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 50,711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANALOGOUSTO | Sat Jun 30, 2001 | Like | Frank Longo |
| CANONICAL | Sat Apr 29, 1995 | _____ hour (prayer time) | Fred Piscop |
| COLLUDED | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Caballed | F. Longo |
| CREDITCRUNCH | Mon May 18, 2009 | Lending crisis | Billie Truitt |
| CUPSOFCOCOA | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Après-ski warmers | Byron Walden |
| DESTINATIONMOON | Wed Oct 25, 1995 | 1950's science fiction film | Larry Nargi |
| DIFFERINGTASTES | Sat May 8, 2010 | What food courts aim to satisfy | Mark Diehl |
| DREAMSUP | Tue Jun 28, 1994 | Concocts | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| ELASTOMER | Thu Jul 28, 1994 | Synthetic rubber | Bryant White |
| EPICFAILURE | Mon Jan 30, 2017 | Huge blunder | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| GALLONS | Thu Feb 19, 2026 | Gas units | John Ewbank |
| GUVS | Sun May 27, 2018 | Sirs, to Brits | Andrew Chaikin |
| HANDHELD | Wed Jul 12, 2023 | Like some drills and vacuums | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| HEARKENTO | Wed Aug 2, 2006 | Heed | Harvey Estes |
| HOPSIN | Wed Apr 8, 2015 | Joins for a ride | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HOWAR | Thu May 29, 1997 | Author Barbara of "Laughing All the Way" | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| INATTENTIVE | Fri Nov 6, 2020 | Daydreaming, maybe | Aimee Lucido |
| INDIEBAND | Sat Dec 4, 2021 | They don't have a major-label contract | Nam Jin Yoon |
| IRSAUDITS | Sun May 4, 2025 | Book reviews of sorts? | Brandon Koppy |
| JIMLOVELL | Sun Jan 6, 2019 | Apollo 13 commander | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| JOHNBOY | Sun Apr 21, 1996 | "The Waltons" character | M. Gaffney |
| KAZAAM | Sat Jun 29, 2019 | Title genie played by Shaquille O'Neal in a 1996 film | Kameron Austin Collins |
| KERRISTRUG | Sun Dec 23, 2012 | 1996 Olympian noted for performing on an injured ankle | Joe DiPietro |
| LIMITEDEDITION | Sun Nov 28, 2021 | Textbook, a few pages torn out, $2! | Jeff Kremer |
| MARIONROSS | Wed Feb 14, 2018 | Actress who played Mrs. Cunningham on "Happy Days" | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| MILKMAID | Fri Jul 3, 2009 | Girl with considerable pull? | Kevin G. Der |
| MONSOONSEASON | Tue Sep 16, 2014 | June to September, in India | Gary Cee |
| NODI | Sun Dec 28, 1997 | Knots | Matt Gaffney |
| PERCEPT | Fri Jul 28, 2000 | Something seen | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| POLOADS | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Spots for some shirts | Joe DiPietro |
| POPPYSEED | Fri May 11, 2007 | Bagel variety | Patrick Berry |
| SEANASTIN | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Portrayer of Bob Newby on "Stranger Things" | John Kugelman |
| SKIJACKET | Mon Oct 18, 1999 | Picabo Street's outerwear | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| SPAREROOM | Sun May 23, 2021 | Offering to a houseguest | Jennifer Nebergall |
| STEWARTISLAND | Sun Feb 25, 2007 | Birding capital of New Zealand (2006) | David J. Kahn |
| STOODSTILL | Sat Jul 23, 2005 | Froze | Joe DiPietro |
| THELOVELYBONES | Sun Oct 2, 2005 | Best-selling 2003 Alice Sebold novel | Randolph Ross |
| TWITTERY | Wed Aug 11, 2010 | Giggling nervously | Edward Sessa |
| UNDERCOVERBOSS | Sun Feb 8, 2026 | Hit reality TV series suggested by this puzzle's groups of circled letters | Chloe Revery |
| XBOXGAMES | Thu Mar 7, 2019 | Halo and Gears of War | Brian Thomas |