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 50,845 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASLOUD | Thu Jul 19, 2007 | Comparatively noisy | David J. Kahn |
| BRUITS | Fri Aug 5, 1994 | Spreads the news | Daniel R. Stark |
| CHAIRBED | Sat Nov 26, 2011 | What might unfold when you have guests | Brad Wilber |
| COMPARISONS | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | Taste tests, e.g. | Simeon Seigel |
| COSTUMEBALLS | Mon Sep 23, 2013 | Fancy dress affairs | Susan Gelfand |
| DEFLATION | Wed Apr 14, 1999 | Reason for some hisses | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DETONATED | Sun Jun 6, 2004 | Set off | Patrick Merrell |
| DISTILLEDSPIRIT | Mon May 7, 2012 | Whiskey or vodka | Guy Tabachnick |
| DOAFAVOR | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Help out | Ryan McCarty |
| FANTAILEDPIGEON | Sun Sep 12, 1999 | Bird with a devoted following? | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| FLEASHAMPOO | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Spot treatment? | Patrick Berry |
| FLESHTONE | Tue May 25, 2010 | Body suit shade, perhaps | Sarah Keller |
| GANDER | Sun Jan 9, 2005 | Look around | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GENERALELECTION | Fri Jul 20, 2012 | Primary counterpart | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| IMHAPPY | Wed Nov 18, 2020 | "OK by me" | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| ISTHATAYESORANO | Fri Dec 6, 2024 | "Sorry, can you clarify your answer?" | Robyn Weintraub |
| JAVASEA | Fri Mar 13, 2026 | Body of water near Sumatra | James McCarron and Rachel Souza |
| JAYCEE | Tue Jun 11, 1996 | Civic leader | G. E. Paul |
| JUICENEWTON | Mon Dec 26, 2005 | "Queen of Hearts" vocalist, 1981 | Allan E. Parrish |
| JUMPTHESHARK | Mon Jul 10, 2023 | Become absurdly outlandish, as a TV show | Brad Wiegmann |
| LAIDEGGS | Sun Jun 30, 2024 | Successfully nested, say | Ginny Too |
| LAMPED | Sat Nov 26, 2016 | Clobbered, in British slang | Paolo Pasco |
| LIMPBIZKIT | Mon Oct 8, 2018 | Rap rock band with the 7x platinum album "Significant Other" | Jacob Stulberg |
| LOVEWILLTEARUSAPART | Sun Jan 1, 2023 | Seminal 1980 hit by Joy Division | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| PEGOUT | Sun Nov 9, 2008 | Score the winning point in cribbage | Paula Gamache |
| PHASIC | Sat Aug 15, 2009 | Occurring in stages | Matt Ginsberg |
| ROBERTBENCHLEY | Sun Aug 9, 1998 | "From Bed to Worse" writer | Christopher Hurt |
| SAFEINVESTMENT | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | Purchase of a vault? | Charles Deber |
| SAINTJOAN | Mon Apr 7, 2008 | Play by George Bernard Shaw | Randall J. Hartman |
| SNEAKSOUT | Thu Nov 25, 2021 | Breaks curfew, maybe | Chase Dittrich |
| SOCIALCUE | Fri Jul 5, 2024 | Crossed arms or yawning, e.g. | Trent H. Evans |
| STEPPEDONTHEGAS | Fri Sep 11, 2015 | Gunned it | Peter A. Collins |
| TECHNOBAND | Thu Sep 29, 2022 | Group putting out electronic music | Jeremy Newton |
| TN | Wed Jul 16, 2008 | See note | Joe Krozel |
| TOOKTOONESFEET | Tue Aug 26, 2008 | Rose | Nancy Salomon |
| UNDERONEROOF | Sun Sep 17, 2017 | All together, as a family | Mark MacLachlan |
| UNDERSPENDS | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | Is frugal | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VOLLEY | Sat Jun 24, 1995 | Barrage | Bob & Sharon Klahn |
| WINDOWSHOPPER | Tue Oct 25, 1994 | Many a Fifth Avenue habitue | Lois Sidway |
| WITHDRAW | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Back down | Joe DiPietro |