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 50,562 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABUY | Tue Aug 17, 1999 | "What ___!" ("Don't pass up this offer!") | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| AIMSFOR | Tue Dec 10, 2013 | Sets one's sights on | Bill Thompson |
| ANAGRAMMED | Thu Nov 17, 2011 | Mad manager | Patrick Merrell |
| ARNETTS | Sun May 24, 2009 | Newsman Peter and others | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BEFRUITFULANDMULTIPLY | Sun Dec 14, 1997 | Job for a mathematician? | Nancy Salomon |
| BESTPICTUREWINNER | Sun Aug 31, 2014 | What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud | Joel Fagliano |
| BYYESTERDAY | Mon Jul 12, 2004 | "Pronto!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| CHARMOFFENSIVE | Fri Jun 30, 2017 | Campaign of flattery | Damon Gulczynski |
| CHOCKABLOCK | Tue Sep 29, 2009 | *Jammed | Paula Gamache |
| CLASPER | Wed Aug 28, 1996 | Gripper | F. Heaney |
| DONTEVENGOTHERE | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | "That subject's off the table!" | Peter A. Collins |
| DOURO | Sun Mar 30, 1997 | Oporto's river | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FAILINGS | Tue Sep 23, 2003 | Personal faults | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| FUJIYAMA | Fri Oct 21, 1994 | View from Tokyo | Mark Diehl |
| GOODCITIZENS | Mon Nov 4, 1996 | Part 3 of the comment | P. Wilson |
| HORSESMOUTH | Tue Nov 12, 2024 | From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-Across | Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee |
| HUEYLEWISANDTHENEWS | Sun Oct 2, 2016 | Hit band heard on the soundtrack of "Back to the Future" | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| INATTENTIVEPUPILS | Sun Jul 29, 2001 | Schoolteacher's condition? | Michael Ashley |
| JUDGY | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Overly fault-finding | Daniel Grinberg |
| METHADONE | Fri Jul 4, 2014 | Addictive analgesic | Patrick Berry |
| MINUTEST | Sun May 31, 2009 | Least | Kelsey Blakley |
| NIVENS | Mon Feb 23, 1998 | Suave actor David and others | Mark Danna |
| NOMA | Fri Dec 1, 2023 | Danish restaurant with "Best Restaurant in the World" accolades | Jem Burch |
| PARADISEFOUND | Sat Jul 11, 2020 | Heaven, sweet heaven | Kameron Austin Collins |
| RAREEARTHMETALS | Mon Dec 20, 1999 | Cerium and erbium, e.g. | Nancy Salomon |
| REARERS | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Parents, e.g. | Alex Vratsanos |
| SAFEENVIRONMENT | Wed Jul 22, 2020 | People are protected when they're in it | Peter A. Collins |
| SAMLETS | Fri Jun 6, 1997 | Young salmon | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| SLYSTALLONE | Thu Aug 13, 2020 | Actor with a "Rocky" performance, familiarly | Jon Olsen |
| SOUTANE | Sun Feb 18, 1996 | Close-fitting clerical garment | Norma Steinberg |
| SPACIEST | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | Most airheaded | Mark Diehl |
| SQUIRRELEDAWAY | Sun Jan 12, 2020 | Stashed for later [Blue Hen State] | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| STARGATES | Sat Feb 20, 2021 | Sci-fi portals | Ali Gascoigne |
| SWEATSTAIN | Tue Apr 6, 2004 | Laundry challenge for a gymgoer | Tony Orbach |
| TRUCKLE | Sat Sep 9, 2000 | Bow (to) | Dana Motley |
| VALIDID | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | T.S.A. requirement | Mark Diehl |
| WGT | Mon Dec 26, 2011 | Lb. or oz. | Gary Cee |
| WHADDAYAKNOW | Thu Aug 27, 2020 | "Imagine that!" | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| YOUGAME | Sun Feb 25, 2024 | "We doin' this?" | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| YUGOSLAV | Fri May 10, 1996 | Nationality beginning 1929 | M. Gaffney |