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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLTHREE | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Call that may complete a full count | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BIGBANKS | Thu Aug 11, 2022 | Targets for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren | David Tuffs |
| CHATSHOW | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | British afternoon TV fare | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COORSFIELD | Tue Apr 2, 1996 | Where the Rockies play | G. E. Paul |
| CRAMPS | Tue Jan 4, 2022 | Hinders, as one's style | David Bukszpan |
| CROSSDRESSER | Wed Jun 17, 1998 | Lowbrow talk-show guest, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CROSSMULTIPLICATION | Thu Sep 5, 2002 | Basic algebra technique | Michael Shteyman |
| CUREDMEAT | Thu May 6, 2021 | Pancetta or prosciutto | Ed Sessa |
| DETENTION | Fri May 19, 2017 | Class clown's comeuppance | Matthew Sewell |
| DEVELOPS | Mon Feb 25, 2002 | Unfolds | Christina Houlihan |
| DIRECTORDER | Sun Feb 8, 2026 | Explicit command | Chloe Revery |
| DOBEE | Sun Mar 18, 2007 | Old "Romper Room" character with bouncing antennae | Craig Kasper |
| DREAMSEQUENCE | Fri Nov 11, 2022 | Film technique for revealing a character's psychological state | Brooke Husic and Erik Agard |
| DRIESOFF | Wed Mar 13, 2013 | Sits by a fire after a drenching, say | Joe DiPietro |
| DUCKFAT | Sat Oct 28, 2023 | Confit ingredient | Ryan McCarty |
| ELEGANTLYPUT | Sun Oct 21, 2018 | Dissed with flowery language, literally? | Finn Vigeland |
| FIRER | Fri Nov 9, 2007 | Personnel director, at times | Henry Hook |
| FORI | Mon Jun 8, 2015 | "Forgive me, Father, ___ have sinned" | Peter A. Collins |
| GREENPASTURES | Sun Nov 12, 2006 | In ___, plenty of ___ is growing | Patrick Berry |
| KNEWOF | Thu May 10, 2007 | Was familiar with | Peter A. Collins |
| KUM | Sun Aug 24, 2008 | "___ Ba Yah" (campfire song) | Kevin G. Der |
| LETTERTOSANTA | Sat Jul 1, 2023 | Present-day request? | Ben Tolkin |
| MORELATER | Sun Feb 26, 2023 | "To be continued ..." | Will Nediger |
| MRSHOW | Sat Feb 21, 2009 | 1990s HBO sketch comedy series | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| MULTIPLICATIVEINVERSE | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | 1/x, for x | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| NAMEDROPPING | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | BRAND | R. Wolfe |
| OFFTHECLOCK | Thu Jun 7, 2012 | Not paid for, as factory work | Joe Krozel |
| OUTEN | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Extinguish, in dialect | Martin Schneider |
| PROVENCE | Wed Jan 3, 2007 | Nice's region | Kim Seidl |
| RADIALLY | Fri Sep 17, 2004 | How spokes go | Manny Nosowsky |
| RAREJEWELS | Fri May 18, 2018 | Sparklers in a treasure chest | Ryan McCarty |
| REDBURGUNDY | Mon Oct 1, 2001 | See 40-Across | Janice M. Putney |
| SCRIPTO | Thu Sep 9, 2010 | Classic pencil brand | Kevin Wald |
| TAHITIANS | Thu Sep 15, 2005 | Papeete's people | Frank Longo |
| TAKEATEST | Sun Jan 8, 2017 | Show what you know, say | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
| TAKINGPART | Sat May 11, 2002 | Playing a role | Mark Diehl |
| TMZLIVE | Sat Feb 23, 2019 | Web and TV broadcast about celebrities | Sam Ezersky |
| TRENDING | Fri Jun 21, 2013 | Hot | Michael Sharp |
| URLHIJACKING | Sun Jan 8, 2017 | Underhanded use of someone else's domain name | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
| WEDDINGPRESENT | Wed Nov 11, 2020 | *Gift that comes with a hitch? | Alex Bajcz |