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 50,944 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADOPTA | Sun Apr 13, 2008 | Highway or Pet lead-in | Cathy Millhauser |
| AIRDROPS | Fri Sep 2, 2016 | Some help from above | David Liben-Nowell |
| ALAMP | Thu Jun 12, 1997 | "Thy word is ___ unto...": Psalms | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| AROUNDNOON | Wed Oct 4, 2017 | Where "midday" and "one" are in the dictionary? | Evan Mahnken |
| BANDIES | Fri Jan 19, 1996 | Exchanges | C. Gersch |
| BEINTHEDARK | Thu Jan 2, 2020 | Not know something others know | Ed Sessa |
| BROKEINTO | Sun Jul 7, 2013 | Entered violently | Joel Fagliano |
| CONNOISSEURS | Sun May 18, 2025 | Arbiters of taste | Garrett Chalfin |
| CONSTITUTION | Tue Aug 18, 2020 | What 53-Across changed | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| CRYYOUREYESOUT | Fri Feb 12, 2016 | Have a bawl | Brandon Hensley |
| DREWASALARY | Wed Jul 19, 2000 | Wasn't on commission | Philip Lew |
| DRUNKDIALS | Fri Oct 21, 2022 | Buzzes while buzzed? | Rafael Musa |
| ELOISES | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Thompson girl and namesakes | Manny Nosowsky |
| FACIALEXPRESSION | Sun Oct 15, 2000 | "Give me a mudpack," e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| FIDGETSPINNER | Mon Sep 17, 2018 | Toy in a 2017 craze | Caitlin Reid |
| FIRSTSHIFT | Tue May 11, 2021 | *Nine to five, at a factory | Kevin Patterson |
| FRONTIERJUSTICE | Tue Apr 21, 2026 | Wild West way of settling disputes | Victoria Fernandez Grande |
| FURIKAKE | Sun Nov 14, 2021 | Japanese condiment sprinkled on rice | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| GOOSEPIMPLES | Wed Jun 7, 1995 | Reaction to a ghost | Martin Schneider |
| GROANSAT | Sat Sep 27, 2014 | Reacts to, as a nagging request | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| INDITERS | Sat Jan 13, 2001 | Poets | Rich Norris |
| JOHNCUSACK | Fri Sep 21, 2012 | "High Fidelity" star, 2000 | Barry C. Silk |
| KOURTNEY | Wed Nov 27, 2024 | Member of a 2000s showbiz family | Jill Singer |
| MERRYMEN | Fri May 31, 2013 | Hood's support | Josh Knapp |
| MIRING | Mon Sep 24, 2007 | Sinking in mud | Fred Piscop |
| MOVESAHEAD | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | Rearranges the lettuce? | Randolph Ross |
| NATTINESS | Tue Feb 18, 2003 | Neat dresser's quality | Holden Baker |
| NOPIECEOFCAKE | Tue Sep 20, 2016 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively | Tracy Bennett |
| OCCAMSRAZOR | Sat Aug 28, 2010 | Cutting edge of science? | Xan Vongsathorn |
| PANTYGIRDLE | Fri Nov 21, 2008 | Unmentionable | Patrick Berry |
| POOBAHS | Fri Mar 31, 2023 | Big wheels | Rich Norris |
| PROMOCODES | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | Some discount offerings | Hemant Mehta |
| SENSUAL | Sun Apr 19, 1998 | Epicurean | Rich Norris |
| SHAKEANDBAKE | Tue Mar 25, 1997 | Like some chicken | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SOLVEACROSSWORD | Wed Jul 28, 2010 | See 17-Across | Howard Baker |
| SYMBOLICGESTURES | Wed Feb 18, 2026 | 🤙👏👋 | Victor Schmitt |
| SYRETTES | Fri Mar 3, 1995 | Medicine injectors | Chuck Deodene |
| TALKSBIG | Sat Feb 19, 2005 | Blusters | Brad Wilber |
| TIMETRAX | Fri Jan 6, 2012 | 1990s series initially set in the year 2193 | David Steinberg |
| UNOBLIGED | Fri Sep 22, 2006 | Free | Sherry O. Blackard |