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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMTO | Sun Apr 25, 2010 | "Here I ___ Worship" (contemporary hymn) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| APRONSTRINGS | Wed Aug 21, 1996 | Symbol of dependency | Fred Piscop |
| AUGMENTED | Thu Jun 23, 2005 | Added value to | Courtenay Crocker III |
| BELOWPAR | Fri Feb 9, 1996 | Like an eagle, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| BIPARTISANBILL | Tue Jan 12, 2021 | Legislation often resulting from compromise | Ross Trudeau |
| BLACKCARD | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | *High-status American Express offering | Jonathan Daly |
| BUSTINON | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Surprise, F.B.I.-style | Kate Hawkins |
| BUTTDIALS | Tue Dec 3, 2019 | *Phones inadvertently | Ed Sessa |
| COINSURING | Thu Jul 19, 2012 | SCOURING | Alan Arbesfeld |
| COOPEDUP | Wed Apr 4, 2012 | Confined | Zoe Wheeler |
| EGANS | Thu Mar 3, 2016 | First first family of Alaska | Andrew Zhou |
| ELECTRICALOUTLET | Sun Sep 25, 2022 | *What's in your wallet | Meghan Morris |
| FROZEUP | Thu Dec 23, 1999 | Suddenly stopped working | Joe DiPietro |
| GATEAUX | Thu Feb 10, 2005 | Light, rich sponge cakes | Frank Longo |
| GOOGOOGAGA | Fri Jun 23, 2017 | Some baby talk | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| GREENSEA | Sun Mar 17, 1996 | Wave of water coming aboard a ship | Peter O'Gordon |
| ISOLATORS | Sun Feb 20, 2011 | Quarantine advocates | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JOHNCLEESE | Sat Apr 27, 2019 | Briton who wrote "A Fish Called Wanda" | Joe Deeney |
| JUNCTURE | Mon Jun 4, 2001 | Critical point | Patrick Jordan |
| KIPLING | Thu May 29, 2025 | Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" | John Kugelman |
| LEFTLANECLOSED | Tue Mar 27, 2007 | Second sign of a highway headache | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| MOONEYES | Fri Oct 1, 2010 | Silvery fish | David J. Kahn |
| MUDVILLE | Tue Jan 30, 2007 | Joyless town after Casey struck out | Nancy Salomon |
| PLAYDIRTY | Sat Jun 12, 2021 | Hit below the belt | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| PUTSONACLINIC | Sun Mar 8, 2020 | Shows how it's done | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| QUEENSOFENGLAND | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | Anne and Victoria | Joe Krozel |
| SMARMIEST | Sun Oct 6, 2002 | Most insincere | Myles Callum |
| TAILCOAT | Sat Jul 10, 1999 | Formal attire | Rich Norris |
| THEGREENROOM | Sun Mar 17, 1996 | Place to sit before going on | Peter O'Gordon |
| TRIVIALPURSUITS | Mon Aug 16, 2004 | Activities that generate no money | Joy C. Frank |
| UNFAITHFUL | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | Not following one's vows | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| USTIME | Sun Mar 30, 2025 | Period that a couple dedicates to themselves | Simeon Seigel |
| VAPESHOPS | Sun Nov 7, 2021 | Vendors of e-cigs | Sid Sivakumar |
| WATERSTON | Wed Aug 19, 1998 | Actor Sam | Alfio Micci |
| WHOWON | Sat May 26, 2018 | Question pundits discuss after a presidential debate | Peter Wentz |
| WINCHESTERRIFLE | Fri Oct 21, 2011 | Old West gun, crossing over? | Patrick Berry |
| WINERIES | Tue Oct 31, 2017 | Many Napa establishments | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| WINETOUR | Fri May 6, 2022 | Napa excursion | Aaron Ullman |
| WORKSOVER | Sat Jul 14, 2001 | Really interrogates | David J. Kahn |
| YEARNFOR | Wed Aug 11, 2010 | Want badly | Edward Sessa |