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 50,581 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHOP | Fri Sep 18, 1998 | ___, skip and jump away | Frank Longo |
| ATLANTICSALMON | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | Seafood entree | David J. Kahn |
| COMESON | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Begins airing | Frank A. Longo |
| DANKMEMES | Sat Jul 7, 2018 | Internet in-jokes that have gone viral, in modern lingo | Ryan McCarty |
| DELISTED | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Removed from an exchange | Ryan McCarty |
| DROPINANYTIME | Mon Feb 4, 2008 | "See you again!" | Dave and Tracy Mackey |
| DUNZO | Wed Nov 19, 2025 | Finito or kaput | Jeremy Newton |
| EARLHINES | Sat Sep 27, 2008 | Louis Armstrong's "Weather Bird" collaborator | Karen M. Tracey |
| FENDINGFORONESELF | Thu Jan 2, 2014 | Going without help | Todd Gross |
| FRIGGA | Fri May 17, 2019 | Goddess played by Rene Russo in "Thor" | Adam Fromm |
| GAZETTEER | Wed May 2, 2012 | Atlas go-with | Paula Gamache |
| GETONEFREE | Mon Jun 7, 1999 | End of a come-on to bargain hunters | Robert O. Dillman |
| HELPUP | Sun Feb 10, 2019 | Extend a hand to after a fall, say | Lee Taylor |
| KREWES | Sat Dec 20, 2025 | Mardi Gras parading societies | Robert S. Gard |
| KRUGMAN | Fri May 9, 2014 | Nobel-winning economist who wrote "Fuzzy Math" | James Mulhern |
| MANICPANIC | Sat Aug 10, 2024 | Brand of brightly colored hair dye with a rhyming name | Spencer Leach |
| MAZEPPA | Sat Apr 22, 1995 | Tchaikovsky opera | Alex K. Justin |
| MISTRANSLATE | Sun Dec 14, 2003 | Botch the subtitles, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MITERSAW | Sun Jan 25, 2026 | One cutting corners | Mark MacLachlan |
| MPTHREEPLAYERS | Thu Nov 6, 2008 | Devices for music lovers | Jeremy Newton |
| ORDERBLANK | Fri Nov 9, 2007 | Payment is often sent with one | Henry Hook |
| PAYINCREASES | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Folded-up salary check? | Rich Norris |
| PLECTRUMS | Fri Aug 2, 2013 | Hand picks? | Barry C. Silk |
| RIGHTHANDMAN | Sat Jul 20, 2013 | Friday, e.g. | Tim Croce |
| SIDESPLITTER | Mon Mar 12, 2001 | "I Love Lucy," usually | Gregory E. Paul |
| SLUSHES | Mon Feb 17, 2014 | Fruit-flavored ice drinks | David Gray |
| SNOOKERCUE | Sun Nov 22, 2015 | British pool stick | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| SOUNDJUDGMENT | Thu Dec 21, 1995 | Studio technician's expertise? | Rich Norris |
| SPACIER | Tue May 24, 2022 | More likely to daydream, say | Ella Dershowitz |
| STONESTHROWAWAY | Fri Oct 17, 2003 | Short distance | Bob Peoples |
| THIRDEYEBLIND | Sun Mar 26, 2023 | Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme | David Karp |
| TIEMEUP | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | 1990 movie "_____ Tie Me Down!" | Matt Gaffney |
| UNDERARREST | Sat Jan 21, 2012 | Oppressed by the heat? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| UNIONOFFICIAL | Sun Nov 22, 2009 | #6: Justice of the peace? | Patrick Merrell |
| WELLTIMED | Sun Nov 14, 2004 | Serendipitous | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| WESTJET | Wed Aug 26, 2015 | Canadian airline with a directional name | Ian Livengood |
| WHATSHOULDISTAY | Thu Sep 9, 1999 | Cleopatra's last words | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| WHEEDLER | Mon Apr 26, 2004 | Apple-polisher | Merle Baker |
| YOBS | Wed Aug 25, 2010 | Rowdies, in British slang | Clive Probert |
| ZERODOWN | Fri Dec 27, 2019 | Favorable loan term | Sam Trabucco |