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 50,366 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDRESSBOOK | Sun Dec 25, 2022 | "If Beale Street Could Talk," e.g.? | John Martz |
| AFCNORTH | Fri Mar 8, 2019 | Baltimore Ravens' grp. | David Steinberg |
| ATINGE | Sat Nov 3, 2012 | Not much, colorwise | Milo Beckman |
| CALAMONDIN | Sun Oct 6, 1996 | +Tangerinelike Philippine fruit | R. Max Hopkins |
| CHANNELSURFERS | Sun Sep 14, 1997 | Couch potatoes, often | Frank Longo |
| COMEFROM | Sat Jul 23, 2005 | Are products of | Joe DiPietro |
| CROTHERS | Sun Oct 3, 2004 | Actor known as "Scatman" | Randolph Ross |
| CURRENCIES | Tue Sep 7, 2021 | What the ends of 17-, 21-, 37-, 39- and 55-Across are | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| EXULTED | Sat Mar 25, 1995 | Was jubilant | Walter Webb |
| FEETOFCLAY | Tue Apr 16, 1996 | Hero's hidden flaw | G. E. Paul |
| HEREA | Wed May 8, 1996 | "___cow, there a cow..." | R. Norris |
| HONESTWAGE | Sat Aug 17, 2019 | Fair pay | Michael Hawkins |
| ITOOKARISK | Sun Aug 3, 2025 | "To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say | Jeremy Newton |
| JOYTO | Sun Aug 24, 2003 | "___ the World" | Patrick Berry |
| JUSTINTIMBERLAKE | Fri Jan 27, 2023 | See 15-Across | Joe Deeney |
| KELLS | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Book of ___ | Josh Knapp |
| LEAVEOUT | Wed Jul 2, 1997 | Omit | Richard Hughes |
| LIGAND | Sun Jul 13, 2014 | Bonding molecule | Tom McCoy |
| LIMAN | Thu Aug 24, 1995 | Certain Peruvian | Matt Gaffney |
| LOAFED | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Whiled away the hours | Danny J. Rooney |
| MAKEEYESAT | Fri Apr 22, 2005 | Flirt with, in a way | Myles Callum |
| MANSCAPING | Sat Feb 16, 2019 | One use for hair clippers, in modern lingo | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| MESSENGERRNA | Fri Mar 16, 2007 | Microscopic code carrier | Eric Berlin |
| NKGB | Thu Jan 13, 2000 | 1940's Soviet secret police org. | A. J. Santora |
| NOCKED | Sat Aug 12, 2023 | Ready to fly, as an arrow | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
| NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | Sun Feb 18, 2007 | Magic words or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| ONONESSIDE | Fri Mar 30, 2007 | Being supportive | David Quarfoot |
| PEPPERMILL | Fri Jul 22, 1994 | Grinder | Raymond Hamel |
| SACROILIAC | Sat Jun 30, 2012 | Strong pelvic joint | Tim Croce |
| SAILONSAILOR | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | 1973 Beach Boys song | Peter A. Collins |
| SANCTIONING | Sat Aug 7, 1999 | Making binding | Trip Payne |
| SKIPABEAT | Sun Jan 23, 2005 | Flutter | Joe DiPietro |
| SLOWINGDOWN | Sun Feb 17, 2008 | *Decelerating | Henry Hook |
| STUDSTERKEL | Wed Dec 28, 2016 | "The Good War" Pulitzer Prize winner | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TAXABLE | Sun Oct 13, 1996 | Duty-bound? | W. R. Williams |
| TECHSECTOR | Thu Sep 22, 2016 | Part of the Dow | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| TONYAHARDING | Sat Oct 23, 2010 | Athlete stripped of a 1994 national title | Will Nediger |
| TVSCHEDULE | Wed Nov 2, 1994 | Newspaper listings | Harvey Estes |
| YELLOWHATS | Tue Jun 11, 1996 | Buddhist sect | G. E. Paul |
| YUTANG | Fri Apr 3, 2020 | Lin ___, author of the best seller "The Importance of Living" | Joe Deeney |