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 50,672 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADISH | Sun Mar 23, 2003 | "___ fit for a king" | Con Pederson |
| ANTIPERSPIRANT | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | You probably raise your arm for this | Finn Vigeland |
| BRAINDOCTOR | Sat Dec 24, 2011 | Neurologist | Ned White |
| BYWORDS | Sun Jan 24, 1999 | "Peace be with you" and others | Robert Malinow |
| CHERRYWOOD | Mon Aug 5, 2024 | Expensive cabinet material | Andy Walker |
| CIRCUMVENT | Sat Oct 25, 2008 | Bypass | Karen M. Tracey |
| COBRAPOSE | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | Relative of upward dog, to 50-Down | Ryan Judge |
| DAYSPAST | Wed Nov 14, 2012 | A previous time | Joe DiPietro |
| ERRORRATES | Sat Sep 15, 2007 | Slipping frequencies | Brad Wilber |
| FILETOOLARGE | Sun Jan 25, 2026 | "Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag" | Mark MacLachlan |
| FURIOUS | Sat Nov 27, 1999 | Up in arms | Patrick D. Berry |
| FUTURESCONTRACT | Thu May 30, 1996 | Wall Street action | N. S. Wizer |
| HADOVER | Sat Jun 3, 1995 | Entertained at home | Bob Klahn |
| HATFUL | Sun Nov 21, 2021 | Amount of tips earned by a street performer, maybe | Adam Wagner |
| INQUIRY | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Fact-finding mission | Sam Ezersky |
| INTERNALDRIVE | Wed Dec 31, 2014 | *Essential feature of a PC | David Woolf |
| JAROMIR | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | Many-time N.H.L. All-Star Jagr | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| JESSWILLARD | Sat Jun 24, 1995 | 17-Across dethroned him on 7/14/19 | Bob & Sharon Klahn |
| NEDKELLY | Fri Jun 14, 2002 | Real-life outlaw played in film by Mick Jagger | Randolph Ross |
| NEVERLETMEGO | Wed Jun 5, 2019 | 2005 dystopian novel adapted into a 2010 film | Rich Proulx |
| ONTHELOOSE | Fri Jan 11, 2008 | Free | Mike Nothnagel |
| OUTOFDOORS | Mon Aug 2, 2004 | Having no entryways? | Holden Baker |
| PAGEDOWN | Mon Jul 24, 2006 | Scroll key on a computer | Richard Chisholm |
| PASSESUP | Sat Jan 15, 1994 | Waits for a better offer | Manny Nosowsky |
| PHILIPPIC | Tue Oct 4, 2022 | Damning verbal attack | Joe Deeney |
| PRESTIGES | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | High reputes | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RAREONES | Thu Apr 20, 2006 | Lollapaloozas | Joe DiPietro |
| SLEEPMODE | Sun Jul 28, 2013 | A computer may be in it | Andrew Reynolds |
| SOCIALITE | Fri Jul 15, 2022 | Regular partygoer | Matthew Stock and Nam Jin Yoon |
| SOLORECORD | Sun May 29, 2005 | Project without the band, perhaps | Frank Longo |
| STILLATIT | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Not yet done | Patrick Merrell |
| TALKINGPICTURES | Mon Feb 12, 1996 | They killed silent movies | S. Robbins |
| TASTIEST | Sun Aug 16, 2009 | Superlative on "Top Chef" | Randolph Ross |
| TAXASSET | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | Basis for a write-off, perhaps | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| THROMBI | Fri Aug 20, 2021 | Blood clots | Randolph Ross |
| TYPEFACES | Fri May 29, 2009 | Producers of some bold words | Randolph Ross |
| UNLEASHED | Fri Sep 12, 2003 | Let loose | Sherry O. Blackard |
| WASHPOT | Sat Oct 25, 2003 | Cleaning vessel | Rich Norris |
| WAVYLINES | Mon Oct 19, 2020 | Odor, in the comics | Fred Piscop |
| WINDCHIMES | Sat Aug 28, 2004 | Porch item | Dana Motley |