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 50,614 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHURCCLARKE | Sun Oct 6, 2019 | ↑ Sci-fi author | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| BASEBALLTEAM | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Nine | Kevin G. Der |
| BLESSING | Sun May 24, 2009 | Grace, basically | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EROSIONS | Fri Aug 2, 2024 | Gradual diminutions | Kate Chin Park |
| ESTIMATES | Sat Aug 13, 2005 | Body shop figures | Bob Peoples |
| ETCHEDIN | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | Forever a part of | Natan Last |
| EXCITOR | Sun Oct 16, 1994 | Type of afferent nerve | Raymond Hamel |
| EXTRO | Sun May 30, 1999 | Prefix with version | Cathy Millhauser |
| FILETYPES | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | PDF, JPEG and others | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| GATHERIN | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Amass | Tim Croce |
| HINGEUPON | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Be determined by | Sarah Sinclair |
| ITALIANICES | Thu Jun 16, 2022 | Treats usually served in miniature cups | Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau |
| JOBMARKET | Thu Oct 5, 2023 | Open positions vis-à-vis potential applicants | Daniel Bodily |
| LEGISLATORS | Sat Sep 28, 2019 | Ones on a diet | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LEPTA | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Pennies : dollar :: ___ : drachma | Joe DiPietro |
| LOUISVI | Sun Mar 7, 2010 | French king called "the Fat" | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| LOVEONTHEROCKS | Tue Jul 29, 1997 | 1980 Neil Diamond hit | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MONEYSAVERS | Sat Aug 19, 2023 | Coupons, e.g. | David P. Williams |
| MUTOMBO | Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dikembe ___ | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| NINONS | Sat Jul 14, 2007 | Curtain fabrics | Victor Fleming |
| NORWICH | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | British home of Cow Tower and Dragon Hall | Mark Diehl |
| PABSTBLUERIBBON | Tue Jun 3, 2014 | Brand with the tagline "Established in Milwaukee 1844" | Susan Gelfand |
| PANTONE | Tue Jul 31, 2018 | Company with an annual "Color of the Year" award | David Woolf |
| PATSONTHESHOULDER | Sun Nov 22, 1998 | Her car broke down | Nelson Hardy |
| PAYSCALES | Sat Dec 24, 2011 | They're often sliding for workers | Ned White |
| PUNNER | Sat Aug 22, 2015 | New York Post headline writer, often | Barry C. Silk |
| QUACKDOCTORS | Mon May 4, 2020 | Medical impostors, informally | Emily Carroll |
| RAISETHECURTAIN | Fri Aug 22, 2025 | Reveal all | Gia Bosko |
| REVERSEMORTGAGE | Thu Mar 16, 2006 | Home equity conversion | Ben Tausig |
| SAILONSAILOR | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | 1973 Beach Boys song | Peter A. Collins |
| SILVERFOX | Thu Sep 16, 2021 | Attractive older fellow | Kevin Patterson |
| SLAPONTHEWRIST | Mon May 6, 2002 | Token punishment | Peter Gordon |
| SODALYE | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Soap-making solution | Joe DiPietro |
| STRUTTEDOURSTUFF | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Showed 'em what we've got | Peter A. Collins |
| SWEARWORD | Sat Jan 4, 2020 | You may see stars because of one | Adam Aaronson |
| SWIMMEET | Fri Mar 31, 2017 | What has different strokes for different folks? | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| TARTLY | Sat Feb 22, 2025 | How criticism of a pastry chef might be delivered? | Rose Conlon |
| TENNESSEEERNIE | Wed Sep 9, 2009 | Tuneful Ford | Richard Chisholm |
| TUNASASHIMI | Mon May 7, 2018 | Japanese delicacy served in thin slices | Julie Bérubé |
| WHOTHEHELLKNOWS | Wed Apr 1, 2020 | Left tributary of the Vitim River in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia | John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell |