLY | Wed Aug 6, 1997 | With old-fashioned charm | Rich Norris |
| RUSHWEEK | Mon Aug 22, 2016 | Important time at a fraternity or sorority | Emily Carroll |
| SHEILAE | Thu May 3, 2001 | "The Glamorous Life" singer | Trip Payne |
| STARINGCONTEST | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Game that often ends in tears | Brandon Koppy |
| TRICKLEDOWN | Mon Apr 13, 2020 | Kind of economics, disparagingly | Evan Kalish |
| VODKAREDBULL | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Cocktail with an energy boost | Jeremy Newton |
| WOOING | Tue Oct 25, 2022 | Wining and dining, say | Ashleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard |
| WORLDSERIESGAME | Wed Oct 7, 2009 | See 57-Across | Tim Wescott |