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 50,601 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJOBISAJOB | Fri Nov 1, 2024 | "Hey, whatever pays the bills" | Spencer Leach |
| ASCERTAINS | Tue Oct 9, 2001 | Determines | Peter Gordon |
| BUYSINTO | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | Begins to believe | Barbara Lin |
| CATANDMOUSE | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | Something to play | Natan Last |
| CEDARPLANKS | Fri Dec 6, 2024 | Grilling surfaces made of fragrant wood | Robyn Weintraub |
| COMMONSNIPE | Thu Jul 24, 2025 | "Nice of you to show up" | Ginny Too |
| FARMORE | Sun Jul 5, 2020 | A much greater quantity | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| FEELINGIT | Fri Nov 24, 2023 | Vibing with something | Rafael Musa |
| FINGERSCROSSED | Wed Jul 3, 2019 | "Here's hoping" ... or a hint to 16-Across/10-Down and 37-Across/14-Down | Evan Mahnken |
| FRISBEEGOLF | Sun Mar 13, 2016 | Hybrid outdoor game | Tom McCoy |
| HANDMAIDEN | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Attendant | Martin Schneider |
| HERESWHY | Fri Nov 21, 2025 | Lead-in to a clarification | Joyce Keller |
| HERMON | Sat Jan 25, 2003 | Mount ___, scene of the Transfiguration | Patrick Berry |
| ISNTTHATASHAME | Mon Sep 30, 2002 | Fats Domino title "corrected" | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| KITING | Sun Jul 18, 2010 | Using fraudulently altered checks | Robert W. Harris |
| LATERGRAM | Tue Nov 17, 2020 | Photo posted days or weeks after it was taken, on social media | Kyle Dolan |
| LIEAROUND | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Be idle | Joe Krozel |
| MANYFOLD | Sun Aug 27, 2023 | Exponentially | Rich Katz |
| NEARSPACE | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Part of the atmosphere above most weather | Michael Schlossberg |
| NYCTAXI | Sun May 29, 2011 | One in a line at J.F.K. or La Guardia | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| OAKWOOD | Fri Feb 5, 1999 | Carpenter's supply, sometimes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PALLETS | Sun Apr 10, 2016 | Makeshift beds | Randolph Ross |
| PLAINYOGURT | Tue Jan 22, 2013 | Byproduct of a homely dairy cow? | Jay Kaskel |
| PREPAYMENT | Thu Jun 5, 2025 | Necessity for a reservation, perhaps | Timothy Gaetz |
| PREWWI | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | Like the time of Franz Ferdinand's reign | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RAGESON | Sun Aug 23, 2015 | Persists, as a forest fire | Joel Fagliano |
| SAHUAROS | Sun Aug 22, 1999 | Towering desert plants: Var. | Raymond Hamel |
| SATSCORES | Sat May 13, 2023 | Important figures on H.S. transcripts | Spencer Leach |
| SEMITRAILER | Sun Oct 18, 2009 | Vintage Tonka toy | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SHUNTER | Sun Jun 5, 1994 | Railroad mechanism | Dean Niles |
| SIERRAN | Sun Jun 26, 2011 | Many a Nevada resident | David Levinson Wilk |
| STOODAPART | Sat Mar 19, 2011 | Distinguished oneself | Joe DiPietro |
| SYNCHRONAL | Sat Mar 22, 1997 | Contemporaneous | Rich Norris |
| TALENTSHOWS | Sat May 28, 2022 | Gifts are displayed in these | Joseph Greenbaum |
| TVTABLES | Sat Jun 15, 1996 | Foldable furniture | R. Ross |
| UNODOSTRES | Fri Dec 22, 2023 | Spanish count | Brooke Husic and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| USINGONESNOODLE | Wed Apr 25, 2007 | Figuring something out | John Farmer |
| WHYTHEBIGRUSH | Tue May 16, 2006 | Officer's query to a speeder | Nancy Salomon |
| WINTERTIRES | Sat Aug 24, 2024 | They often roll around in the snow | Ryan McCarty |
| ZEROFEET | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Low visibility figure | Elizabeth C. Gorski |