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 50,262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNETTS | Sun May 24, 2009 | Newsman Peter and others | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BIRDOF | Sun Jun 22, 1997 | With 111-Down, vulture or hawk | Matt Gaffney |
| BLEBS | Sat Nov 2, 1996 | Small blisters | J. DiPietro |
| BUTDAD | Sat Mar 15, 2025 | Whiny comeback to a certain parent | Ryan McCarty |
| CASTAWAYS | Fri Jan 28, 2011 | Some island dwellers | Kevin G. Der |
| COSEYS | Fri Jan 2, 1998 | Padded coverings | Alex K. Justin |
| DISSEVER | Wed Apr 30, 2008 | Cut into parts | Henry Hook |
| DONTLETMEDOWN | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | "I'm counting on you!" | Patrick Berry |
| ELIZABETHCOTTEN | Wed Nov 23, 1994 | Legendary black folk singer and composer | Susan Smith |
| FILETYPES | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | PDF, JPEG and others | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| FLOATTANK | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Sensory deprivation device | Brandon Koppy |
| GATHERIN | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Amass | Tim Croce |
| GIRLYMAN | Sat Apr 22, 2006 | No Mr. Macho | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GUNSFOR | Sat Nov 16, 2019 | Goes after | Daniel Larsen |
| HITCHINGARIDE | Mon Dec 24, 2018 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HOMINIES | Wed Sep 29, 1999 | Hulled corn preparations | Patrick D. Berry |
| INSERIES | Sat Jul 30, 2005 | Sequentially | Sherry O. Blackard |
| LONELYHEARTSCLUB | Thu Apr 15, 2004 | Lovelorn group | Manny Nosowsky |
| LOREM | Thu Sep 7, 2023 | ___ ipsum (placeholder text) | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| LOSINGHEART | Wed Sep 22, 2010 | Becoming discouraged | Peter A. Collins |
| LOWERCASEI | Fri Jul 24, 2020 | Character of Apple products | Grant Thackray |
| LOWERGI | Sat Feb 11, 2023 | Colon's place, familiarly | Sam Ezersky |
| MOVIETRAILER | Sun Sep 24, 1995 | Goer or maker | Randolph Ross |
| NEAREARTH | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Like some asteroids | Peter Gordon |
| NFLCHEERLEADER | Thu Jul 25, 1996 | Figure in a Super Bowl promo | A. J. Santora |
| PENPUSHER | Sun Jul 23, 2017 | One doing routine office work, informally [5] | Caleb Madison |
| PERTHSHIRE | Sat Dec 27, 1997 | Former county in central Scotland | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| POTATIONS | Sun Oct 18, 2009 | Drinks of liquor | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RUBNOSES | Mon May 29, 2017 | Kiss like an Eskimo | Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman |
| SAPSAGO | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | Cheese with a greenish tint | Patrick Berry |
| SEESAWING | Fri Mar 26, 2004 | Unable to decide | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SISTERSOULJAH | Sat Jan 20, 2018 | Hip-hop icon born Lisa Williamson | Alex Vratsanos |
| SKIPBO | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Popular game with 162 cards | Natan Last |
| SLICINGUP | Thu Feb 15, 2001 | Cutting repeatedly | David Ainslie Macleod |
| STUDIERS | Sun Aug 24, 2003 | Diligent pupils | Patrick Berry |
| TEARDUCT | Sat Nov 8, 2003 | One that gives you an eyeful? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| THEMOMMYTRACK | Wed May 7, 1997 | Certain corporate career path | Dean Niles |
| THEWALTONS | Wed Feb 5, 2014 | *"Good night, John-Boy" series | Tracy Gray |
| VOICING | Sun Jul 3, 2011 | Doing some cartoon work | Pete Muller |
| WHATISTHIS | Fri Feb 28, 2014 | Finder's query | Martin Ashwood-Smith |