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 50,626 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMWRESTLER | Wed Sep 12, 2007 | Athlete seated at a table, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ASSISTANTMANAGER | Wed Jun 10, 2020 | Second-in-charge, as at a restaurant | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| BRAFITTING | Fri Mar 7, 2025 | Service for someone who needs support? | Malaika Handa |
| BUSPASS | Sun Mar 5, 2023 | Commuter's ticket | John-Clark Levin |
| CALFSTRETCH | Wed Nov 8, 2000 | Pre-marathon routine | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CENTUPLE | Sat Sep 30, 2017 | Increase a hundredfold | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| COMBOS | Tue Nov 17, 2020 | Jazz ensembles | Kyle Dolan |
| CRENELATE | Sat May 23, 2009 | Furnish with battlements, as a castle | Dave Tuller |
| CROWDSOURCE | Fri Aug 29, 2014 | Poll Internet users on, perhaps | Daniel Raymon |
| CYLONS | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | "Battlestar Galactica" robots | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| DEARIEME | Fri Aug 4, 2006 | "Heavens to Betsy!" | Manny Nosowsky |
| FORYOURLOVE | Sat Jul 19, 2014 | 1965 Yardbirds hit | Barry C. Silk |
| GUNTERGRASS | Sun Sep 17, 1995 | JAZZ DRUMMER | Stanley Newman |
| GUTTA | Sun Oct 16, 1994 | Architectural drop | Raymond Hamel |
| HIDDENTEXT | Tue Aug 16, 2011 | Invisible writing on a computer screen ... or a component of 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across? | David Steinberg |
| HORNEDTOAD | Wed Apr 7, 2021 | Small, spiny lizard | Adrian Johnson |
| IFITIS | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | "So what ___?!" | Manny Nosowsky |
| ITSASMALLWORLD | Fri Feb 6, 2026 | Iconic Disneyland ride | Geoffrey Schorkopf and Rafael Musa |
| JOHNMAYER | Wed Dec 14, 2011 | "No Such Thing" blues rocker | Tim Croce |
| LAKESHORECABIN | Tue Jul 1, 2003 | Summer retreat | Karen M. Tracey |
| LAUGHLINE | Tue Nov 17, 2020 | Facial wrinkle suggesting a jovial spirit | Kyle Dolan |
| LESMISERABLES | Thu Nov 21, 2024 | 1862: 530,000+ words | Katie Hoody |
| MUGSHOT | Fri Dec 20, 2013 | Picture with a number | Ian Livengood |
| PERRINE | Fri Jan 1, 2010 | Valerie of "The Electric Horseman" | Brad Wilber |
| POLIDENT | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Something to clean one's teeth with, maybe | Patrick Berry |
| POSTMODERNISM | Fri May 17, 2013 | Style of New York's Sony Building | Josh Knapp |
| REMODELLING | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Fixing up a house in Britain | Jim Page |
| RESPAN | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | Cross over | David J. Kahn |
| SCHIZOIDS | Sat Jun 7, 2008 | Some sufferers of personality disorders | Karen M. Tracey |
| SKYSCRAPER | Fri Sep 10, 1999 | Storied locale | Dana Motley |
| SMASHING | Mon Mar 27, 2023 | With 45-Across, "Does the name contain a vegetable?" YES. "Is it a band fronted by Billy Corgan?" YES! | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
| STALLSFORTIME | Sun Oct 7, 2001 | Magazine stands? | Patrick Berry |
| STRESSEAT | Sat Jun 29, 2024 | Down during difficult times? | Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa |
| TECLA | Fri Sep 18, 1998 | Santa ___, El Salvador | Frank Longo |
| THENIXONS | Sun Jun 18, 2000 | Checkers masters | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TIMETRIAL | Wed Jul 10, 2024 | Segment of this puzzle's race | Hal Moore |
| TOONESIDE | Fri May 25, 2007 | Way of turning | Mike Nothnagel |
| WETNURSES | Sun Apr 3, 1994 | Gives excessive care to | Ernie Furtado |
| WHITEASASHEET | Fri May 24, 2002 | Scared stiff, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| WIRT | Sat Mar 9, 1996 | 1832 Presidential candidate William | R. Norris |