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 50,601 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDWHATNOT | Fri Apr 25, 2025 | "... plus all the rest" | Adrian Johnson |
| BASEPATHS | Fri Mar 1, 1996 | Lines at a stadium? | Charles E. Gersch |
| BEERGARITA | Sat Apr 7, 2018 | Corona with tequila and fruit juice, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| BIRETTA | Thu Jul 16, 2015 | Cardinal's cap | Paula Gamache |
| CITYSTATEANDZIP | Thu Dec 13, 2007 | End of some addresses | John Farmer |
| CLEOS | Sun Apr 2, 1995 | Singer Laine et al. | Norman S. Wizer |
| CONSTANCY | Tue Apr 3, 2012 | Faithfulness | Paula Gamache |
| CRAMIN | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Add with force | John Hawksley |
| CURLEW | Sat Apr 26, 2008 | Cousin of the sandpiper | Brad Wilber |
| DEPOSITED | Sat Jun 10, 2006 | Put down | Harvey Estes |
| DICKS | Sun May 16, 1999 | Gumshoes | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DOANE | Thu May 31, 2001 | College in Crete, Neb. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| DODOBIRDS | Tue Oct 10, 2023 | *Extinct creatures of Mauritius | Nate Cardin |
| ERECTILE | Sun Nov 12, 2017 | The "E" of E.D. | Ed Sessa |
| EXIGENCE | Sat Jan 14, 1995 | Urgency | Rich Norris |
| FILMCANON | Thu Oct 2, 2014 | Most important movies | David Woolf |
| FLUENCY | Thu Aug 1, 2013 | Language learner's goal | Timothy Polin |
| FORTYYARDDASH | Tue Feb 12, 2013 | Test at a football tryout | Dan Schoenholz |
| FRISSON | Sun Apr 2, 2017 | Shudder of emotion | Jerry Miccolis |
| GETTHEWORDSDOWN | Sun Jan 24, 1999 | Write something, even if not the final draft | Robert Malinow |
| GOAGAINSTTYPE | Thu Jun 13, 2002 | Cast Stallone as a doctor, say (-) | David J. Kahn |
| GOMPERS | Fri Feb 26, 2016 | Pioneering labor leader Samuel | Paula Gamache |
| HALFPAST | Wed Jan 17, 2024 | 1:30 or 2:30, e.g. | Morton J. Mendelson |
| ILLBEBACK | Mon May 17, 2010 | Parting words from the Terminator | Jay Kaskel |
| ITSNOTPLUGGEDIN | Wed Jun 20, 2001 | Famous last words | Jay Sullivan |
| MARSHAMASON | Mon Jul 14, 2008 | "The Goodbye Girl" actress | Ed Early |
| PARTYFAVOR | Wed Oct 12, 2016 | Item in a swag bag | Jeff Chen |
| PROPBET | Wed Oct 22, 2025 | Certain sports wager | Jesse Guzman |
| RAIMENTED | Fri Apr 21, 1995 | Clad | Rand H. Burns |
| SCABBARDS | Sun Sep 12, 2004 | Sword bearers | Patrick Berry |
| SHADINESS | Tue Jan 17, 2023 | Sketchy behavior | Erika Ettin |
| SLANTEDLINES | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | Diagonals | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| SOMMELIERS | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Port authorities | Henry Hook |
| STOPYELLING | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | "Pipe down!" | Byron Walden |
| TAKEAJOKE | Sat Sep 5, 2020 | Laugh it off, say | John Guzzetta |
| TEARDOWNTHISWALL | Sun Sep 28, 2014 | Reagan's challenge to Gorbachev | Todd Gross |
| TESTMATCH | Fri Jul 19, 2013 | International cricket event | Patrick Berry |
| THROWRUGS | Wed Apr 14, 2004 | Hurl toupees? | Randolph Ross |
| TOYSURPRISE | Wed Feb 9, 2011 | *Cracker feature | Victor Barocas |
| VALKILMER | Wed Oct 20, 2004 | Caped crusader player of 1995 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |