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 50,990 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTOFLYING | Sun May 11, 1997 | Prevarication | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| AONEANDATWO | Wed May 7, 2014 | Lawrence Welk intro words | Kurt Mueller |
| APOTHECARYSSHOP | Thu Oct 22, 2015 | Place for pre-20th century medicines | Tracy Gray |
| CANONRY | Sat May 2, 2009 | Church office | Peter A. Collins |
| CARBOLOAD | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | What many runners do before a marathon | Sam Trabucco |
| CARNIVAL | Thu Dec 4, 2014 | Place with rides | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
| CARSONDALY | Sun May 12, 2024 | Original host of MTV's "Total Request Live" | Avery Gee Katz |
| CHINESECHECKER | Tue Apr 18, 1995 | Canton cab? | Christopher Page |
| CLEARPRIORITY | Wed Apr 27, 2011 | Task that stands high on one's list | William I. Johnston |
| COLONNA | Wed Aug 13, 2003 | Jerry ___, mustachioed comedian with 8-Across | Charles E. Gersch |
| CROSSWALK | Thu Nov 11, 2004 | 22-Across sight | Michael Shteyman |
| DOUBLEYELLOWLINE | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | ... something long and painted on a highway | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| ENTRANCEMUSIC | Sun Oct 13, 2019 | Bars that people walk into? | Erik Agard |
| FIRSTUP | Tue Jan 31, 2023 | "Leading us off ..." | Erik Agard |
| FISTIC | Sat Apr 19, 2008 | Boxing-related | Bob Klahn |
| GDSEARLE | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Pharmaceutical company that developed Metamucil and Dramamine | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| GOODCHARLOTTE | Fri Apr 5, 2013 | Pop punk band with the 2002 triple-platinum album "The Young and the Hopeless" | Peter Wentz |
| HACKERS | Sun Feb 19, 2017 | WikiLeaks associates | Bruce Haight |
| LIMPY | Tue May 24, 1994 | With uneven gait | Arthur S. Ash |
| LIONELS | Fri Apr 10, 2009 | Toy trains | Manny Nosowsky |
| LIQUEUR | Thu Oct 1, 1998 | Cordial | Manny Nosowsky |
| MILLERTIME | Wed Feb 9, 2022 | Beer o'clock, in commercials | Grant Thackray |
| MORTONSALT | Wed Apr 20, 2005 | Publisher Zuckerman's book about weapons negotiations? | Joe DiPietro |
| NINJAWARRIOR | Thu Aug 27, 2020 | Obstacle-based competition show, informally | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| NONROMAN | Mon Apr 1, 2013 | Like the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabets | Gary J. Whitehead |
| OCEANBREEZE | Wed Sep 10, 2014 | Beachgoer's cooler-offer | Jim Peredo |
| OOPSIEDAISY | Sat Dec 24, 2011 | Cry over spilled milk? | Ned White |
| PRESERVED | Sat Jan 31, 1998 | Kept | Rich Norris |
| PROLONGED | Thu Apr 29, 2021 | Extended the duration of | Adam Wagner |
| REARLOT | Sat Jan 29, 2022 | Parking around back | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid |
| REEMERGED | Sat Apr 9, 1994 | Came up again | Randolph Ross |
| SNAKEHANDLERS | Sun Jul 16, 2023 | Collectors of moccasins? | Michael Schlossberg |
| STACKUP | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Compare | R. Norris |
| THEBRONTES | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues | Ross Trudeau |
| THEMORSECODE | Wed Mar 22, 1995 | Telegraph language, formally | David J. Kahn |
| TVREPORTER | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | One with news to share, often | Sam Buchbinder |
| WAKANDAN | Tue Apr 13, 2021 | Like most characters in "Black Panther" | Michael Lieberman |
| WESTEGG | Sat Jul 3, 1999 | "The Great Gatsby" locale | David J. Kahn |
| WINGEDIT | Thu Dec 31, 2020 | Went forward without a plan | David J. Kahn |
| WORLEY | Sat Jul 9, 1994 | Jo Anne of "Laugh-in" | Gerald R. Ferguson |