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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUIRELAND | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Buy real estate | Francis Heaney |
| ANACQUIREDTASTE | Fri Dec 13, 2013 | What black licorice or blue cheese is, for many | Gary Cee |
| ARTICLESOFFAITH | Wed Mar 28, 2012 | Woman's journalism? | Joe DiPietro |
| BIGDANCE | Sun Jun 7, 2020 | March Madness tourney, with "the" | Andy Kravis |
| CALICOS | Sun Apr 1, 2012 | Cloths with repeating patterns | Patrick Merrell |
| CATAWBAS | Sat Jan 16, 2010 | Carolina natives | Ned White |
| CHARGEACCOUNT | Sun Apr 24, 1994 | Shopper's convenience | Louis Sabin |
| COMPARISONS | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | Taste tests, e.g. | Simeon Seigel |
| COXSWAIN | Tue Jun 12, 2007 | Crew's leader | Jonathan Gersch |
| CRUSHINGIT | Fri May 19, 2017 | Nailing a performance | Matthew Sewell |
| DAVIDANDGOLIATH | Fri Jan 9, 2004 | Biblical battlers | Bob Peoples |
| DEMOVERSION | Tue Feb 6, 2018 | Prototype, maybe | Bruce Haight |
| DUSHKU | Sun Jan 24, 2016 | Actress Eliza of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FERRELL | Sat Apr 21, 2018 | "Zoolander" co-star, 2001 | Daniel Nierenberg |
| GANNETS | Sat Aug 8, 2015 | Plunge-diving seabirds | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GOODANDEVIL | Sat Mar 11, 2006 | Sides in an age-old battle | David Quarfoot |
| HESSO | Wed Jul 4, 2007 | "___ Fine" (1963 Chiffons hit) | Patrick Blindauer |
| HIHONEY | Mon Aug 11, 2025 | Warm greeting to a spouse or partner | Rebecca Goldstein |
| JBFLETCHER | Tue Feb 4, 2014 | Pen name for Angela Lansbury's character on "Murder, She Wrote" | David Steinberg |
| JUSTAFEW | Tue Mar 20, 2012 | Not that many | Will Nediger |
| KRISSKROSS | Fri Jan 10, 2014 | Word puzzle popular since the 1930s | Patrick Berry |
| LAUDABLE | Sun Jul 8, 2012 | Deserving praise | Joel Fagliano |
| LUMINESCE | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | Glow | Patrick Berry |
| MENWORKING | Tue Jul 26, 2011 | [Orange] | Michael Black |
| MRROMANCE | Sat Jun 28, 2008 | 2005 reality show hosted by Fabio | Byron Walden |
| OGGI | Tue Feb 25, 1997 | Today, in Turin | Gregory E. Paul |
| OLDBATS | Sat Jul 18, 2015 | Biddies | Joe Krozel |
| PAUPERS | Sat May 6, 2000 | The poor | Rich Norris |
| PORTLIEST | Fri Oct 27, 2006 | Superlatively stout | Lisa Bunker |
| POTATORACE | Sat Sep 16, 2017 | Fair competition | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| PUZZLES | Sat Aug 8, 2009 | Stumps | Karen M. Tracey |
| ROXANA | Sun Apr 22, 2012 | Wife of Alexander the Great | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| SHOPTILLYOUDROP | Mon Mar 29, 1999 | Catch phrase for the avid mallgoer | Bill Ballard |
| SIGNALFLARE | Mon Apr 19, 1999 | Trunk item | Gregory E. Paul |
| STENTON | Sat Jan 6, 2007 | Sir Frank ___, historian of Anglo-Saxon England | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TRANIO | Fri Mar 18, 2005 | Romantic plotter in "The Taming of the Shrew" | Ed Early |
| TRUEDUP | Sun Aug 4, 2019 | Aligned | Will Nediger |
| TUBEPAN | Thu Jan 23, 2014 | Angel food cake requirement | Michael Hawkins |
| UNBAG | Wed Apr 5, 2000 | Remove from a sack | Frances Hansen |
| WHISKER | Wed Dec 18, 1996 | Narrow margin of victory | M. W. Perry |