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 50,596 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDWHATNOT | Fri Apr 25, 2025 | "... plus all the rest" | Adrian Johnson |
| ARMYSTRONG | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | Like G.I.'s, per recruiting ads | Peter A. Collins |
| BLOWINGOFFSTEAM | Mon Apr 25, 2011 | Venting | Joon Pahk |
| BLUEPRINT | Sun Jul 28, 2024 | Detailed plan of action | Paolo Pasco |
| BORISES | Sat Mar 2, 1996 | Three kings of Bulgaria | N. Joline |
| BRASSHATS | Thu Aug 30, 2018 | High-ranking officers | Grant Thackray |
| CAPTAINFANTASTIC | Mon May 15, 2017 | 2016 film for which Viggo Mortensen earned an Oscar nomination | Peter Gordon |
| CHEAPSIDE | Fri Sep 30, 1994 | London district | Matt Gaffney |
| CLINTONMICHIGAN | Mon Feb 17, 1997 | 49236 | R. Hughes |
| CLOSINGASALE | Sun Mar 1, 2009 | *Good and bad for a marketer | Robert W. Harris |
| CRUSHED | Sat Jun 15, 2013 | Like some garlic and egos | Ned White |
| EDWINMEESE | Fri Oct 19, 2012 | Former attorney general in the Iraq Study Group | Patrick Berry |
| FLOORBROKER | Sun Dec 10, 2000 | Exchange employee | Rich Norris |
| GETSITON | Sat Mar 12, 2011 | Begins brawling | Joon Pahk |
| GIVETHEBUSINESS | Tue Aug 29, 2000 | Scold severely | Peter Gordon |
| KARLABONOFF | Sun Sep 11, 2022 | Noted songwriter behind Wynonna Judd's "Tell Me Why" and Linda Ronstadt's "All My Life" | Derrick Niederman |
| KILOMETER | Sat Nov 26, 2011 | One of about five in a league | Brad Wilber |
| LAWRENCESUMMERS | Thu Apr 13, 2000 | Robert Rubin's successor as Treasury Secretary | Matt Gaffney |
| LITTLETRAMP | Sun May 12, 2013 | Charlie Chaplin persona, with "the" | David J. Kahn |
| MAXEDOUT | Wed Jan 14, 2015 | At the limit, as a credit card | Caleb Emmons |
| MIRACLEMOP | Wed Nov 29, 2017 | So-called "self-wringing" cleaning implement | Erik Agard |
| MUDHENS | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Minor-league team of Toledo | Patrick Berry |
| NOTSORRY | Sun Aug 18, 2019 | Unapologetic | David Steinberg |
| NOTTHATMUCH | Sun Nov 18, 2001 | "Just a little" | Jim Page |
| ORCHESTRAPITS | Sun Jan 30, 2022 | Sources of music in musicals | Ross Trudeau |
| POINTERSISTERS | Wed Dec 20, 2023 | Grammy winners for "Jump (for My Love)" (1984) | Brad Wiegmann |
| POSTHOLE | Thu Nov 4, 2010 | Fence builder's starting point | Mike Nothnagel |
| SEXSYMBOL | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Rihanna or Sharon Stone | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| SHAKESHACK | Tue Feb 3, 2026 | Burger chain with custard-based drinks | Nate Cardin |
| SHIFTINGPARADIGMS | Thu Jul 13, 2023 | Effecting fundamental changes to perceptions | Hanh Huynh |
| SHILLELAGH | Wed Jul 6, 2016 | Cudgel made from a knotty stick | David Woolf |
| SINGULARTHEY | Tue Nov 7, 2017 | Gender-neutral pronoun [2015] | Greg Poulos |
| SNAKEOILSALESMAN | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Slippery vendor | Peter A. Collins |
| SPARSELY | Sun Jan 2, 1994 | Thinly | Brian G. Tyler |
| SRILANKAN | Sat Feb 11, 2006 | Rupee earner | David Quarfoot |
| TANGOERS | Sat Sep 7, 1996 | Ballroom couples | B. White |
| THEANDES | Sat Dec 31, 2016 | Chain of seven countries | Jeff Chen |
| UNBAKED | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Not yet in the oven | David Levinson Wilk |
| UNITCOST | Thu Oct 8, 2020 | Price per piece | Francesca Goldston and Jeff Chen |
| YOUGOTTHIS | Thu Apr 8, 2021 | Encouraging words | Jake Halperin |