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 50,583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARETHANOW | Sat Jan 16, 2010 | 1968 soul album with the hit "Think" | Ned White |
| BEALLANDENDALL | Wed Jan 3, 1996 | Ultimate thing | W. R. Williams |
| BOSCAGE | Sat Nov 30, 1996 | Thicket | R. Norris |
| CALK | Sat May 27, 1995 | Projection on a shoe to prevent slipping | A.J. Santora |
| CATSITTER | Fri Jan 26, 2001 | Vacationer's hiree, perhaps | Joe DiPietro |
| CHAPALA | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | Mexico's largest lake | Daniel A. Finan |
| DRUGCZAR | Sat May 16, 2015 | Highest officer in his field, ironically | Byron Walden |
| EATYOURHEARTOUT | Sat Jan 7, 2006 | Gloater's remark | Jim Hyres |
| ELKMEAT | Sat Jan 8, 2022 | Lean protein | Freddie Cheng |
| ETRURIANS | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Tuscan ancients | Byron Walden |
| FORTEPIANO | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composed | Rafael Musa |
| ILLEGALUSEOFTHEHANDS | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Guy gets grabby on first date; ref penalizes him for ... | Patrick Berry |
| IMUPFORIT | Sat May 30, 2015 | Volunteer's assurance | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| INTHEAIRTONIGHT | Tue Oct 5, 2021 | Signature Phil Collins hit ranked among VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| ITSGREEKTOME | Sun Oct 6, 2019 | "I can't understand this at all" | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| JAZZFEST | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Annual music event in the Big Easy | Eric Warren |
| JOBPOSTING | Wed Nov 5, 2025 | LinkedIn link | Chad Hazen and Jeff Chen |
| JOHNLEWIS | Wed Feb 3, 2021 | Civil rights icon who led a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on 3/7/1965 | Yacob Yonas |
| KICKEDUP | Sat Dec 25, 1999 | Started again unexpectedly | John Scott Marrone |
| KROSS | Sun Jan 12, 2014 | Kris ___ (music duo) | Andrew Chaikin |
| MALINGERED | Sat Aug 25, 2012 | Feigned incapacity | Caleb Madison |
| MANANAS | Sun Apr 1, 2001 | Times to dream of | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| MCVIES | Tue Nov 4, 2008 | Musicians John and Christine | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| MISSTHETARGET | Wed Sep 16, 2015 | "Welcome to the mall! Make sure you don't ___" | Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland |
| NEWMOMS | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | Maternity ward figures | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NOSOUP | Thu Dec 3, 2009 | "___ for you!" ("Seinfeld" refusal) | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| PABARKER | Fri Feb 26, 2016 | His wife and sons were Depression-era criminals | Paula Gamache |
| PAPHOS | Sat Feb 12, 1994 | Ancient city of Cyprus | Rand H. Burns |
| REIMAGE | Sun Jul 5, 2020 | Form a new mental picture of | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| RESENTMENT | Fri Nov 17, 1995 | Umbrage | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| RESIGNEDNESS | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | Acquiescence | Frank Longo |
| RUBOFFON | Mon Feb 5, 2024 | Influence through close contact | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| SANTAFILOMENA | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Longfellow poem | John M. Samson |
| SNOOTILY | Thu May 15, 2025 | With an air of haughtiness | Simeon Seigel |
| SNOWBOARDING | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Winter sport jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1965 | Jacob Stulberg |
| TELLTALEHEART | Tue May 15, 2001 | Poe classic, with "The" | Jon Delfin |
| TOPOTHEMORNIN | Thu Jan 19, 2017 | Cork opener? | Jacob Stulberg |
| TOUGHENEDUP | Sat Sep 5, 2020 | Grew a spine | John Guzzetta |
| TRUSTFALL | Fri Jul 5, 2024 | Activity at a company retreat | Trent H. Evans |
| WHISKBROOM | Fri Oct 7, 2005 | Dust remover | Manny Nosowsky |