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 50,990 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUILDSUP | Sat Jan 31, 2026 | Accumulates | Nick Maritz |
| CALICOES | Fri Oct 9, 2020 | Printed cotton fabrics | Sam Buchbinder |
| CANADIANPROVINCE | Thu Jan 12, 2012 | What each of the 10 abbreviations in this puzzle's answer stands for | Gareth Bain |
| COLVIN | Fri Mar 10, 2023 | Civil rights pioneer Claudette of Montgomery | Claire Rimkus |
| CONTEMPTOFCOURT | Mon Apr 22, 2019 | Dislike for tennis? | Bruce Haight |
| DADDYISSUES | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Problems resulting from a poor paternal relationship | Ryan McCarty |
| DESCENDON | Sun Mar 28, 2010 | Arrive unexpectedly en masse | Ed Sessa |
| FEELSOKAY | Fri Feb 10, 2023 | Seems acceptable | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| FOLKWISDOM | Fri May 22, 2020 | Proverbs and the like | Hal Moore |
| GIFTEDKIDS | Sat Jun 30, 2007 | Small wonders | Byron Walden |
| GLAMOURPOSE | Sat Sep 4, 2010 | Stance in a fashion magazine | Mark Diehl |
| GQSTYLE | Mon Apr 6, 2026 | Men's fashion magazine | John Ewbank |
| HEXSIGNS | Fri Sep 13, 2019 | Symbols meant to ward off evil | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| JOINEDTHEHUMANRACE | Sun Nov 12, 1995 | Signed up for the marathon | Randolph Ross |
| LEFTINTHELURCH | Mon Jul 20, 2020 | Abandoned and helpless | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LETPAST | Sun May 10, 2026 | Admit, in a way | Rachel Fabi and Adam Wagner |
| MRSCRATCH | Mon Apr 6, 2020 | Another name for [see shaded squares] | Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas |
| NEVERBE | Sat Feb 26, 1994 | "I'll _____ the Same" ('32 tune) | Bob Klahn |
| NOITSNOT | Fri May 31, 2024 | "Nuh-uh!" | Aidan Deshong |
| NOTORIOUSBIG | Thu Nov 15, 2018 | Noted artist on Bad Boy Records, with "the" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| OPTIMAS | Thu May 9, 2019 | Midsize Kias | Lewis Rothlein |
| PATTYDUKE | Tue Aug 20, 2013 | Helen Keller's portrayer in "The Miracle Worker" | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| PILLED | Thu Aug 17, 2000 | Formed fuzzballs | Greg Staples |
| POPMUSICIAN | Mon Feb 16, 2009 | Any of the Jonas Brothers, e.g. | David Kwong |
| PUBCRAWL | Mon Nov 16, 2020 | Bar-to-bar activity | Jennifer Nutt |
| PUD | Sun Aug 25, 2013 | British dessert, for short | Victor Barocas |
| RIVERRAFT | Sat Nov 13, 2010 | Rapid transit? | Mark Diehl |
| ROBERTFROSTPOEM | Tue Feb 24, 1998 | What 17- and 39-Across is | Bill Ballard |
| SENIORITY | Sun Feb 15, 2009 | It has its privileges | Jim Leeds |
| SENIORPROJECT | Wed Feb 6, 2013 | Graduation requirement, perhaps | Peter A. Collins |
| SIKE | Thu Apr 21, 2022 | "Only joking!," to a texter | Max Chen Lauring |
| SNUBBY | Sat Dec 13, 2003 | Short and thick | Bob Peoples |
| THECARPENTERS | Wed Dec 28, 2016 | Pop group suggested by 17-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| THISA | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | "Is ___ joke?" | Daniel A. Finan |
| VATICANLIBRARY | Thu Dec 2, 2021 | Papal collection overseen by a bibliothecarius | Rebecca Goldstein |
| VICECOP | Tue Sep 9, 2025 | Narco nabber | Marshal Herrmann |
| WADDLES | Thu Apr 29, 2010 | Imitates a penguin | David J. W. Simpson |
| WHEREUNTO | Sat Jan 28, 2006 | For what purpose | Dana Motley |
| WIFEHOOD | Tue Jul 26, 2022 | Certain spousal state | Lillian Simpson |
| WIRETAPS | Wed May 1, 1996 | Watergate-type crimes | F. Piscop |