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 50,583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERTSON | Tue Apr 8, 1997 | TV/film actor Jack | Fred Piscop |
| ALLCOMERS | Sat Jan 12, 2008 | Cocky competitors might take them on | Frederick J. Healy |
| ALMOSTTHERE | Thu Dec 1, 2022 | ... | Daniel Mauer |
| ASSUMABLE | Sun Jun 2, 1996 | Like some obligations | R. Norris |
| BOLSTERUP | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | Support, redundantly | Byron Walden |
| BUYDOWN | Fri Oct 1, 2004 | Mortgage subsidy | Bob Peoples |
| CUBANS | Mon Nov 14, 2022 | Some quality cigars | Taylor Johnson |
| CURDY | Fri May 30, 1997 | Like Miss Muffet's fare | Manny Nosowsky |
| DEPTHCHARTS | Sat Nov 8, 2025 | Football roster planning documents | Ryan Judge |
| DISAPPEAR | Fri Mar 18, 2022 | Dematerialize | Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic |
| DRABEK | Thu Dec 5, 2002 | Cy Young Award winner Doug | Joe DiPietro |
| EUPHEMISM | Sat Oct 10, 1998 | Egad, e.g. | Bob Klahn |
| EXPELLEE | Sat Jul 8, 2006 | Booted one | Barry C. Silk |
| FOZZIEBEAR | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | Orange children's character | Michael Ashley |
| FREECYCLES | Fri Jul 5, 2019 | Gives away to a better home, in a modern coinage | Freddie Cheng |
| GULPING | Fri Sep 16, 2011 | Reaction of thirsty people | Joe DiPietro |
| HIGHON | Fri Jul 5, 2002 | Enthusiastic about | Manny Nosowsky |
| IMPRINT | Sun Dec 16, 2007 | Stamp | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn |
| ITSNOTEASY | Fri Oct 27, 2023 | "There's a lot more to this than you think" | Adrian Johnson |
| LOCALPHONECALL | Mon Apr 7, 2003 | Cheap chat | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| LOSEWEIGHT | Tue Dec 31, 2019 | Common New Year's resolution -- as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues | Evan Kalish |
| MECHANICALHORSE | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Ride simulator of a sort | Frank Longo |
| MULTIPLE | Fri Sep 24, 2021 | More than a few | Stella Zawistowski |
| ONEREELER | Sat Oct 22, 2005 | Short, of a sort | Patrick Berry |
| PHASINGIN | Fri Mar 14, 2014 | Establishing by degrees | Alan Olschwang |
| PHOTOIDS | Wed Apr 20, 2022 | What driver's licenses serve as | Joseph Greenbaum |
| PIGSOUT | Sat Oct 29, 2011 | Gorges | Barry C. Silk |
| QUICKTURNAROUND | Sun Feb 23, 2025 | What a tight deadline might require ... or what's found in 30-Across? | Daniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa |
| RAISESAHAND | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Threatens violence | Byron Walden |
| RECYCLINGCENTER | Mon Feb 25, 2019 | Place to bring aluminum cans | Peter Gordon |
| REQUIREDREADING | Sat Dec 11, 2021 | Essential work | Hal Moore |
| RESISTARREST | Sun Jul 14, 2002 | Refuse to be taken in | Patrick Berry |
| RIGHTYTIGHTY | Wed Mar 27, 2024 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues | Rich Katz |
| SACKDRESS | Sat Sep 22, 2018 | Garment originally fashionable in the late 1950s | Sam Trabucco |
| SOPHISTRY | Sat Jan 1, 2000 | Choplogic | Rich Norris |
| TATEMUSEUM | Sun Sep 11, 2016 | London home to many John Constable paintings | Ned White and George Barany |
| THEGREENMONSTER | Tue Feb 15, 1994 | Bucky Dent slew it at Fenway Park in 1978 | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| TRADESIES | Wed Sep 18, 2024 | Cutesy term for a swap | Casey Callaghan and Will Nediger |
| WORKINGCAPITAL | Mon Sep 4, 1995 | Entrepreneur's funds | Richard Thomas |
| XANDYAXES | Sat Aug 20, 2016 | Plot lines | Mark Diehl |