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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACPLUG | Sun Apr 19, 2020 | Standard outlet connection | Jack Mowat and Jeff Chen |
| BANANACHIP | Sat May 4, 2024 | Dehydrated bit in trail mix | Jacob McDermott |
| BETAAPPS | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Downloads in the testing phase | Ross Trudeau |
| BETTINGTHERANCH | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Risking everything | Rich Norris |
| BLASTULAS | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Metazoan stages | Frank A. Longo |
| CHORUSES | Sun Nov 16, 1997 | Glee clubs | Frank Longo |
| CLARENCEDARROW | Sun Dec 21, 2025 | Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial | David Kwong |
| COHESIVELY | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | In a unified manner | Thomas W. Schier |
| CRITICISM | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | "You did it all wrong!," e.g. | Joe Hansen |
| DAAAAABEARS | Wed Oct 27, 2021 | Classic line from the Superfans sketch on "S.N.L." | Johanna Fenimore |
| EBAYSALE | Wed Jan 21, 2026 | Transaction on an online marketplace | Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz |
| FORJOY | Thu Jun 17, 2010 | One way to jump | Corey Rubin |
| FRIGHTWIG | Fri Jan 1, 2010 | Clown's over-the-top topper | Brad Wilber |
| GOESUNDERCOVER | Sun May 5, 2013 | Does spy work | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GUNSHIP | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | Armada component | A. J. Santora |
| GYMDAY | Fri Dec 7, 2018 | Time to work out | Sam Trabucco |
| HAUTES | Fri Mar 22, 2002 | ___-Alpes (French department) | Randall J. Hartman |
| HIDING | Sat Aug 31, 1996 | Masking | G. Petgrave |
| INSPIRATION | Tue Apr 19, 2022 | What might strike you while solving this puzzle | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| INTERCOMS | Fri Jun 28, 2024 | Things to talk through | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| ITCAN | Sun Aug 5, 2012 | "Happens sometimes" | Patrick Merrell |
| JEUDESPRIT | Thu Oct 19, 2006 | Witticism | Raymond C. Young |
| LIFTOPERATOR | Sun Mar 16, 1997 | PLASTIC SURGEON | David J. Kahn |
| LONGTERMOPTIONS | Thu May 30, 1996 | Wall Street action | N. S. Wizer |
| LOTTOODDS | Wed Aug 12, 1998 | 25 million to 1, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MAKEAFIST | Thu Aug 21, 2014 | Prepare to give blood, perhaps | Jules P. Markey |
| MAXFIELDPARRISH | Mon Jul 27, 2009 | Highly collectible illustrator | Allan E. Parrish |
| MEETSFACETOFACE | Mon Oct 25, 2004 | Gets together in person | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| OKEEFFES | Thu Jul 17, 1997 | Some colorful abstract paintings | Wayne Robert Williams |
| PENTATHLON | Mon Sep 2, 2019 | Summer Olympics contest whose participants do the ends of the answers to the starred clues | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PETTYOFFICERS | Mon Aug 16, 2004 | Boatswains, e.g. | Joy C. Frank |
| POLYTHEIST | Sun Dec 12, 2021 | Hindu, for one | Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson |
| SANDBOXES | Sat Mar 29, 2025 | Where to get into the nitty-gritty? | Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott |
| SKAIT | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | Glide, in Glasgow | Charles E. Gersch |
| SNOWDON | Sun Sep 1, 2002 | Wales's highest peak | Patrick Berry |
| SPRINGSALEAK | Fri Nov 28, 2014 | Cracks, as piping | Tracy Gray |
| WINER | Fri Jun 24, 2011 | Jason who directed 2011's "Arthur" | Milo Beckman |
| WOULDYOUBELIEVE | Mon Oct 3, 2005 | Catchphrase of 25-Across | Roy Leban |
| WOWZA | Mon Aug 23, 2021 | "Surprisingly impressive!" | Bruce Haight |
| ZECCHINO | Sat Jun 22, 1996 | Gold coin of old | B. White |