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 49,512 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRRAGE | Sun Jul 25, 2004 | Problem in a plane cabin | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ARTICLEVII | Sun May 6, 2012 | End of the main part of the Constitution | Alex Vratsanos |
| BEEFEATERS | Sat Jun 12, 2010 | Red guards? | Joe DiPietro |
| BODYTYPE | Sat Jan 31, 2015 | General figure | Tim Croce |
| BRIEFMOMENT | Tue Jan 12, 2021 | Jiffy | Ross Trudeau |
| BRUSHON | Thu May 23, 2024 | Add evenly, as a marinade | Adam Wagner |
| CARROTTOPS | Wed Jan 24, 2001 | Redheads | David Ainslie Macleod |
| CHIOMEGA | Fri Dec 10, 2021 | Largest college sorority by enrollment (380,000+ members) | Joe DiPietro |
| COMEOPEN | Sat Jun 4, 2016 | Burst, in a way | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| DIAZEPAM | Sat Jun 9, 2007 | Valium, generically | Karen M. Tracey |
| DJBOOTHS | Tue Sep 10, 2024 | Workspaces for some nightclub performers | Daniel Bodily |
| EXPAND | Sat Aug 19, 1995 | Dilate | Bryant White |
| FASHIONFORWARD | Mon Nov 4, 2024 | Following the latest style trends ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 26- and 42-Across | Colin Adams |
| GENERALZOD | Fri Jan 29, 2016 | Powerful foe of the Man of Steel | David Phillips |
| GIVEA | Sun Nov 24, 1996 | ___ hoot | M. Jacobson |
| GOTTHESHAFT | Sat May 11, 2024 | Was treated unfairly, informally | Billy Bratton |
| GUIDEANIMAL | Mon Oct 30, 2023 | Seeing Eye dog, e.g. | Kenneth Cortes |
| INTERCOMS | Fri Jun 28, 2024 | Things to talk through | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| KERRIGAN | Thu Jan 18, 1996 | 1994 Olympic rink star | C. Deodene |
| LENTE | Sun Oct 21, 2007 | Italian eyeglass | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LIEGEMAN | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Vassal | John Guzzetta |
| MALCOLMFORBES | Sun Sep 1, 1996 | "By the time we've made it, we've had it" | D. J. Kahn |
| MEEDS | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | Old-fashioned rewards | Martin Schneider |
| MOTHERDUCK | Thu Mar 22, 2018 | One with a lot of followers? | Ross Trudeau |
| NEWFRONTIERS | Sat Apr 12, 2008 | Kennedyesque conquests | Byron Walden |
| NEWYORKTIMES | Thu Dec 13, 2018 | Publishing debut of 1851, with "The" | John Westwig |
| NOTBYCHOICE | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | Against one's will | Todd Gross |
| OLDSHOE | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | Something comfortable | Randolph Ross |
| PROMISERING | Sun Apr 21, 2013 | Commitment signifier | Jonah Kagan |
| RATSNAKES | Tue Jan 17, 2012 | Rodent-eating reptiles | Elizabeth A. Long |
| REPLYALL | Tue Oct 4, 2022 | Risky email button to hit accidentally | Joe Deeney |
| ROIDED | Sat Apr 14, 2018 | Used performance-enhancing substances, in slang | Sam Ezersky |
| SCALENOTE | Thu Jan 16, 1997 | Ti | W. R. Williams |
| THROSTLE | Thu Dec 4, 1997 | Song thrush | Eileen Lexau |
| TRACTORBEAM | Fri Dec 23, 2016 | One may hold a ship in place | Robyn Weintraub |
| UNGUENT | Fri Mar 31, 1995 | Ben-Gay, e.g. | Chuck Deodene |
| WALKEDAFINELINE | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | The cautious tightrope artist ... | RIchard Hughes |
| WHATDIDITELLYOU | Sat Oct 12, 2024 | "See?" | Katie Hoody |
| WORDSWITHFRIENDS | Tue Jun 25, 2013 | Popular app ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24- and 49-Across | Joel Fagliano |
| WORKOUTROUTINE | Sun May 19, 2019 | Gym rat's development | Natan Last |