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 51,069 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGOOF | Tue Dec 26, 1995 | Make ____ (err) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| ALBERTOGONZALES | Mon Jul 12, 2021 | Attorney general under George W. Bush | Kevin Christian |
| AMERICASCUP | Tue Sep 18, 2001 | Yachting prize | Jay Livingston |
| BARGAININGCHIPS | Tue Aug 31, 2021 | Good snack for a flea market dealer? | Eric Bornstein |
| BEATTIME | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | Keep rhythm, as a conductor might | Brad Wiegmann |
| BEYHIVE | Tue Oct 1, 2019 | Fans of singer Knowles, collectively | Erik Agard |
| BRITNEYSPEARS | Wed Sep 7, 2005 | Pop artist whose name is an anagram of 20-Across | Andrea C. Michaels |
| COQUET | Wed Jul 21, 2010 | Flirtatious one | Oliver Hill |
| DISABLES | Mon Mar 7, 1994 | Puts out of commission | Alex K. Justin |
| EXTREMERIGHT | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Reactionaries, politically | Trip Payne |
| FIRMEST | Sat Nov 23, 2019 | Least giving | Trenton Charlson |
| FRENCHOPENS | Sun Jun 8, 2025 | Rafael Nadal has won a record 14 of these | John Kugelman |
| GRAFFITIPROOFBUILDING | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Architectural innovation jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1982 | Jacob Stulberg |
| GRUMPYOLDMEN | Tue May 16, 2000 | 1993 Walter Matthau film | Peter Gordon |
| IMPROVEON | Fri Jul 26, 2002 | Better | Manny Nosowsky |
| KINCAID | Sun Nov 18, 2007 | Novelist Jamaica ___ | Patrick Berry |
| LAVORIS | Fri Sep 13, 2013 | Mouthwash with the patented ingredient Zantrate | Patrick Berry |
| LIVERIES | Thu Oct 18, 2001 | Rental stables | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MANTOMANTALK | Tue Oct 15, 2019 | Frank discussion, perhaps | Julie Bérubé |
| MONOBOB | Mon Jul 14, 2025 | Sledding event that debuted in the 2022 Winter Olympics | Christina Iverson |
| NIGHTCRAWLERS | Wed May 10, 2023 | Scorpio and Cancer? | Victor Barocas |
| PEAFOWLS | Mon Jul 16, 2001 | Parkland birds | Peter Gordon |
| PROSAICAL | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Commonplace | Mark Feldman |
| PTOLEMYI | Fri Apr 13, 2001 | Ancient dynasty founder | Joe DiPietro |
| PURELY | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | 100% | A. J. Santora |
| PUTATEASE | Mon Sep 22, 2003 | Helped to relax | Marjorie Berg |
| SECONDINCOME | Fri Oct 6, 2000 | Partner's pay, perhaps | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| SETSSTRAIGHT | Mon Feb 24, 2025 | Disabuses of false notions ... or a hint to the circled letters | Rena Cohen |
| SEWONS | Tue Feb 8, 2005 | Some patches | Stephen Budiansky |
| SKIRTAROUND | Mon May 29, 2000 | Avoid, redundantly | Randall J. Hartman |
| SLAPSAROUND | Sun Aug 14, 1994 | 'Smiler's goal? | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| SORIANO | Thu Sep 15, 2011 | Seven-time major-league All-Star Alfonso | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| STRAIGHTENER | Sat Jun 15, 2019 | Hair care item | Ryan McCarty |
| TESTLAPS | Sun May 14, 1995 | Starts of auto races | Richard Silvestri |
| TOEOFFROG | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Ingredient in a witches' brew | Joe Krozel |
| URBANIZE | Thu Jun 23, 1994 | Make citified | Trip Payne |
| WASUPTOSNUFF | Thu Sep 18, 1997 | Hacked it, as a candlemaker? | Cathy Millhauser |
| WITHERINGLY | Mon May 18, 2015 | "You forgot to water the plants," Tom said ___ | Gene Newman |
| WOODSORRELS | Thu Sep 17, 2009 | Ocas | Arthur Schulman |
| WRITTENINTHESTARS | Sun Mar 30, 2025 | * Composed * | Simeon Seigel |