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 50,665 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGIFT | Mon Apr 17, 2006 | Have ___ of gab | Larry Paul |
| ALICIAGARZA | Mon Jan 30, 2023 | Activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter | David Steinberg |
| ANNATTO | Fri Dec 30, 2022 | Peppery orange-red condiment | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BADEYE | Thu Nov 7, 2024 | One might require a higher prescription | Joe Deeney |
| BEEFADOBO | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Filipino meat dish | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BEVERLYSILLS | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | The members of the Metropolitan Opera were hit with a host of problems, including ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| BIKERIDES | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | Long ones can be measured in centuries | Barbara Lin |
| BUICKS | Sun Dec 21, 2014 | Regal and Encore | Joel Fagliano |
| DOGFIGHTS | Tue Aug 25, 1998 | Sopwith Camel/Fokker clashes | Randy Sowell |
| ETAH | Sun Jan 11, 2004 | Greenland base for many polar expeditions | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FORGIVEMEFATHER | Fri Oct 28, 2011 | Part of many confessions | Tim Croce |
| FRONTING | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | Leading, as a band | Eric Berlin |
| GARBLEDPHRASES | Sun Feb 22, 2004 | How would you describe both seraphs and unintelligible talk? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| GLASWEGIAN | Wed Jun 1, 1994 | GLASGOW: _____:: ... | Bob Lubbers |
| GLUGS | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Drinking sounds | Sam Trabucco |
| GOESSOUTH | Fri Nov 25, 2011 | Declines | Joe Krozel |
| GULLETS | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Throats | Joe Krozel |
| HOISIN | Sun Nov 30, 2025 | Sauce served with Peking duck | Natan Last |
| IKNOWASHORTCUT | Wed Jun 20, 2001 | Famous last words | Jay Sullivan |
| LEFTBLANK | Thu Dec 12, 1996 | Skipped, as in printing | J. R. Conrad |
| LIGHTAFIRE | Sat Sep 29, 2007 | Get ready to grill | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LIPLOCK | Sun Aug 21, 2016 | Passionate kiss | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
| LOWCARBDIET | Wed Nov 15, 2017 | Atkins plan, e.g. | Steven E. Atwood |
| MACPROS | Thu Jun 15, 2023 | Apple varieties | David Harris |
| MURDERONTHENILE | Thu Jan 13, 2011 | 1944 mystery play by Agatha Christie | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NOAMCHOMSKY | Wed Sep 27, 2023 | So-named "father of modern linguistics" | Scott Koenig |
| NOTAGOODIDEA | Sat Aug 30, 2025 | "I'd avoid that" | Maddy Ziegler |
| OLYMPIADS | Tue Jul 6, 2004 | Quadrennial events | Matt Skoczen |
| PIMPS | Tue Dec 4, 2012 | Gussies up, in modern slang | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PIZZAPIES | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Certain party deliveries | Peter Wentz |
| PROVINCES | Sun Jan 10, 2010 | See 67-Across | Mel Rosen |
| SCRATCHTHAT | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | "Never mind" | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| SEENFIRSTHAND | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Witnessed | Jeremy Newton |
| SOCORRO | Thu Jan 9, 2020 | Texas city on the Mexican border | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SQUAREDAWAY | Thu Mar 27, 2014 | Settled up | Jean O'Conor |
| SUPERUSER | Sun Apr 26, 2020 | One with special I.T. privileges | Royce Ferguson |
| ULSTERMAN | Sat Dec 24, 1994 | Northern Irelander | John Stanley |
| WRITTENTEST | Thu Oct 12, 2006 | Part of a driver's license procedure | Dave Tuller |
| YAYASISTERHOOD | Mon Feb 28, 2011 | Group in a hit 2002 film with "divine secrets" | Mike Buckley |
| ZANDT | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Musician/radio host Steven Van ___ | Patrick Berry |