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 51,028 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUESMEN | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon and others | Francis Heaney |
| CHOOSES | Mon Feb 14, 2011 | Takes one's pick | Victor Fleming and Lynn Lempel |
| DAIRYMEN | Fri Mar 6, 1998 | Tevye and others | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DEADLETTERS | Mon Oct 31, 2022 | Mail that cannot be delivered or returned | Emily Carroll |
| DISSIDENTS | Fri Dec 19, 2003 | Tiananmen Square figures | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DRIVEOUT | Sun Apr 3, 2005 | Expel | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DRYINGUP | Mon Apr 10, 2023 | Evaporating | Gia Bosko |
| ELITISMS | Sun Sep 1, 1996 | Aristocratic beliefs | D. J. Kahn |
| EWALLET | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | Apple Pay, e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| EXITBANQUO | Fri Apr 26, 1996 | "Macbeth" stage direction | W. Johnson |
| FEATHERTICK | Wed Apr 23, 2003 | Sound from a 17- or 34-Across? | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| HOLIST | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | One taking the big view, medically | Andrew Zhou |
| HUEYLEWISANDTHENEWS | Sun Oct 2, 2016 | Hit band heard on the soundtrack of "Back to the Future" | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HUNGRYJACK | Wed Oct 17, 2018 | Syrup brand | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| INDEFINITEARTICLE | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | Piece still under consideration for a magazine? | Joel Fagliano |
| IPLEDGE | Mon Mar 30, 2009 | Start of a daily school recital | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| IRONMINES | Sat Mar 29, 2025 | Underground venues for some heavy-metal bands? | Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott |
| KIMBAP | Tue Apr 22, 2025 | Korean dish similar to sushi rolls | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LETMETHINK | Fri May 11, 2012 | "Hmm ..." | Natan Last |
| LTILES | Sun Sep 17, 2006 | Letter-shaped tesserae | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MGMGRANDS | Sat Jul 2, 2005 | Gambling venues in Vegas and Detroit | Sherry O. Blackard |
| NOTYETRATED | Fri Jun 26, 2026 | Like many films in teaser trailers | Spencer Leach |
| PARTYPARTYPARTY | Mon Jun 8, 2026 | Never stop having fun [3] | Tom McCoy |
| PASOAN | Thu Jun 17, 2010 | El ___ (certain Texan) | Corey Rubin |
| PLAYEDHOOKY | Sun Dec 15, 2013 | [See above] | Jeff Chen |
| PREEXIST | Wed Jun 19, 1996 | Come before | F. Piscop |
| REELECTION | Sun Mar 20, 1994 | Politician's dream | Joel Davajan |
| RODOMONTADE | Wed Nov 20, 2002 | Activity for 41-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| ROLYPOLY | Thu Jul 10, 2008 | Pudgy | Ari Halpern |
| SAFETYMATCH | Tue May 3, 2005 | It can't light just anywhere | Gary Steinmehl |
| SIMMONS | Thu May 2, 2002 | Beautyrest company | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| SLEEPYHOLLOW | Tue May 16, 2000 | 1999 Johnny Depp film | Peter Gordon |
| SNIGLET | Sun May 20, 2018 | Term for a word that isn't the dictionary, but maybe should be | Will Nediger |
| SNOWCONES | Fri Jun 15, 2012 | Treats to beat the heat | Mark Diehl |
| STREPTHROAT | Tue Oct 24, 2000 | Speaker's woe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SWORDSWALLOWER | Tue Jan 7, 1997 | One with a high-iron diet? | J. Schmalzbach |
| THEATREDISTRICT | Wed Jun 6, 2012 | London's West End, e.g. | Gary Cee |
| TUGGEDON | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Pulled | Gary Cee |
| WEXFORD | Sat Sep 11, 2004 | Southeast-most county of Ireland, or its seat | Byron Walden |
| ZEDONK | Thu Sep 5, 2024 | Equine hybrid with striped legs | Joe Deeney |