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 50,859 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHAN | Fri Jul 1, 1994 | Israelite stoned for stealing at Jericho | Mel Taub |
| BALLOONPAYMENT | Tue Nov 20, 2012 | Provision for ending many a mortgage | Allan E. Parrish |
| CARLIGHT | Sun Jun 29, 1997 | BACKUP | David J. Kahn |
| CHIM | Tue May 3, 1994 | Word sung twice before "cheree" | Lois Sidway |
| DCLII | Wed Dec 11, 1996 | CCCXXVI doubled | F. & L. Sabin |
| DOCTORAL | Sun Jan 25, 2004 | Kind of candidate | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| ELEPHANTSTRUNKS | Fri May 21, 1999 | African trumpeters | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| EVENINGRUSHHOUR | Sat Apr 7, 2007 | Home-coming time? | Michael Shteyman |
| FALSEHOODS | Tue Aug 29, 2017 | Lies | Adam G. Perl |
| FLYTO | Thu Sep 4, 2003 | Jet off for | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| FOBBING | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Foisting (off) | Byron Walden |
| FOOZLE | Sat Oct 23, 2010 | Green goof | Will Nediger |
| FRIENDOFDOROTHY | Sat Jan 10, 2026 | Gay man, per historical slang inspired by Judy Garland | Kameron Austin Collins |
| GEEIDONTKNOW | Wed Sep 13, 2023 | Paradoxical answer to "What is 'Golf' in the NATO alphabet?" | Guilherme Gilioli |
| GETSLOSHED | Fri Apr 3, 2026 | Become well lubricated | Carolyn Davies Lynch and Brian Callahan |
| GOLDCOAST | Tue May 25, 2010 | Ghana, once | Sarah Keller |
| HASDOWN | Wed Jun 19, 2024 | Knows by heart | Brad Wiegmann |
| HEARTEMOJI | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | Ticker symbol? | Joel Fagliano |
| HIGHSPEEDDIALUP | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Accelerated alternative to broadband | Tracy Gray |
| INAUGURAL | Sun Jan 23, 1994 | QUADRENNIAL EVENT | Charles M. Deber |
| INFRADIG | Sat Jul 10, 2010 | Beneath one's self-respect | Joe DiPietro |
| KOBU | Sun Jun 24, 2001 | ___-Jutsu (Japanese martial art) | Randolph Ross |
| LAMARJACKSON | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | Youngest-ever QB to win multiple N.F.L. M.V.P. awards (by age 27) | Sam Ezersky |
| LAWCOURT | Tue Jan 21, 2003 | Where some suits are pressed | Richard Chisholm |
| NEITHERNOR | Thu May 2, 2013 | *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have? | Josh Knapp |
| OUTPOUR | Sun Aug 1, 2021 | Efflux | Matthew Stock |
| OUTRIGGED | Fri Jun 16, 2006 | Equipped so as to prevent capsizing | Alan Olschwang |
| OVEREXPLAINED | Tue Feb 20, 2018 | adv. across a barrier or intervening space | Joel Fagliano |
| PLAYBY | Sun Aug 28, 1994 | Pass, as on the golf course | Randolph Ross |
| POTSANDPANS | Mon Dec 9, 2002 | Kitchen vessels | Sarah Keller |
| PUTTOSLEEP | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Rock, maybe | Peter A. Collins |
| REVOLTED | Fri Jan 1, 2021 | Refused to accept the status quo, say | Milo Beckman |
| RHODO | Thu Mar 14, 2013 | Showy bloom, to flower enthusiasts | Mike Buckley |
| SEWINGBEE | Wed Apr 30, 2025 | Stitchers' gathering | Adam Vincent |
| SILKBOXERS | Sat Oct 3, 2020 | Some pricey undergarments | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| SOULJAH | Fri May 4, 2007 | Hip-hop's Sister ___ | Manny Nosowsky |
| STEWARTISLAND | Sun Feb 25, 2007 | Birding capital of New Zealand (2006) | David J. Kahn |
| TABLETOPS | Fri May 17, 2019 | Things felt at a casino? | Adam Fromm |
| VISABILL | Sun Mar 23, 1997 | Where charges may show up | Bryant White |
| WHOLEFOODS | Sat Apr 2, 2016 | Trader Joe's competitor | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |