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 50,526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABIRDINTHEHAND | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | *"Let's stick with what we've got ..." | John Ewbank |
| AGEDIFFERENCE | Wed Jun 26, 2013 | 83, for the creators of this puzzle ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 60-Across | David Steinberg (16) and Bernice Gordon (99) |
| BEONTO | Sun Aug 29, 2004 | Understand now, as someone's tricks | Manny Nosowsky |
| BLACKHAND | Sat Aug 19, 1995 | Former Italian secret criminal group | Bryant White |
| CALPHALON | Fri Jan 25, 2019 | Big name in cookware | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DEPRIVE | Sat Mar 23, 1996 | Strip (of) | R. Norris |
| DILUTERS | Fri Feb 27, 1998 | Water adders | Kevin McCann |
| ETTING | Fri Apr 2, 1999 | Her theme song was "Love Me or Leave Me" | Jim Page |
| FLINTY | Sun Mar 29, 2015 | Hard and unyielding | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FROTHING | Sun Dec 21, 2025 | Rabid in appearance | David Kwong |
| GOINGGREEN | Thu May 7, 2015 | Reducing one's carbon footprint ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Tracy Gray |
| GOTABADRAP | Fri Jul 19, 2024 | Was unfairly criticized, informally | Jacob McDermott |
| GRATUITOUS | Wed Apr 25, 2018 | Provided but not asked for | Adam G. Perl |
| ICEFISH | Sun Jun 14, 2020 | Sit out on a frozen lake, say | Randolph Ross |
| JOTTER | Fri May 1, 2015 | Notepad user | David Steinberg |
| LEAFTHROUGH | Mon Jul 20, 2009 | Quickly turn the pages of | Pancho Harrison |
| LIBYANS | Sun Jan 26, 2014 | "Back to the Future" villains | Daniel A. Finan |
| NARROWER | Wed Apr 14, 1999 | More restricted | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OOZESIN | Sun May 14, 2023 | Enters like slime | Sid Sivakumar |
| REDBREAST | Wed Nov 6, 1996 | Robin | M. E. Skolsky |
| REDSONJA | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger film | Byron Walden |
| REDSTARS | Fri Sep 3, 1999 | Suns with low surface temperatures | David J. Kahn |
| RERI | Fri Aug 29, 2014 | Soprano Grist | Daniel Raymon |
| RIGHTSMART | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Considerably large, in Appalachian dialect | John Westwig |
| SAPSAGO | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | Cheese with a greenish tint | Patrick Berry |
| SELFHELP | Wed Feb 9, 2000 | Category of 17-, 37- and 61-Across | Charles E. Gersch |
| SHASTAS | Thu Jun 5, 2003 | Some daisies | David J. Kahn |
| SNOWUNDER | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | Overwhelm | Hal Moore |
| STATIONARY | Thu May 16, 2019 | Inert | Jeff Chen |
| STOWES | Fri Oct 17, 1997 | Actress Madeleine et al. | Alan Jay Weiss |
| SUBPART | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Fraction of a fraction | Patrick Berry |
| TASTEMAKERS | Mon Aug 22, 2016 | Influential sorts ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-Across | Emily Carroll |
| TERNARY | Fri Feb 16, 2007 | Threefold | Charles Barasch |
| VINORDINAIRE | Wed May 12, 2021 | Inexpensive table wine | Tracy Gray |
| WHATISTHEHANGUP | Mon May 19, 2014 | "Will you please hurry?" | Michael Hawkins |
| WILDIDEAS | Thu Nov 1, 2007 | They're unlikely to work | Larry Shearer |
| WINGEDHORSE | Tue Nov 5, 2013 | *Pegasus, notably | Paula Gamache |
| WONAPRIZE | Fri Feb 17, 2023 | Was successful at the carnival booth, say | Jem Burch |
| WUSSY | Sun Aug 31, 2014 | Like a milquetoast | Joel Fagliano |
| YOUNAMEIT | Fri Oct 11, 2024 | "I'll do whatever" | Billy Bratton |