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 49,134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDROPOV | Thu Dec 8, 2005 | Brezhnev's successor | David Pringle |
| ANEWLEASEONLIFE | Sat Jul 2, 2005 | The opportunity to start over | Sherry O. Blackard |
| ARTFAIR | Mon Nov 7, 2016 | Painting exhibition | Bruce Haight |
| BEDPAN | Sat Oct 6, 2001 | Hospital item | Rich Norris |
| BELLIES | Fri May 28, 1999 | Pork ___ | Joe DiPietro |
| BIDPRICES | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Auction figures | Ryan McCarty |
| BOUNDTOHAPPEN | Mon Jan 15, 2024 | Inevitable ... or a hint for 19-, 27- and 48-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| BRYDON | Sun May 30, 2021 | Rob ___, British comedian and TV personality | Adam Wagner |
| BYTHEWAY | Sat Feb 9, 2002 | Parenthetically | Rich Norris |
| CAROLSINGER | Sun Jan 7, 2001 | She sews at home | Manny Nosowsky |
| CITYEDITOR | Sat Dec 11, 2004 | Metro section honcho | James E. Buell |
| CONGERIES | Sun Jan 4, 1998 | Assemblage | Mark Danna |
| DRONEBEES | Sat Mar 29, 2014 | They often land next to queens | Barry C. Silk |
| DUGOUTS | Sun Jan 5, 2020 | Underground places with bats | Will Nediger |
| EMBLAZONS | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Decorates brilliantly | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| EPHEMERAE | Fri Mar 10, 2000 | Short-lived mayflies | Chuck Deodene |
| EYEBLACK | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Football player's application | Joanne Sullivan |
| FAREWELLTOARMS | Wed Oct 1, 1997 | 1929 Hemingway book, with "A" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GEEIDONTKNOW | Wed Sep 13, 2023 | Paradoxical answer to "What is 'Golf' in the NATO alphabet?" | Guilherme Gilioli |
| GELDOF | Sun Jan 23, 2005 | Live Aid founder Bob | Joe DiPietro |
| GETINHERE | Sun Apr 11, 2021 | "Stop your foolishness outside!" | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| GRANGE | Wed Mar 27, 1996 | Football great Red | R. J. Hartman |
| LIDOS | Sun May 22, 2011 | Fashionable beach resorts | Bob Klahn |
| MELATONIN | Sat Dec 11, 2021 | Treatment for jet lag | Hal Moore |
| MOVEDAPART | Mon Aug 1, 2011 | *Gradually separated | Joel Fagliano |
| NORFOLKVIRGINIA | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | Home of the world's largest naval base | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| POSESNUDE | Sun Jan 1, 2023 | Barely sits still? | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| RAZRS | Tue Sep 28, 2021 | Motorola phones | Meghan Morris |
| RIVERSEDGE | Mon Dec 27, 2010 | 1986 Keanu Reeves film | C. W. Stewart |
| ROLLSIN | Wed Mar 26, 2014 | Arrives, as fog | Alex Vratsanos |
| SCRIPTO | Thu Sep 9, 2010 | Classic pencil brand | Kevin Wald |
| SMUGLY | Sat Sep 2, 2006 | À la a stuffed shirt | Mel Rosen |
| SUREHANDED | Thu Nov 29, 2012 | Having firm control | Sharon Delorme |
| THEGINGERBREADMAN | Sun Jun 15, 2003 | CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! Warm, sweet, well-rounded guy. Into running ... | Cathy Millhauser |
| THEHICCUPS | Wed Jul 26, 2000 | What drinking may cure | William I. Johnston |
| VERDICT | Thu Dec 10, 1998 | Foreman's declaration | Peter Gordon |
| WHATCANIDO | Wed Nov 20, 2019 | Question from a helpful person (or a helpless one) | Erik Agard |
| XEROXCOPY | Sat Mar 17, 2007 | Result of running off? | John Farmer |
| YELLOWFLAG | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | Signal meaning "no disease on this ship" | Joel Fagliano |
| YOURETHEBOSS | Sun Feb 4, 2024 | Power line? | Daniel Grinberg |