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 50,532 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALDTIRES | Sat May 1, 2021 | They're worn on the road | Ryan McCarty |
| BANKSTATEMENT | Wed Jul 2, 2025 | Did you know?! America's first chartered money supplier opened in Philadelphia on January 7, 1782 | Dan Caprera |
| CAPITOLDOME | Mon May 28, 2018 | Washington image seen on the back of a $50 bill | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| COINING | Wed May 10, 1995 | Offering a neologism | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| DARIOFO | Sat Jun 27, 2020 | Italian playwright who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature | Ryan Mccarty |
| DAVIDESSEX | Tue Jun 29, 1999 | "That'll Be the Day" star, 1974 | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| EASTERCANDY | Sat Aug 9, 2025 | Rabbit food? | Aidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam |
| ENDCUT | Fri Aug 21, 2015 | Most-cooked part of a prime rib roast | David Steinberg |
| EPIRUS | Thu Aug 11, 1994 | Region in NW Greece | Bryant White |
| ESPION | Sat Dec 16, 1995 | French secret agent | Bryant White |
| FACETOWEL | Sat Sep 11, 2010 | First-class flight amenity | Brad Wilber |
| FALTERS | Sun Mar 20, 2011 | Hesitates | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FISHOIL | Thu Jun 23, 2011 | Fatty acid source | Ian Livengood |
| HAITIHOLDSFREEELECTIONS | Sun Dec 31, 1995 | OH-H NICE! TELL ARISTIDE FOES... | Bob Klahn |
| HALFOF | Mon Jun 9, 1997 | What "hemi-" means | Thomas W. Schier |
| HELLHOLE | Sat Sep 29, 2001 | Unpleasant spot | Robert H. Wolfe |
| HULADANCE | Thu Sep 23, 2021 | Performance traditionally accompanied by the ipu heke (double gourd drum) | Simeon Seigel |
| ILOVEYOUSOMUCH | Tue Jul 22, 2025 | Words that express a deep-felt affection | Jeremy Newton |
| LEAVESTODIE | Fri Sep 5, 2014 | Heartlessly abandons | Joe Krozel |
| LENSSPEED | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Stat for a photographer | Erik Agard |
| LIFEFORCES | Fri Nov 11, 1994 | Agents of change | Randolph Ross |
| MIGHTMAKESRIGHT | Sun Jul 27, 2014 | Power line | Randolph Ross |
| NARROWER | Wed Apr 14, 1999 | More restricted | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PALLAS | Sun Apr 27, 1997 | Goddess mentioned in "The Raven" | Matt Gaffney |
| PANATELAS | Sat Aug 23, 1997 | Slim cigars | Rich Norris |
| PERCAPITAINCOME | Thu Jan 6, 2011 | *Average national earnings | Mike Nothnagel |
| PICKLEDPEPPERS | Wed Mar 16, 2016 | Food in a tongue-twister | David J. Kahn |
| PILOTSCRIPT | Fri Oct 13, 2017 | Initial challenge for certain screenwriters | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| POLARICECAP | Mon May 9, 2005 | Shrinking Arctic mass | Jim Hyres |
| RAFFI | Sun Apr 21, 1996 | One-named children's singer | M. Gaffney |
| SAUSAGEANDONION | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Pizzeria order | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SHESTHEMAN | Wed Apr 24, 2019 | *2006 rom-com starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum | Evan Mahnken |
| SNUGGIE | Fri Oct 29, 2021 | Wearable blanket | Aimee Lucido |
| SUBSCRIPTION | Tue Jan 7, 2025 | It's conditioned on regular payments | Dana Edwards |
| SURVEY | Sat Aug 1, 2015 | "___ says ..." | Kameron Austin Collins |
| THETUBA | Sat Apr 13, 1996 | Tubby, in a Paul Tripp book | G. R. Ferguson |
| TOMATOSAUCE | Sat May 20, 2017 | Sloppy joe ingredient | Paolo Pasco and David Steinberg |
| TREERING | Wed Apr 3, 2024 | Annual growth indicator | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TRUCKLOAD | Thu Apr 11, 2002 | Six cubic yards of dirt, say | Greg Staples |
| TUNNELOUT | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | Stage a jailbreak à la 18-Down | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |