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 50,775 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTWEEKLY | Sat Nov 10, 2018 | Edgy newspaper type, informally | Will Nediger |
| AREYOUSINCERE | Wed Mar 16, 2005 | "No kidding!?" | Holden Baker |
| BEGGARY | Wed Jan 30, 2008 | Extreme poverty | Peter A. Collins |
| BRAINIEST | Tue Apr 5, 2011 | Like the class valedictorian, perhaps | E. J. Masicampo |
| COMESON | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Begins airing | Frank A. Longo |
| DELGADO | Sun Mar 15, 2020 | Manny's last name on "Modern Family" | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| DOODLERS | Fri Dec 20, 1996 | Pencil pushers | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| ELECTRICITY | Tue Mar 4, 2014 | See 16-Across | Bruce Haight and Peter A. Collins |
| HAWAIIISLANDERS | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | Former minor-league team that played at Aloha Stadium | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| HIERARCHAL | Fri Feb 9, 2024 | Classified in levels | Christina Iverson |
| HOISTING | Fri Oct 29, 2004 | Block-and-tackle work | Sherry O. Blackard |
| JUTTY | Fri Mar 18, 1994 | Architectural overhang | Mark Diehl |
| KNOTTERS | Sat Apr 14, 2012 | Macramé creators | Mark Diehl |
| KOWALSKI | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | Brando's role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" | Sam Ezersky |
| KS | Wed Jul 16, 2008 | See note | Joe Krozel |
| LEAFEATING | Sat Sep 2, 2006 | Folivorous | Mel Rosen |
| LOCKANDKEY | Sun Jan 26, 2014 | See 82-Down | Daniel A. Finan |
| LOWNECK | Thu Feb 21, 2002 | Décolletage | Peter Gordon |
| MANOFIRON | Thu Jun 17, 2004 | 1980 Andrzej Wajda film in which Lech Walesa appears | Robert H. Wolfe |
| NABBING | Sat Oct 9, 1999 | Picking up | Manny Nosowsky |
| NEWBALANCE | Mon Aug 15, 2022 | Footwear giant headquartered in Boston, Mass. | Simon Marotte |
| ONTHEINSIDE | Sat Jul 15, 2023 | Where spies work | Jeff Chen |
| OUTEREDGES | Tue Jan 5, 2010 | *Rims | C. W. Stewart |
| OVERDRIVES | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Certain car gears | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PLANTER | Wed Apr 24, 1996 | Horticulturist's box | G. Dean |
| REACHESANACCORD | Fri Nov 14, 1997 | Shakes hands | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| RIORDAN | Sat Feb 4, 1995 | Mayor Richard of Los Angeles | Manny Nosowsky |
| SENILITY | Sat Nov 1, 1997 | Aging problem | Rich Norris |
| SHIPSTO | Sun May 18, 2014 | Targets for a delivery | Joe DiPietro |
| SOLANO | Thu Jul 24, 2014 | California county between San Francisco and Sacramento | David Phillips |
| SOUNDOFF | Wed Jul 11, 2018 | Express one's opinion in no uncertain terms | Michael Hawkins |
| STEVECANYON | Fri Sep 19, 1997 | Comics hero since 1947 | Rich Norris |
| TAMING | Sun May 3, 2015 | Petruchio's task vis-à-vis Katharina | Dan Schoenholz |
| TOOKAHIKE | Wed Jan 9, 2013 | Did or didn't participate in the Boy Scouts outing? | David Ben-Merre |
| TOORICHFORMYBLOOD | Thu Jan 24, 2019 | "I'm out" | Stu Ockman |
| TOUCHUPON | Mon Oct 21, 2013 | Mention in passing | Gary Cee |
| UNAMERICAN | Thu Mar 5, 2015 | Hating baseball and apple pie? | Jim Peredo |
| UNDERPARISSKIES | Fri Sep 9, 2011 | 1953 hit for Mitch Miller | Joe Krozel |
| VACANTAPARTMENT | Mon May 19, 2008 | Place not generating rent | Mike Nothnagel |
| ZIZIT | Thu Jun 22, 1995 | Fringes worn by Orthodox Jews | Cathy Millhauser |