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 50,712 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOUNTHOLDER | Fri Oct 6, 2017 | Recipient of blank checks | Patrick Berry |
| AILEENS | Sun Jul 7, 2002 | "Annie" portrayer Quinn and others | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| BAITBUCKETS | Sat Sep 4, 2010 | Fishing gear | Mark Diehl |
| BEERLEAGUE | Sat Jan 11, 2020 | Recreational sports association for adults | Andrew J. Ries |
| CHARLATAN | Sat Sep 23, 1995 | Quack | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| COWCATCHER | Mon Mar 20, 1995 | Locomotive's front | Sidney L. Robbins |
| DEVISER | Mon Jan 29, 2007 | Inventor | Fred Piscop |
| DINEDON | Tue Sep 23, 2008 | Had for dinner | Richard Chisholm |
| DIRTYMARTINI | Thu Jun 15, 2017 | *Gin, vermouth and olive juice concoction | Richard F. Mausser |
| DISCOLOR | Sun Dec 5, 2010 | Fade, maybe | Ben Pall |
| DOASTHEROMANSDO | Fri May 24, 1996 | Adapt, in a way | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| ENATURAL | Tue Oct 30, 2012 | F flat equivalent | Alex Vratsanos |
| FAIRISLESWEATER | Sat Jun 7, 2025 | Colorful knit top with Scottish origins | Blake Slonecker |
| FAITHDANIELS | Tue Nov 16, 1999 | Emmy-winning newswoman of the 80's-90's | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| FIDDLEFADDLES | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Fusses | Alfio Micci |
| FRONTROWSEATS | Fri Apr 23, 2021 | Ones best in show? | Robyn Weintraub |
| FUNEMPLOYED | Fri Feb 8, 2019 | Between jobs and loving it | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| GENDERSTUDIES | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | Modern college major | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| GETOPEN | Sun Nov 13, 2016 | Shake one's defender | Joel Fagliano |
| HASASHOTAT | Sat Jun 14, 2008 | Can still get | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HIGHSIERRA | Sat Mar 4, 2017 | Yosemite's range | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| ICOSI | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Twenty: Prefix | Thomas W. Schier |
| INNERGEEK | Fri Sep 26, 2025 | It might be on display at Comic-Con | Larry Snyder |
| JACKTRIPPER | Fri Nov 5, 1999 | "Three's Company" role | Mark Diehl |
| KENTISH | Sat Jan 24, 2015 | Dialect of SE England | Kevin G. Der |
| LAPDANCES | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | Bachelor party entertainment | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| LESSSURE | Tue Oct 31, 2000 | More skittish | Bill Zais |
| OPERASTAR | Wed May 14, 2008 | Callas or Sills | Doug Peterson |
| OVERSHADOW | Sun May 27, 2007 | Dwarf | Patrick Berry |
| PLEDGER | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | One showing promise? | Manny Nosowsky |
| RACERJACKET | Tue Jun 25, 2024 | Sleek leather outerwear | Seth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen |
| RECARPET | Wed Apr 10, 2002 | Cover the floor anew | Gregory Casagrande |
| REFRIES | Fri Sep 27, 2002 | Prepares beans in a way | Michael Shteyman |
| SICILIANDEFENSE | Tue May 23, 1995 | 1. e4; c5 | Jay Livingston |
| SOOTHEFEARS | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | AY | Matt Gaffney |
| STEPPARENTS | Sat Sep 12, 2020 | Mike and Carol Brady, on "The Brady Bunch" | Ryan McCarty |
| UNINDEXED | Sat Sep 11, 2004 | Hard to research | Byron Walden |
| VERBALISE | Thu Jan 25, 2018 | *Poetry | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| WALKINGTHEPLANK | Tue Feb 20, 1996 | Pirate's situation | D. Trombley |
| YELLOWROSE | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Texas has one, in song | Francis Heaney |