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 51,192 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVERAGEAMERICAN | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Peoria resident's representation | Joe Krozel |
| CASHLOAN | Fri Jun 30, 2023 | Borrowing option | Carly Schuna |
| CATSCANNERS | Mon Aug 4, 2008 | Hospital imaging devices | Oliver Hill |
| CHEEKBONE | Thu Sep 22, 2022 | What's highlighted in some makeup tutorials | Helen Chen |
| CHORDED | Sun Apr 8, 2001 | Like guitar music | Randolph Ross |
| CORKERS | Fri Jul 18, 2025 | Humdingers | Kelly Morenus |
| CROPTOPS | Thu Jan 8, 2026 | Cars with retractable roofs | Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang |
| DEVILRY | Fri Jun 6, 2025 | Some Halloween mischief | Adrian Johnson |
| DONTWORKTOOHARD | Sun Mar 3, 2024 | "Take it easy once in a while!" | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| DOWNTOASCIENCE | Mon Sep 19, 2022 | Implementable with expertise and expert ease ... or how the starred clues' answers can be taken? | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| GROWINTO | Thu Mar 31, 2005 | Become old enough for | David Liben-Nowell |
| HERECOMESTHEGROOM | Sun May 18, 1997 | 1951 film | Frances Hansen |
| HOLYTRINITY | Tue May 27, 2025 | Central Christian belief ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across | Ginny Too |
| HOORAHS | Sat Apr 2, 2016 | Shouts of victory | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| HYGIENIC | Thu Dec 10, 2015 | Salubrious | Timothy Polin |
| INTHEHOUSE | Fri Aug 26, 2005 | Among those attending | Joe DiPietro |
| IVOTEDSTICKER | Fri Nov 1, 2024 | November handout | Spencer Leach |
| KVELLED | Wed Oct 28, 2020 | Was verklempt from pride | Peter Gordon |
| LEVELEDOUT | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Stabilized | Mark Diehl |
| LIVEWIRES | Fri May 15, 2026 | Electrifying people, so to speak | Maddy Ziegler |
| MUDFACIAL | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Rejuvenating treatment at a spa | Mark Diehl |
| NEARFALL | Mon Jan 15, 1996 | Almost a pin, in wrestling | Gregory E. Paul |
| OUTINTHEOPEN | Fri Jul 18, 2003 | For all to see | Sherry O. Blackard |
| PAISA | Sun Feb 28, 1999 | Coin of Pakistan | Dave Tuller |
| POMPEY | Fri Jul 27, 2001 | Member of the First Triumvirate | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RUNLOOSE | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | Get unleashed | Ryan McCarty |
| SALTLICK | Sat Jul 1, 2017 | Source of sodium in the wild | David Phillips |
| SCREENTESTS | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Players' tryouts | Myles Callum |
| SEASTORMS | Sat Feb 7, 2004 | Hurricane origins | David J. Kahn |
| SISSYBAR | Sat Mar 9, 2013 | Bicycle support, informally | David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk |
| SLAPBASS | Fri Mar 13, 2026 | Guitar player's percussive technique | James McCarron and Rachel Souza |
| SNUFFLES | Sun Jul 2, 1995 | Whines | Alex K. Justin |
| SUBSTANDARD | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Meat, lettuce, cheese and tomato in a foot-long bun? | Patrick Merrell |
| THANKYOUS | Thu Sep 6, 2007 | Certain notes | Daniel C. Bryant |
| THEFIELD | Tue Feb 20, 2007 | See 17A | Jonathan Gersch |
| THENOTORIOUSBIG | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | "Mo Money Mo Problems" rapper | Natan Last |
| TOMGIRL | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Gender nonconformist | David Woolf |
| WELLABOVE | Sat Mar 13, 2010 | Easily past | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| YOULLPAYFORTHIS | Mon Sep 30, 2024 | Cry from someone seeking revenge ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across | Alexander Liebeskind |
| ZIPOUT | Mon Jun 3, 2013 | Like some detachable linings | John Lampkin |