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 50,392 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTHEHEART | Fri May 29, 2020 | Central to, with "of" | Sam Ezersky |
| BLANKETOFSNOW | Wed Jun 17, 2020 | Winter whiteness | Daniel Raymon |
| CHAPSTICK | Wed Oct 4, 2023 | Lip cover or bettor's pile | Gary Larson |
| CHIHUAHUA | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Big-eyed toy | Patrick Berry |
| CONKSOUT | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Stops working | Joe Krozel |
| DONTDOTHATAGAIN | Sat Jun 26, 2010 | Warning to a pest | Robert H. Wolfe |
| EPACTS | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | Periods added to harmonize the lunar and solar calendars | Alan Olschwang |
| FACIALFEATURES | Tue Nov 1, 2005 | Full-length films shot at a day spa? | Sarah Keller |
| FULLSCALE | Wed Sep 25, 2024 | Life-size … or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Peter Gordon |
| GIVEITTIME | Sat Aug 28, 2021 | "Be patient" | Julian Lim |
| GONEFISSION | Tue Mar 23, 2004 | Nuclear physicist's sign-off? | Fred Piscop |
| GRUDGED | Sun May 11, 2014 | Resented | Peter A. Collins |
| ILLOMENED | Sat Nov 22, 2003 | Unlucky | Robert H. Wolfe |
| IMSTILLHERE | Tue Mar 22, 2005 | Song from 57-Across | David J. Kahn |
| ISLANDHOP | Mon May 20, 2024 | Travel from Kauai to Maui to Oahu, say | Jack Scherban |
| ITCLUB | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with "the" | Sam Ezersky |
| LABORDAY | Mon Jul 23, 2007 | Jerry Lewis telethon time | Randall J. Hartman |
| LITTON | Tue Jan 30, 1996 | Electronics giant___Industries | M. Skolsky |
| NUNAVUT | Tue Sep 30, 2025 | Largest and most northern Canadian territory | Justin Werfel |
| ORONYMS | Tue Feb 6, 2018 | Words and phrases that sound approximately alike, like "ice scream" and "I scream" | Bruce Haight |
| OUTAHEAD | Sun May 16, 2010 | Leading in a race | Matt Ginsberg |
| PARTYCRASHERS | Tue Oct 26, 1999 | Uninvited guests | Kevin McCann |
| PENNYSTOCKS | Sun Jul 14, 2013 | High-risk investments | Daniel A. Finan |
| PERMAFROST | Mon Feb 8, 2021 | Layer of soil that never thaws | Portia Lundie |
| PRACTICABLE | Thu Aug 4, 2016 | Realistic | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| REDLEAF | Thu May 16, 2024 | Colorful variety of lettuce | Sara Muchnick |
| REMEASURE | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Size up again? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RIDESON | Sun Jan 5, 2020 | Has as a mount | Will Nediger |
| SERIESFINALE | Sat Feb 6, 2016 | Pilot's opposite | David Steinberg |
| SGTYORK | Sun Dec 26, 2010 | W.W. I hero played by Gary Cooper | Darin McDaniel |
| SHUTMYMOUTH | Sat Feb 26, 2005 | "Well, whaddya know!" | Jim Page |
| STUNTSHOW | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | "Don't try this at home" spectacle | Andrew Zhou |
| SUNDOWNS | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | Regular settings | Byron Walden |
| SWEAROUT | Thu Mar 21, 1996 | Initiate, as a warrant | H. Estes |
| THEOKLAHOMACITYDISASTER | Sun Dec 31, 1995 | CALAMITY! I SHOOK, SHATTERED | Bob Klahn |
| TIMBERWOLF | Tue Aug 31, 2004 | Forest canine | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| TOPAZQUARTZ | Fri Sep 28, 2001 | Citrine | Peter Gordon |
| TOPOUT | Sat Oct 13, 2018 | Reach the limit | Kevin G. Der |
| UNHEALED | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | Still broken, say | Charles M. Deber |
| WEEKLYPLANNERS | Mon Aug 4, 2008 | Books for jotting down appointments | Oliver Hill |