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 50,690 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHBISHOP | Wed Aug 16, 1995 | Coy Joey? | Judith Perry |
| BALLETSLIPPERS | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | They may keep you on your toes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BOYSCOUTS | Wed Dec 17, 2008 | Order of the Arrow members | John Farmer |
| CHICANO | Fri Oct 29, 2004 | Transplanted mariachi, maybe | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CHRISTENS | Fri Feb 26, 2010 | Breaks a bottle on, maybe | Josh Knapp |
| CRACKSUP | Fri Jan 19, 2007 | Busts a gut | Karen M. Tracey |
| CUETHEMUSIC | Mon May 8, 2017 | Order to get a soundtrack ready | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DELETEKEY | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | What takes all types? | Sid Sivakumar |
| DIDADANCE | Sat Nov 11, 2000 | Jigged | Randolph Ross |
| DUROCS | Fri Jun 15, 2007 | Some hogs | Nancy Joline |
| ETHOSES | Fri Aug 4, 2006 | Sets of guiding beliefs | Manny Nosowsky |
| EVERPRESENT | Thu Mar 5, 2026 | Always there | Hanh Huynh |
| FATJOE | Fri Jun 22, 2012 | "All or Nothing" rapper, 2005 | Josh Knapp |
| GAVEITANOTHERGO | Sat May 21, 2016 | Got back on the horse | Jason Flinn |
| GEETHANKS | Fri Aug 8, 2025 | "Aw, that's so nice of you!" | Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock |
| GETTHEPOINT | Tue Mar 11, 2025 | Grasp a central idea | Jared Cappel |
| GOTHELP | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Entered rehab, e.g. | Brad Wilber |
| GUESTBOOK | Fri May 20, 2016 | Item in the lobby of a country inn | Kristian House |
| HOMEATLAST | Fri Jan 19, 2024 | Words after a long day | Jacob McDermott |
| INFRAREDCAMERA | Tue Oct 21, 2025 | Device for capturing thermal images | Spencer Leach |
| JAMMER | Thu Aug 26, 2021 | Signal-blocking device | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| LEAFEATING | Sat Sep 2, 2006 | Folivorous | Mel Rosen |
| MADERESTITUTION | Sat Dec 31, 2011 | Righted wrongs | Joe Krozel |
| MARKIE | Sat Feb 9, 2013 | Rap's Biz ___ | Peter Wentz |
| NEPHROLOGIST | Thu Feb 7, 2013 | Kidney doctor | David Levinson Wilk |
| NETPROFITS | Mon Dec 5, 2011 | Earnings after expenses | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| PUTITTO | Sat Aug 14, 2010 | Cheated, in slang | John Farmer |
| SCAVENGER | Thu Jul 6, 1995 | Kind of hunt | David J. Kahn |
| SEISE | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Take, at law | Raymond Hamel |
| SHARIS | Sat Apr 29, 1995 | Puppeteer Lewis et al. | Fred Piscop |
| SIRROBERTPEEL | Sun Apr 24, 2005 | First British Conservative P.M. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SPREADTHEGOSPEL | Tue Jul 25, 2017 | Evangelize ... or what this puzzle's circled squares do? | Alex Vratsanos |
| STABLEBOYS | Fri Dec 2, 2011 | Muckrakers? | Ed Sessa |
| STAYING | Fri Feb 2, 1996 | Kind of power | R. Hamel |
| STOPONADIME | Mon Dec 9, 2002 | Be very responsive, as a car | Sarah Keller |
| TRIALCOURTJUDGE | Mon Jul 29, 2019 | Official hearing a case | Bruce Haight |
| UNBRACE | Sat Jul 11, 2015 | Free from tension | Joe DiPietro |
| VINA | Thu Dec 26, 1996 | ___ del Mar, Chile | R. H. Burns |
| YERBABUENA | Sat Oct 25, 2008 | Trailing evergreen related to savory | Karen M. Tracey |
| YORKTOWN | Tue Apr 15, 1997 | 1781 surrender site | Jonathan Schmalzbach |