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 50,781 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 |
| BATTING | Fri Jun 23, 1995 | Kind of average | Manny Nosowsky |
| BIRTHDAYKICK | Sun Nov 7, 2004 | Complaint that one didn't get enough presents? | Con Pederson |
| BRIDESTOBE | Thu Aug 10, 2023 | Ones who've answered "Yes!" | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| BYWIRE | Thu May 29, 2003 | How some messages were once sent | Jim Page |
| CALLTHEBETS | Sun Jan 8, 2006 | The telemarketer tried to | Michael Ashley |
| CLOUDSCAPE | Sun Feb 21, 2016 | Heavenly painting? | Patrick Berry |
| CRAGGY | Sun May 29, 2022 | Rough and uneven | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| DNASAMPLES | Wed Jan 17, 2018 | Some evidence collected for trials | Jules Markey |
| ENCASEMENT | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Means of protecting breakables | Patrick Berry |
| FALLA | Wed May 1, 1996 | Spanish composer Manuel de___ | F. Piscop |
| GIVEITSOMETIME | Sun Feb 19, 2006 | "Be a little more patient" | Joe DiPietro |
| GIVEITTO | Thu May 10, 2001 | Tongue-lash | Manny Nosowsky |
| HASTHELIMELIGHT | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | Experiences fame | Jeff Chen |
| HEAPUP | Thu Sep 10, 2015 | Pile high | Tracy Gray |
| ICHIROSUZUKI | Wed Oct 13, 2021 | First M.L.B. player to enter the Meikyukai (a Japanese baseball hall of fame) | Brianne McManis |
| INDEXER | Sat Sep 6, 2008 | Librarian, at times | Barry C. Silk |
| INPENCIL | Sun Oct 2, 2022 | Not marked permanently, say | Kathy Bloomer |
| INSIDERTRADING | Sun Aug 12, 2001 | Stock no-no | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| JULIO | Fri May 21, 1999 | Half a wine-making family | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| KEPTAPOKERFACE | Mon Apr 17, 1995 | Remained expressionless | Kenneth Witte |
| KICKEDINTHEHEAD | Mon Apr 27, 2015 | Left speechless | Johanna Fenimore |
| LIVINGWILL | Tue Oct 1, 2013 | Medical directive | Joel Fagliano |
| METEORSHOWER | Tue Jan 8, 2008 | What you really saw? | Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder |
| MIAOW | Sun Jul 10, 2005 | Cat's cry | Con Pederson |
| MINGO | Wed Aug 10, 2011 | Iroquoian people | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OONS | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | Suffixes with ball and bass | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PESKIEST | Sat Aug 14, 2010 | Most difficult to manage | John Farmer |
| PROVIDER | Tue Apr 19, 2016 | Breadwinner | David J. Kahn |
| REBELLIOUSNESS | Sun Jun 23, 1996 | Insurrectionism | F. Hansen |
| SANDGLASS | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Old timer | John Westwig |
| SIDESPLITTING | Thu Oct 18, 2007 | Hilarious ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| SLOTMACHINES | Sun Sep 19, 1999 | CASH LOST IN 'EM | Manny Nosowsky |
| TELLINGTHETRUTH | Wed Feb 12, 2014 | Testifying accurately | Peter A. Collins |
| TOGOCUPS | Tue Oct 28, 2025 | Beverage containers for people on the move | Adrianne Baik |
| TROLLEY | Sun Feb 8, 2009 | Track runner | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WEEKDAY | Sun Jul 30, 2023 | One of five every seven | John Kugelman |
| WHYNOTBOTH | Sat Dec 9, 2023 | "Let's have our cake and eat it, too!" | Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson |
| XMASCARD | Fri Mar 23, 2012 | Quick seasonal greeting? | Steven Riley |
| YOUMIND | Sat Jan 3, 2009 | Curt comment to an ogler | Peter Wentz |