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 50,585 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRANGER | Sat Jul 18, 1998 | Professional musician | Rich Norris |
| BBQPORKBUN | Sat Jun 24, 2023 | Steamed Chinese snack also called char siu bao | Spencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez |
| BITINGPESTS | Wed Jan 2, 2002 | They're hidden in 21-, 31- and 40-Across | Sarah Keller |
| BLISTERS | Thu Aug 8, 2002 | Sore spots | Patrick Merrell |
| BOUNCES | Thu May 30, 2002 | Ejects | Peter Gordon |
| COMMUNAL | Thu Nov 30, 1995 | Shared by all | Susan Smith |
| CRUELANDUNUSUAL | Fri Jul 10, 2009 | Torturous, perhaps | Joe Krozel |
| DECLAIMED | Wed Jun 24, 1998 | Renounced? | Richard Silvestri |
| DETERGES | Mon Mar 5, 2007 | Cleanses | Fred Piscop |
| DISCOUNTSTORES | Sun Jan 5, 2020 | Ignore what you have in reserve while taking inventory? | Will Nediger |
| DOUBLEDECKER | Sun May 4, 2014 | Classic London transport | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| DRUMMERS | Sat May 27, 1995 | Band members | A.J. Santora |
| ELION | Thu Aug 11, 2005 | Gertrude ___, 1988 Medicine Nobelist | Michael Shteyman |
| ENDUPINLAST | Mon Jul 28, 2008 | With 73-Across, be beaten by the rest of the field | Roger Baiocchi |
| EPICUREAN | Thu Feb 17, 1994 | Definitely not ascetic | Brett Blaylock |
| EXHIBITOR | Wed Apr 14, 1999 | Show participant | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FILTHY | Fri Dec 23, 2005 | Foul-mouthed | Manny Nosowsky |
| FLOORLEADER | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | *Legislative V.I.P. | Bob Klahn |
| FRONTAXLES | Sat Sep 15, 2007 | Steering system components | Brad Wilber |
| FROSTER | Sat May 17, 2003 | Bakery worker, at times | Bob Peoples |
| GNOSTIC | Sun May 2, 2010 | Early Christian | Kelsey Blakley |
| GOOPY | Thu Aug 3, 2023 | Cloyingly sentimental | Simeon Seigel |
| HAYFORK | Sun May 14, 2006 | Farm pitcher | Patrick Berry |
| JUSTMISS | Sat Jul 3, 2004 | Come this close | Eric Berlin |
| LYMEDISEASE | Wed Jun 6, 2012 | Malady named after a Connecticut town | Gary Cee |
| MADEAPLAN | Fri Jun 24, 2011 | Prepared | Milo Beckman |
| MISSCUBA | Tue Dec 11, 2012 | Havana beauty, maybe | Gene Newman |
| NOODLESOUP | Mon Sep 1, 2025 | Ramen or pho | Lynn Lempel |
| OEUFS | Fri Jan 21, 2011 | Quiche ingrédients | Pete Mitchell |
| POPPEDAPILL | Thu Oct 12, 2023 | Dosed oneself | John Nagamichi Cho |
| REVENUER | Wed Nov 30, 1994 | T-man | Joan Scott |
| SAEED | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives" | Rafael Musa |
| SALMIS | Fri Oct 13, 1995 | Pheasant ragouts | Charles E. Gersch |
| SEMINARS | Thu Mar 23, 1995 | University sessions | Wayne Robert Williams |
| STITCHING | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Needlework | Timothy Polin |
| STOCKARBITRAGE | Thu May 30, 1996 | Wall Street action | N. S. Wizer |
| TADLINCOLN | Sat Jun 21, 2014 | Onetime White House resident with a cleft palate | Brad Wilber and Byron Walden |
| TAKING | Wed Apr 22, 2009 | Pirating | Daniel A. Finan |
| TINNERS | Sun Oct 23, 1994 | Some smiths | Cathy Millhauser |
| WRITEOFFS | Sun Aug 15, 2021 | Some tax breaks | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |