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 50,366 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHUFF | Thu Feb 17, 2022 | Leave in ___ | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| AIRINGOUT | Fri Oct 19, 2007 | Freshening naturally | Frederick J. Healy |
| ASTRALPLANES | Sat Oct 26, 2019 | Spiritual realms in religious cosmology | Sam Trabucco |
| BEEFROASTS | Thu Feb 27, 2025 | Hearty slow-cooker meals | David Steinberg |
| BENDANEAR | Mon Apr 24, 2000 | Go on and on with someone | Peter Gordon |
| BODHITREE | Thu Jan 9, 2025 | Notable site of enlightenment | David P. Williams |
| BOYARS | Fri Jun 7, 2002 | Old Russian noblemen | Manny Nosowsky |
| CASHAUDIT | Sat Nov 25, 2017 | Check on the passing of bills? | Kevin G. Der |
| CHUCKSTEAK | Wed Apr 14, 2004 | Hurl an entree? | Randolph Ross |
| CIGARAFICIONADO | Wed Jan 26, 2011 | Magazine opposed to the Cuban trade embargo | David Murchie |
| COHESIVELY | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | In a unified manner | Thomas W. Schier |
| CURTS | Sun Nov 15, 1998 | Baseball's Flood and others | Robert H. Wolfe |
| DISEMBARK | Thu Mar 24, 2022 | Get off | Jess Shulman |
| FAITHDANIELS | Tue Nov 16, 1999 | Emmy-winning newswoman of the 80's-90's | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| FIENDING | Fri May 31, 2024 | Hankering, slangily | Aidan Deshong |
| HADOVER | Sat Jun 3, 1995 | Entertained at home | Bob Klahn |
| HOOHAHS | Wed Sep 10, 2014 | Big kerfuffles | Jim Peredo |
| HOTNUMBER | Thu Jan 1, 2004 | Sexy person | Richard Silvestri |
| INHALANT | Sat Jul 18, 2009 | Medical inspiration? | Joe Krozel |
| JENNETS | Sun Mar 26, 2000 | Female donkeys | Manny Nosowsky |
| KEANS | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | Stage actor Edmund and others | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| KINGJOHN | Mon Jun 15, 2015 | He sealed the 19-Across | Mike Buckley |
| KNEECAPPING | Fri Apr 5, 2019 | Punishment used by some hit men | Ryan McCarty |
| KUWAITI | Sat Oct 6, 2007 | Dinar spender | Brendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot |
| LATEBELLS | Sat May 27, 2000 | Students should be in class before them | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LEOROSTEN | Sun Nov 11, 2007 | "The Joys of Yiddish" author | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MENTIS | Sat Aug 20, 2005 | Compos ___ | Patrick Berry |
| NEODADAIST | Sat Aug 25, 2018 | Yoko Ono, artistically, in the 1960s | Sam Ezersky |
| OUTEREDGES | Tue Jan 5, 2010 | *Rims | C. W. Stewart |
| PANDABEARS | Mon Apr 26, 2010 | Adorable zoo critters from China | Lynn Lempel |
| PROPINQUITY | Sat Nov 12, 2005 | Kinship | Karen M. Tracey |
| SABERSAWS | Sun May 15, 2016 | Tools used for cutting curves | Patrick Berry |
| SHELLFISH | Sun Sep 7, 2008 | Nonkosher food | Randolph Ross |
| SIXSHOOTERS | Sat May 28, 2022 | Staples of old westerns | Joseph Greenbaum |
| SPITTOON | Sat Mar 9, 2013 | Wine-tasting accessory | David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk |
| STANDINGUPRIGHT | Sun Jul 27, 2008 | Erect | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| STOPMAKINGSENSE | Fri Mar 20, 2009 | 1984 Talking Heads concert film and hit album | David Levinson Wilk |
| TICKLETHEIVORIES | Sun Jul 5, 2020 | Play piano, informally | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| TOBACCOSHOP | Fri Jan 30, 2009 | Briar locale | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WENS | Tue Sep 19, 1995 | Cysts | Janet R. Bender |