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 50,901 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADLIBBING | Fri Mar 1, 2019 | Disregarding what's written | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ALPINELODGE | Wed Nov 27, 2019 | Après-ski quarters | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| BASECOAT | Wed Sep 6, 2023 | Start of a paint job | Blake Slonecker |
| CASHEWNUTS | Fri May 27, 2005 | Thai cuisine staple | Manny Nosowsky |
| CERTITUDE | Sun Oct 25, 2015 | You can't predict the weather with this | Bill Zais |
| CHERRYPITS | Wed Feb 15, 2017 | "We used some food to make a snowman. Under his arms we put ___" | Jesse Eisenberg and Patrick Blindauer |
| COHERENCE | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Babbler's lack | Joe DiPietro |
| CORNSALAD | Wed Feb 13, 2008 | Summer side dish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CRISSCROSSPUZZLE | Sun Jan 11, 2026 | Game on some kids' menus | Dylan Schiff |
| DIAGNOSETHEPROBLEM | Thu Jun 24, 2010 | Find out what's wrong | John Farmer |
| DRJOYCEBROTHERS | Tue Dec 21, 1993 | Popular psychologist | Janie Lyons |
| ENKINDLED | Sat Nov 24, 2001 | Lit | Rich Norris |
| EXDA | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Rudy Giuliani or Chris Christie, for short | Byron Walden |
| EXPARTNER | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Split personality? | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| GEORGIANERA | Sun Feb 25, 2018 | Historical period spelled using only the letters of 2-Down | Will Nediger |
| HOSEN | Sat Feb 4, 1995 | Pants: Ger. | Manny Nosowsky |
| MANNERED | Sun Apr 4, 2021 | Word with mild or well | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson |
| MICROCODE | Sat Mar 11, 1995 | Detailed computer instructions | Nancy Joline |
| MILKTEA | Mon May 25, 2026 | Frothy drink often served with boba | Anthony Grubb |
| MIXEDFEELINGS | Tue Mar 17, 2020 | Ambivalence ... or a hint to 20-, 25- and 41-Across | Ross Trudeau |
| NEWCROP | Thu Apr 1, 2004 | This year's recruits, figuratively | Byron Walden |
| NINETEENTHAMENDMENT | Sun Aug 20, 1995 | Measure marking its 75th anniversary on 8/26/95 | Cathy Millhauser |
| NKGB | Thu Jan 13, 2000 | 1940's Soviet secret police org. | A. J. Santora |
| PHFFFT | Sat Nov 17, 2001 | Sound of a dud | Bob Peoples |
| PICCALILLI | Sat Jan 6, 2007 | Relish | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RIGIDITY | Sun Feb 25, 2001 | Firmness | Greg Staples |
| SERV | Tue Mar 8, 2011 | I.R.S. part: Abbr. | Paul Hunsberger |
| SOLOCAREER | Fri Nov 7, 2025 | Pursuit after a breakup | Kelly Morenus |
| SPOONERISMS | Thu May 24, 2018 | What 18-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across all are (whose circled letters name something used with the base phrases) | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| STANDSTALL | Mon Feb 27, 2012 | Exhibits pride | Bill Thompson |
| TARRIES | Fri Apr 14, 1995 | Hangs around | Manny Nosowsky |
| TICKERTAPE | Mon Oct 1, 2007 | *Material for an old-fashioned parade | Allan E. Parrish |
| TICKETLINE | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Movie theater sight | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TRANSGENDERED | Fri Oct 28, 2011 | Like some cross-dressers | Tim Croce |
| TWISTOFF | Sun Jul 23, 1995 | Kind of cap | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| UGLYSCENES | Sat Jun 30, 2007 | Melees | Byron Walden |
| UNSTOPPABLE | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Like a juggernaut | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| USGO | Fri Apr 26, 1996 | "Let___then, you and I": Eliot | W. Johnson |
| WILLYA | Sun Nov 15, 2009 | "Pretty please?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| YOOHOOMRSBLOOM | Tue Oct 14, 1997 | "The Goldbergs" catch phrase | Robert Malinow |