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 50,548 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERNOON | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | It has many soap slots | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BACKBURNER | Sun Apr 6, 2014 | Sleeping sunbather, at times? | Patrick Berry |
| BRAINSURGEONS | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Flourishes around monsoon events | Jeff Chen |
| BUNDLESUP | Sun Dec 21, 2008 | Gets ready to go out in the cold | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BUSAWAY | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Transport to a distant neighborhood, say | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BUTTERNUTSQUASH | Sat Nov 4, 2017 | Garden fruit that tastes pumpkin-y | Michael Shteyman |
| CLASSWORK | Sun Apr 6, 2003 | ... | Joe DiPietro |
| CUTTLEFISH | Tue Jan 2, 2001 | Squid's cousin | Sarah Keller |
| DECAMERON | Wed Jun 1, 1994 | Boccaccio work, with "The" | Bob Lubbers |
| DELMONICOSTEAKS | Tue May 20, 2014 | Beef cuts named for a New York restaurateur | Peter A. Collins |
| DREDGEDUP | Fri Sep 13, 1996 | Brought to the surface | M. Nosowsky |
| EVILGRINS | Fri Feb 21, 2020 | Dastardly looks | Erik Agard and Anne Flinchbaugh |
| FLAGGING | Thu Jul 18, 2024 | Losing steam | Kareem Ayas |
| FLYNT | Sun Dec 8, 2024 | Larry ___, founder of Hustler magazine | John Kugelman |
| FORESTRANGER | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 106-Across | Patrick Berry |
| GETONONESNERVES | Mon Jan 8, 2001 | Exasperate, as a neurologist? | Gregory E. Paul |
| GRETATHUNBERG | Fri Dec 25, 2020 | Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year | Erik Agard and Wendy L. Brandes |
| HASTENTO | Sun Sep 6, 2009 | Reach in a hurry | Robert H. Wolfe |
| HOBBITS | Mon Oct 5, 1998 | Tolkien creatures | Peter Gordon |
| INDEXFUND | Sat Jan 21, 2023 | Charles Schwab offering | David Distenfeld |
| ITSJUSTME | Fri Jan 6, 2023 | Remark made after catching someone by surprise | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| JURYOFONESPEERS | Thu Sep 13, 2007 | Equals at a trial | Joe Krozel & Victor Fleming |
| KISSYFACE | Sat Mar 15, 2014 | Indication that one wants to get smacked | Ed Sessa |
| KONY | Sat Sep 6, 2014 | "___ 2012" (viral video) | James Mulhern |
| KUNGFUPANDA | Thu May 16, 2019 | 2008 animated film set in ancient China | Jeff Chen |
| LIVEANDBREATHE | Thu Dec 18, 2014 | *eBay | Timothy Polin |
| MELODICA | Sun May 31, 1998 | Small pipe organ | Cathy Millhauser |
| NATURALFOOD | Sun Apr 16, 2000 | Chemical-free fare | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OHHELLYEAH | Wed Nov 2, 2022 | "Amen!" | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers |
| ONESLEG | Sun Jun 12, 2011 | *Something to stand on | C. W. Stewart |
| OUTERARM | Thu Aug 28, 2014 | Part of a spiral galaxy farthest from the center | Ned White |
| PEPPERPOTTS | Mon Sep 26, 2016 | *Iron Man's love interest | Timothy Polin |
| PRERECORD | Sat Feb 6, 2010 | Get in the can early | Frederick J. Healy |
| REH | Sat May 21, 1994 | Pre-show show: Abbr. | Charles E. Gersch |
| REPAIRKIT | Sat Nov 15, 2025 | Set for service? | Kyle Dolan |
| SHAPESUP | Thu Jul 17, 2008 | Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-Down | Elizabeth A. Long |
| STEALTHFIGHTER | Mon Jun 4, 2018 | Jet that evades radar detection | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TARNATION | Sat Apr 12, 1997 | Euphemism for hell | Bob Klahn |
| TUNEINNEXTWEEK | Tue Aug 10, 1999 | Cliffhanger phrase | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WEARYOF | Wed Jan 2, 2019 | No longer interested in | Jacob Stulberg |