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 50,514 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCENTRUG | Fri Jan 29, 2021 | Small bit of floor décor | Robyn Weintraub |
| AREYOUHURT | Sun Aug 3, 2025 | "We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say | Jeremy Newton |
| ARMANISUIT | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Italian designer menswear since the 1970s | Will Nediger |
| AUGUSTAMAINE | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | Easternmost U.S. capital | Paula Gamache |
| BEEFSUP | Thu Jul 21, 2011 | Fortifies | Michael Sharp |
| BETTYS | Fri Jun 7, 2013 | "___ Bein' Bad" (Sawyer Brown country hit) | Ed Sessa |
| CRAMPS | Tue Jan 4, 2022 | Hinders, as one's style | David Bukszpan |
| CROCODILES | Fri Dec 25, 1998 | Formidable wrestlers | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| DENTALRETAINERS | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | Attorneys' fees paid with gold fillings? | David Alfred Bywaters |
| DIAMONDSOLITAIRE | Sun Mar 22, 2009 | Engagement gift | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera |
| DISPLAYDIGITS | Thu Sep 7, 2006 | With 35- and 53-Across, how to decipher each numerical clue | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| DODDS | Sat Feb 11, 2012 | Father-and-son Connecticut congressmen Thomas and Chris | Joe Krozel |
| DRONEBEES | Sat Mar 29, 2014 | They often land next to queens | Barry C. Silk |
| DUSTEDFORPRINTS | Mon Jul 17, 2006 | Did crime scene work, to a housekeeper? | Larry Paul |
| FORCER | Thu Apr 15, 2004 | Coercer | Manny Nosowsky |
| INREHAB | Sun Sep 24, 2017 | Getting help getting clean | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LEGALPROCEEDING | Mon Mar 25, 2019 | Court case, e.g. | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MIREDIN | Fri Dec 11, 2009 | Entangled by | Mike Nothnagel |
| ODDISNTIT | Tue Oct 20, 2015 | *"Weird, huh?" | Sam Buchbinder |
| PIANINO | Fri Jul 30, 2010 | Undersize keyboard | Kevin G. Der |
| PICTUREDISC | Wed Jun 6, 2012 | Record collector's curio | Gary Cee |
| PLAINTOSEE | Mon Mar 18, 2019 | Clearly visible | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PLAYCHICKEN | Thu May 18, 2017 | Risk mutual destruction, say | Jacob Stulberg |
| POLKADOTBIKINIS | Thu Mar 10, 2005 | They're spotted on beaches | Ed Early |
| PONTLEVEQUE | Mon Dec 30, 2013 | Creamy French cheese | David Steinberg |
| RESIGNEDNESS | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | Acquiescence | Frank Longo |
| ROCKCAVE | Sat Mar 3, 2012 | Common aquarium decoration | Byron Walden |
| SHAREISSUE | Sat Mar 3, 2007 | Initial public offering, e.g. | Karen M. Tracey |
| SHEWOLF | Thu Feb 9, 2012 | Suckler of Romulus and Remus | Kevin G. Der |
| SOLEDAD | Sun Mar 24, 1996 | California city | J. K. Brill |
| STOCKDIVIDEND | Sun May 23, 2021 | Cattle in [cattle / pigs] | Jennifer Nebergall |
| TAKEAGANDER | Mon Oct 28, 2019 | Look (at) | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TEEHEED | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Tittered | David J. Kahn |
| THEMUSICMAN | Fri Aug 2, 2019 | Tony winner set in River City, Iowa | Andrew J. Ries |
| THESETUP | Sun Apr 27, 2003 | 1949 Robert Ryan boxing film | Jon Delfin |
| TOBOGGANRUN | Thu Mar 10, 1994 | Didja ever see a _____? | Lois Sidway |
| TWOGIGS | Thu Jul 16, 2015 | Modest flash drive capacity, informally | Paula Gamache |
| VICODIN | Sat Nov 3, 2018 | Addictive pain reliever | Ryan McCarty |
| VOLLEYS | Wed Nov 17, 2004 | Returns from Venus, say | Richard Silvestri |
| WORKSWITHOUTANET | Sun Sep 25, 2022 | Has no plan B ... or, when parsed differently, what each of the starred clues does vis-à-vis its answer? | Meghan Morris |