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 51,183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLFORFREE | Sun Sep 23, 2007 | Like pro bono work? | David Levinson Wilk |
| ASPIRETOGREATNESS | Sun Nov 3, 2002 | The Washington Monument? | Patrick Berry |
| AUTODEALER | Sat Dec 2, 2006 | Park Avenue retailer? | Bob Klahn |
| BUTTONMUSHROOMS | Wed Jun 22, 2022 | *White pizza toppings | Kate Hawkins |
| CHANCEOFSUCCESS | Sat Apr 7, 2012 | Nonstarter's lack | Robert H. Wolfe |
| CHEATON | Tue Oct 29, 2002 | Two-time | Richard Hughes |
| COCACOLAS | Fri Apr 11, 2025 | Some pops | Jesse Guzman |
| COMEX | Tue Dec 30, 1997 | One of the financial markets, for short | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DAYOFTHELOCUST | Sun Jul 14, 1996 | 1939 tale of a tarnished Tinseltown, with "The" | J. Schmalzbach |
| DEBUTANTES | Thu Aug 9, 2012 | Society add-ons | Joe Krozel |
| DJBOOTHS | Tue Sep 10, 2024 | Workspaces for some nightclub performers | Daniel Bodily |
| DOCTORSNOTE | Sat Jul 1, 2023 | Absence excuser | Ben Tolkin |
| DOITYOURSELFERS | Fri Apr 6, 2001 | Some 35-Across types | David J. Kahn |
| EATINGAT | Tue Jun 6, 2006 | Bothering badly | Barry C. Silk |
| FAKIE | Fri Feb 21, 2025 | Going backward, in skateboarding slang | Colin Adams |
| FLASHBULB | Mon Jun 25, 2012 | Aid for night photos, once | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| FRUSTRATE | Sat Jan 21, 1995 | Stymie | Charles E. Gersch |
| FULTON | Sun Nov 26, 2000 | Robert after whom seven U.S. counties are named | Patrick Berry |
| GOS | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Get-___ (starts) | Joe Krozel |
| HINDERS | Thu Dec 8, 2022 | Impedes | Grant Thackray |
| HUILE | Tue Oct 11, 1994 | Oil, in Orleans | Bernice Gordon |
| ICENINE | Thu Jan 3, 2019 | Crystallizing substance in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" | Timothy Polin |
| IDUNIT | Sun Jan 31, 1999 | Confessional account of a sensational nature | Manny Nosowsky |
| INCHON | Sat Aug 27, 1994 | Korean War invasion site | Joy L. Wouk |
| KREMLININC | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Detractors' epithet for the Putin regime | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LIKEASISTER | Sat Jun 16, 2001 | One way to love someone | Dana Motley |
| LOCALLAW | Sat Jun 30, 2007 | Ordinance | Byron Walden |
| MAILCHIMP | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo | Sam Ezersky |
| MINGERA | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Like much prized blue-and-white porcelain | John Westwig |
| PAYPACKET | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Money holder, in Britain | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PROFILERS | Wed Oct 19, 2016 | Manicurists and tax preparers, by trade? | Tom Pepper |
| ROADGANGS | Fri May 10, 2002 | Some work parties | Manny Nosowsky |
| SCHOOLBOARD | Tue Jul 31, 2007 | *Education overseers | Allan E. Parrish |
| SENTFLOWERS | Wed May 8, 2013 | Remembered Mom, in a way | Bruce Venzke |
| STAYNIGHT | Thu Apr 10, 2003 | Attend a slumber party, literally? | Chuck Menning and Mitch Komro |
| STICKTOTHERIBS | Thu Apr 17, 1997 | Be substantial, as a meal | Susan Smith |
| THERIALTO | Sun Aug 14, 2011 | Area of Venice with a famous bridge | Paula Gamache |
| TOEOFFROG | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Ingredient in a witches' brew | Joe Krozel |
| WHIPLASHES | Sat Dec 21, 2002 | Affects adversely, as by a sudden change | James E. Buell |
| YATEEH | Tue May 2, 1995 | Navajo "hello" | Susan Smith |