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 50,980 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHEADOFSCHEDULE | Sat Aug 18, 2007 | Early | Jim Page |
| ALLTIMER | Sun Jun 24, 2018 | Something extraordinary that won't soon be forgotten | Timothy Polin |
| ASSOCIATES | Thu Jul 23, 2015 | Law firm employees | Timothy Polin |
| BULLYFORHIM | Sat May 16, 2015 | "Isn't he great!" | Byron Walden |
| CELIBATES | Wed May 9, 2001 | Nuns, by vow | Ethan Cooper |
| COIFED | Sat Mar 20, 1999 | Like salon customers | Chuck Deodene |
| COUPONS | Sat Sep 9, 2023 | Clipper's bounty | Robert S. Gard |
| DEVINE | Wed Mar 21, 2007 | Andy of TV's "Andy's Gang" | Ed Early |
| EGISES | Sun Apr 28, 2002 | Authorities: Var. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ENZ | Tue Jan 20, 2026 | Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem) | Jonathan Raksin |
| FAINTISH | Fri Apr 19, 2013 | A bit woozy | Ned White |
| FAUXNAIF | Sat Jan 17, 2026 | Artificially unsophisticated | Adam Aaronson |
| GODISGOOD | Sun Feb 16, 2020 | "Hallelujah, praise the Lord!" | Sam Ezersky |
| HELLRAISER | Sat Aug 26, 2023 | Troublemaker | Adrian Johnson |
| JEM | Thu Nov 3, 2011 | Scout's brother | Parker Lewis |
| LADYFINGER | Tue May 5, 2026 | It's a piece of cake | Max Schlenker |
| LOGSOFF | Sun May 2, 2004 | Quits the Net | Derrick Niederman |
| MALDE | Thu Nov 1, 2007 | ___ mer | Larry Shearer |
| MIDDAYS | Fri Feb 17, 2006 | Busy times at fast-food restaurants | Trip Payne |
| MUSKRATS | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Minks' prey | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NAZCA | Sat Sep 27, 2025 | ___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs) | Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson |
| NEWKIDONTHEBLOCK | Thu Jan 23, 2014 | Member of a boy band with nine top 10 hits | Michael Hawkins |
| PANNIERS | Sun Dec 21, 2003 | Large baskets | Frances Hansen |
| PARTYHOPS | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Makes the rounds on a weekend night, say | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| PEACEDEAL | Fri Sep 6, 2024 | One might be reached at a summit | Adrian Johnson |
| PINCHPENNIES | Tue Aug 6, 2013 | Make off with some cash? | Lynn Lempel |
| PRECHEW | Sun Feb 24, 2019 | Make easier to eat, as an infant's food | Erik Agard |
| REEMERGED | Sat Apr 9, 1994 | Came up again | Randolph Ross |
| REKINDLES | Fri Nov 30, 2007 | Sparks a second time | Henry Hook |
| REWARDER | Wed Sep 24, 2003 | One offering encouragement | Sheldon Benardo |
| SENDALONG | Thu Apr 5, 2018 | Forward | David J. Kahn |
| SETSONESOWNPACE | Sat Apr 17, 2010 | Breaks from the pack, say | Tim Croce |
| SITEVISIT | Fri Apr 30, 2021 | Part of an OSHA inspection | Kate Hawkins |
| SITTINGROOMS | Mon Nov 3, 1997 | Parlors | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| STAGEASTRIKE | Tue Aug 18, 2015 | *Walk out | Bill Thompson |
| THRACIAN | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Orpheus or Spartacus, by birth | Kevin G. Der |
| TWENTIETHCENTURY | Sun Dec 2, 2007 | One of the first Buicks to roll off the line? | Seth A. Abel |
| WANINGINTEREST | Mon Apr 6, 2009 | What a fresh ad campaign helps combat | Dustin Foley |
| WINTERWONDERLAND | Wed Mar 6, 2019 | Snowy expanse | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| WOODEAR | Fri Jun 19, 2026 | Mushroom named for its resemblance to a body part | Jack Hatchett |