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 50,668 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACIDTABS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Doses of a certain hallucinogen | Paul Coulter |
| ASSETALLOCATION | Fri Sep 5, 2014 | Diversified investment strategy | Joe Krozel |
| BLOWIT | Fri Mar 29, 2024 | Spoil everything | Jake Bunch |
| BLUEHAWAII | Thu Apr 22, 1999 | 1961 Elvis film | David J. Kahn |
| CATEBLANCHETT | Sat May 25, 2019 | Only person to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar-winning actress | Paolo Pasco |
| CLOCKSIN | Fri Sep 30, 2011 | Officially starts work | Joe Krozel |
| COPYPASTA | Sat Aug 12, 2023 | Block of text duplicated and reposted online, in internet slang | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
| ENEMYATTHEGATES | Fri Jul 7, 2006 | W.W. II action film of 2001 | Joe Krozel |
| EXFOLIATE | Sat Feb 1, 2014 | Use pumice on, perhaps | Will Nediger |
| GETSOMEAIR | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | Step outside for a bit | Sam Ezersky |
| GOESOUT | Fri Aug 18, 2000 | Has dates | Patrick D. Berry |
| HHMUNRO | Wed Nov 10, 2010 | Author better known as Saki | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| INCOMESTATEMENT | Sat Nov 14, 2009 | Overhead shower | Joe Krozel |
| INFANTA | Sat Sep 30, 2000 | Spanish princess | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| JEWELLER | Sat Apr 23, 1994 | Glyptologist | Manny Nosowsky |
| JUSTSPITBALLING | Tue Dec 9, 2025 | "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions ..." | Kate Hawkins |
| LAVISHLY | Wed Jul 10, 1996 | With extravagance | Diane C. Baldwin |
| LOOKINGUP | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Showing promise | Scott Earl |
| MADEABOOBOO | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Slipped | John Guzzetta |
| MEDICINEBALLS | Fri Jul 30, 1999 | Exercise equipment | John Wolting |
| METALWORK | Fri Jun 18, 1999 | Smith's medium | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MINDFULLY | Fri Nov 30, 2007 | With eyes open | Henry Hook |
| OFFICECOMPLEX | Sun Jul 29, 2001 | Builder's condition? | Michael Ashley |
| PECUNIARY | Sat Oct 15, 1994 | Related to finances | Randolph Ross |
| PENTHOUSES | Sat Feb 7, 2009 | Places to live the high life? | Pete Muller |
| PRESENTER | Tue Jun 20, 1995 | Award show V.I.P. | Jon Delfin |
| PRICEREDUCTIONS | Fri Oct 4, 1996 | Sales | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| RETAME | Wed May 20, 2009 | Bring back to domestication | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| RIGHTFIELDERS | Wed Jul 5, 2000 | Al Kaline and Roberto Clemente | Alan Arbesfeld |
| RUNSFORPRESIDENT | Sun Feb 17, 2002 | White House softball team stat? | Joe DiPietro |
| SAYITDONTSPRAYIT | Mon Jan 12, 2026 | Rhyming advice to a spitting talker | Carolyn Davies Lynch and Christina Iverson |
| SCISSORSKICKS | Mon Sep 26, 2005 | Sidestroke features | Ethan Cooper |
| SKIMOFF | Thu Mar 30, 2017 | Take from the top | Lewis Rothlein |
| SPEAKSOUT | Fri Nov 11, 1994 | Is forthright | Randolph Ross |
| THEFATMAN | Tue Dec 8, 1998 | 1951 film featuring 58-Across | Frances Hansen |
| THERESNOWAY | Tue Nov 16, 2004 | "Uh-uh!" | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| THEROYALWEDDING | Fri Aug 10, 2012 | Instant-book title of 1981 or 2011 | John Lampkin |
| THREECARDMONTE | Thu Nov 7, 2013 | Con game | Alan DerKazarian |
| TRUMPUP | Sun Mar 26, 2006 | Fabricate | Patrick Berry |
| TUMBLEDRY | Sat Sep 12, 2009 | Not leave on the line? | Barry C. Silk |