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 51,141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAAUGH | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Strip's cry of disgust | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| ARTBOOKS | Thu Nov 19, 2020 | Aesthete's collection, maybe | Derek J. Angell |
| AVERAGEJANES | Sun Dec 28, 2025 | Mean Girls | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BIBELOT | Sat Jul 25, 2015 | Trinket | Kevin G. Der |
| BOBBARR | Sat May 12, 2012 | 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate | Caleb Madison |
| CAFFEINEFIX | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Joe can provide it | Natan Last |
| CODEOFCONDUCT | Mon Apr 14, 2025 | Rules on how to behave | Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen |
| CORBIN | Sun Jun 18, 2023 | Easton ___, singer with the 2009 #1 country hit "A Little More Country Than That" | Joe DiPietro |
| DOBUSINESS | Thu Mar 4, 1999 | Hairdressing operation? | Cathy Millhauser |
| GARDENGATEWAY | Tue Dec 16, 2008 | Entrance to a botanical display | Gail Grabowski |
| GREENARCHITECTS | Fri Jul 30, 2010 | Ones concerned with sustainable design | Kevin G. Der |
| HAVEIT | Sun Sep 25, 2022 | "Here, take this" | Meghan Morris |
| INEVERWILL | Sat May 24, 2025 | "Don't expect that from me" | Gene Louise De Vera |
| INYOURDREAMS | Mon Aug 3, 1998 | "No way!" | Nancy Salomon |
| KIMSCONVENIENCE | Sat May 17, 2025 | Sitcom set in a corner store run by a Korean Canadian family (2016-21) | Ryan Judge |
| LAGGER | Sun May 24, 2015 | One who's behind | Kevin G. Der |
| LIBATED | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Poured wine, ceremonially | Martin Schneider |
| LUNESTA | Sat Dec 5, 2020 | Anti-insomnia drug | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MADEWAY | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Moved aside (for) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MASONED | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Made with bricks | J. Page |
| MEANGENE | Sat Mar 24, 2018 | Rhyming nickname for wrestling Hall-of-Famer Okerlund | Byron Walden |
| MILANOS | Sat Feb 27, 2021 | Some Pepperidge Farm cookies | Yacob Yonas |
| NOONIONS | Wed Nov 5, 2025 | Dinner order request on a first date, perhaps | Chad Hazen and Jeff Chen |
| ONEMINUTE | Wed Sep 21, 1994 | "Hold on ..." | Trip Payne |
| PARAVION | Mon Sep 19, 1994 | By airmail from France | Wayne Robert Williams |
| PEGLEGGED | Tue Mar 8, 1994 | Like Captain Ahab | Harvey Estes |
| PITCHESWOO | Tue Oct 4, 2016 | Is a romancer, old-style | Sam Buchbinder |
| POVERTYROW | Fri Sep 6, 2013 | Old Hollywood low-budget studios, collectively | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| PROACTIVE | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | On the offensive | Randolph Ross |
| PUBLISHINGCOMPANY | Sun Jul 20, 2008 | Viking, for one | Barry C. Silk |
| QUAG | Thu Aug 27, 1998 | Boggy area, for short | Henry Hook |
| RECONNECT | Sat Mar 28, 2020 | Catch up | Erik Agard |
| RELIEVERS | Sat Dec 29, 2001 | Massage therapists, e.g. | Bob Peoples |
| SHOUTITOUT | Mon Jun 1, 2020 | "Don't hesitate to say what you want" | Erik Agard |
| SIDEON | Sun Jul 19, 2015 | Like a profile picture | Tom McCoy |
| SPECKLE | Mon Apr 15, 2013 | Colored spot | Gayle Dean |
| TARTED | Fri Dec 20, 1996 | Made gaudy, with "up" | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| TIREMEN | Wed Feb 28, 2001 | Radial makers | A. J. Santora |
| TOWPATHS | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | Canal adjuncts | Sherry O. Blackard |
| UNMOVABLE | Sat Nov 14, 2009 | Not to be persuaded | Joe Krozel |