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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAARATING | Sun May 22, 2016 | Good thing to get from Moody's | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| AGARICS | Sat Nov 9, 1996 | Edible mushrooms | F. Longo |
| ANISESEED | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | Licorice-flavored spice | Jonathan Daly |
| BANGBANG | Fri May 5, 2017 | Reports of gunfire? | Patrick Berry |
| BEDSLAT | Wed Mar 19, 2025 | What might keep you up at night? | Evan Park and Jeffrey Martinovic |
| BORDERLINECASES | Fri Aug 8, 1997 | They're debatable | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn |
| BROOKLET | Sat Nov 28, 2009 | A little running water? | Karen M. Tracey |
| CORNFED | Sat Apr 17, 2021 | Like some chickens on farms | Leslie Rogers |
| CUTTLEFISH | Tue Jan 2, 2001 | Squid's cousin | Sarah Keller |
| DEMOREELS | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | Submissions for a casting director | Kevin G. Der |
| EDITORIALSTANCE | Fri Mar 22, 2013 | Slant in print | Tim Croce |
| ELGALLO | Sat Dec 21, 2013 | Jerry Orbach role in "The Fantasticks" | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| EMERGENCIES | Fri Apr 22, 2016 | What shoulders are often used for | Robyn Weintraub |
| HOCKEYGAME | Thu Jul 28, 2005 | It will sometimes have icing | Eric Berlin |
| HUSHLITTLEBABY | Wed Jul 16, 1997 | Lullaby start | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| IDONTASK | Sat Sep 4, 2021 | "Better off not knowing" | Byron Walden |
| JANK | Sat Jul 20, 2019 | Of very poor quality, in modern slang | Sam Trabucco |
| KEEPOFFTHEGRASS | Tue Apr 22, 1997 | "Stop" sign | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| LIPSMACKERS | Mon Aug 25, 1997 | Yummy items | Randall J. Hartman |
| LOWCARBDIET | Wed Nov 15, 2017 | Atkins plan, e.g. | Steven E. Atwood |
| MONODY | Sat Oct 5, 1996 | Poem of lament | T. Payne |
| NARROWESCAPE | Thu Mar 23, 2017 | Barely successful avoidance of calamity | Sandy Ganzell |
| OPENSINON | Thu Apr 26, 2018 | Leads to, as one room to another | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| PANCAKEDAY | Sat Mar 8, 2008 | Mardi Gras, in the U.K. | Brad Wilber |
| PUBLICITYPOSTER | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | *Novice in an ad campaign | Byron Walden |
| RATSOUT | Sun Jun 16, 2013 | Betrays | Mel Rosen |
| SKINPEEL | Sun Apr 9, 2000 | Part of some facials | Joe DiPietro |
| SPUMANTE | Thu Jul 8, 2010 | Asti ___ | John Farmer |
| STARTYOURENGINES | Thu Jul 18, 2024 | Indy 500 directive | Kareem Ayas |
| STONILY | Fri Aug 17, 2001 | Without expression | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STORMTRACK | Sat Feb 19, 2000 | Part of a severe weather forecast | Rich Norris |
| TAKEITONTHECHIN | Mon Apr 18, 2005 | Suffer a serious blow | Robert Dillman |
| TOHIS | Thu Feb 26, 2004 | "Left ___ own devices ..." | Manny Nosowsky |
| TOOTHSOME | Sun May 3, 1998 | Delicious | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TURNOFFS | Wed Jul 13, 2005 | Freeway exits | Manny Nosowsky |
| TURNONANAXIS | Wed May 30, 2007 | Revolve | Mike Nothnagel |
| VERRAZZANO | Sat Aug 8, 2009 | Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524 | Karen M. Tracey |
| WEELADS | Thu Oct 20, 2022 | Some small Scots | Rebecca Goldstein |
| WENTOUTTHEWINDOW | Thu Aug 24, 2023 | Suddenly fell through, as a plan | Robin Yu |
| YOUGOYOURWAY | Thu Apr 16, 2015 | With 49-Across, comment upon parting | Joe Krozel and Peter Collins |