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 50,732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEJACKS | Thu Jan 16, 2020 | Breakfast cereal in a green box | Erik Agard and Jeff Chen |
| ASHOW | Tue May 3, 1994 | Seeing _____ (since) | Lois Sidway |
| BAGGIES | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | Sandwich holders | Randolph Ross |
| BALKSAT | Wed Mar 10, 2021 | Refuses to carry out | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| BARSINISTER | Fri Jan 4, 2019 | Heraldic charge indicating supposed illegitimate birth | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| BUSINESSCARD | Thu Jan 22, 2004 | Sales rep's need | Roy Leban |
| CALLEDIN | Sat Jan 11, 1997 | Removed from circulation | R. Norris |
| CIGARSMOKER | Fri Jan 19, 1996 | 13-Across, for a famous example | C. Gersch |
| CLIOAWARDS | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | They go to all the best spots | Byron Walden |
| DONTBESONAIVE | Tue Oct 18, 2005 | See 35-Across | Jay Leatherman |
| DROPTHETHE | Wed Jun 27, 2018 | Sean Parker's famous advice to Mark Zuckerberg in naming The Facebook ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across | Ned White |
| HARDATIT | Wed Dec 7, 2016 | Working diligently | David Steinberg |
| HEWASAGOODEGG | Wed Sep 29, 2004 | What friends said about 29-Across? | Verna Suit |
| HOMESTEADER | Sat Apr 18, 2020 | 1800s migrant | Ryan McCarty |
| IFYOUWILL | Fri Oct 14, 2011 | So to speak | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Class |
| JOEYLAWRENCE | Wed Sep 19, 2007 | Actor who got his start on TV's "Gimme a Break!" | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| LEVELUP | Sun Apr 12, 2026 | Advance in a video game | Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman |
| LFO | Sun Jul 22, 2007 | Band with the 1999 hit "Summer Girls" | David Levinson Wilk |
| LIBELLOUS | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | Like a column starting a row, perhaps | Michael Lieberman |
| MEDIABLOG | Fri Sep 3, 2021 | Site for a movie poster? | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco |
| MYCOUSINVINNY | Mon Jan 2, 2006 | 1992 movie | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| NATURALRESOURCE | Fri Sep 26, 1997 | Timber or water, for instance | Chuck Deodene |
| NOTEAT | Mon Aug 1, 2016 | Skip dinner, say | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| OILON | Sun Aug 31, 1997 | Pour ___ troubled waters | David J. Kahn |
| OVERDRIVES | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Certain car gears | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PHONETREE | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Emergency calling plan | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RAININGCATSANDDOGS | Fri Dec 8, 1995 | Pouring | Frances Hansen |
| RAISINGTHEFLAG | Mon Feb 24, 2020 | Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers | Jacob Stulberg |
| REFILES | Sun Jun 1, 2003 | Corrects figures with the I.R.S. | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| SAVIOROFTHEUNION | Sun May 29, 2022 | One epithet for this puzzle's subject | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| SCISSORSKICKS | Mon Sep 26, 2005 | Sidestroke features | Ethan Cooper |
| SELFWORTH | Tue Feb 22, 2011 | Personal esteem | Ian Livengood |
| SEMIPRIVATE | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Like two-bed hospital rooms | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| SLASHEDTIRES | Mon Mar 28, 2022 | W/H/E/E/L/S | Leslie Rogers |
| THEICEMAN | Thu Jan 29, 2015 | With 37-Across, drama set in New York's Last Chance Saloon | John Farmer |
| TINTERS | Sun Apr 21, 2002 | Salon workers, at times | Trip Payne |
| UNITEDARTISTS | Tue May 13, 2008 | Classic film company ... or a description of 17-, 32-, 46- and 65-Across? | Caleb Madison |
| WADDLES | Thu Apr 29, 2010 | Imitates a penguin | David J. W. Simpson |
| WHATTIMEWILLYOUBEHOME | Sun Jun 7, 1998 | Q: ___ A: Later | Randolph Ross |
| WRITTENIN | Sat Oct 5, 2019 | Added to the ballot, say | Trenton Charlson |