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 50,251 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABUGSLIFE | Sun Aug 25, 2013 | Pixar movie between "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" | Victor Barocas |
| CARROTY | Sat Aug 5, 2000 | Orangish | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHEAPASDIRT | Fri Mar 21, 2025 | For a song | Boaz Moser and Jacob Reed |
| CLAPOMETER | Sat Jan 4, 2020 | Audience response gauge | Adam Aaronson |
| CLIN | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Health facility: Abbr. | Frank A. Longo |
| COMMERCE | Mon Jan 16, 1995 | Cabinet department | Walter Covell |
| CORNROWS | Sat Nov 14, 2015 | Do for the African-American community? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| DONTBEEVIL | Fri Nov 22, 2024 | Google's former motto | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| EMOPHILIPS | Thu May 3, 2001 | Speaker of the quip starting at 20-Across | Trip Payne |
| FAINTLY | Fri Jan 30, 2015 | How signals from outer space may be heard | David Phillips |
| FARAPART | Sat Jan 30, 2010 | Nowhere near an agreement | Mark Diehl |
| FLOWERLIKE | Sun Sep 14, 1997 | Delicate | Frank Longo |
| GENTLEGIANT | Fri Sep 19, 2025 | Big ol' teddy bear | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| GOBBLEUP | Wed Aug 27, 2025 | Devour | Zhou Zhang |
| HARDTOTELL | Fri Aug 26, 2022 | "I can't say for sure" | Robert Logan |
| INDIANTEA | Sun Nov 29, 2009 | Darjeeling, e.g. | Will Nediger |
| INSOLENTLY | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | With sauce | Blake Slonecker |
| JAYMOHR | Mon Jul 19, 2010 | Former host of TV's "Last Comic Standing" | David Blake |
| JUSTTHISONCE | Fri Apr 3, 2009 | "I won't ask again" | John Farmer |
| LATTICES | Sat Jan 4, 1997 | Screens | M. W. Perry |
| MANCHURIA | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Area known to the Chinese as Dongbei | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MENAGES | Fri Mar 21, 2003 | Households | Myles Callum |
| MENDFENCES | Fri Oct 30, 1998 | Re-establish good relations | Jim Page |
| PAYSOFF | Sun Jan 15, 2023 | Is worth it | Michael Schlossberg |
| PIBBXTRA | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Coca-Cola product since 2001 | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| PLAYSOUT | Sun Mar 13, 2011 | Finishes | Patrick Berry |
| PUNISHER | Sun Nov 17, 2002 | Spanker, e.g. | Richard and Judith Martin |
| QUITTERS | Sat May 20, 1995 | Deserters | Manny Nosowsky |
| RESHOW | Sun Aug 8, 2021 | Play again, as a TV special | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| ROADRASH | Sat Oct 4, 2025 | Scrapes from a motorcycle fall | Ryan McCarty |
| SHIPBOUND | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | Stuck on board | Eric Berlin |
| SHORTFALL | Sat May 14, 2022 | Unanticipated deficit | Ada Nicolle |
| STOPLIGHTS | Sun Dec 4, 2005 | They turn at busy intersections | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| TELECOMMUTE | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Not safe at home (remember 33-Across) | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| TEMPERANCE | Fri Jul 29, 1994 | Self-control | A. D. Cover |
| TENPERCENTER | Sun Nov 14, 2004 | Many an agent | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| THANKSAHEAP | Fri Dec 1, 2023 | Sarcastic expression of gratitude | Jem Burch |
| VACUUMCLEANER | Wed Sep 13, 2006 | Hose site | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| WATCHCHAIN | Fri Feb 12, 2021 | Accessory that might hang out of a waistcoat | Grant Thackray |
| WELLAIMED | Mon Nov 28, 2022 | On the mark, as an insult or a dart | Chloe Revery |