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 50,660 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APRONSTRINGS | Wed Aug 21, 1996 | Symbol of dependency | Fred Piscop |
| ARCTURUS | Fri Feb 7, 2014 | Fourth-brightest star in the sky | Ned White |
| ARMEDGUARD | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | Certain security officer | Alex Bajcz |
| AWESOMEBLOSSOM | Wed Jan 8, 2020 | Now-discontinued Chili's appetizer with a rhyming name | Amanda Yesnowitz and Joon Pahk |
| BAYOFBISCAY | Thu Jul 5, 2018 | Outlet for the Loire | Randolph Ross |
| CHANCEDIT | Fri Jul 12, 2019 | Took a gamble | Evan Kalish |
| COZENER | Sun Oct 25, 2015 | Con man | Bill Zais |
| CUCAMONGA | Sun May 10, 2015 | California's Rancho ___ | Jacob Stulberg |
| DEMOREEL | Sat Dec 27, 2025 | Best performances by an actor in a short film? | Katie Hoody |
| EGERIAS | Sun Dec 22, 1996 | Women advisers | F. Hansen |
| EVCREDIT | Wed Aug 31, 2022 | *Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, say | Joe Deeney |
| EXPENDING | Mon Aug 24, 2020 | Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied? | David Alfred Bywaters |
| FALSESTARTS | Wed Apr 19, 2006 | Reasons to begin a race over and a hint to 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| FIRESOFF | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Sends in a huff | Byron Walden |
| FITCH | Sat May 30, 2009 | Clyde ___, "Beau Brummell" playwright, 1890 | Matt Ginsberg |
| FOIA | Sun Mar 6, 2022 | Records request inits. | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| FORYOU | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | Gift giver's words | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FULLSCREEN | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | DVD viewing option | Byron Walden |
| HADABADDAY | Sat Feb 19, 2011 | Needed to relax and unwind, say | Tim Croce |
| INANNA | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | Sumerian earth goddess | Randolph Ross |
| INSEARCHOF | Thu Oct 25, 2018 | See 61-Across | Neville Fogarty |
| KILOWATT | Tue Oct 25, 2005 | Electrical power unit | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| MAGLEVTRAIN | Sun Aug 22, 2021 | You might be MARVELING AT this as it whizzes by | Stephen McCarthy |
| METHADONE | Fri Jul 4, 2014 | Addictive analgesic | Patrick Berry |
| OPENTOES | Thu Jan 8, 2004 | Some women's shoe features | Michael Shteyman |
| PAIREDUP | Fri Jan 26, 2001 | Ready to board the Ark | Joe DiPietro |
| PODGE | Wed Oct 10, 2012 | See 19-Across | Pete Muller |
| PRESSUREPOINTS | Thu Jun 22, 2006 | Reflexologists touch them | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| REDJASMINE | Fri Apr 14, 2006 | Shrub with richly fragrant purple flowers | James E. Buell |
| REDSOLOCUP | Fri Nov 17, 2023 | Common receptacle in beer pong | Hemant Mehta |
| REINSPECTS | Thu Jul 19, 2012 | SPECTRES | Alan Arbesfeld |
| RIDGWAY | Sun Jul 22, 2001 | Eisenhower's successor at NATO | Patrick Berry |
| SACKED | Thu Oct 16, 1997 | Pink-slipped | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SAILNEEDLE | Sat May 31, 2008 | Tool for sewing canvas | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SLEEPAIDS | Sat Dec 3, 2016 | They can be helpful after retiring | Jason Flinn |
| SPIKEDPUNCH | Sun May 19, 2019 | What might get you a "ladle" drunk? | Natan Last |
| SYMPATHIZER | Mon Mar 2, 2020 | Someone who might say "There, there" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| VRHEADSETS | Sat Feb 17, 2024 | Goggles that aren't meant to go underwater | Spencer Leach and Jem Burch |
| ZESTING | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | Adding piquancy to | Frank Longo |
| ZIPPLUSFOUR | Wed Apr 2, 2003 | Post office request | Kelly Clark |