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 50,653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSIZES | Sat Oct 17, 2015 | Old English county court sessions | Timothy Polin |
| BADLOTS | Sun Nov 29, 1998 | Some people are stuck with them | Matt Gaffney |
| BAMBINAS | Wed Nov 16, 2016 | Little Italian girls | Jim Peredo |
| CHEESEBALL | Sat Sep 13, 2014 | Super-corny | Josh Knapp |
| COMMUTERRAIL | Wed Dec 6, 2006 | Some public transportation | Levi Denham |
| DIABETES | Sun Oct 2, 2022 | Condition treated with insulin | Kathy Bloomer |
| DICTATED | Sat Oct 18, 2014 | Like some business letters | Evan Birnholz |
| ELIZABETHCOTTEN | Wed Nov 23, 1994 | Legendary black folk singer and composer | Susan Smith |
| FESTOONS | Sun Mar 24, 2002 | Party hang-ups | Con Pederson |
| FIDDLE | Sun Dec 23, 2018 | Tinker (with) | David Alfred Bywaters |
| FOOTBALLFIELD | Sun Nov 5, 2006 | Flag ___ Day | Derrick Niederman |
| GINGIVITIS | Mon Aug 12, 2013 | *Inflammation of gum tissue | Daniel Raymon |
| GLIDEPATH | Sat Mar 20, 1999 | Aircraft's approach | Chuck Deodene |
| GOBLONDE | Sat Sep 30, 2017 | Become lightheaded? | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| HORNBY | Tue Nov 15, 2011 | English novelist Nick who wrote "About a Boy" | Gareth Bain |
| IDIDMYBEST | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Statement after a valiant attempt | Peter A. Collins |
| IKECLANTON | Wed Oct 11, 2017 | Outlaw at 62-Across | David J. Kahn |
| IMAGEMAKER | Thu Jun 11, 2015 | *Publicist, e.g. | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| INABIKINI | Fri Nov 18, 2011 | How some calorie counters eventually want to look good | Joe DiPietro |
| JERRIES | Mon Dec 30, 2002 | Axis soldiers | Gregory E. Paul |
| LEASTBIT | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | At all, with "the" | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| LEASTWAYS | Wed Jul 23, 1997 | At any rate | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LEGISLATOR | Mon Feb 15, 2016 | Senator or representative | David J. Kahn |
| LINEWORKER | Sun Dec 29, 2024 | Electrician who might put in overtime after a bad storm | Harry Zheng |
| MATHISNT | Wed May 27, 2015 | Calculus disappears | Jim Quinlan |
| NBACONFERENCE | Tue Nov 22, 2016 | Eastern or Western, for hoopsters | Andrew Zhou |
| NIEMAN | Wed Sep 12, 2012 | Harvard's ___ Foundation for Journalism | Robert W. Harris |
| PEOPLEAREPEOPLE | Thu Feb 5, 2015 | Depeche Mode's first U.S. hit, 1985 | Mike Buckley |
| PERFORCE | Wed Jan 13, 1999 | Necessarily | Richard Silvestri |
| QUODS | Sun Feb 20, 2011 | Jails, in British slang | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RIFEWITH | Tue Dec 15, 2020 | Permeated by | Adam Vincent |
| RIGHTWING | Thu Aug 18, 2005 | Part of a hockey line | Paula Gamache |
| SCARLETS | Fri May 5, 2000 | Shades of embarrassment | Roger Barkan |
| SIKKIM | Thu Jun 29, 1995 | Himalayan area | Matt Gaffney |
| SPECIALDELIVERY | Sun May 22, 2005 | 1976 comedy/action caper with Cybill Shepherd | A. J. Santora |
| TENNISPROS | Thu Jul 9, 2009 | Racket makers? | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| THEIMMORTALS | Wed May 20, 2009 | French Academy's 40 members | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| TOLEASE | Sun Sep 27, 2015 | Like some storefronts | Tom McCoy |
| UNCLOGS | Fri Jan 15, 2016 | Keeps from backing up | Patrick Berry |
| WATERBILLS | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | Before midnight: Some household expenses | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |