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 51,141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADLIBBING | Fri Mar 1, 2019 | Disregarding what's written | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| AIRINGOUT | Fri Oct 19, 2007 | Freshening naturally | Frederick J. Healy |
| ALWAYSONMYMIND | Wed Apr 30, 2008 | 1982 Willie Nelson hit | Henry Hook |
| ANURANS | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | Frogs and toads | Byron Walden |
| BEERKOOZIE | Fri Nov 12, 2021 | Covering for a cold one | Patrick John Duggan |
| BESTRAPPERFORMANCE | Sun Apr 25, 2021 | Grammy category won multiple times by Kendrick Lamar | Jeremy Newton |
| BILLMELATER | Sun Dec 31, 2006 | Subscription card option | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BRASSBAND | Tue Jul 20, 1999 | Parade staple | Joy L. Wouk |
| COLORER | Sun Nov 14, 2010 | Crayon wielder | Patrick Berry |
| CONTENDS | Fri Feb 4, 1994 | Is in the running | Joe Clonick |
| CRAVED | Fri Apr 6, 2001 | Hankered for | David J. Kahn |
| CRUMBLY | Fri Jul 8, 1994 | Apt to fall apart | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXIGENCE | Sat Jan 14, 1995 | Urgency | Rich Norris |
| FALLDUE | Fri Mar 19, 2004 | Become payable | Manny Nosowsky |
| FRANCISCOFRANCO | Tue Mar 10, 2020 | Dictator following the Spanish Civil War | David J. Kahn |
| GAZ | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | Ref. book | R. Wolfe |
| ITOLDYOUAHUNDREDTIMES | Sun Sep 18, 2022 | Mathematician's go-to parenting phrase? | Katie Hale |
| LEGISLATOR | Mon Feb 15, 2016 | Senator or representative | David J. Kahn |
| MINUTEMAN | Fri Sep 26, 2003 | Revolutionary hero | Eric Berlin |
| MXI | Mon Sep 16, 2013 | 1011, in old Rome | Ed Sessa |
| NOODLEHEAD | Tue Aug 14, 2007 | Doofus | C. W. Stewart |
| OCEANBLUE | Fri Aug 20, 2021 | Water color | Randolph Ross |
| PEOPLETOSEE | Tue Dec 15, 2009 | See 17-Across | Steve Dobis |
| PLASTICSHEETS | Sun May 3, 2026 | Moisture barrier supplies | Mark Diehl |
| QUITEBAD | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | Not just subpar | Sam Ezersky |
| RELOCATIONS | Thu Apr 23, 2020 | Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? | Yacob Yonas and Erik Agard |
| REMEMBERS | Thu May 13, 2004 | Calls up | Patrick Merrell |
| RESOWS | Sat Apr 25, 1998 | Plants after a flood | Jim Page |
| ROYALSEAL | Thu Feb 9, 2012 | *It may bear a coat of arms | Kevin G. Der |
| SACRAMENTO | Fri Jan 30, 2015 | Setting for TV's "The Mentalist" | David Phillips |
| SACRIFICE | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | [See note] | Andrew J. Ries |
| SERVICEENTRANCE | Fri Mar 14, 2014 | Place for a delivery | Alan Olschwang |
| SHADYPAST | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Lover's secret | Rich Norris |
| SPECKLES | Fri Mar 13, 2015 | Pointillism features | Victor Fleming |
| SQUATJUMPS | Mon Mar 2, 2020 | Exercises that work the glutes, quads and abs | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| STUKA | Wed Jun 22, 1994 | W.W. II German bomber | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| THENANDNOW | Wed Dec 11, 2019 | Phrase in an article on grown-up child stars, perhaps ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares | Jake Halperin |
| UMTATA | Sun Oct 7, 2001 | Nelson Mandela's South African birthplace | Patrick Berry |
| VINAIGRETTES | Sat Aug 15, 2026 | Dressing group | Blake Slonecker |
| VISITORCENTER | Thu Jun 18, 2026 | Sit? | Scott Hogan |