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 50,690 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNOTATORS | Tue May 7, 2019 | Ones making written comments on text | Ross Trudeau |
| AUTOFILLED | Tue Nov 26, 2024 | Completed without manual input, as an online form ... or a description of this puzzle's shaded squares | Killian Olson |
| CASUALTY | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Kind of insurance | R. Norris |
| CHISOX | Mon Mar 23, 2009 | Longtime Comiskey Park team, informally | Randy Sowell |
| CLICKER | Thu May 1, 2008 | Quiz show gizmo | Jim Leeds |
| COSIGNS | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | Helps secure a loan | Robyn Weintraub |
| DECLINES | Sat Sep 7, 2019 | Dips | Trenton Charlson |
| DECOUPAGE | Tue Jul 21, 2015 | Paper cutouts as a decorative art | David Phillips |
| ENDBY | Sun May 12, 2013 | Not go beyond | David J. Kahn |
| FLOPSWEAT | Fri Aug 6, 2010 | It sometimes covers first-time performers | Patrick Berry |
| FORTUNATELY | Tue May 4, 2004 | "As luck would have it " | Eric Berlin |
| GETTINGMARRIED | Tue Oct 27, 2020 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of GRAND TIME | Luci Bresette and David Steinberg |
| GIVEITTHEOLCOLLEGETRY | Sun Sep 8, 2024 | Age 18 | Meghan Morris |
| GRUFFNESS | Sun Aug 14, 2011 | Surly manner | Paula Gamache |
| HAROLDPINTER | Thu Jan 8, 2015 | 2005 Nobel-winning playwright | Jacob Stulberg |
| HOMESTEADER | Sat Apr 18, 2020 | 1800s migrant | Ryan McCarty |
| INTERACTS | Fri May 13, 2011 | Plays with others, for instance | Joe Krozel |
| LEAFER | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Certain autumn tourist, slangily | Byron Walden |
| LIPTONBRISK | Mon Feb 25, 2013 | Iced tea brand | Angela Olson Halsted |
| LOCALOFFICE | Sat Jul 6, 2019 | Mayoralty, e.g. | Erik Agard |
| LOWERCASEIS | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Features of the names of many Apple products | Daniel Grinberg |
| MAKEAFIST | Thu Aug 21, 2014 | Prepare to give blood, perhaps | Jules P. Markey |
| MINECART | Fri Jun 7, 2024 | Memorable chase scene vehicle in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" | Alice Liang and Christina Iverson |
| NEVERFAILS | Fri Mar 30, 2018 | "Works every time" | Sam Trabucco |
| NEWMEDIA | Fri Nov 16, 2018 | Online magazines, blogs, etc. | Kyle Dolan |
| OLDGROWTH | Fri Dec 13, 2019 | Mature, as a forest | Leslie Rogers |
| ORCHS | Wed Aug 22, 2007 | Violists' places: Abbr. | Patrick Blindauer |
| OUTOFREACH | Wed Mar 15, 2023 | Unobtainable | Michael B. Berg |
| PETERSOUTATTHEEND | Sun Nov 22, 1998 | He's always asleep by midnight | Nelson Hardy |
| SAMWALTON | Tue Jul 15, 2014 | Founder of 58-Across | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SEVENUPS | Sat May 11, 1996 | Drinks since 1929 | D. Niles |
| SPAREMOMENT | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Bit of free time | Kevin G. Der |
| STGEORGESDAY | Tue Apr 4, 2000 | British observance of April 23 | D. J. DeChristopher |
| TALLBOYS | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | 16-ounce beers, slangily | Natan Last |
| TEMPJOB | Tue Sep 6, 2022 | It may lead to a full-time position | Trenton Charlson |
| TWOUP | Tue Jul 28, 2015 | Aussie gambling game with coins | Caleb Emmons |
| UPWARDLYMOBILE | Mon Sep 28, 2015 | Ascending in economic class | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen |
| VEGS | Sun Nov 29, 1998 | Side dishes: Abbr. | Matt Gaffney |
| VOLTAGESPIKE | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Electrical glitch | Jim Hyres |
| WIGGILY | Wed Jan 25, 2006 | *Gentleman rabbit of children's lit | John Farmer |