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 50,514 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOUNTHOLDER | Fri Oct 6, 2017 | Recipient of blank checks | Patrick Berry |
| ARTFAIR | Mon Nov 7, 2016 | Painting exhibition | Bruce Haight |
| ATOMIZERS | Thu Aug 18, 2022 | Misters | Adam Wagner |
| BROTHERSINLAW | Sun Sep 7, 1997 | Member of Joyce's family | Randolph Ross |
| CARDSELECTION | Fri Jan 3, 2003 | Pick from a deck | Jim Page |
| COSMONAUT | Thu Jul 28, 1994 | Popovich or Gagarin, e.g. | Bryant White |
| DEBARKS | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Leaves | Bette Sue Cohen |
| DEMONIZE | Tue Dec 13, 1994 | Portray as satanic | Jon Delfin |
| EDMUNDMUSKIE | Thu Dec 14, 2000 | Hubert Humphrey's running mate, 1968 | Peter Gordon |
| ENTHUSER | Sat May 21, 1994 | Cheerleader, in a way | Charles E. Gersch |
| FEELOKAY | Sun Oct 2, 2022 | Experience equanimity | Kathy Bloomer |
| FILOFAX | Mon Dec 17, 2001 | Personal organizer | Christina Houlihan |
| FREESTYLES | Mon Nov 11, 2024 | Raps off the cuff | Patrick Gramza and John Kugelman |
| GREATHORNEDOWLS | Wed Feb 27, 2013 | Yellow-eyed birds of prey | Daniel Kantor |
| GRUFFNESS | Sun Aug 14, 2011 | Surly manner | Paula Gamache |
| LEFTTURNLANE | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | Rights shouldn't be taken from it | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| LOGSIN | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Successfully uses a password | Brandon Koppy |
| LOOKOUTBELOW | Fri Sep 19, 2003 | Warning from the roof | Manny Nosowsky |
| MAILLIST | Sun Feb 16, 2014 | Spammer enabler | Yaakov Bendavid |
| MAINTHEMES | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | War and peace, in "War and Peace" | Christina Iverson |
| MOVEDIN | Fri Mar 24, 1995 | Took up residence | Christopher Hurt |
| MYJOBHEREISDONE | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | "I've helped all I can" | Ryan Judge |
| PIANOROLLS | Thu Nov 30, 2023 | Cylinders like the 20,000+ housed in London's Musical Museum | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| PUTSONAPEDESTAL | Fri Oct 1, 1999 | Glorifies | John Wolting |
| PYROMANIACS | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Lighting enthusiasts? | Francis Heaney |
| REASONERS | Wed Dec 14, 2005 | They make sense | James R. Leeds |
| SENIORITY | Sun Feb 15, 2009 | It has its privileges | Jim Leeds |
| SHARPNESS | Fri Mar 10, 1995 | Acerbity | Frank A. Longo |
| SLICEOFLIFE | Thu Mar 9, 2017 | Peek into the everyday | Jeremy Newton |
| SNUGS | Thu Sep 13, 2001 | Lies comfortably | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SPITCURLS | Mon Mar 29, 2010 | Betty Boop and Superman features | John Dunn |
| STANISLAW | Sat Jan 26, 2008 | Playwright/painter Wyspianski | Karen M. Tracey |
| TENURABLE | Sat Aug 16, 2008 | Like some college appointments | Byron Walden |
| TOMSK | Sun May 21, 2000 | Siberian industrial center | Matt Gaffney |
| TOSOMEDEGREE | Fri Sep 25, 2015 | Partially | James Mulhern |
| TRIALVENUE | Mon Feb 9, 2009 | Courtroom | Randall J. Hartman |
| VENOMOUS | Sat Jun 1, 1996 | Spiteful | B. Klahn |
| VOTING | Mon Apr 22, 1996 | November activity | S. B. Whitten |
| WATERBORNE | Fri Mar 28, 2008 | Like typhoid bacteria, often | Barry C. Silk |
| ZACHARY | Wed Nov 19, 2008 | Presidential first name | Peter A. Collins |