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 51,186 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBEQUE | Sat Dec 5, 2020 | Occasion for smoking | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BEFORETIMES | Sat Feb 28, 2026 | Past, colloquially | Adam Levav |
| BREEZEBY | Sun Apr 15, 2007 | Defeat easily | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BUNKER | Tue Mar 24, 2026 | Golfer's sand-filled hazard | Killian Olson |
| CALLEDONESBLUFF | Mon Apr 17, 1995 | Demanded proof | Kenneth Witte |
| CELESTIALEMPIRE | Fri Dec 4, 2015 | Old nickname for China | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CHOCOLATECOIN | Tue Dec 23, 2025 | Classic Hanukkah treat | Nathan Hale |
| DRUMUPBUSINESS | Mon Jul 26, 2021 | The third member of the trio said she'd ... | Tommy Pauly |
| FIGBAR | Sun Nov 26, 1995 | Fruit snack | Harvey Estes |
| FOURDAY | Thu Aug 20, 2009 | Nice kind of workweek | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GABRIELLE | Fri Nov 20, 2015 | With 4-Down, congresswoman in 2011 news | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| GENEALOGY | Thu Jan 16, 2020 | Study of rocks | Erik Agard and Jeff Chen |
| GEORGETTE | Sun Aug 3, 1997 | TV pal of Mary and Rhoda | Peter Gordon |
| GRAMMARNAZI | Fri Apr 21, 2017 | Type for who this clue will be annoying? | Damon Gulczynski |
| HAHAFUNNY | Fri Jun 30, 2017 | Humorous as opposed to strange | Damon Gulczynski |
| HIGHSPEEDDIALUP | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Accelerated alternative to broadband | Tracy Gray |
| IKECLANTON | Wed Oct 11, 2017 | Outlaw at 62-Across | David J. Kahn |
| INEXACTSCIENCES | Sat Aug 13, 2005 | Weather forecasting and others | Bob Peoples |
| JIBING | Fri Sep 5, 1997 | In agreement | Harvey Estes |
| LABDANUM | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Resinous juice used in perfumery | Bob Klahn |
| LASZLO | Sun May 1, 2022 | Victor ___, role in "Casablanca" | Brandon Koppy |
| LEMMEATEM | Mon Sep 17, 2012 | *Fightin' words | Adam G. Perl |
| MARCHESA | Sun Mar 12, 2006 | Italian noblewoman | Daniel C. Bryant |
| MEATLESSMONDAY | Mon Aug 14, 2017 | Weekly occurrence when 20-, 31- and 38-Across might be consumed | Rich Proulx |
| METRICTON | Mon Jan 22, 2018 | Weight unit equal to about 2,205 pounds | Paolo Pasco |
| MORTGAGED | Tue Aug 23, 2016 | Like Monopoly deeds that are flipped upside down | Joel Fagliano |
| MRB | Thu Oct 19, 2006 | Nickname of the household head on TV's "Hazel" | Raymond C. Young |
| NEUROLOGY | Sun Aug 9, 2026 | Branch with a stem? | Erik Agard |
| PULLED | Tue Dec 31, 2019 | Like some teeth, pork and punches | Evan Kalish |
| RETWEETS | Sun Sep 1, 2019 | Measure of virality | Finn Vigeland |
| SCANSIN | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | Uses one's employee badge to enter, say | Kareem Ayas |
| SEASONPREMIERE | Sun Jun 10, 2007 | Fall event, usually | Bob Klahn |
| SHOOKTHERAFTERS | Sat May 6, 1995 | Resounded | Randolph Ross |
| SLUICEGATE | Fri Jun 8, 2012 | Water flow regulator | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SOWHATSTHESTORY | Mon Sep 25, 2023 | "Care to fill me in?" ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 55-Across's final words | Lynn Lempel |
| TAMAGOTCHIS | Mon Mar 7, 2016 | *Hand-held "pets" with digital faces | Damon Gulczynski |
| TARDILY | Sun Aug 20, 2006 | At a slow pace | Richard Silvestri |
| TEHRANI | Sun Dec 11, 2022 | Resident of the most populous city in western Asia | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| UNSHAKEN | Fri Mar 28, 2003 | Steady | Cathy Millhauser |
| VOICING | Sun Jul 3, 2011 | Doing some cartoon work | Pete Muller |