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 50,381 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARISAXES | Sun Oct 12, 2025 | Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short | Michael Schlossberg |
| BILOBA | Sun Apr 20, 2025 | Ginkgo ___ (tree species) | Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett |
| BLOTCHED | Sat Feb 4, 2023 | Spotted | Kate Hawkins |
| CAMIONS | Sun Dec 26, 1993 | Military trucks | Tom Underhill |
| CHICKENCHOWMEIN | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | La Choy product | Paula Gamache |
| CHOSETO | Tue Jul 11, 2023 | Decided one would | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| DCXL | Sun Jan 23, 2011 | The year 640 | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| DIFFERENCE | Sun Aug 30, 2020 | With 113-Across, end of the definition | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| DIGRESSED | Sun Oct 13, 2013 | Went off? | Jeff Chen |
| DIRECTDEBIT | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | Automatic bill payment | Mark Diehl |
| DIRTYWORD | Thu Jun 15, 2017 | *Something that might be bleeped | Richard F. Mausser |
| DONEITALL | Sun Nov 27, 2016 | Accomplished everything | Matt Ginsberg |
| DONTSEEEYETOEYE | Wed Sep 9, 2009 | Disagree | Richard Chisholm |
| EVERETTS | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | "Nanny and the Professor" family from 1970's TV | Frank A. Longo |
| EZPASSLANE | Fri Apr 6, 2018 | Quick way through a toll plaza | David Steinberg |
| FERMEZLABOUCHE | Wed Jul 16, 1997 | "Pipe down, Pierre!" | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| GIANTCACTUS | Sun Aug 15, 2004 | Saguaro | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GREENSKEEPERS | Tue Feb 9, 1999 | Country club employees | Janet R. Bender |
| INDISTRESS | Sun Jan 27, 2002 | Requiring a rescue | Patrick Berry |
| LITTLEBOY | Sun Jul 21, 2002 | "When I was a ___ ..." (storyteller's start) | Trip Payne |
| MASTERBUILDER | Tue May 23, 2006 | See 27-Across | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MIRER | Sun Jul 5, 1998 | 1993 A.F.C. Rookie of the Year Rick | Joe DiPietro |
| MONEYFORNOTHING | Sat Oct 6, 2012 | #1 Dire Straits hit | Steve Salitan |
| NEWSAGENCY | Wed Dec 11, 2019 | Reuters or Bloomberg | Jake Halperin |
| NORTHAMERICA | Tue Jan 9, 2018 | Big part of the New World | Peter A. Collins |
| NUCLEARBLAST | Thu Aug 31, 2000 | Physicists' fete? | Gene Newman |
| PIECAKEN | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert | Sam Ezersky |
| RARESTEAK | Sat Aug 14, 2004 | Ideal match, it's said, for a Cabernet Sauvignon | Joe DiPietro |
| SINISTERLY | Thu Mar 3, 1994 | In an evil way | Richard Silvestri |
| SLIPPIER | Fri Oct 11, 1996 | More icy, informally | F. Longo |
| SLOPPILY | Fri Mar 29, 1996 | Sans precision | C. Millhauser |
| TAKESAKNEE | Sun Aug 11, 2019 | Peacefully protests, as during the national anthem | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| THELETTERN | Sat Aug 23, 2014 | Last part of the hit | Timothy Polin |
| THERAPYDOG | Tue May 18, 2021 | Certain emotional support animal | Margaret Seikel |
| TOADFISH | Sat Jan 23, 2010 | Grunting, slimy-skinned swimmer | Karen M. Tracey |
| TOENAILCLIPPERS | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Pedicurist's need | Paula Gamache |
| TOPUTITMILDLY | Wed Jul 24, 2019 | Task for a Thai chef cooking for typical Americans? | Jake Halperin |
| UNSTOPPED | Mon Aug 23, 1999 | Like a drain after a drain cleaner | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| WHEATEN | Sun Jan 15, 2023 | Yellow-brown shade | Michael Schlossberg |
| WHENHELLFREEZES | Tue May 24, 2005 | Never | Mike Torch |