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 50,622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLYOU | Sun Mar 1, 1998 | "___ can eat!" | Cathy Millhauser |
| APPLEPEELER | Mon Oct 9, 2023 | Kitchen gadget | Zachary David Levy |
| ASSISTSIN | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Contributes to | Thomas W. Schier |
| BORROWER | Mon Jan 16, 2006 | Person using a library card | Sarah Keller |
| CANADADAY | Fri Oct 18, 2019 | It commemorates 1867's Constitution Act | Jamey Smith |
| CASTIRONSKILLET | Fri Jan 12, 2007 | It can take a lot of heat | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CEREBRALLY | Wed Jan 16, 2013 | In an intellectual manner | Michael David |
| COEDDORM | Mon Jan 22, 1996 | Modern college lodging | E. Gorski |
| CROWDPLEASER | Sat May 26, 2018 | Fan favorite | Peter Wentz |
| CUREDPORK | Fri Feb 9, 2024 | Bacon or pancetta | Christina Iverson |
| DIAGONALPARKING | Wed Apr 21, 2010 | Easy way of pulling in ... and a hint to the six circled words | Peter A. Collins |
| DIMEA | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | ___-dozen | Jeff Chen |
| EJECTORSEAT | Sat Jan 18, 2014 | Feature of 007's car | David Steinberg |
| ERLENMEYERFLASK | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | ... something conical in a chemistry lab | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| EXACTER | Thu May 7, 1998 | More accurate | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| FIDGETSPINNER | Mon Sep 17, 2018 | Toy in a 2017 craze | Caitlin Reid |
| FOURTHOFJULY | Mon Jul 4, 2016 | Holiday suggested by the starts of 20-, 26-, 36- and 42-Across, literally | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| FREQUENCYSHIFT | Sun Nov 3, 2024 | Doppler effect phenomenon | Sid Sivakumar |
| GOLDBERG | Sun Oct 21, 2012 | Secretary of labor who became a Supreme Court justice | Caleb Rasmussen |
| HUNGERED | Mon Apr 28, 1997 | Yearned (for) | Peter Gordon |
| ICEFLOES | Fri Aug 10, 2007 | White sheets | Patrick Berry |
| INANIMATEOBJECT | Fri Sep 23, 2016 | It has no life | Andrew Zhou |
| INDIRAGANDHI | Wed Oct 13, 2021 | First and only female prime minister of India | Brianne McManis |
| LAUNDERED | Sat Aug 27, 1994 | Cleaned | Joy L. Wouk |
| LETEMIN | Tue Aug 17, 2010 | 1976 hit that begins "Someone's knockin' at the door" | Michael Sharp |
| MEMEMEMEME | Wed Dec 26, 2012 | Egocentric person's mantra | Dan Schoenholz |
| MUTTONHEADED | Tue Jun 5, 2018 | Stupid | Peter Gordon |
| NEWSNOW | Sat Mar 6, 2010 | Ski resort forecast | Barry Silk |
| PASQUINADE | Fri Jan 28, 1994 | Lampoon | Manny Nosowsky |
| PRESCRIBE | Thu Mar 21, 2024 | Allow to take, perhaps | Joe Marquez |
| PREX | Thu Jun 19, 2014 | School head, slangily | Timothy Polin |
| SANTAREM | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | City in northern Brazil | John M. Samson |
| SHOOTSAT | Fri Aug 10, 2001 | Tries to hit | Manny Nosowsky |
| TALKINGHEADS | Sat Sep 6, 2025 | Many TV panelists | Kunal Nabar |
| THEBATCAVE | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Locale below 17-Across, as suggested by three images in this puzzle's grid | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| TOBEG | Thu Feb 10, 2005 | "Ain't Too Proud ___" | Frank Longo |
| TOOTHEXTRACTIONS | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | AND A FOR A | R. Wolfe |
| UNREVERSED | Sun Jun 23, 2002 | Normal, as a photo | Eric Berlin |
| VENOMOUS | Sat Jun 1, 1996 | Spiteful | B. Klahn |
| VIAGRAS | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | Pep pills? | Byron Walden |