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 50,690 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKS | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Comic cries of frustration | David Woolf |
| ASSWEETASPIE | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Incredibly nice | Joe DiPietro |
| BANKSAFE | Thu May 23, 2024 | Target of a heist | Adam Wagner |
| CONDENSE | Wed Feb 11, 1998 | Abridge | Nancy S. Ross |
| DEERSTALKERCAP | Sat Dec 28, 2024 | Iconic accessory worn by 1-Down | Sam Berriman |
| DERAILMENT | Fri Aug 14, 1998 | Result of a bad jump | Shannon Burns |
| DRYWASH | Sat Apr 7, 2007 | Clean laundry that hasn't yet been ironed | Michael Shteyman |
| ELINNORDEGREN | Thu Jan 13, 2011 | Spouse in 2009 headlines | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FALMOUTH | Sat Nov 15, 1997 | Cape Cod town | Fred Piscop |
| FOILPAPER | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | It's brilliant in handicrafts | Byron Walden |
| GODISGOOD | Sun Feb 16, 2020 | "Hallelujah, praise the Lord!" | Sam Ezersky |
| HALFBLOODPRINCE | Mon Sep 26, 2011 | Part of a 2005 Harry Potter title | David Gray |
| HALFTURN | Sat May 18, 2002 | Reversal | Trip Payne |
| HUMANCANNONBALL | Sat Feb 22, 2025 | Big shot performer? | Rose Conlon |
| HUSAK | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Czech leader ousted in the Velvet Revolution, 1989 | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| ILLDOIT | Sun May 5, 2019 | Volunteer's offer | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| IMPECUNIOUS | Tue Feb 19, 2019 | Lacking money | David Alfred Bywaters |
| INTANGIBLEASSET | Fri Apr 30, 1999 | Goodwill, e.g. | Pat M. Hugel |
| KENNYROGERS | Thu Mar 31, 2011 | Yankees hurler (1996 champs) / Solo singer of "Lady" (#1 in 1980) | Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman |
| MARCUSWELBY | Tue Apr 14, 2009 | 1970s Robert Young TV role | Barry Boone |
| MUDGUARD | Wed Mar 12, 2008 | Curved motorcycle part | Larry Shearer |
| OCHLOCRACY | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | Mob rule | Bob Klahn |
| PATRIOTMISSILE | Sun Jul 13, 1997 | Shell shot at a Harrisburg newspaper? | Fred Piscop |
| PINKEST | Fri Feb 1, 2008 | Tickled the most? | Doug Peterson |
| PLAYBY | Sun Aug 28, 1994 | Pass, as on the golf course | Randolph Ross |
| PLAYDIRTY | Sat Jun 12, 2021 | Hit below the belt | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| PUFFPIECES | Sun Jun 2, 2019 | Stoner movies? | Erik Agard |
| RADARMAN | Mon Feb 5, 1996 | Control tower figure | Robert Katz |
| SEEDBEDS | Tue Sep 21, 1999 | Hothouse features | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| SHRIFTS | Tue Dec 19, 2000 | Old-time impositions of penance | Fred Piscop |
| SNICKERED | Sat Oct 11, 1997 | Responded disrespectfully | Fred Piscop |
| SURMISED | Sun Dec 11, 1994 | Engaged in conjecture | Wayne Robert Williams |
| SWEETTHING | Thu Mar 23, 2006 | Doll | Ethan Cooper |
| THEBRONX | Sun May 14, 2023 | Where hip-hop originated | Sid Sivakumar |
| THERAT | Tue Mar 31, 2026 | What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiac | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| TOPSTHELIST | Tue Nov 30, 2010 | Is ranked #1 | Kristian House |
| TRANSPORT | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Convey | Patrick Merrell |
| TRASHTALKER | Sat Mar 20, 2021 | Muhammad Ali was one, famously | Emily Carroll |
| WINDOWSHOPPER | Tue Oct 25, 1994 | Many a Fifth Avenue habitue | Lois Sidway |
| YOURENOTWRONG | Fri Nov 15, 2024 | "Technically, that's correct" | Alina Abidi |