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 50,247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADOPTDONTSHOP | Sat Mar 16, 2024 | Animal shelter slogan | Carly Schuna |
| AMAZONPAY | Sat Sep 18, 2021 | E-commerce alternative to Square or Stripe | Ryan McCarty |
| BLANKIES | Thu May 1, 2025 | Some comforters for toddlers | Aidan Deshong and Adam Levav |
| CATLADY | Mon Apr 12, 2021 | Purr-son who loves her pets? | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| CHARACTERACTORS | Fri Mar 20, 2009 | Their parts are usually unusual | David Levinson Wilk |
| CHICKENTERIYAKI | Thu Jun 28, 2018 | "Fowl"-tasting Japanese dish | Jeff Chen |
| COMMISSAR | Fri Sep 30, 1994 | High-up apparatchik | Matt Gaffney |
| CRASHINTO | Sun Apr 14, 2024 | BEFORE: Rear-end, e.g. | John Rippe and Jeff Chen |
| DRASTICMEASURES | Thu Feb 3, 2005 | Extreme action | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DRESSEDTOTHENINES | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Put Mr. Meese in an Armani suit? | David Levinson Wilk |
| FERB | Sat Nov 23, 2024 | Disney Channel pal of Phineas | Ryan McCarty |
| FIENDING | Fri May 31, 2024 | Hankering, slangily | Aidan Deshong |
| FISHFARM | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Facility with many schools | Robert H. Wolfe |
| FROMAFAR | Sun Oct 21, 2012 | How a rocket launch is usually viewed | Caleb Rasmussen |
| GHETTOED | Fri Feb 10, 1995 | Isolated, in a way | Raymond Hamel |
| GOTAS | Fri Dec 9, 2016 | Received high marks | David Phillips |
| HAZARDANOPINION | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | Dare to put in one's two cents | Michael Ashley |
| HEMATOLOGY | Tue May 29, 2012 | Study of blood | Daniel A. Finan |
| HOTTOPICS | Fri Aug 20, 2021 | Everyone's talking about them | Randolph Ross |
| HYPERINFLATION | Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Economic woe | Timothy Polin |
| INAHAZE | Fri May 3, 2019 | Befuddled | Trenton Charlson |
| IVORIAN | Sun May 7, 2023 | Person living between Liberia and Ghana | Will Nediger |
| JOHANNS | Sun Sep 19, 1999 | Strauss and son | Manny Nosowsky |
| KILLERBEES | Tue Jan 7, 2014 | Aggressive swarms | Mark Bickham |
| LATRIA | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | Highest worship in Catholicism | Kevin G. Der |
| NEWSRECAP | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | Just the headlines | Joe DiPietro |
| ODDFELLOWS | Thu Jan 27, 2005 | The Three Link Fraternity | Jim Hyres |
| PRICELESS | Fri Mar 16, 2012 | Hilarious | Joel Fagliano |
| PUSHUPS | Fri Nov 15, 2002 | Exercises you're prone to do | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RUFFLES | Fri Jun 4, 2010 | Irritates | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SECONDBEST | Sun Feb 23, 2020 | Runner-up | Sophia and David Maymudes |
| SILKROAD | Fri Sep 21, 2018 | Marco Polo was on it for 24 years | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SOLACING | Thu Jul 18, 1996 | Comforting | W. R. Williams |
| SQUARISH | Sat May 7, 2011 | Boxy | Tim Croce |
| TALKSTRASH | Thu Jan 11, 2018 | Engages in some pregame banter | Sam Trabucco |
| TATAMIMAT | Fri Sep 21, 2018 | Sight in many a Japanese restaurant | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TRICKSOFTHETRADE | Wed Oct 31, 2007 | Professional secrets | Ken Stern |
| UNEXAMINED | Tue Apr 17, 2018 | Like a life that's not worth living, per Socrates | Wren Schultz |
| WALKEDINARUN | Sun Jul 24, 2011 | Went far too slowly during the 10K? | Kurt Mueller |
| WALTDISNEYWORLD | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | Home to Main Street, U.S.A. | Evan Birnholz |