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 50,349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVICECOLUMN | Thu May 4, 2017 | "Miss Manners," for one | Loren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray |
| ANDYMURRAY | Mon Jul 20, 2015 | 2013 Wimbledon champion | John Westwig |
| BADLOSER | Sat Nov 26, 2011 | Purveyor of some sour grapes? | Brad Wilber |
| BANKSAFE | Thu May 23, 2024 | Target of a heist | Adam Wagner |
| BASKETBALLSTAR | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Sue Bird or Larry Bird | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BUDDYUPTO | Thu Apr 6, 1995 | Ingratiate oneself with | Lois Sidway |
| CHOCTAWINDIANS | Thu Aug 7, 2008 | Some W.W. I code talkers | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| CLEARPRIORITY | Wed Apr 27, 2011 | Task that stands high on one's list | William I. Johnston |
| COMEINTOTHEOPEN | Sat Jan 21, 2012 | Emerge | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DLEAGUE | Tue Dec 9, 2014 | N.B.A. farm system, informally | Paul Hunsberger |
| GAMEHUNTER | Thu Aug 19, 2010 | *One on safari | Kristian House |
| GBSHAW | Mon Dec 21, 2020 | "Pygmalion" playwright, for short | Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman |
| GOSOX | Mon Jan 15, 2018 | Shout at Fenway Park | Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| GREENZONE | Fri Jun 26, 2009 | Walled-off enclave in Iraq | Lynn Lempel |
| HAVINGAFINETIME | Mon Jul 22, 1996 | Start of a message on 20-Across | S. L. Robbins |
| HOCKEYGAME | Thu Jul 28, 2005 | It will sometimes have icing | Eric Berlin |
| HOTJAZZ | Fri Nov 18, 2005 | Jelly Roll Morton genre | Manny Nosowsky |
| JERSEYBOYS | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Hit 2005 Broadway musical made into a 2014 film | Peter A. Collins |
| MAGICMARKERS | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | If MERCK, MARS & AIG merged and became an art supplies company, they would sell ___ | Michael Lieberman |
| MURKIER | Tue Jul 12, 2016 | More obscure | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| MUSICALCOMEDY | Sun Jun 24, 2007 | Broadway's "The Producers," e.g. | Eric Berlin |
| NOTHINGISON | Wed Aug 31, 2005 | "I can't find a thing to watch!" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PIGOUTON | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Stuff oneself with | Manaal Mohammed |
| PLACARDED | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Full of signs | R. Norris |
| QUEENSOFENGLAND | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | Anne and Victoria | Joe Krozel |
| RASPBERRYJAM | Mon Jun 19, 2023 | Fruity sandwich ingredient | David Liben-Nowell |
| REAWAKE | Fri Dec 17, 2004 | Come back to life | Manny Nosowsky |
| SANDSPUR | Thu Sep 5, 2019 | Grass with prickly burs | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SCHAVS | Thu Dec 7, 1995 | Cold sorrel soups | Michael S. Maurer |
| SEATTLEWASH | Mon Oct 20, 2003 | Microsoft workers' laundry? | Lynn Lempel |
| SLEEPINGBAGS | Sun Apr 28, 2002 | Product of a Serta/Louis Vuitton merger? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SNOWFALL | Thu Apr 13, 2006 | Skier's wish | Barry Silk |
| SOLOMONNORTHUP | Tue Jan 9, 2024 | Abolitionist who wrote "Twelve Years a Slave" | Adam Wagner |
| STIRRUP | Thu Oct 25, 2001 | It might help you get a leg up | John Scott Marrone |
| TAKEASIESTA | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | Stop working in Saltillo, perhaps | Frank Longo |
| TIMBREL | Tue Sep 13, 1994 | Tambourine | Gregory E. Paul |
| TOMPETTY | Tue Jan 10, 2012 | Singer with the Heartbreakers | Gary Cee |
| TOPLAYERS | Tue May 31, 2005 | Outermost strata | Merl Reagle |
| TRACHE | Sun Mar 14, 1999 | Emergency surgery, for short | Martin Schneider |
| WHATSYOURETA | Mon Sep 23, 2024 | Question to someone who's on the way | Freddie Cheng |