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 50,666 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSCISSAS | Sat Oct 9, 2004 | Distances from the y-axis on a graph | Byron Walden |
| AHEN | Sun Dec 23, 2001 | "Two owls and ___ ...": Lear | Frances Hansen |
| ANALOGIST | Sat Jun 15, 1996 | Comparison maker | R. Ross |
| AUSTINTEXAS | Sat Jun 4, 2005 | Capital on the Colorado | Byron Walden |
| BUNGALOW | Wed Feb 7, 1996 | One-story cottage | Frank A. Longo |
| CARRION | Wed Jul 28, 2010 | Buzzard's fare | Howard Baker |
| COMPOS | Sun Nov 17, 2002 | Sane, briefly | Richard and Judith Martin |
| CONTENTSFRAGILE | Mon Mar 12, 2007 | Sign for a person in therapy? | Kevin Der |
| CUBBYHOLE | Mon Aug 9, 2004 | Cramped space | M. Francis Vuolo |
| CUYP | Sun Aug 24, 2003 | Dutch landscapist Aelbert ___ | Patrick Berry |
| DCBASED | Sat Apr 16, 2022 | Like much White House press | Hemant Mehta |
| DRINKINGGLASSES | Thu Jul 24, 2003 | Kitchen set | Rich Norris |
| EASTHARLEM | Tue Oct 31, 2023 | Upper Manhattan neighborhood also known as El Barrio | Kathy Lowden and Erik Piepenburg |
| EGOIS | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | "The _____ not master in its own house": Freud | Randolph Ross |
| GARAGEDOOR | Fri Mar 7, 2014 | Thing often controlled by a remote | Matt Ginsberg |
| GLOWWORMS | Tue May 24, 2016 | Luminescent larvae | Jonathan Gersch |
| INPENCIL | Sun Oct 2, 2022 | Not marked permanently, say | Kathy Bloomer |
| INSIDEJOBS | Fri Jun 14, 2024 | Some traitorous transgressions | Robyn Weintraub |
| KNITCAP | Sat Sep 29, 2018 | Balaclava, for one | David Steinberg |
| LEAVEINSUSPENSE | Fri Nov 4, 2005 | Let hang | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| LUKEWARMLY | Tue Sep 11, 2001 | Without much passion | Joan Yanofsky |
| MAMI | Sun Jan 18, 2026 | Affectionate term for una madre | Rena Cohen |
| MATURATION | Sun May 11, 2014 | Coming of age | Peter A. Collins |
| MIRACLEMAX | Fri Oct 7, 2016 | Billy Crystal's role in "The Princess Bride" | Robyn Weintraub |
| NOTFIT | Sun Apr 20, 2025 | Out of shape | Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett |
| OFTWO | Tue Apr 1, 2008 | "A Tale ___ Cities" | Manny Nosowsky |
| PADDLEBOATS | Fri Jul 9, 2021 | People-powered vehicles | Robyn Weintraub |
| PARADOXICALPAIR | Thu Mar 31, 2005 | 3- and 9-Down, e.g. | David Liben-Nowell |
| PAUPERED | Thu Apr 2, 2015 | Brought to financial ruin | Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin |
| PEUGEOT | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | French carmaker | Paula Gamache |
| POWERSTRIP | Tue Sep 9, 2014 | Electricity source | Ed Sessa |
| PRERECORDED | Wed Dec 10, 2025 | Like voice mail messages, for example | Kareem Ayas |
| RANFORIT | Sat Aug 30, 2003 | Took off at full speed | Patrick Berry |
| SECONDARYSCHOOL | Sat Mar 26, 2005 | Place for some seniors | Ed Early |
| SIXTYDAY | Wed Oct 4, 1995 | Like some billing periods | Wayne Robert Williams |
| TAKEOFFS | Tue Aug 5, 2003 | Mimics' work | D. J. DeChristopher |
| THROWRUGS | Wed Apr 14, 2004 | Hurl toupees? | Randolph Ross |
| UTILITYPOLE | Sat Apr 6, 2013 | One holding the line | Michael Wiesenberg |
| WASRUN | Tue May 30, 2006 | Appeared in a publication | Patrick Merrell |
| WHITEHOUSEDOGS | Mon Feb 15, 2021 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues | Meconya Alford |