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 50,657 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRAMEBUILDINGS | Tue Jul 16, 2019 | Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters | Ross Trudeau |
| BERHYMES | Sat Aug 26, 2000 | Celebrates in verse | A. J. Santora |
| BUSINESSACUMEN | Sat Apr 19, 2025 | Know-how in negotiations, say | Alex Tomlinson |
| CAMETOSEE | Sat Jun 23, 2012 | Realized in the end | Laura Sternberg |
| CAMPOUTS | Fri Sep 18, 2020 | In-tents experiences? | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| CAPITALO | Thu Apr 30, 2020 | University of Oregon logo | Caitlin Reid |
| CARDCOUNTING | Mon Jul 28, 2025 | Casino no-no | Brian Callahan |
| CHANUKAHMENORAH | Thu Apr 3, 2014 | December display | David Benkof and Jeff Chen |
| CONCEALEDWEAPON | Sat Jun 2, 2012 | It may be pulled out while holding something up | Tim Croce |
| EASEOFFTHEGASPEDAL | Sun Mar 7, 2021 | ACC_L_RATOR | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen |
| ELIMINATED | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | Knocked out | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| EXDICTATOR | Sat Oct 30, 2004 | Saddam Hussein, notably | Byron Walden |
| FAMILYMATTERS | Sat Aug 3, 1996 | TV series whose title is this puzzle's theme | A. D. Cover |
| GATEAUX | Thu Feb 10, 2005 | Light, rich sponge cakes | Frank Longo |
| GUIDEBOOKS | Fri Aug 27, 2021 | Tourists' reading | Robyn Weintraub |
| HANIF | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | "A Little Devil in America" writer Abdurraqib | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| IBMTHINKPAD | Sat Sep 4, 2010 | Laptop tested aboard the Endeavour | Mark Diehl |
| JOHNGALT | Sun Sep 11, 2011 | Ayn Rand protagonist | Kay Anderson |
| JUUL | Tue May 4, 2021 | Big name in vapes | Nina Sloan |
| LETSFLY | Sat Apr 12, 2025 | Flings | Jesse Cohn |
| MAHARAJAS | Sun Oct 10, 2010 | Wearers of jeweled turbans | Patrick Merrell |
| MINCERS | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Kitchen gizmos | Frank Longo |
| ONENIGHTINBANGKOK | Sun Jan 2, 2011 | 1985 hit song "Neung Keun" | David Levinson Wilk |
| ONTHERECORD | Mon Jun 19, 1995 | Official | Gregory E. Paul |
| OUTBY | Thu Sep 6, 2007 | Over near | Daniel C. Bryant |
| QUIDDE | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | 1927 Peace Nobelist Ludwig | A. J. Santora |
| RAVISHING | Sat Oct 26, 2024 | Gorgeous | Peter A. Collins |
| RECOOL | Tue Jan 28, 2003 | Ice down again | Christina Houlihan |
| ROSECEREMONY | Sat Feb 6, 2016 | "The Bachelor" high point | David Steinberg |
| SAINTLY | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Simply divine | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| SALESCONTACTS | Thu Jul 24, 2003 | Rep's network | Rich Norris |
| SCREWER | Mon Mar 20, 1995 | Carpenter, often | Sidney L. Robbins |
| SGTSCHULTZ | Sat Nov 30, 2013 | 1960s sitcom character with the catchphrase "I see nothing!" | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| STABLEMEN | Sun Jun 11, 2006 | Hostlers | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| THEJUNGLEBOOK | Thu Feb 17, 2000 | Mowgli's medium | Matt Gaffney and David Bianco |
| TILLNEXTTIME | Wed Jun 5, 2013 | "Later" | Mark Bickham |
| TITLISTS | Sat Dec 23, 1995 | Champs | Manny Nosowsky |
| UNPICKED | Thu May 9, 2019 | Like fruit on a tree | Lewis Rothlein |
| WELDING | Mon Jul 15, 2002 | Using a blowtorch | John Leavy |
| XSANDYS | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Algebraic variables | Matthew Sewell |