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 50,899 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADEEM | Thu Oct 24, 1996 | Take away, at law | M. S. Maurer |
| ALIMENTARYCANAL | Sat Dec 25, 1993 | Food processor? | Rand H. Burns |
| ALLALONG | Sat May 18, 2019 | The whole time | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| APLITE | Fri May 12, 1995 | Fine-grained granite | Rich Norris |
| BEDSLAT | Wed Mar 19, 2025 | What might keep you up at night? | Evan Park and Jeffrey Martinovic |
| BILGES | Sun Jul 8, 2007 | Seepage collectors | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| BLUEHAWAII | Thu Apr 22, 1999 | 1961 Elvis film | David J. Kahn |
| BYEFELICIA | Mon Jun 30, 2025 | "I'm done with you" | Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| CAPLETS | Sun Jan 27, 2019 | They go down easily | Randolph Ross |
| CARRYTHATWEIGHT | Sun May 9, 2021 | What Mom is obligated to do as her due date approaches? [The Beatles, 1969] | Brad Wiegmann |
| CHANCESIT | Sun Nov 15, 2020 | Goes out on a limb | Caitlin Reid |
| COURTCASE | Wed May 17, 2017 | ... seconds to clear / Successful detective's ... | Paul Hunsberger |
| FIRESOFF | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Sends in a huff | Byron Walden |
| FLIGHTLESSBIRDS | Thu Sep 17, 2009 | Moas | Arthur Schulman |
| GARBAGEMAN | Wed Dec 19, 2018 | *Bag manager | Seth A. Abel |
| GORMAN | Tue Aug 1, 1995 | First Miss America Margaret ____ | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| INSENSATE | Sat Nov 9, 1996 | Numb | F. Longo |
| ITSOUTTAHERE | Tue Oct 13, 1998 | Call after a hit by 17-Across | Nancy Salomon |
| MAILSLOT | Wed Mar 1, 2023 | Letter opening | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| MALTESES | Mon Oct 10, 2022 | White dogs, or bluish-gray cats | Byron Walden |
| MANUALRECOUNT | Sun Feb 9, 2025 | Instructions for slaying Dracula? | Rich Katz and Jeff Chen |
| MUSKOX | Wed Oct 17, 2007 | Animal with a shaggy coat | Paula Gamache |
| PECTORALS | Sun Mar 16, 2008 | They're developed by a muscleman | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PUBL | Sun Sep 2, 2001 | Not pvt. | Manny Nosowsky |
| RATCHETS | Sun Apr 18, 2004 | Increases, with "up" | Richard Chisholm |
| RAWRECRUIT | Sun Feb 12, 2017 | Greenhorn on the force | Lynn Lempel |
| RECOVERED | Sat Jan 26, 2008 | Well again | Karen M. Tracey |
| RECU | Sun Oct 6, 2002 | Obtained: Fr. | Myles Callum |
| RERENTS | Thu Jul 28, 1994 | Sublets | Bryant White |
| RUBBEDITIN | Fri Sep 14, 2001 | Said "nyah, nyah, nyah" | Mark Diehl |
| SNEETCHES | Thu Apr 19, 2018 | Seuss's star-bellied creatures | Todd Gross |
| SPRINGILY | Wed Jan 31, 1996 | With elasticity | M. Gaffney |
| STARTSOVER | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Goes from the top | Peter A. Collins |
| STJOSEPHS | Thu May 2, 1996 | Philadelphia university | D. J. Kahn |
| THEAMERICANCENTURY | Sun Apr 20, 2008 | 1941 Henry Luce article that coined a name for an era | John Farmer |
| THEREGOESMYBABY | Mon Oct 7, 2013 | 1959 hit by the Drifters | Amy Johnson |
| TILLWEMEETAGAIN | Mon Oct 7, 1996 | "Au revoir" | S. Spadaccini |
| TINSOLDIERS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Typically red-coated toy figurines | Rafael Musa |
| TWODOLLARBILLS | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | RU$$ELL and BLA$$? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| UNVESTED | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Not yet available, as a stock | Byron Walden |