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 51,181 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLANTE | Sat Feb 11, 2012 | Late 1980s Cadillac | Joe Krozel |
| ANTIPHONY | Sat Sep 30, 1995 | Responsive choir singing | Bryant White |
| APPLEJACKS | Thu Jan 16, 2020 | Breakfast cereal in a green box | Erik Agard and Jeff Chen |
| CANITWAIT | Sat Mar 20, 2021 | "I'm a little busy, you see?" | Emily Carroll |
| COCKEYED | Mon Jun 17, 2013 | Nutty | Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| DESKJOBS | Mon May 31, 2010 | Nine-to-five gigs, often | Oliver Hill |
| DEVIATION | Sun Feb 24, 2019 | Word that follows "standard" and means something nonstandard | Erik Agard |
| EFILER | Sat Jan 23, 2021 | One going paperless in April, say | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| FAINTLY | Fri Jan 30, 2015 | How signals from outer space may be heard | David Phillips |
| FLYINTHEFACE | Wed Sep 27, 1995 | Go against, with "of" | David J. Kahn |
| FOURBROTHERS | Tue Jan 16, 2007 | 2005 Mark Wahlberg movie | Dave Mackey |
| GOLDBUG | Mon Mar 2, 2009 | Edgar Allan Poe story, with "The" | Lynn Lempel |
| GRENADINE | Sun Apr 18, 1999 | Mai tai ingredient | Frank Longo |
| HADABLANKLOOK | Wed Aug 11, 2021 | Seemed confused, maybe | Joe DiPietro |
| HERBIVORES | Sat Apr 30, 1994 | "Friendly" dinosaurs | Wayne Robert Williams |
| HERMITCRAB | Tue Nov 12, 2013 | Creature that adopts a seashell | Mike Doran |
| HONDAACCORD | Mon Sep 12, 2022 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) | Michael Lieberman |
| HUNGOVER | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Like many people on January 1 | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| INTIFADA | Sat Oct 20, 2018 | Palestinian uprising | Ben Gross and James Somers |
| MAILINS | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Proxy votes | Rich Norris |
| OHIOVALLEY | Tue Apr 10, 2012 | Wheeling, Cincinnati and Louisville are in it | Gregory Philip Butler |
| ONEEIGHTIES | Thu Jan 18, 2024 | Complete reversals | Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz |
| OPENDATES | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Unscheduled slots | Daniel Grinberg |
| PAYOFFS | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | Bribes | Hal Moore |
| PELFS | Tue Feb 10, 1998 | Ill-gotten gains | John Greenman |
| PLACEABET | Sat May 23, 2015 | Wager | Peter Wentz |
| PLAYBALL | Wed Oct 8, 2008 | Umpire's shout | Peter A. Collins |
| RAISINGTHEPOINT | Sat Jul 25, 1998 | Mentioning, as this puzzle's theme? | Robert H. Wolfe |
| REFRIGERATORCAR | Fri Aug 24, 2018 | Coolest thing about a train? | Roland Huget |
| SALTSPRAY | Fri Jun 26, 2015 | Product that puts waves in the hair | Erin Rhode |
| SHELSILVERSTEIN | Thu Jul 29, 1999 | Late children's author-illustrator | David J. Kahn |
| SLEEPSOFF | Fri Jul 11, 2003 | Gets rid of, as a hangover | Patrick Berry |
| SONGANDDANCEMEN | Tue Jun 23, 2015 | Occupations of 24-Across in the film | Jules P. Markey |
| SOUPTONUTS | Fri Jun 9, 2023 | It's all-inclusive | Robyn Weintraub |
| STRAWMATS | Sun May 8, 2016 | Tatamis, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| TOETHEPARTYLINE | Mon Mar 26, 2018 | Follow one's political group | Andy Kravis |
| TOXICGAS | Sat Feb 21, 2026 | Hydrogen sulfide, e.g. | Josh Knapp |
| VOLTAMPERE | Tue Jan 29, 2013 | Watt's equivalent | David Steinberg |
| WARBUCKS | Wed Apr 21, 1999 | Fictional daddy | Mary E. Brindamour |
| YANKEECLIPPER | Wed Nov 12, 1997 | Joe DiMaggio's nickname | Randall J. Hartman |