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 50,685 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMYUNIT | Sat Mar 15, 2025 | Company, e.g. | Ryan McCarty |
| CASCADINGMENU | Fri May 12, 2023 | Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File] | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| CLUTCHY | Tue Oct 19, 1999 | Tending to grab | Fred Piscop |
| COVETED | Fri Jul 15, 2016 | Much-sought-after | Matt Ginsberg |
| DIAMONDSTUDS | Sun Nov 2, 1997 | Ear ornaments | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DOLLIED | Sun Oct 3, 2010 | Moved on wheels, as a movie camera | Daniel A. Finan |
| FRIGHTWIGS | Tue Oct 19, 1999 | Halloween wear | Fred Piscop |
| GUSHOVER | Thu Feb 10, 2022 | Heap praise on | August Miller |
| HEYBIGSPENDER | Tue Aug 15, 2000 | Gwen Verdon sang it in 1966 | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| HOTNUMBER | Thu Jan 1, 2004 | Sexy person | Richard Silvestri |
| ICANTGO | Thu Nov 7, 2019 | Words declining an invitation | Joe DiPietro |
| INSENSATE | Sat Nov 9, 1996 | Numb | F. Longo |
| JULYFIRST | Fri Mar 19, 1999 | Canada Day | Mark Diehl |
| KEEPNOTHINGBACK | Fri Jun 9, 2006 | Reveal all | Manny Nosowsky |
| LEASINGTO | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | Giving quarters, say | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| LITTLEMEN | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | 1871 sequel to a classic 1868 novel | Joe DiPietro |
| MIRACLEMOP | Wed Nov 29, 2017 | So-called "self-wringing" cleaning implement | Erik Agard |
| MISSTHEBUS | Sat Dec 11, 2004 | Fall short, so to speak | James E. Buell |
| PAGLIACCI | Fri Jan 8, 1999 | 1892 Leoncavallo opera | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Quigley |
| PASCALSWAGER | Sun Dec 23, 2018 | Philosophical argument for belief in God | David Alfred Bywaters |
| PENALTYSHOTS | Wed Jan 25, 2023 | Sports bar purchases? | Nancy Serrano-Wu |
| PHONECHARGERS | Mon Nov 1, 2021 | Things modern travelers pack | Fiona Taylor |
| POIRES | Thu Jan 19, 1995 | Pears, in Paris | Bryant White |
| QUESTIONS | Thu Nov 23, 2006 | They're often raised | Ari Halpern |
| RELATIVELYSHORT | Wed Sep 12, 2001 | Apt title for this puzzle? | Philip Lew |
| SCULPTED | Mon Nov 2, 2020 | Made a bust? | Luke Vaughn |
| SENSUALLY | Sat Oct 25, 2014 | How Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy | Patrick Blindauer |
| SESAMEPLACE | Sun Jan 4, 2026 | Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets | Gene Louise De Vera |
| SHORTSTACK | Thu Nov 28, 2024 | Pancake order | Ricky J. Sirois |
| SOCIALBUTTERFLY | Mon Sep 28, 2015 | Person about town | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen |
| STOCKSANDSHARES | Fri Feb 24, 2012 | Paper assets | Patrick Berry |
| SWEETWATER | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Northwest Texas city | John R. Conrad |
| SWINGSAT | Wed Aug 16, 2023 | Attempts to hit, as a shuttlecock | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TAKESATURNAT | Thu Nov 18, 1999 | Plays | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TALKITUP | Wed Mar 29, 1995 | Hype | Manny Nosowsky |
| TENNESSEAN | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Volunteer | Byron Walden |
| THEREALME | Wed Feb 17, 2016 | Who I am inside | Kyle Mahowald |
| TOPTENLISTS | Sun Jun 28, 2020 | Some clickbait articles | Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang |
| WIPEOUTS | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | Many "Jackass" stunts | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| YUMMIEST | Tue Feb 29, 2000 | Most tasty | Peter Gordon |