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 50,505 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSISTANTS | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | People might have personal ones for what they do | Sam Buchbinder |
| BIGEYED | Wed Jan 1, 1997 | Filled with awe | M. Diehl |
| BLUELIPS | Tue Aug 26, 2008 | Symptom of hypothermia | Nancy Salomon |
| BLUSHES | Sun Feb 13, 2011 | Some sweet wines | Ian Livengood |
| BYGONEERA | Sat Nov 20, 2010 | Time past | Joe DiPietro |
| DIABETES | Sun Oct 2, 2022 | Condition treated with insulin | Kathy Bloomer |
| ENDEAVORED | Sun Mar 10, 2019 | Made an attempt | Adam Fromm |
| EXPAND | Sat Aug 19, 1995 | Dilate | Bryant White |
| FALSECUT | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | Deck deception | Sam Ezersky |
| FIGHTWITH | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Go to battle alongside ... or struggle against | Bruce Haight |
| GASLIGHTERA | Tue May 26, 1998 | Sherlockian times | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| GENTLEWOMEN | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | Leis? | Frances Hansen |
| HIGHCHOLESTEROL | Tue Jan 4, 1994 | Eventual bonus? | David A. Rosen |
| HITTINGTHEWALL | Mon Sep 10, 2001 | Out of gas | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| IRAK | Sun Jun 9, 1996 | Baghdad's land: Var. | M. Gaffney |
| KEPTWOMEN | Sun Jun 30, 2002 | Side dishes? | Joe DiPietro |
| KHUFU | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | Fill in this answer with letters from five clue numbers: 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 | August Lee-Kovach |
| LOGCABINS | Sun Feb 15, 2015 | Little houses on the prairie | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| MINIMARTS | Tue May 2, 2023 | Gas station conveniences | Aimee Lucido |
| MISJUDGE | Thu May 17, 2001 | Think wrongly of | David J. Kahn |
| PAIDASTEEPPRICE | Sat Sep 17, 2011 | Suffered serious consequences | Peter A. Collins |
| PENITENTS | Fri Aug 29, 2008 | Sorry souls | Mike Nothnagel |
| PETAIN | Sat Dec 7, 2002 | Traitorous leader of occupied France in W.W. II | Rich Norris |
| PLAGUING | Sun Oct 24, 1999 | Bothering | Nancy Salomon |
| PLATENUMBER | Sun Nov 1, 2015 | Info on a parking ticket | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| POPLIN | Mon Aug 14, 1995 | Ribbed fabric | Ben Wheelock |
| POPUPTOASTER | Thu Jun 13, 2013 | *What makes bread rise? | David Steinberg |
| QBSNEAKS | Sat Aug 23, 2008 | Plays after some snaps, in brief | Natan Last |
| RODSTEWART | Mon Sep 22, 2014 | British rocker with the 1979 #1 hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Ian Livengood |
| SANJOSECA | Tue Feb 7, 1995 | Santa Clara Co. address | Matt Gaffney |
| SHRIEKED | Sat Oct 28, 2023 | Said "A mouse!," say | Ryan McCarty |
| SIKKIM | Thu Jun 29, 1995 | Himalayan area | Matt Gaffney |
| SPOONFEED | Thu Oct 8, 2015 | Longest common word in the English language ... that has its letters in reverse alphabetical order | Stu Ockman |
| SPORTSSHOP | Sun Apr 10, 2022 | Where bats and birdies are found | David W. Tuffs |
| THEHORROR | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | [Gasp!] | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| TROLLARMY | Sat Sep 18, 2021 | Force behind many disinformation campaigns | Ryan McCarty |
| TWENTYFIVEYEARS | Sat Apr 27, 1996 | Start of a tribute to the Metropolitan Opera's James Levine | F. Hansen |
| UNHARNESS | Sun Sep 7, 2025 | Remove a restraint from | Derrick Niederman |
| WEBBED | Thu May 4, 2023 | Like an otter's feet | David J. Kahn |
| XRAYTECHS | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | Ones getting under your skin? | Tom Pepper |