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 50,677 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADINVESTMENTS | Wed Dec 15, 2021 | Speculations that don't pay off | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| BARBARY | Wed May 6, 1998 | North African region | Richard Hughes |
| BAYARDRUSTIN | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington | Natan Last |
| BENEFIC | Fri Dec 2, 2011 | Of some good | Ed Sessa |
| BIGTHREE | Thu Aug 20, 2009 | G.M., Ford and Chrysler | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BRISBANE | Sat Dec 13, 2014 | Kangaroo Point is a suburb of it | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| BUYSUP | Sun Oct 12, 1997 | Grabs in monopolistic fashion | Nancy Salomon |
| DANNYOCEAN | Fri Aug 7, 2020 | Film part for Frank Sinatra and George Clooney | Tom Pepper |
| ECOTONES | Sat Jul 31, 1999 | Transitional zones between different plant communities | Fred Piscop |
| FINALOUT | Tue Jul 25, 2017 | It isn't recorded in a walk-off win | Alex Vratsanos |
| GETONWITHIT | Sun Aug 12, 2012 | "Stop dillydallying and use your boarding pass!" | Patrick Berry |
| GOTAROUND | Tue Mar 6, 2001 | Bought drinks for everyone? | Ed Early |
| HEADEND | Thu Jan 22, 2009 | Front | Gary J. Whitehead |
| ICECLOUD | Thu Feb 13, 2003 | Cirrus, say | Joe DiPietro |
| ITCRACKSMEUP | Wed Sep 29, 2004 | What 29-Across might say about a good joke | Verna Suit |
| ITSOUTTAHERE | Tue Oct 13, 1998 | Call after a hit by 17-Across | Nancy Salomon |
| ITUNESSTORE | Fri Dec 5, 2014 | It has a "Complete My Album" service | Tim Croce |
| MADELINEKAHN | Tue Mar 20, 2001 | Comedic actress who's able? | Peter Abide |
| MARYASTOR | Sun Oct 17, 2010 | Oscar-winning actress for "The Great Lie," 1941 | Patrick Blindauer |
| MATTY | Sat Jun 27, 2015 | One of Jesus' brothers, in baseball | Tim Croce |
| MEXICANAMERICAN | Tue Aug 12, 2025 | Chicana, for example | Erik Agard |
| MONTELL | Thu Sep 19, 2013 | R&B singer Jordan | Michael Blake |
| NEWSWIRES | Sun Nov 6, 1994 | A.P., Reuters, etc. | A.J. Santora |
| OBEYING | Thu Mar 27, 1997 | Compliant | Alex Vaughn |
| PAMBY | Mon Sep 25, 2017 | See 60-Across | Bruce Haight |
| PERFECTFIT | Wed Apr 2, 2025 | What the glass slipper was on Cinderella's foot | Daniel Bodily |
| PRESSPASSES | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Door openers for journalists | Tracy Gray |
| RIPOST | Wed Jun 24, 2009 | Fencing thrust: Var. | Corey Rubin |
| SABATINI | Fri May 26, 1995 | 1990 U.S. Open tennis winner | Randolph Ross |
| SALESQUOTER | Wed Aug 27, 2014 | One who knows the earnings report by heart? | Gareth Bain and David Poole |
| SEGAS | Sun May 28, 1995 | Not Nintendos | Matt Gaffney |
| SMALLTIME | Fri Oct 13, 2023 | Two-bit | John-Clark Levin |
| STABLEMEN | Sun Jun 11, 2006 | Hostlers | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| STATEFARMS | Fri Mar 9, 2007 | Communist collectives | Randolph Ross |
| TALLADEGA | Sun Sep 11, 2011 | Alabama speedway locale | Kay Anderson |
| THATSHUGE | Sun Jan 3, 2010 | "Wow, congrats!" | Jeremy Newton |
| THETHIRDDEGREE | Tue Mar 21, 1995 | Intense interrogation | Harvey Estes |
| TWELVEMIDNIGHT | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | When the ball drops at Times Square | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WELLLIKED | Tue Oct 4, 2005 | Popular | Barry C. Silk |
| WHATAPITY | Thu Mar 17, 2016 | "That's too bad" | David Woolf |