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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDLEDBRAINS | Thu Jun 21, 2007 | BAIRNS | John Sheehan |
| AJIFF | Thu Dec 18, 2008 | In ___ (quickly) | Michael Vuolo |
| APPLETURNOVER | Wed Sep 16, 2015 | "I don't really know the employees in the tech store anymore because there's been a lot of ___" | Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland |
| ATROPHIED | Wed Apr 23, 2014 | Weakened due to inactivity | David J. Kahn |
| BRITISHPUBSONG | Sun Jul 6, 2014 | What the music to 65-Across was, originally | Daniel C. Bryant |
| CAMBODIANS | Sat Oct 15, 2016 | People ruled by an elective monarchy | Mark Diehl |
| CAMPING | Fri Jul 11, 2008 | Activity in which stakes may be laid | Barry C. Silk |
| CANBY | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Critic Vincent | N. N. Joline |
| CASHAWARDS | Sat Jul 16, 2022 | Some prizes | Kameron Austin Collins |
| CHECKIN | Fri Jan 12, 1996 | Arrive, officially | R. Norris |
| DEMOLITION | Mon Jun 8, 2015 | Job done with a wrecking ball | Peter A. Collins |
| DUBIOUSHONOR | Thu Nov 15, 2018 | Making a "Top Party Schools" list, e.g. | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| EMBITTERED | Fri Oct 27, 2017 | Resentful | David Steinberg |
| ERSKINECALDWELL | Mon Dec 11, 2000 | Author, 1903-87 | Myles Callum |
| HERESTOMANYMORE | Sat Apr 7, 2007 | "Happy birthday" wish | Michael Shteyman |
| HONEYDEWS | Sun Apr 8, 2012 | Breakfast items often eaten with spoons | Daniel A. Finan |
| HOTASHADES | Sat Mar 8, 2025 | Scorching | Joe Deeney |
| KIDULT | Sat Nov 2, 2013 | Grown-up who's not quite grown up | Tom Heilman |
| LIFETIMEMEMBERSHIP | Sun Jan 29, 2012 | Enrollment at a TV station? | Ian Livengood |
| LIMITEDTIMEONLY | Thu Dec 13, 2001 | Phrase in a come-on ad | Manny Nosowsky |
| MICROSCOPES | Thu Sep 11, 2025 | Powerful ones have resolutions less than 0.1 nanometer | Gia Bosko |
| MISSCUBA | Tue Dec 11, 2012 | Havana beauty, maybe | Gene Newman |
| MNOPQR | Sun Dec 14, 2003 | Alphabet sextet | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MOOSETRACKS | Tue Dec 3, 2024 | Vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cups and fudge | Henry Lin-David |
| OVERWORKED | Fri Sep 14, 2001 | Done to death | Mark Diehl |
| PAYSTUB | Sat May 7, 2022 | Check attachment | Rachel Fabi |
| PELISSE | Fri Sep 9, 2016 | Fur-lined cloak | Kristian House |
| QUIZZICALLOOK | Sat Feb 22, 2020 | Expression of one at sea, perhaps | Trenton Charlson |
| SAINTJOAN | Mon Apr 7, 2008 | Play by George Bernard Shaw | Randall J. Hartman |
| SAVONAROLA | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Noted 15th-century reformer | F. Longo |
| SCRATCHILY | Thu Jan 20, 1994 | "I sat in some poison ivy," said Tom ____ | Lois Sidway |
| SEISE | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Take, at law | Raymond Hamel |
| SHIPSIDE | Tue Sep 15, 2009 | Pier, during loading or unloading | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| SPACESTATIONS | Fri Oct 9, 2020 | Homes all over the planet? | Sam Buchbinder |
| UNPEEL | Tue Jun 6, 2000 | Detach, as a rind | Alan Arbesfeld |
| UNPREPARED | Mon Mar 3, 1997 | Off-guard | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| VALDEZ | Sun Sep 23, 2012 | Pitcher of coffee? | Matt Ginsberg |
| VENDINGMACHINE | Thu Apr 10, 2025 | Martini? | Adam Wagner |
| VISIGOTH | Thu May 28, 2020 | Moor's foe in the early eighth century | Tracy Bennett |
| WILHELMINA | Sat Feb 7, 2015 | Queen who rallied the Dutch resistance in W.W. II | Byron Walden |