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 50,811 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERCARE | Sat Nov 30, 2019 | Postoperative treatment | Joe Deeney |
| AFTERIMAGE | Sat Dec 11, 2004 | Flashbulb effect, e.g. | James E. Buell |
| AIRLINERS | Sat May 13, 1995 | 727's | Nancy Joline |
| AMERRY | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | "...___ old soul" | Charles M. Deber |
| BULLNOSED | Tue Mar 11, 2014 | Having a rounded end, as pliers | Mel Rosen |
| CRANKSUP | Sat Apr 20, 2019 | Gets started | Kevin Adamick |
| CROUTONS | Sun Nov 10, 2002 | Caesar salad ingredients | Cathy Millhauser |
| DISTILLEDSPIRIT | Mon May 7, 2012 | Whiskey or vodka | Guy Tabachnick |
| FARMPLOW | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Maker of rows | Byron Walden |
| FLOATERS | Tue Oct 9, 2012 | People in 1-Acrosses, e.g. | John Guzzetta |
| FORMULAS | Thu Jul 15, 2010 | After 66-Across, marketing gimmicks | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Patrick Blindauer |
| FOSTERBROOKS | Sun Oct 11, 1998 | Mother some babblers? | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| GOINGPLACES | Sun Oct 8, 2017 | Destined for greatness | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| GRADESEPARATION | Fri May 3, 2002 | Highway cloverleaf principle | William I. Johnston |
| HANDOUTS | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | Fliers, e.g. | Bob Klahn |
| HIDDENGEMS | Tue Apr 14, 2009 | What the long Across answers with circles have | Barry Boone |
| HOMEBREWER | Sat Jul 12, 2025 | One might start fermenting in the kitchen | Katie Hoody |
| INFRAREDCAMERA | Tue Oct 21, 2025 | Device for capturing thermal images | Spencer Leach |
| LEANTOTENT | Wed Jan 2, 2019 | Makeshift shelter | Jacob Stulberg |
| MARLEEMATLIN | Sun Feb 24, 2008 | Actress (1986), director (1962) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MESEEMS | Tue Mar 6, 2001 | "From my perspective," archaically | Ed Early |
| PEOPLERULE | Tue Dec 12, 1995 | Arkansas's motto with "The" | Gregory E. Paul |
| PLACABLE | Sat Oct 30, 1999 | Forgiving | Rich Norris |
| PRERINSE | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | Make ready for the dishwasher | Byron Walden |
| PRESEEN | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Screened, as a patient | Mark Feldman |
| PRODUCTOFTHETIMES | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | New York × paper | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| PUZZLINGPROBLEM | Sat Jun 3, 2023 | Stumper | John Westwig |
| RAFFLING | Fri Feb 18, 2005 | Disposing of at a church fair, maybe | Harvey Estes |
| RUNED | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Inscribed with some ancient characters | Byron Walden |
| SLOPEDOWN | Mon Jul 18, 2016 | Decline, as a ramp | Jacob Stulberg |
| SODABATHS | Tue Sep 11, 2012 | Soothing soaks | Kenneth Leeser |
| SOMEPIG | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Words woven into Charlotte's web | Michael Schlossberg |
| SPORTSMEN | Tue Dec 3, 2019 | Guys who fish or hunt, say | Ed Sessa |
| STARAPPLE | Sun Oct 5, 2025 | Purple fruit with a distinctive inner shape | John Kugelman |
| THATSSOLASTYEAR | Fri Dec 29, 2006 | Insult from a fashionista | Seth A. Abel |
| THECARTERCENTER | Mon Jan 17, 2000 | Atlanta landmark #3 | Trip Payne |
| UNLAY | Tue Sep 9, 2003 | Separate the strands of, as rope | Robert Zimmerman |
| UNOBLIGED | Fri Sep 22, 2006 | Free | Sherry O. Blackard |
| VELDTS | Tue Jul 10, 2001 | Grazing lands for gnus | Patrick Merrell |
| WALLOUTLET | Sun Jul 29, 2012 | "Fairgoers may be in for a shock" (St. Louis, 1904) | Kevin G. Der |