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 50,977 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMSTERDAMAVENUE | Fri Mar 24, 2023 | Manhattan thoroughfare named for New York's Dutch roots | Blake Slonecker |
| ANDYETHEREWEARE | Wed Sep 1, 2021 | "Nevertheless ... look at our current situation" | Sean Yamada-Hunter |
| APLUSWORK | Tue Jul 8, 2025 | Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across? | Jesse Guzman |
| BANKING | Sat Jun 26, 1999 | Passing notes | John Wolting |
| BATTERYPARK | Sun Oct 22, 2006 | Tip of Manhattan | Harvey Estes |
| CANDYMAN | Tue Aug 23, 2011 | 1972 #1 hit for Sammy Davis Jr., with "The" | Michael Farabaugh |
| CHUCKS | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Hurls | Daniel Grinberg |
| CLAVIER | Wed Nov 9, 2022 | Bach's "The Well-Tempered ___" | David Tuffs |
| COMEFORTH | Fri Dec 16, 2005 | Emerge | Joe DiPietro |
| COREBELIEF | Sun Jun 18, 2023 | "Whaddya mean it's the pits? It's the best part of an apple!" | Joe DiPietro |
| EDGEUP | Wed Aug 10, 2022 | Approach gradually | Karen Lurie |
| FLOODLIGHTS | Mon Apr 13, 2020 | Ballpark illuminators | Evan Kalish |
| GEEKSQUAD | Fri Jun 26, 2009 | Techies affiliated with a major electronics chain | Lynn Lempel |
| HANSCHRISTIANANDERSEN | Sun Aug 19, 2001 | "He used to make up unbelievable tales" | David J. Kahn |
| HOMEBANKING | Thu Jul 18, 2024 | Depositing checks with one's phone, say | Kareem Ayas |
| KEEPSSTRAIGHT | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | *Distinguishes | Jim Page |
| LEMUEL | Sun Aug 23, 2009 | Gulliver of "Gulliver's Travels" | Phil Ruzbarsky |
| LOSTINTHESHUFFLE | Sun Aug 5, 2018 | Like this puzzle's circled letters vis-à-vis their Across answers | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| LOTAH | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Indian water pot | Alfio Micci |
| MAKEITRAIN | Fri Feb 28, 2020 | Give out cash freely | Aimee Lucido |
| MANONTHEMOON | Sun Jul 21, 2019 | Achievement of 1969 | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| MUNSTER | Fri Aug 29, 2025 | Member of a 1960s TV family | Jesse Cohn |
| NEWYEARS | Fri Nov 6, 2015 | Time for a party | Ian Livengood |
| NOTIMETODIE | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Bond theme song that won an Academy Award in 2022 | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| NUTPINE | Fri Aug 10, 2018 | Southwestern tree with needles | Damon Gulczynski |
| OSCARNIGHT | Thu May 29, 2003 | 37-Across used to emcee it | Jim Page |
| QUACKERY | Thu Jan 26, 2006 | Charlatan's work | Manny Nosowsky |
| ROBERTSRULES | Tue May 18, 2010 | Parliamentary procedure guide, familiarly | Peter A. Collins |
| ROOFTRUSS | Fri Apr 13, 2012 | Upper house support | Tim Croce |
| SHEDLIGHTUPON | Tue Apr 23, 1996 | Expose | N. Steinberg |
| THECONSERVATORY | Mon Oct 8, 2001 | Clue space | Monica Krausse |
| TOESTOPS | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | Roller skate features | Byron Walden |
| TORTURER | Wed Apr 18, 2001 | Spanish inquisitor, e.g. | A. J. Santora |
| UBERNERD | Wed May 26, 2021 | Tech-obsessed sort, perhaps | Will Nediger |
| VICTROLA | Tue Jul 31, 2012 | Early phonograph | Michael Sharp |
| VONSYDOW | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Player of the evil Blofeld in "Never Say Never Again" | Barry C. Silk |
| WHATADOWNER | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | "Bummer!" | Tom Pepper |
| WITHEASE | Sat Dec 1, 2012 | Effortlessly | Joon Pahk |
| WURLITZERORGAN | Mon Aug 15, 2011 | Music source on many an old fairground | Stan Newman |
| YUKONGOLD | Sun May 30, 2021 | Potato cultivar that was developed in Ontario, despite its name | Adam Wagner |