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 50,899 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALMONERS | Sat Apr 30, 2005 | Giving people | Nancy Salomon |
| BUTTINSKI | Sat Mar 12, 2005 | Nosy Parker: Var. | Byron Walden |
| BUYNOWPAYLATER | Sun Nov 28, 2021 | Wallet, in good condition, plenty of card slots, $5! | Jeff Kremer |
| COUPONCODES | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | Strings entered during checkout | Michael Schlossberg |
| DAYBEDS | Sun Jun 8, 2014 | Futon alternatives | Patrick Berry |
| DIGITALYEARBOOK | Tue Sep 27, 2011 | *Modern school memento | Peter A. Collins |
| DOWORSE | Sun Oct 20, 2013 | Go from A to B? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GETMILEAGEOUTOF | Fri Apr 10, 2009 | Obtain service from | Manny Nosowsky |
| GETSIN | Sun Sep 25, 2011 | Arrives | Paul Hunsberger |
| GOINGVIRAL | Fri Jul 24, 2020 | Blowing up online | Grant Thackray |
| HASS | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Avocado variety | Danny J. Rooney |
| KRAZYGLUE | Sat Oct 30, 2004 | Bond supplier | Byron Walden |
| KRINGLE | Thu Sep 26, 2019 | Noted Kris | Doug Peterson |
| LARRYSUMMERS | Mon Dec 17, 2007 | Former president of Harvard | Richard Chisholm |
| LEMONBAR | Wed Mar 6, 2024 | Tart treat | Brad Wiegmann |
| LIMPEDIN | Mon Sep 16, 2024 | Entered with a halting gait | Robert Corridan |
| MADRUSSIAN | Wed Nov 17, 1999 | Classic character on "The Eddie Cantor Radio Show" | Fred Piscop |
| MASTERCOPY | Sat Jul 2, 2022 | Something kept in a Hollywood archive | Evan Kalish |
| MEASURESUP | Wed Apr 17, 1996 | Makes the grade | F. Heaney |
| MURE | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | Entomb in a wall | R. M. Hopkins |
| NOTARIES | Sat Jan 13, 1996 | Affidavit takers | J. Page |
| NUMBERSCRUNCHER | Sat May 16, 1998 | Accountant | Jim Page |
| OUCHES | Wed Jan 1, 2003 | Cries of pain | Ed Early |
| PEPITAS | Sat May 30, 2020 | Autumnal salad ingredients | Brian Thomas |
| PIBBXTRA | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Coca-Cola product since 2001 | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| PICKA | Wed Jun 7, 1995 | Words preceding number or card | Martin Schneider |
| PILCROW | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | Paragraph symbol | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| POWERRANGER | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | "Mighty Morphin" TV character | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| PREMIERED | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Came out | Joe DiPietro |
| ROSETOPAZ | Thu Oct 8, 2015 | Pink gem | Stu Ockman |
| SEATFILLERS | Sat Sep 8, 2018 | People at a theater who didn't pay for their tickets | Andrew J. Ries |
| SMOOTHMOVEEXLAX | Fri Aug 19, 2022 | Putdown to a klutz, in dated slang | Patrick John Duggan |
| SPACESHIPEARTH | Thu Jan 31, 2002 | Our planet, grandly | Bruce F. Adams |
| SPARSENESS | Fri Sep 13, 2002 | Characteristic of desert vegetation | Mel Rosen |
| SWIMMASK | Fri Sep 14, 2001 | Flippers accompaniment | Mark Diehl |
| THECOSTOFLIVING | Fri Nov 28, 2008 | It's high in Manhattan | Joe Krozel |
| THEWEALTHOFNATIONS | Sun Sep 15, 2024 | Green book? | Aimee Lucido |
| TURNSCOLOR | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Blushes | F. Longo |
| WAGEGAP | Sun Apr 3, 2016 | Feminist issue in the workplace | Natan Last |
| ZIGZAGS | Sat Dec 4, 1999 | Irregular courses | Rich Norris |