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 50,970 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALERTTO | Tue Jun 17, 2025 | Aware of, as dangers | Tarun Krishnamurthy |
| ALEXKEATON | Sat May 22, 2010 | Young Republican of a 1980s sitcom | Will Nediger |
| BLUESTEM | Tue Oct 3, 2006 | Prairie grass used for forage | Ed Stein |
| CENSUSES | Sat Nov 15, 2008 | Big counting jobs | Karen M. Tracey |
| CHECKOUTTIMES | Sun Dec 12, 1993 | Hoteliers' newspaper? | Cathy Millhauser |
| COXAE | Thu Jul 22, 2021 | Pelvic joints | John Guzzetta |
| DIMMING | Fri Nov 3, 2023 | Like the light at sundown | Robyn Weintraub |
| DRINKYPOO | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | Little tipple, cutesily | John Kugelman |
| FIRSTDEGREE | Sun Dec 3, 2023 | Most serious, in law | Tracy Bennett |
| FLIRTATIOUS | Sat Apr 3, 2021 | Making goo-goo eyes, say | Peter A. Collins |
| FLOWERGARDENS | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | If FORD & WALGREENS merged and became a landscaping company, they would sell ___ | Michael Lieberman |
| GASMEN | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Some meter readers | Jim Hyres |
| GULLIES | Fri Jun 30, 2006 | Drainageways | Manny Nosowsky |
| HIGHNOTES | Fri Feb 28, 2014 | They soar at the opera | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ILLEGALSLIDETACKLE | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Reason for an ejection in FIFA | Natan Last |
| ITSANOBRAINER | Thu Oct 28, 2021 | Reason the zombies are, of course, skipping the empty house? | Alan Massengill |
| ITSDEJAVUALLOVERAGAIN | Sun Jun 12, 2022 | Classic Yogi Berra quote [ref. 33-Across] | Will Nediger |
| KRANEPOOL | Sat Apr 27, 2013 | Ed whose entire 18-season career was with the Mets | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| LISTINGS | Sat Feb 18, 1995 | TV Guide material | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| MALEFICENT | Sun May 27, 2018 | Doing evil | Andrew Chaikin |
| MRMOJORISIN | Sun Jul 11, 2021 | 36-Down's anagrammatic nickname | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| OPENINGNOTES | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Tone setters for conductors | Joe DiPietro |
| PATRIOTSDAY | Sun Sep 11, 1994 | When an N.F.L.er is feted? | Louis Sabin |
| PLATELETCOUNT | Sat Jul 30, 2016 | Hematologist's measure | Lily Silverstein |
| PRONOUNS | Tue Sep 1, 2020 | Gender identifiers often separated by slashes | David Steinberg |
| REFRIES | Fri Sep 27, 2002 | Prepares beans in a way | Michael Shteyman |
| ROCKEDTHEBOAT | Tue Feb 4, 1997 | Caused disharmony | G. R. Ferguson |
| SALLOWER | Wed Apr 20, 2016 | More pallid | Tom McCoy |
| SCREWPINE | Thu Jan 4, 1996 | Twisty-leafed tree | F. & L. Sabin |
| SHABBATSHALOM | Sat Jan 21, 2023 | End-of-week greeting | David Distenfeld |
| SNOOTIEST | Tue Jul 27, 2004 | Most stuck-up | Len Elliott |
| STATEDLY | Wed Sep 3, 2008 | As expressly said | David J. Kahn |
| STEARATE | Thu Jan 25, 2001 | Zinc ___ (ointment ingredient) | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TACOBOWLS | Thu Sep 8, 2022 | Some Tex-Mex meals | Matthew Stock |
| TEACHEREDITIONS | Tue Jan 5, 2010 | *Textbooks for instructors | C. W. Stewart |
| TENDOWN | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Its clue reads "Unstable subatomic particle" | Joe DiPietro |
| THISI | Sat Sep 11, 2004 | 2003 Nick Lachey hit "___ Swear" | Byron Walden |
| TWOTONED | Wed Dec 24, 2003 | Black and blue? | Steve Jones |
| VEGANISM | Fri May 2, 1997 | Omission of all animal products from the diet | Matthew L. Jones |
| WOOKIEEPEDIA | Fri Jul 16, 2010 | Online reference for all things "Star Wars" | Mel Rosen |