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 50,636 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 |
| ANKLESOCKS | Sun Aug 16, 2020 | They don't go much higher than the tongue | Francis Heaney |
| APPLIEDRESEARCH | Fri Dec 4, 2015 | Focus of industrial science | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ARBITRAGE | Fri Apr 23, 1999 | Market manipulation | Harvey Estes |
| AUTOTUNER | Sun Dec 7, 2025 | Musical tool popularized by T-Pain | Kate Jensen |
| BAFFLES | Sat May 5, 2007 | Stumps | David Quarfoot |
| BANDOFGOLD | Tue Nov 20, 2012 | 1970 Freda Payne hit | Allan E. Parrish |
| BIKERIDES | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | Long ones can be measured in centuries | Barbara Lin |
| BLUEMEANIES | Thu Jun 21, 2018 | Villainous army in a 1968 Beatles film | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |
| DIBASIC | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | Having two univalent metal atoms | David J. Kahn |
| DIPPINGOIL | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Bread flavorer | Gary Cee |
| ELVISSIGHTINGS | Tue Jul 21, 1998 | Supermarket tabloid subject #3 | Hugh Davis |
| EXPORTER | Sun Sep 11, 2016 | The world's largest is China | Ned White and George Barany |
| FAIRANDSQUARE | Sun Feb 19, 2012 | On the level | James F. C. Burns |
| GEOMANCER | Fri Mar 7, 1997 | Diviner, of sorts | Jeff Herrington |
| GETSWITH | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | Becomes involved in | Sam Trabucco |
| HAVEPITY | Sun Jun 26, 2016 | "Please show some compassion!" | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| INNAMORATA | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Amore from Dean Martin, 1955 | D. Niles |
| ITBAND | Sun Sep 27, 2020 | Connective tissue that runs along the outer thigh, familiarly | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| KEPTADIARY | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Emulated Anne Frank | Byron Walden |
| LIRI | Wed Oct 3, 2007 | Italian river valley in W.W. II fighting | Robert Dillman |
| LOSEONESHEARTTO | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Become smitten with | Mark Feldman |
| MONTANE | Sun May 5, 1996 | Inhabiting elevated regions | D. J. Kahn |
| MURESAN | Sun Mar 27, 2016 | Gheorghe ___, former 7'7" N.B.A. player | Patrick Blindauer |
| NOSESTUD | Thu Apr 14, 2022 | Certain facial decoration | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| PERFECTTENS | Mon Mar 30, 1998 | Gymnasts' quests | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PLASTICUTENSIL | Mon Nov 20, 2023 | Disposable bit of cutlery | Sam Ezersky |
| POOLRESOURCES | Tue Feb 15, 2022 | Supplies at a swim meet? | Claire Rimkus |
| PRIMARYELECTION | Sat Jun 21, 2008 | One may have many runners | Tyler Lewis Hinman |
| PROGRAMMINGAVCR | Tue May 19, 1998 | "Impossible" activity! | William S. Cotter |
| PUGH | Fri Oct 28, 2005 | Actor Willard of "The Color Purple" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PULLFOR | Thu Nov 13, 2025 | Root on | Kyle Perkins |
| RINGPOPS | Mon Jun 18, 2018 | Candy suckers in the form of jewelry | Ross Trudeau |
| RIVERRAFT | Sat Nov 13, 2010 | Rapid transit? | Mark Diehl |
| SANTAPHOTOS | Sat Feb 14, 2026 | They're often taken in December | David Karp |
| SINGLEPLACE | Thu Sep 2, 2004 | With 20- and 55-Across, description of 60-Across | David J. Kahn |
| SNAUSAGES | Fri Oct 17, 2025 | Meaty dog treats "in a blanket" | Karen Steinberg |
| TALMUDIC | Fri Aug 14, 2009 | Like yeshiva studies | Barry C. Silk |
| THECLOSER | Fri Dec 30, 2022 | Popular TNT drama that starred Kyra Sedgwick | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WALKEDINARUN | Sun Jul 24, 2011 | Went far too slowly during the 10K? | Kurt Mueller |