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 50,435 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMONSNIPE | Thu Jul 24, 2025 | "Nice of you to show up" | Ginny Too |
| CONCRETES | Thu Jan 25, 2018 | *They're not pros | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| CROSSEST | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | Mad to the max | Sam Ezersky |
| CURIOUSER | Sat Apr 3, 2021 | Nonstandard adjective in "Alice in Wonderland" | Peter A. Collins |
| DOLLEDUP | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | Dressed to the nines | R. Norris |
| ENCASEMENT | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Means of protecting breakables | Patrick Berry |
| FARFALLE | Fri Feb 10, 2023 | Pinched pasta | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| FARMBOY | Sun Apr 12, 2015 | Young Clark Kent, e.g. | Jeff Chen |
| GODARD | Sun Dec 30, 2007 | "Passion" director | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HOLERS | Thu Oct 3, 2002 | Nine-___ (some golf courses) | Susan Harrington Smith |
| JACKSONS | Fri Sep 30, 2011 | Twenties | Joe Krozel |
| KEPTALOWPROFILE | Sat Jan 25, 1997 | Avoided attention | R. Norris |
| KEVINKLINE | Wed Jan 12, 2022 | "A Fish Called Wanda" co-star [7,9] | Adam Aaronson |
| LIFEPARTNER | Thu Sep 12, 2024 | Limb? | Parker Higgins |
| LIMEJELLO | Thu Jan 21, 2010 | Green mold in the fridge | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LITTLEORNOTHING | Fri Sep 21, 2007 | Just a bit, if that | Paula Gamache |
| LIVEANDLETLIVE | Mon Apr 22, 2002 | Mellow person's motto | Peter Gordon |
| MAQUI | Fri May 12, 2000 | Ornamental evergreen shrub | Manny Nosowsky |
| MINIBIKE | Sun Sep 2, 2001 | Small two-wheeler | Manny Nosowsky |
| MOTHBALLED | Sat Jun 5, 2021 | Postponed indefinitely | Peter Wentz |
| MUDDIEST | Fri Apr 1, 1994 | Least lucid | Stanley Newman |
| OUTSHINING | Fri Aug 20, 2010 | Topping | Brad Wilber |
| PICKIER | Wed Feb 9, 2022 | More difficult to please | Grant Thackray |
| PRESIDENTSDAY | Mon Feb 20, 2012 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| PROVIDENT | Wed Mar 23, 2011 | Forward-thinking, in a way | Will Nediger |
| PUNCHEDTAPE | Fri Jan 20, 2006 | Paper strip for old computer data | Harvey Estes |
| QUEERTHEORY | Sat Sep 9, 2023 | Branch of study that challenges heteronormativity | Robert S. Gard |
| RAFF | Sun May 7, 1995 | Disreputable people, for short | Bob Klahn |
| RATHE | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Early-blooming, in old poetry | John M. Samson |
| RELISHED | Mon Feb 11, 2013 | Got a kick out of | Gary Cee |
| SHANTER | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | Tam-o'-_____ | Frank A. Longo |
| SHOWBOATED | Thu Dec 12, 2024 | Strutted one's stuff | Daniel Bodily |
| SIMPLESIGNATURE | Thu May 24, 2001 | X | William I. Johnston |
| SMOKEYEYE | Fri Nov 11, 2022 | Blended style of facial makeup | Brooke Husic and Erik Agard |
| SWEEPSECONDHAND | Sat Jun 2, 2001 | It's in the same position every minute | Jim Page |
| TENNESSEAN | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Volunteer | Byron Walden |
| THEBUG | Sun Sep 24, 2000 | It may be caught in winter | Randolph Ross |
| THEGOODEARTH | Sun Sep 9, 2001 | Buck book | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| TWERKING | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Can-can dancing? | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| WEBBYS | Tue Jul 17, 2018 | Annual internet awards | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |