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 51,096 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJUG | Sun Feb 13, 2005 | "___ of Wine, a Loaf of Bread " | Daniel C. Bryant |
| AVIARIST | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | One who gets lots of tweets? | Byron Walden |
| BEACONHILL | Mon Jul 22, 2013 | Expensive neighborhood in 43-Across | Ian Livengood |
| BEFALLS | Sat Dec 1, 2012 | Happens to | Joon Pahk |
| BLOODLESSREVOLUTION | Sun Aug 30, 2009 | ANTI--VERNMENT UN--ST | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| BOXSEATS | Thu Aug 31, 2017 | Luxuries for theatergoers | Zachary Spitz |
| CLAIRVOYANT | Thu Aug 20, 2015 | Visionary | Jules P. Markey |
| CREEPYCRAWLY | Mon May 18, 2009 | Spider or worm | Billie Truitt |
| CROSSBOWS | Mon Aug 27, 2001 | Medieval weapons | Holden Baker |
| DOLLARDAY | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Merchandising event | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| FASTING | Wed Jul 26, 2006 | Observing Ramadan | Dave Mackey |
| FRANCA | Tue Nov 19, 2019 | Lingua ___ (common tongue) | Ross Trudeau |
| INLIGHT | Fri Apr 17, 2009 | Considering, with "of" | Corey Rubin |
| MEGACHURCH | Sat Sep 18, 2021 | Home of a massive flock | Ryan McCarty |
| MISSHAPE | Thu Dec 4, 2008 | Deform | Barry C. Silk |
| MXC | Sat May 21, 2011 | Late 11th-century year | Barry C. Silk |
| NONSANE | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Irrational | John M. Samson |
| OKEHS | Wed Oct 19, 1994 | Approvals: Var. | D.J. Listort |
| OPPOSER | Sat Jan 7, 2006 | Anti | Jim Hyres |
| OUTSIDESHOT | Fri Mar 15, 2019 | Low-percentage chance to win | Jamey Smith |
| PELURE | Sun Dec 7, 1997 | ___ paper, used for postage stamps | Randolph Ross |
| PENELOPES | Fri Apr 25, 1997 | Faithful wives | Robert H. Wolfe |
| PLANTED | Sun Feb 7, 2021 | Like some evidence and bulbs | Katie Hale and Christina Iverson |
| REFERENDA | Fri Feb 21, 2020 | Parts of some ballots | Erik Agard and Anne Flinchbaugh |
| ROBERTSON | Thu May 12, 1994 | Noted televangelist | A.J. Santora |
| SHIPSTO | Sun May 18, 2014 | Targets for a delivery | Joe DiPietro |
| SNICKERAT | Tue Apr 7, 2015 | Find childishly amusing, say | David J. Lieb |
| SOLARIZE | Sun Dec 30, 2007 | Shed some light on? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SORRYIMNOTSORRY | Fri Jun 26, 2015 | Non-apology apology | Erin Rhode |
| SOUPIEST | Fri Feb 15, 2008 | Most mawkish | Patrick Berry |
| STALLERS | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | Procrastinators | F. & L. Sabin |
| STEPUPTRANSFORMER | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Voltage-increasing electrical device | Tracy Gray |
| STYROFOAM | Wed Mar 26, 2003 | Inedible peanuts | Randall J. Hartman |
| SWIMMINGTRUNKS | Sun Jun 21, 2020 | What do you get when you cross 26-Across with a 5-Down? | Byron and Harrison Walden |
| TAUTSHIP | Tue Aug 13, 1996 | What a strict captain runs | R. Hughes |
| THRESHER | Mon Jun 13, 1994 | Farm machine | John Greenman |
| TOBACCOS | Mon Jan 2, 2017 | Crops used in making cigarettes | Chuck Deodene |
| TORNTOSHREDS | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | In bits | Matt Ginsberg |
| YESITSME | Sun Nov 10, 2013 | Possible answer to "Is that you?" | Alan Olschwang |
| YOURFLYISOPEN | Sat Feb 20, 2010 | Exposure warning? | Paula Gamache |