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 50,390 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKTOBACKGAMES | Wed Oct 23, 2013 | Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are? | Robyn Weintraub |
| BEARFRUIT | Mon Jan 4, 2010 | Be productive ... or what the answers at 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across do? | Paula Gamache |
| BEHINDTIME | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | Running late | Jim Page |
| CARBONATION | Mon Oct 29, 2007 | Pasta-and-potato-loving country? | Fred Piscop |
| CAWK | Sun Jun 18, 1995 | Opaque barite | Rich Norris |
| CENTR | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | Middle: Prefix | Kevin G. Der |
| CEQUI | Fri Oct 4, 1996 | Which: Fr. | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| CHEAPWINE | Mon Oct 10, 2022 | Cabernet or merlot sold in a box, say | Byron Walden |
| CLUNY | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | Bobbin lace | Frances Hansen |
| COEXISTS | Fri Dec 22, 2006 | Doesn't let differences cause conflict | Mike Nothnagel |
| CRUSHES | Fri Oct 17, 2025 | Handles beautifully, in slang | Karen Steinberg |
| DOBEDOBEDO | Wed Feb 5, 2020 | Nonsense line sung by Frank Sinatra in "Strangers in the Night" | Ross Trudeau |
| EXROYAL | Sun Dec 16, 2012 | Fergie, for one | Matt Ginsberg |
| FETCHES | Sat Mar 25, 2017 | Gets | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| FINGERED | Mon Sep 19, 2005 | ID'd | Timothy Powell |
| FORMFOLLOWINGFUNCTION | Sun Sep 13, 2015 | GO FIGURE | Joe DiPietro |
| FULCRA | Sun Dec 24, 2006 | Pivots | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HELLSANGEL | Tue Sep 30, 1997 | Member of a notorious biker gang | Nancy Schuster |
| LIBATIONS | Sat Feb 10, 2018 | Celebratory round | Finn Vigeland |
| LICENSEFEES | Sun May 1, 2016 | Revenue source for Fish and Wildlife departments | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| LICKED | Sun Mar 8, 2015 | Trounced | Tom McCoy |
| OBEISANCES | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Acts of deference | Matt Ginsberg |
| PEKINGMAN | Thu Jan 29, 2015 | Archaeological discovery of the 1920s whose fossils have been missing since 1941 | John Farmer |
| PHOTONS | Sun May 18, 2014 | Light quanta | Joe DiPietro |
| SCARPS | Mon Jun 16, 1997 | Lines of cliffs | Gene Newman |
| SEADROME | Mon Jun 19, 1995 | Floating airport | Gregory E. Paul |
| SHUTYOURPIEHOLE | Fri Oct 15, 2021 | "Put a sock in it!" | Ashton Anderson |
| SPACETOURISTS | Sat Apr 15, 2017 | Ones counting down to vacation time? | Peter Wentz |
| STICKTOITIVENESS | Sun Feb 1, 1998 | "...on the subject of ___" | Merl Reagle |
| SURROUND | Mon Aug 29, 2005 | Envelop | Sarah Keller |
| TAKESTHETOPSPOT | Sun Apr 12, 2015 | Wins | Jeff Chen |
| TOBEGINWITH | Thu Jul 16, 1998 | End of the query | Kelly Clark |
| TOWINGWINCH | Tue Oct 13, 2020 | Device for pulling a vehicle | Amanda Rafkin |
| TRIPINSURANCE | Sat Sep 19, 2009 | Fall guy's protection when traveling | Mel Taub |
| TWINKILLING | Sun Dec 15, 2019 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| UNDERMINED | Thu Nov 5, 1998 | Sabotaged, in a way | Nancy Salomon |
| WINEMAKER | Fri Mar 16, 2018 | Port authority? | Robyn Weintraub |
| WITHHOLD | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Refuse to hand over | Finn Vigeland |
| YOUIDIOT | Sun Feb 5, 2017 | "Don't be so dumb!" | Sam Trabucco |
| YUGOSLAV | Fri May 10, 1996 | Nationality beginning 1929 | M. Gaffney |