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 50,587 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEROMETERS | Fri Apr 16, 2010 | Measurers of gas properties | Eric Berlin |
| AIRMARSHAL | Fri Jan 9, 2026 | Stealthy flier | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis |
| ATTACHECASES | Sun Mar 3, 2002 | Common carriers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BACKGROUNDSOUND | Wed Jul 23, 2014 | *Crowd noise, for example | Howard Barkin |
| BAYARDRUSTIN | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington | Natan Last |
| BOOKSHELF | Sun Feb 12, 2012 | Volume holder | Kurt Mueller |
| BUBBLEUP | Sat Oct 13, 2012 | Come to the surface | Barry C. Silk |
| CANNON | Fri May 31, 2013 | Feature of a daredevil circus act | Josh Knapp |
| CATIN | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | Part of a Dr. Seuss title | David J. Kahn |
| CATSCRATCHFEVER | Mon Mar 23, 2015 | 1977 hard-rock hit by Ted Nugent | Michael Dewey |
| CRABAPPLES | Fri Aug 8, 2003 | Base for some jellies | Myles Callum |
| DARKLY | Fri Nov 6, 2015 | In a menacing fashion | Ian Livengood |
| DICTAPHONE | Mon Jul 31, 1995 | Secretary's instrument | Elizabeth Gorski |
| ELEVATORCARS | Thu Oct 27, 2005 | Button holders | Bonnie L. Gentry |
| GENEVIEVE | Sat Feb 16, 2008 | Patron of Paris | Tony Orbach |
| GETTABLE | Tue Dec 19, 2000 | Within reach, as a solution | Fred Piscop |
| HIDDENTALENTS | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | Skills that not many people know about | Sid Sivakumar |
| INDA | Sun Apr 9, 2017 | "___ Club" (#1 hit for 50 Cent) | Byron Walden |
| IVANIII | Sat Jul 24, 1999 | Russian Grand Duke, 1462-1505 | Rich Norris |
| LAYOUTS | Thu Jul 19, 2018 | Page designs | Mike Knobler |
| MYSTERYALASKA | Wed Jan 16, 2008 | 1999 Russell Crowe movie | Barry C. Silk |
| OVERVIEWS | Fri Aug 1, 1997 | Summaries | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| PEARJUICE | Sat Nov 30, 2019 | Apple cider alternative | Joe Deeney |
| PHIZ | Sun Jan 13, 2008 | Illustrator for Charles Dickens | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| PLAYSWITHFIRE | Thu Mar 12, 2015 | Risks disaster | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| PULLRANK | Tue Jan 27, 2009 | Exert one's superiority | Jim Hyres |
| PUNCHCARDS | Sun Nov 12, 2006 | In ___, you might see some ___ hanging around | Patrick Berry |
| RESANG | Sun Nov 28, 2021 | Started again, as "99 Bottles of Beer" | Jeff Kremer |
| SAUTEEDLEEKS | Thu Dec 15, 2022 | Four cups, cleaned and sliced | Bruce Haight |
| SEENINTO | Sun May 26, 2024 | Investigated | John Kugelman |
| SEEPOUT | Thu Mar 25, 2021 | Ooze away | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SIGNING | Sat Mar 7, 2009 | Unspoken language | Joe Krozel |
| SOFTMUSIC | Thu Oct 20, 2005 | Romantic notes | Manny Nosowsky |
| STATELESS | Sun Oct 14, 2001 | Like some refugees | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEVA | Wed Feb 14, 2024 | Resource for service members, colloquially | Ella Dershowitz |
| TRUELIFEROMANCE | Sat Mar 13, 2010 | Hepburn and Tracy shared one | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| TWOREELSHORTS | Wed Oct 6, 1999 | Most Three Stooges films | Fred Piscop |
| VOLUMETWO | Tue Dec 29, 2009 | "B," maybe, in an encyclopedia | Peter A. Collins |
| WARMGLOW | Tue Nov 7, 2000 | Fireplace emanation | David Levinson Wilk |
| WATERSDOWN | Mon Feb 26, 2018 | Dilutes | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |