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 50,822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPURPOSE | Fri Jun 26, 2020 | Like some cleaners | Robyn Weintraub |
| ARETHANOW | Sat Jan 16, 2010 | 1968 soul album with the hit "Think" | Ned White |
| AWKWARDLY | Wed Jan 19, 1994 | Betraying clumsiness | Stanley Newman |
| BARCART | Tue Dec 3, 2024 | Place to store cocktail-making equipment | Henry Lin-David |
| BLACKBEAN | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Ingredient in some chili and burritos | Joanne Sullivan |
| CLASSACTIONLAWSUIT | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Court case where Ripken is one of many plaintiffs? | Trip Payne |
| DRAMACOACHES | Sat Jan 12, 2019 | Ones who help people get their acts together? | Sam Trabucco |
| FLEASHAMPOO | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Spot treatment? | Patrick Berry |
| FLUXCAPACITOR | Sat Mar 25, 2023 | Tech for time travel in "Back to the Future" | Robyn Weintraub |
| FREEDVD | Sat Feb 18, 2017 | Many a promotional media giveaway | Steve Overton |
| GELINSERTS | Fri Oct 20, 2023 | Sole supporters | Jacob McDermott |
| HEDGETRIMMERS | Sun May 16, 2021 | Tools for landscapers | Joe DiPietro |
| ICKFACTOR | Sat Dec 30, 2006 | Gross measure? | Rich Norris |
| JAH | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | God, in Rastafarianism | Andy Kravis |
| KEYBISCAYNE | Mon Nov 1, 2010 | Nixon's Florida home | Holden Baker |
| LANCEARMSTRONG | Wed Nov 5, 2008 | Athlete with four ESPY awards | Doug Peterson |
| LAYANCHOR | Tue Sep 12, 2006 | Secure oneself in port | James R. Leeds |
| LEANTOTENT | Wed Jan 2, 2019 | Makeshift shelter | Jacob Stulberg |
| LOUSINGUP | Sun Jul 10, 2011 | Botching | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
| MALTWHISKEY | Sun Jun 30, 2013 | Dewar's product | Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen |
| MANCHU | Sun May 27, 2018 | Fu ___ | Andrew Chaikin |
| OHMYGOSH | Fri Mar 6, 2020 | "Heavens to Betsy!" | Caitlin Reid |
| ONETHIRD | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Four in every dozen | Patrick Berry |
| ONTHERIGHT | Sat Aug 16, 2003 | Dangerous way to pass | Manny Nosowsky |
| OUTOFOURHANDS | Thu Jun 1, 2023 | Not up to us | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| PLEATHER | Thu Aug 2, 2012 | Non-deluxe sofa covering | Xan Vongsathorn |
| RAVEMUSIC | Thu Jun 2, 2016 | Electro house or dubstep | Susan Gelfand |
| RECROSSED | Thu Sep 5, 2002 | Intersected again | Michael Shteyman |
| RENAISSANCEFAIRE | Sun Jun 18, 2017 | Soup, black bread and, for the wealthy, meat? | Sam Trabucco |
| ROCKHARD | Wed Sep 29, 2021 | Like some abs | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SCOFFEDAT | Sat Jun 30, 2001 | Derided | Frank Longo |
| SURVEY | Sat Aug 1, 2015 | "___ says ..." | Kameron Austin Collins |
| TASSETS | Sat Jun 9, 2018 | Plate armor designed to protect the thighs | Roland Huget |
| TEATREES | Sun Mar 16, 2008 | Sources of a cosmetics oil | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TECHNOBEAT | Sat Dec 6, 2025 | Source of rhythm in electronic music | Marshal Herrmann |
| THEPIERRE | Wed Jun 24, 2015 | Luxury hotel overlooking Central Park | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| THETHREEBEARS | Tue Nov 15, 2005 | This puzzle's theme | Sarah Keller |
| THISISNOTATOY | Tue May 12, 2020 | Product warning label appropriate for the answers to the four starred clues | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TOURNIQUET | Sat Jun 17, 2017 | Flow stopper, of a sort | Ryan McCarty |
| WINETHIEF | Sat Jul 10, 2004 | Viniculturist's sampling tube | Bob Peoples |