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 50,641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASOCK | Sun Jul 11, 2010 | "Put ___ in it!" | Ed Sessa |
| ATIS | Fri Mar 5, 2004 | Poisonous Asian plant | Gary Steinmehl |
| BARLEYCORN | Mon Jun 27, 2005 | Malt liquor base | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| BEGLAD | Tue Jan 10, 1995 | "_____ and rejoice": Psalms | Christopher Page |
| BELLYBAND | Thu Jun 29, 2023 | Garment providing lower back support during pregnancy | Simeon Seigel |
| BIGSTUFF | Tue Mar 6, 2007 | *Things worth sweating, with "the" | Paula Gamache |
| BOILING | Fri Jul 23, 1999 | Intense | Joe DiPietro |
| CHIVALRYISDEAD | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | Lament about modern men | Byron Walden |
| CROSTIC | Wed Mar 16, 1994 | Double-_____ (puzzle type) | Fred Piscop |
| DANTON | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | French Revolutionary played by Gérard Depardieu | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DANTONI | Sun Jan 14, 2018 | Mike who was the 2017 N.B.A. Coach of the Year | Joel Fagliano |
| DARIAS | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | Onetime MTV animated title character and others | Kevin G. Der |
| DOUBLEDECKER | Sun May 4, 2014 | Classic London transport | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| DREWUP | Wed Dec 25, 1996 | Drafted | N. S. Ross |
| EATMYSHORTS | Mon Jun 2, 2025 | "Go fly a kite!" | Anthony V. Grubb |
| FREELUNCH | Wed Mar 26, 2003 | Mythical thing in the business world | Randall J. Hartman |
| FREESOLOED | Fri Dec 19, 2025 | Climbed without ropes | Hemant Mehta |
| FRUSTRATING | Sat Jan 24, 2004 | Like going in circles | Mark Diehl |
| GASOLINELANTERN | Fri Sep 15, 2006 | Flashlight alternative | Harvey Estes |
| GETSCARRIEDAWAY | Fri Oct 5, 2007 | Overdoes it | Lynn Lempel |
| HERODIAS | Sun Jul 24, 1994 | Mother of Salome | Matt Gaffney |
| HITCOUNTER | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Website feature resembling an odometer | Natan Last |
| HOUNDS | Mon Aug 10, 2020 | Hunting dogs | Lynn Lempel |
| MISTRESSES | Tue Sep 12, 2017 | 1,001 causes of anxiety? | Bruce Haight |
| MIXSET | Wed May 22, 2024 | D.J.'s performance | Martin Schneider |
| MONITORLIZARD | Tue Aug 19, 2025 | Reptile that can reach up to 10 feet in length | Eric Rollfing |
| MOUNTSTHELENS | Thu Jul 3, 2014 | It left parts of itself in 11 states in 1980 | Luke Vaughn |
| NOSKINOFFMYBACK | Tue Mar 6, 2012 | "So what?!" | Wesley Johnson |
| ODAWA | Sun Mar 8, 2026 | Indigenous people of the Great Lakes | Kelly Richardson |
| PALEFACE | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | '48 Bob Hope spoof, With "The" | Manny Nosowsky |
| RENEWABLE | Fri Mar 18, 2011 | Like wind and solar energy | Patrick Merrell |
| ROSSET | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Tennis ace Marc | Frank A. Longo |
| SHERMANHEMSLEY | Thu Jan 2, 1997 | "The Jeffersons" co-star | M. Gaffney |
| SHOOTEMUPS | Wed Jan 18, 2017 | Space Invaders and Asteroids, for two | Matthew Sewell |
| STEELGRAYS | Sun Sep 18, 2016 | Metallic shades | Jeremy Newton |
| STOCKTICKER | Sun Feb 11, 2024 | Bygone tape dispenser | Peter Koetters |
| SUREFIREHIT | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Guaranteed success | Blake Slonecker |
| TERMINALVELOCITY | Thu Dec 19, 2024 | Speed limit, of a sort | Brandon Koppy |
| TILLNEXTTIME | Wed Jun 5, 2013 | "Later" | Mark Bickham |
| WALKSONAIR | Fri Dec 17, 1999 | Is overjoyed | Manny Nosowsky |