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 50,811 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACESATEST | Sun Oct 21, 2012 | Scores 100 | Caleb Rasmussen |
| ACQUIRED | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | With 12-Down, blue cheese and black coffee, typically | Joe Krozel |
| APCLASS | Thu Sep 18, 2025 | U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g. | Adam Wagner |
| BEARSUIT | Sat May 1, 2004 | Mascot costume, maybe | Byron Walden |
| BECALMS | Sat Mar 6, 2004 | Stops the progress of | Ed Early |
| BLUM | Tue Aug 6, 2002 | 1930's French P.M. Léon | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| CATSKILLNEWYORK | Sun Jan 21, 2001 | STATE DESTROYED BY MOUNTAIN LIONS | Con Pederson |
| CRISISHOTLINES | Thu Oct 16, 2003 | Resources for the troubled | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CURTS | Sun Nov 15, 1998 | Baseball's Flood and others | Robert H. Wolfe |
| DAYBEDS | Sun Jun 8, 2014 | Futon alternatives | Patrick Berry |
| DEFERRALS | Sun Dec 4, 2005 | Postponements | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| DMASS | Sun Nov 16, 2008 | Abbr. after Ted Kennedy's name | Merl Reagle |
| EASTTIMOR | Wed Feb 21, 2024 | Nation that shares an island with part of Indonesia [Indonesian] | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| EASYMAN | Sat Apr 13, 2024 | "Chill, bro" | Jess Rucks |
| GRANDEE | Sun Oct 9, 2016 | Spanish nobleman | Michael Ashley |
| GUINNESSONTAP | Sun Nov 12, 2000 | Obi-Wan Kenobi actor's thoughts about Gregory Hines? | Joe DiPietro |
| HAPPYCAMPERS | Sun Apr 19, 2026 | They've got no complaints | Michael Lieberman |
| HOLEDOUT | Sun Aug 24, 2003 | Putted successfully | Patrick Berry |
| HRAP | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | 1960s civil rights leader ___ Brown | Peter A. Collins |
| INTERNALORGANS | Sun Jun 10, 2012 | *Contents of a chest? | Xan Vongsathorn |
| ISLANDHOPPING | Thu Jan 25, 2018 | Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ITSAMEMARIO | Sat Jan 26, 2019 | Classic video game hero's catchphrase | Grant Thackray |
| ITSOF | Sun May 17, 2009 | "___ no importance" | Oliver Hill |
| KELLYRIPA | Wed Mar 17, 2004 | Morning TV co-host | A. J. Santora |
| MADEANOTEOF | Sun Jul 9, 2006 | Jotted down | Patrick Berry |
| MOLDER | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Crumble | Harvey Estes |
| OILBOOMS | Sun Mar 3, 2024 | High times for the petroleum industry | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| RELIGIOUSFAST | Tue Jul 3, 2007 | Ramadan observance | Norma Johnson |
| SCHLUBS | Sun Oct 26, 2014 | Boors | Caleb Emmons |
| SHAFTOFSUNLIGHT | Wed Apr 19, 2000 | Ray? | Frances Hansen |
| SISIS | Fri Mar 28, 1997 | O.K.s, in Toledo | Jim Page |
| STOMPON | Sat May 6, 2017 | Crush | Joe DiPietro |
| SYPHON | Sun Feb 26, 2012 | Draw (off): Var. | Daniel A. Finan |
| TOOKASHOTAT | Tue Jan 14, 2025 | Attempted | Lance Enfinger |
| TORCHED | Sun May 12, 2019 | Set aflame | Victor Barocas |
| ULENT | Fri May 27, 2005 | Suffix with fraud | Manny Nosowsky |
| UPBRAIDED | Wed Mar 9, 2016 | Took to task | John Guzzetta |
| VWBUG | Sun Dec 8, 2019 | Disney's Herbie, for one | Emily Carroll |
| WEEPING | Sun Jun 15, 2025 | Reaction to a tearjerker | Adam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein |
| WINECAVE | Fri Oct 21, 2022 | Place to store some barrels | Rafael Musa |