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 50,755 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASITHASBEENSAID | Wed Dec 27, 2006 | Quotation citer's intro? | Manny Nosowsky |
| ATRICE | Fri Aug 1, 2003 | Instantly, after "in" | Manny Nosowsky |
| ATTACKERS | Sat Mar 8, 2008 | People in a rush | Brad Wilber |
| BIGGESTFAN | Fri Sep 29, 2006 | Admirer, and then some | David Quarfoot |
| CLEAVERS | Sat Mar 30, 2002 | 1950's-60's TV family | Mark Diehl |
| COLOSSAE | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | Ancient city to which Paul wrote an Epistle | Kevin G. Der |
| COOLAIR | Fri Dec 12, 2014 | Fan's output | Evan Birnholz |
| CREDITORS | Sat Sep 28, 1996 | Bankruptcy listing | G. R. Ferguson |
| DONTGOAWAYFOLKS | Fri Dec 24, 1993 | Stay tuned, Part 1 | Merl H. Reagle |
| EUREKACA | Thu Oct 8, 1998 | 95501 | Alan Arbesfeld |
| EWALLET | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | Apple Pay, e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| FALLSOUTOFFAVOR | Sun Apr 23, 2023 | "Everyone dislikes autumn now!" | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| GHOTI | Thu Dec 23, 2010 | "Fish" | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| GINJOINTS | Fri Oct 24, 2014 | Saloons | Patrick Blindauer |
| GREENCHEESE | Tue Jul 4, 2023 | Moon's makeup, fancifully | Barbara Lin |
| GREERGARSON | Sun Jul 23, 1995 | Top female box-office draw in 1945 | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| GUETTA | Sat Jul 20, 2024 | David ___, Grammy-winning French D.J. | Ricky J. Sirois |
| HAWAIIANSHIRT | Sat May 25, 2019 | Top of a Pacific island chain | Paolo Pasco |
| HESNOTATHISDESK | Tue Jul 28, 1998 | Stock secretarial ploy #3 | Robert Dillman |
| HITSTHEROOF | Mon Jun 12, 2023 | Explodes in anger | Alice Liang |
| INBUNCHES | Mon Feb 17, 2003 | Grouped | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LEOG | Sun Jan 26, 1997 | Actor ___ Carroll | S. Elliott |
| LIBERALISM | Fri Jul 1, 2011 | What's not right? | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| LOSESSEATS | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Does poorly in Congressional election | R. Ross |
| MEGALITHIC | Sat Jul 4, 2015 | Like Stonehenge | Sam Ezersky |
| NOLLE | Sun Aug 10, 2014 | ___ prosequi ("proceed no further" court entry) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ONESMALLSTEP | Sun Jul 21, 2019 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| OVERRULES | Sat Nov 4, 1995 | Vetoes | Frank A. Longo |
| PANTSROLE | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Term for a male opera character played by a woman | Ryan McCarty |
| PICKMEUPS | Wed Jul 13, 2016 | Cry from an eager applicant for a delivery job? | Tom McCoy |
| REBRANDED | Sun Dec 21, 2025 | Like a corporation with a new logo, perhaps | David Kwong |
| SHOOPSHOOPSONG | Wed Oct 13, 1999 | 1964 Betty Everett hit, with "The" | David Levinson Wilk |
| SOIGATHERED | Sat Jul 1, 2023 | "Well, that much was clear" | Ben Tolkin |
| STROLLIN | Thu Dec 7, 2023 | Arrive nonchalantly | Rebecca Goldstein |
| TAOOFPOOH | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | 1982 Benjamin Hoff best seller on Eastern philosophy, with "The" | John Kugelman |
| THETALKINGHORSE | Wed Jan 5, 2011 | Familiar title for the star of the show | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| TOROIDAL | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Doughnutlike | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TVDRAMAS | Mon Mar 24, 2025 | "The Boys" and "The Bear," for two | Victor Schmitt |
| UGRIC | Sat May 3, 2003 | Language branch containing Hungarian | John Scott Marrone |
| WORKLOADS | Mon Sep 3, 2012 | Sets of tasks, as at an office | C. W. Stewart |