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 50,360 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTOMOFTHEFIFTH | Sun Jul 24, 2011 | Whiskey bottle dregs? | Kurt Mueller |
| BULBULS | Sun Jun 2, 2013 | Songbirds in "The Rubáiyát" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BUTTERDISH | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | Where to stick a stick | David Steinberg |
| CELICAS | Sat Jun 15, 2013 | Some Toyotas | Ned White |
| COWORKER | Thu Mar 22, 2007 | Colleague | Karen M. Tracey |
| ECHOSOUNDER | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Aid in deep diving | Brad Wilber |
| ELIZABETHANERA | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Play of Shakespeare (remember 23-Across) | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| ENDEAVOUR | Wed Nov 24, 2010 | #6 | Allan E. Parrish |
| EPICBATTLE | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Climax of many a fantasy novel | Tom McCoy |
| FILLEDOUT | Thu Apr 11, 1996 | Got plumper | R. Hamel |
| FRANKLANGELLA | Tue Apr 4, 1995 | Dracula portrayer | David J. Kahn |
| FRYBREAD | Tue Feb 5, 2019 | Naan-like Native American food | Erik Agard |
| GOTOPLANB | Wed Jun 13, 2007 | Scrap the original strategy | Curtis Yee |
| GRANDFORKS | Tue Aug 22, 2017 | Red River Valley city in the upper Midwest | Timothy Polin |
| HAVEALOTTOOFFER | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | What the state gambling board might do to increase sales? | Trip Payne |
| HEARTBEATS | Fri Feb 14, 1997 | 1950's doo-wop group with the hit "A Thousand Miles Away," with "the" | J. R. Conrad |
| IMPUMPED | Sat Jun 8, 2013 | "Can't wait!" | David Quarfoot |
| INDUCTOR | Fri Apr 20, 2001 | Circuitry coil | Chuck Deodene |
| MANDELBROT | Tue Aug 27, 2024 | Mathematician Benoit ___, coiner of the word "fractal" | Julia Hoepner |
| ONENIGHTER | Sat Mar 10, 2012 | Quick affair? | Patrick Berry |
| ORGO | Thu Mar 18, 2021 | Notoriously difficult chem class | Tom McCoy |
| PELLETGUN | Fri Mar 10, 2000 | Air rifle | Chuck Deodene |
| PERSONALHISTORY | Fri Oct 12, 2012 | Caseworker's compilation | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PREPARED | Sat Aug 3, 2024 | Ready | Rich Norris |
| PROSCENIA | Thu Sep 17, 2009 | Stage arches | Arthur Schulman |
| RADICALRIGHT | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Conservative group | Rich Norris |
| RUNSOFF | Sun Mar 5, 2006 | Shoos | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| SHARIS | Sat Apr 29, 1995 | Puppeteer Lewis et al. | Fred Piscop |
| SIDLEUP | Tue Apr 24, 2018 | Approach furtively, with "to" | Peter Gordon |
| SQUAREDUP | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | (Pixar movie)2 | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| SUSPENDERS | Tue Oct 21, 2003 | Garters, to Brits | John Underwood |
| TENBUCKS | Mon May 15, 2000 | Two five-spots | Gregory E. Paul |
| TENDEDBAR | Sun Nov 22, 2020 | Made the rounds? | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TRANSITIVEVERBS | Fri Dec 13, 2002 | English class topic | Bob Peoples |
| TRIBUNES | Sun Oct 14, 2018 | Officials in ancient Rome | Ross Trudeau |
| UPSTANDING | Sun Mar 19, 2000 | DRY CLEAN ___ ORDER FORM | Greg Staples |
| VALUER | Mon Feb 16, 2004 | Appraiser | Charles Barasch |
| VOODOOS | Sat Mar 18, 1995 | Magic systems | Manny Nosowsky |
| WALLSAFE | Mon Jan 16, 2017 | Something that may be hidden behind a framed picture | John Wrenholt |
| WASHDISHES | Sat May 6, 2017 | Be on K.P., in a way | Joe DiPietro |