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 50,918 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRIVISTES | Sat Jun 8, 2002 | Social climbers | Fred Piscop |
| BANTERED | Fri Jul 14, 1995 | Joked | Rich Norris |
| BEEINMYBONNET | Mon Nov 7, 2022 | "I can't stop thinking about it! There's a ..." | Jill Singer |
| BROADS | Tue Jul 5, 2016 | Women, impolitely | Jules Markey |
| BUELLER | Wed Jun 20, 2007 | Ferris in film | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| CLASSCLOWNS | Sun Dec 6, 2009 | School cards | Patrick Berry |
| COMFITS | Thu Apr 13, 2023 | Candied fruits or nuts | Robin Yu |
| COMPAQS | Tue Aug 6, 2019 | Pioneering personal computers | Jon Olsen |
| DETACHMENT | Thu Aug 30, 2007 | Troop group | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |
| DRIVEINTELLER | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Quick deposit receiver | Jim Page |
| GEEGAW | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Trinket: Var. | R. Hamel |
| GHIJ | Sun Oct 25, 2009 | Run of letters | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HAVEITEASY | Fri Mar 27, 2020 | Not experience the same difficulties as others | Kyle Dolan |
| HEURISTIC | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Method of solving | Byron Walden |
| ILLEGALSLIDETACKLE | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Reason for an ejection in FIFA | Natan Last |
| JKSIMMONS | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| KEEPSANEYEON | Fri Oct 10, 2008 | Monitors | Kyle Mahowald |
| LATEFORDINNER | Sun Sep 26, 1999 | "Tardy at Eight" by George S. Kaufman | Randolph Ross |
| LINUSPAULING | Thu Apr 28, 2005 | 1962 Peace Nobelist | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MEOWERS | Sun May 22, 2016 | Vocal cats | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| MIXEDSIGNAL | Tue Jun 10, 2025 | Nodding yes while saying no, e.g. | Zachary David Levy |
| MODOC | Tue Oct 29, 1996 | Oregon Indian | R. J. Hartman |
| NANNYCAMS | Tue Jun 24, 2025 | Surveillance systems installed by parents | Ingrid Steffensen |
| NAZCA | Sat Sep 27, 2025 | ___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs) | Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson |
| NICKANDNORA | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Last seen chasing down clues. If found, call ___ [see 24-Across] | Matthew Sewell |
| OSLOFJORD | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | Body of water seen in Munch's "The Scream" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| POTTERYWHEELS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Ceramicists' devices | Rafael Musa |
| PUTINWRITING | Wed Jan 1, 2025 | Set down on paper | Seth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen |
| REATTACKS | Fri Nov 7, 2003 | Charges anew | Jim Page |
| RIBBER | Thu Dec 5, 2013 | Kidding type | Dan Schoenholz |
| RURALIST | Sat Nov 26, 2016 | Definitely not a city slicker | Paolo Pasco |
| SAILEDIN | Thu Apr 22, 1999 | Came to port | David J. Kahn |
| SARSENET | Sat Nov 12, 1994 | Soft silk fabric used for linings | Bryant White |
| SETAGOODEXAMPLE | Sat Jan 8, 2022 | Do some modeling | Freddie Cheng |
| SIEUR | Sun Jun 16, 2013 | French lord | Mel Rosen |
| SNAPSTHEWHIP | Sat Feb 10, 2001 | Plays a kids' game involving centrifugal force | Rich Norris |
| STYLINGGEL | Sun May 14, 2023 | Hair salon goo | Sid Sivakumar |
| TENDOLLARS | Sat Oct 2, 2010 | Value of a U.S. coronet head coin, minted from 1838 to 1907 | Barry C. Silk |
| THREEYEARS | Thu Jan 9, 2003 | Start of a quip by hockey commentator Don Cherry about his autobiography | David J. Kahn |
| WYN | Tue Feb 21, 1995 | Anglo-Saxon letter | Martin Schneider |