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 50,523 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHING | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Forming an upward curve | Natan Last |
| ASKREDDIT | Sat Dec 31, 2022 | Forum that provides material for many BuzzFeed articles | Billy Bratton |
| ATMFEES | Thu Oct 24, 2024 | Costs of withdrawing | Ella Dershowitz |
| BIGGIE | Thu Nov 25, 2021 | Rapper who had an infamous rivalry with Tupac | Chase Dittrich |
| BIKRAM | Wed Mar 6, 2019 | Style of yoga in a heated room | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| BUCKBOARDS | Wed Apr 21, 1999 | Rustic carriages | Mary E. Brindamour |
| CECILY | Mon Mar 17, 2025 | With 41-Across, former "S.N.L." regular who played Gemma and Cathy Anne | Kathy Lowden |
| COMPOSTS | Sat Apr 29, 2000 | Handles trash ecologically | Patrick D. Berry |
| CRABBED | Fri Oct 17, 1997 | Found fault with | Alan Jay Weiss |
| DARKALE | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | Brown beer | Kareem Ayas |
| DESMONDTUTU | Sun May 30, 2021 | Nobel Peace Prize recipient who wrote "No Future Without Forgiveness" | Adam Wagner |
| DINEON | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | Make a feast of | Mark Diehl |
| DOESNTRINGTRUE | Thu Jul 9, 2020 | Sounds a bit off | Joe Kidd |
| DOGSTAIL | Tue May 8, 2001 | It's chased in futility | Mark P. Sherwood |
| DOGTAGS | Tue Nov 12, 2019 | Soldiers' IDs | Gabrielle Friedman and Jakob Weisblat |
| FEDERALGRANT | Sun Feb 23, 2025 | Source of some public funding | Daniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa |
| FIGURESKATER | Mon Sep 2, 2024 | One having an ice time at the Olympics? | Sala Wanetick and Emily Biegas |
| FIREHOSE | Sat Oct 6, 2018 | It may be under pressure during an emergency | Lewis Dean Hyatt |
| HOOKEMHORNS | Thu Mar 7, 2019 | Cheer at a Texas football game | Brian Thomas |
| IMMIGRATED | Fri Jul 24, 2020 | Resettled, in a way | Grant Thackray |
| INTESTINALORGAN | Tue Apr 29, 1997 | Physician's definition of this puzzle's theme | Jeff Herrington |
| MCHUGH | Fri Nov 7, 1997 | "On the Sunny Side of the Street" songwriter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MOVEOFF | Sat Apr 13, 2013 | Depart from | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NIMBLEST | Fri Nov 28, 2003 | Least lumbering | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NOENTRANCE | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Sign to turn back | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NOFEWERTHAN | Wed Sep 5, 2018 | At least | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| NUTMEAT | Fri Nov 3, 2017 | Edible kernel | Kameron Austin Collins and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PRICKUPONESEARS | Fri Jan 21, 2000 | Listen | John Wolting |
| PROGRAMMINGAVCR | Tue May 19, 1998 | "Impossible" activity! | William S. Cotter |
| ROBLES | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Paso ___, Calif. | Joe Krozel |
| SAILSALONG | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | Proceeds breezily | Paolo Pasco |
| SAWUP | Mon Sep 30, 1996 | Cut into logs | F. Piscop |
| STAGEMOMS | Fri May 27, 2022 | Parents obsessed with play dates? | David Distenfeld |
| STRIKINGAPOSE | Thu Jan 17, 2013 | Preparing to be shot, say | Milo Beckman |
| SUBTWEET | Fri Dec 8, 2017 | Social media post that refers to another user without directly mentioning that person | Paolo Pasco |
| THEOPERA | Fri Oct 15, 2010 | Part of some cultural nights out | Peter Wentz |
| THEREBELS | Fri Jul 18, 2014 | Ole Miss, athletically | Ian Livengood |
| TIGERRAG | Wed Jun 27, 2012 | Pioneering jazz standard of 1917 | Mike Buckley |
| TOOBIGTOFAIL | Fri Sep 22, 2023 | Systemically indispensable | Rafael Musa and Michael Lieberman |
| WASPISH | Wed Dec 11, 2019 | Petulant | Jake Halperin |