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 50,875 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPIRERS | Wed May 29, 2002 | Goal-oriented sorts | Alan Olschwang |
| BACKSTRETCH | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | "Chiropractor heads into the ___!" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| BEDSPRING | Tue Jun 14, 2022 | Coil in a mattress | Robert Won |
| BOWERS | Wed Jun 19, 2002 | Shaded recesses | Janet R. Bender |
| CAMEORING | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Provider of relief for a finger? | Mark Diehl |
| CARDTRICK | Wed Oct 31, 2007 | Entertainment from a magician | Ken Stern |
| CITRINES | Thu Oct 8, 2020 | Gemstones resembling topaz | Francesca Goldston and Jeff Chen |
| DANNYAINGE | Tue Feb 5, 2019 | Celtics player-turned-executive | Erik Agard |
| DECATHLON | Tue Aug 8, 2017 | Olympic event won by Bruce Jenner in 1976 and Ashton Eaton in 2012 and 2016 | Dan Flanagan |
| DEEMERS | Sat Apr 6, 1996 | Judges, old-style | R. Norris |
| DENIMJEANS | Mon May 31, 2010 | Wrangler product | Oliver Hill |
| DOOMING | Tue Feb 15, 2000 | Sending to one's fate | Frances Hansen |
| FULLOFGOODCHEER | Mon May 28, 2018 | How you might feel if you sing 16-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| GOODWILLAMBASSADORS | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | *Celebrities working for the U.N., perhaps | Andrew Zhou |
| GRANTSTOMB | Sat Jan 30, 1999 | Manhattan tourist attraction | Chuck Deodene |
| HARVARDGRADUATE | Mon Aug 17, 2015 | Crimson alumnus | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| IMMANENCE | Sat Oct 9, 2004 | Innateness | Byron Walden |
| INTERNETECONOMY | Fri Sep 25, 2015 | Google and Alibaba are parts of it | James Mulhern |
| ISOFFONATANGENT | Tue Jun 15, 2010 | Leaves the main topic temporarily | Jill Winslow |
| ITCOUPLES | Mon Feb 8, 2016 | Tabloid twosomes ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues | Paolo Pasco |
| MACARON | Sun Apr 26, 2026 | Patisserie treat | Rebecca Goldstein |
| MONOGRAM | Thu Apr 10, 2014 | Feature of some stationery | David Steinberg |
| MURDERHORNET | Sat Dec 5, 2020 | Informal name for Vespa mandarinia | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MYHUMPS | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Grammy-winning hit that begins "Whatcha gon' do with all that junk" | Byron Walden |
| NINNYISH | Thu Apr 8, 1999 | Silly | David J. Kahn |
| PENALIZE | Thu Apr 17, 2008 | Throw the flag on, so to speak | Byron Walden |
| PLUMTOMATO | Tue Jul 4, 2017 | Common ingredient in pasta sauce | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PRINZEJR | Fri Dec 7, 2001 | Actor Freddie's actor son | Joe DiPietro |
| REVERTBACK | Mon Jun 6, 2016 | Return to a former state | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| ROADFLARE | Wed Jan 12, 2022 | Impromptu signal to slow down | Adam Aaronson |
| SECONDSTORY | Sun Dec 25, 2022 | "Back to Treasure Island," e.g.? | John Martz |
| SMOOTHFABRIC | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | 6-Across near Indianapolis? | Charles M. Deber |
| STARSOFTOMORROW | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Entertainers with bright futures | Byron Walden |
| SWITCHJOBS | Thu Mar 10, 2022 | Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme | John Westwig |
| TEEHEED | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Tittered | David J. Kahn |
| TORNOPEN | Sun Oct 3, 2004 | Ripped, as a box | Randolph Ross |
| TRAVELDATES | Tue Jul 10, 2012 | Selections on Expedia.com | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| UNDETERRED | Sat Sep 1, 2007 | Not put off | Karen M. Tracey |
| WARSTORY | Sun Apr 16, 2000 | Vet's offering | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WOBEGON | Sat Oct 28, 2006 | Lake in Mist County, Minn. | David Quarfoot |