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 50,702 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKFORHERHAND | Mon Jun 8, 1998 | First step for a would-be groom vis-à-vis his intended's father | Mark Danna |
| BABYSLINGS | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Alternatives to strollers | Ryan McCarty |
| BUYIT | Tue Nov 8, 2011 | Salesman's exhortation | Scott Atkinson |
| CARIA | Fri Aug 11, 1995 | Ancient district in Asia Minor | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CHAPPED | Fri Oct 23, 1998 | Rough and reddy? | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHIMING | Wed Jan 9, 2019 | Sounding like Big Ben | Trenton Charlson |
| COMMUNITY | Tue Jul 24, 2001 | It has "county" and "city" inside | Gayle Dean |
| DAYSOFYORE | Sat Jul 17, 1999 | Bygone time | Rand H. Burns |
| DISREPUTE | Sat Nov 20, 1999 | Ignominy | A. J. Santora |
| ETCETERAETCETERA | Sun May 8, 2022 | "... you get the point" | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| HELLOIMMISTERED | Wed Jan 5, 2011 | Opening line from a TV show that debuted on 1/5/61 | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| IHNEN | Sun Dec 28, 1997 | "Wie geht es ___?" (German greeting) | Matt Gaffney |
| INDRIBSANDDRABS | Fri Nov 30, 2012 | Little by little | Gary Cee |
| INELASTIC | Sun Mar 5, 1995 | Stiff | A.J. Santora |
| JUDGER | Tue Nov 21, 1995 | Dog show official | Thomas W. Schier |
| KICKBOXER | Fri Aug 9, 2013 | Fighter getting a leg up? | Patrick Berry |
| MCLINTOCK | Tue Apr 22, 2014 | 1963 John Wayne comedy western | Ed Sessa |
| MINYAN | Sun Jan 24, 2016 | Quorum for Jewish worship | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MJOLNIR | Sat Nov 30, 2019 | Thor's hammer | Joe Deeney |
| MRTOADSWILDRIDE | Fri Jun 22, 2007 | Disneyland attraction since 1955 | Mike Nothnagel |
| NAPERER | Thu Nov 25, 1993 | Officer in charge of the king's table linen | Joy L. Wouk |
| NERDSPEAK | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously | Ryan McCarty |
| ONEALLTIE | Wed Mar 13, 2019 | 1-1 | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| PENULT | Fri Mar 9, 2001 | Next-to-last syllable | Mitch Komro |
| PLOWSON | Sun Aug 18, 2002 | Persists doggedly | Michael Ashley |
| POOLBOY | Thu Jan 7, 2016 | Worker who may skim off the top? | Andrew J. Ries |
| PWNS | Sun Nov 5, 2017 | Destroys, in gamer-speak | Natan Last |
| REARSEATS | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Foldable parts of some cars | Adrian Johnson |
| RECOATS | Fri May 3, 2024 | Puts another layer on | Eli Cotham |
| RIPLEYSBELIEVEITORNOT | Sun May 22, 2011 | Norbert Pearlroth spent 52 years of 60-hour weeks in the Library's Reading Room collecting material for ___ | Bob Klahn |
| ROLLINGTHUNDER | Tue Mar 31, 2020 | Name of a celebrated 1970s concert tour with Bob Dylan | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau |
| ROSALEEPARKS | Fri Nov 28, 2014 | Mother of the Freedom Movement, to friends | Tracy Gray |
| RUNLOOSE | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | Get unleashed | Ryan McCarty |
| SAILSON | Sat Jan 29, 2011 | Keeps cruising | Ned White |
| SHONDALAND | Sat Nov 15, 2025 | Production company behind TV's "Grey's Anatomy," named for its founder | Kyle Dolan |
| SUPERCHARGED | Sun May 19, 2019 | Gave extra juice | Natan Last |
| TAKETOTHEBOTTLE | Fri Jan 9, 1998 | Head for skid row? | Manny Nosowsky |
| TOPSYTURVY | Tue Jan 27, 2026 | Downside-up | Miranda Kany and Tracy Bennett |
| TRUEWEST | Fri Jul 10, 2020 | Sam Shepard play about warring brothers | John Lieb |
| VIVICA | Tue Nov 19, 2024 | Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off" | Erik Agard |