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 50,336 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDICTION | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Monkey, so to speak | Myles Callum |
| BEERKEG | Sat May 6, 2017 | Center of a blowout, maybe | Joe DiPietro |
| BEONTO | Sun Aug 29, 2004 | Understand now, as someone's tricks | Manny Nosowsky |
| BIGEYED | Wed Jan 1, 1997 | Filled with awe | M. Diehl |
| BRAZO | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Spanish arm | B. White |
| CINCINNATUS | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Roman statesman for whom a Midwest city was named | John Hawksley |
| DOMINEER | Sat Nov 14, 2015 | Tyrannize over | Kameron Austin Collins |
| EEROS | Fri Jun 3, 1994 | Saarinen namesakes | Norman S. Wizer |
| ELFUDGE | Sun Jun 5, 2022 | Keebler cookie with shortbread and chocolate | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| FACERECOGNITION | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-Across | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| FLYINGATHALFMAST | Thu Feb 26, 2015 | Signaling remembrance, in a way | Caleb Emmons |
| GITANOS | Sun Feb 2, 2025 | Jeans popular in the 1980s | Derrick Niederman |
| ILLOMENS | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Black cats, supposedly | Frank A. Longo |
| JOLLITY | Sat Dec 3, 2022 | Good cheer | Kate Hawkins |
| JUNEAUITE | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | Person with a 99801 ZIP code | Byron Walden |
| KICKOFF | Wed Sep 23, 2015 | Exile from? | Michael S. Maurer |
| KNICKERS | Sun May 22, 2011 | You may get them in a bunch | Bob Klahn |
| KRISS | Sat May 6, 2006 | ___ Kringle | James E. Buell |
| LOANTO | Sat Sep 7, 2024 | Give temporarily | David P. Williams |
| LUNDGREN | Sun Mar 23, 2014 | Dolph of "Rocky IV" | Ian Livengood |
| MONIQUE | Sun Mar 4, 2012 | Winner of 2009's Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Precious" | David J. Kahn |
| MUCKRAKER | Tue Oct 15, 2013 | Journalist of the Progressive Era | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| NORMCORE | Wed Sep 25, 2019 | Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothing | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| OLDTO | Sun May 8, 1994 | "You're never too ____ learn" | Ralph G. Beaman |
| OUTLAWED | Sun Mar 24, 2019 | Like chewing gum in Singapore or wearing blue jeans in North Korea (seriously!) | Trenton Charlson |
| OVALLY | Sun Jun 25, 1995 | How to draw an egg | Frances Hansen |
| PLEXUS | Fri Jul 9, 1999 | Solar ___ | Ingrid Truemper |
| POLITICALSCRIPT | Thu May 3, 2007 | See 61- and 62-Across | Richard Chisholm |
| SCM | Sat Nov 30, 2002 | Inits. on old typewriters | Jim Page |
| SHIRELLES | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" group, with "the" | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| SITNEXTTO | Sat Feb 21, 1998 | Accompany, as on a train | Richard Hughes |
| STICKYSITUATIONS | Sun Jul 5, 2020 | Imbroglios | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| TAKECHANCES | Tue Aug 6, 2013 | Make off with some raffle tickets? | Lynn Lempel |
| TAMPEREDWITH | Wed Oct 28, 1998 | Improperly altered | Alan Arbesfeld |
| THISTLES | Sun May 31, 1998 | Leg scratchers | Cathy Millhauser |
| THREEKINGSDAY | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Annual celebration on January 6 | Timothy Polin |
| WALKIN | Fri Feb 26, 2010 | Capacious closet | Josh Knapp |
| WEAKNESSES | Sun Feb 3, 2008 | Failings | Matt Ginsberg |
| WHATISTHEHANGUP | Mon May 19, 2014 | "Will you please hurry?" | Michael Hawkins |
| WORDSFAILME | Sat Jan 23, 2021 | "I ... I can't even" | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |