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 50,781 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGIST | Fri Mar 9, 2007 | Feed for a fee, as cattle | Randolph Ross |
| ASSESSAS | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Deem | Jeremy Newton |
| BADTHING | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Demerit | Byron Walden |
| BUFFOON | Wed Apr 2, 2025 | Goofball | Daniel Bodily |
| CATASTROPHE | Wed Jul 21, 2010 | Disaster | Oliver Hill |
| CLARES | Thu Mar 20, 1997 | Luce and others | A. J. Santora |
| COLLEGEPREP | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | A.P. courses, e.g. | Frank Longo |
| CRISPIN | Sun Nov 14, 1999 | Patron saint of shoemakers | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| FATTIRE | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | Beer brand with a bicycle in its logo | Sam Ezersky |
| FIRSTSTEP | Fri Dec 13, 2019 | It's a start | Leslie Rogers |
| GOODCHARLOTTE | Fri Apr 5, 2013 | Pop punk band with the 2002 triple-platinum album "The Young and the Hopeless" | Peter Wentz |
| HARVEYDENT | Tue Jul 31, 2012 | Gotham district attorney who becomes Batman's nemesis Two-Face | Michael Sharp |
| HASSOCKS | Sat Apr 18, 2026 | Relatives of ottomans | Jesse Cohn |
| HEDGEHOP | Mon Mar 4, 2002 | Fly a crop duster | Randall J. Hartman |
| HICKEY | Tue Jan 27, 1998 | Kiss mark | Manny Nosowsky |
| IFTHESHOEFITS | Sun Sep 9, 2007 | *"It's true, like it or not" | Patrick Berry |
| INKLINGS | Fri Feb 6, 1998 | Vague notions | Wayne Robert Williams |
| IRUETHEDAY | Fri Oct 4, 2019 | Expression of regret | Matthew Sewell |
| LAPCATS | Tue Jan 13, 2026 | Pet sitters? | Nate Hall |
| MAKEACONFESSION | Fri Jun 30, 2000 | Acknowledge | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MELDING | Sat Apr 19, 2014 | Putting one's cards on the table, in a way | Stu Ockman |
| MERRYANDREW | Sat Jun 20, 2009 | Clown | Brad Wilber |
| NEWSRACKS | Sun Nov 19, 2023 | Things behind the Times? | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| NIGHTCOURT | Wed Sep 22, 2004 | Popular 80's-90's TV sitcom | David J. Kahn |
| ONENOTRUMP | Fri Jun 13, 1997 | Bridge opening | Bob Klahn |
| OPTSOUTOF | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | Steps away from | Byron Walden |
| ORIENTALRUG | Fri Jan 20, 1995 | Persian | Manny Nosowsky |
| OUTLAWRY | Mon Sep 11, 2006 | Criminal activity | Lynn Lempel |
| PLAYSWITHFIRE | Thu Mar 12, 2015 | Risks disaster | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| PRICEGOUGE | Tue Sep 26, 2006 | Earn windfall profits, perhaps | Randall J. Hartman |
| PURSERS | Sat Dec 6, 2003 | They may hold money for passengers | Craig Kasper |
| RAUCH | Thu Sep 22, 2011 | Jon ___, at 6'11" the tallest player in Major League Baseball history | Jeff Dubner |
| SHARPSET | Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Fixed at an acute angle | Timothy Polin |
| SILESIA | Thu Aug 1, 2002 | Oder region | William I. Johnston |
| SLAMBID | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | Ambitious tactic in bridge | Sam Ezersky |
| SWEATOFONESBROW | Tue Dec 12, 2000 | Hard labor | Nick Grivas |
| SWEEPSECONDHAND | Sat Jun 2, 2001 | It's in the same position every minute | Jim Page |
| THEGOBLETOFFIRE | Sat Apr 19, 2014 | Harry Potter series part | Stu Ockman |
| WHITEROCK | Fri Aug 11, 2000 | American chicken variety | Joe DiPietro |
| WONDERBREAD | Tue Aug 22, 2023 | Royalties from Stevie's "Superstition"? | Jay Silverman |