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 50,558 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDEDTAX | Sat Jun 2, 2001 | A grand total may include it | Jim Page |
| AGAINSTTHECLOCK | Sun May 6, 2001 | One way to race | Manny Nosowsky |
| ATOUCHOVER | Thu Nov 7, 2013 | Just above | Alan DerKazarian |
| BEAUJOLAISNOUVEAU | Thu Feb 10, 2005 | Wine that doesn't age | Frank Longo |
| CAPTAINPHILLIPS | Fri Mar 28, 2014 | See 16-Down | David J. Kahn |
| CICHLIDS | Sat Jan 4, 2003 | Spiny-rayed fishes popular in aquariums | Patrick Berry |
| DETESTER | Thu Dec 15, 2005 | Grimace maker, maybe | Patrick Merrell |
| DOGMATISTS | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | Overbearing types | Patrick Berry |
| DOORPRIZE | Sat Oct 8, 2022 | Subject of a drawing, perhaps | Kyle Dolan |
| FLORENZZIEGFELD | Sat Aug 11, 2007 | Biographical subject of the Best Picture of 1936 | Karen M. Tracey |
| FOOLSGOLD | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | It's not what it looks like | Hemant Mehta |
| GONEDARK | Thu Oct 25, 2012 | Closed, as a theater | Caleb Rasmussen |
| HUMANCOMEDY | Tue Oct 23, 2007 | Saroyan novel, with "The" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ICANTRESIST | Fri Feb 19, 2021 | Comment before indulging | Amanda Rafkin |
| ICANTTELL | Fri Jul 14, 2023 | "It's not clear to me" | Jonathan Kaufman |
| LENBARRY | Sat Sep 10, 2022 | Jukebox crooner with the 1965 hit "1-2-3" | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LINNAEUS | Fri Oct 28, 2022 | Carl who pioneered modern taxonomy | Will Nediger |
| LIONTAMING | Sun Mar 4, 2018 | Performance for which one might grab a chair | Byron Walden |
| MALLOMAR | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Chocolate-coated treat | Anna Shechtman |
| MEANSTEST | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | It determines if help is needed | Patrick Berry |
| MILANOS | Sat Feb 27, 2021 | Some Pepperidge Farm cookies | Yacob Yonas |
| MINORIN | Thu May 22, 2025 | Study secondarily | David J. Kahn |
| MOTONEURON | Sun Jul 1, 2012 | Electrical impulse conductor in the body | Dan Schoenholz |
| MUSETTE | Sat Jan 8, 2022 | Small knapsack | Freddie Cheng |
| NARROWSTHEGAP | Fri Dec 8, 2023 | Gains ground | Robert Logan |
| OBSEQUIOUS | Tue Dec 20, 2016 | Sycophantic | Timothy Polin |
| PARTYHOPS | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Makes the rounds on a weekend night, say | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| PAULSEN | Sun Feb 15, 1998 | "If elected I will not serve" candidate of 1968 | Rich Norris |
| PENDENT | Sat Jan 1, 2000 | Suspended | Rich Norris |
| RESPAWN | Sun Aug 18, 2024 | Appear again after being killed, in a video game | Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger |
| ROBERTPRESTON | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | Harold Hill's portrayer in the original cast of "The Music Man" | Patrick Berry |
| SCARPS | Mon Jun 16, 1997 | Lines of cliffs | Gene Newman |
| SIBLINGRIVALRY | Sat Jun 21, 2025 | Fuel for a family feud | Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson |
| SLAPSTICKCOMEDY | Mon Sep 8, 1997 | Genre of 17- and 56-Across | Robert Goldberg |
| STANDBYMODE | Tue Jun 24, 2014 | Sleep state for an electronic device | Heather Valadez |
| TAKESSTOCK | Tue May 8, 2012 | Assesses one's options carefully | Lynn Lempel |
| TANNERS | Fri Dec 21, 2007 | Their work stinks | Patrick Berry |
| TEMPSLIE | Thu Aug 18, 1994 | Series of connected ballet movements | A.J. Santora |
| TIMBERLINES | Thu May 4, 2023 | What "x" might mean | David J. Kahn |
| WHOOPIEPIES | Thu Oct 16, 2014 | Cream-filled chocolate treats | John Farmer |