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 50,772 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMANDOWN | Tue May 20, 2014 | Short playerwise, as in hockey | Peter A. Collins |
| AMIMAKINGTHATUP | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | "Is it not?" | Ryan Judge |
| ANTAWN | Thu Sep 15, 2005 | Jamison of the N.B.A. | Frank Longo |
| ARGUMENT | Thu Oct 23, 2025 | Case opener | Aimee Lucido |
| BEACHBALL | Sun Sep 18, 2011 | One may be seen on a 28-Across's nose | Josh Knapp |
| BLANKCHEQUE | Sun Feb 25, 1996 | Dishonest person's temptation | D. Niles |
| CANADABLUEGRASS | Sat Jan 11, 2014 | It has a close "Kentucky" cousin | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CHOCOLATESUNDAES | Fri Oct 7, 1994 | Baskin-Robbins orders | Bryant White |
| CLUBFED | Sat Aug 10, 2024 | Relatively nice prison, humorously | Spencer Leach |
| COCKLES | Wed May 15, 2024 | Bivalve mollusks | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| COMMONCORE | Thu Jan 16, 2025 | Set of educational standards ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| CURLBAR | Tue Mar 5, 2024 | Weightlifting item for a biceps routine | Christina Iverson |
| DANICA | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Auto racer ___ Patrick | Paul Coulter |
| DXIX | Wed Aug 10, 2016 | 519, in old Rome | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| EBANKS | Sun Apr 13, 2014 | Websites of interest? | Dan Schoenholz |
| FARMCLUB | Sat Aug 4, 2007 | Place for some prospects | Byron Walden |
| FEAROFHEIGHTS | Thu Apr 4, 2013 | It might prevent you from rising | Corey Rubin |
| FILENE | Fri Jan 9, 2009 | Department store founder who pioneered credit unions | Paula Gamache |
| HIGHWAYENTRANCE | Mon Jun 30, 2008 | On-ramp | Lynn Lempel |
| HITITFAT | Sun Sep 1, 2013 | Strike turf before the ball, in golf | John Farmer |
| HOPELESSCAUSE | Mon Mar 23, 2020 | What a last true believer might believe in | Ed Sessa |
| ISAACBASHEVISSINGER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Typing tenor | Martin Schneider |
| JUDIDENCH | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | Player of M in "GoldenEye" | Sam Trabucco |
| LANDSCAPER | Wed Dec 4, 2013 | Topiary pro | Daniel Raymon |
| MASTERCARD | Sun Jun 22, 2008 | TRAILHEAD ___ COUNTERTOP | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| MEETTHEPARENTS | Mon Jan 5, 2009 | 2000 De Niro/Stiller comedy | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MOVEDAROUND | Thu Apr 1, 2010 | Like the clues in all the words in this puzzle | Lee Glickstein |
| NOPASSING | Thu May 8, 2008 | What a solid yellow line may indicate | Harvey Estes |
| NORVO | Thu Oct 22, 2009 | Red of early jazz | Joel Fagliano |
| NOWSEEHERE | Tue Nov 9, 2021 | "Listen, bub!" | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| OVERSUBSCRIBE | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | * subscapular | Randolph Ross |
| PASSACAGLIA | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Italian dance form from the Spanish for "walk in the street" | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| PAYCOD | Tue Feb 13, 2007 | What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| PINGPONGPADDLE | Sun Jan 11, 2026 | Article of sports equipment that typically has two rubber sheets of different colors | Dylan Schiff |
| PRIGGISH | Sun Aug 4, 2002 | Overmodest | Robert Malinow |
| RAFFI | Sun Apr 21, 1996 | One-named children's singer | M. Gaffney |
| SNOWBOARDING | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Winter sport jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1965 | Jacob Stulberg |
| STOWING | Sat Feb 22, 2003 | Doing warehouse work | Dana Motley |
| THERASCALS | Sat Nov 20, 2010 | Group whose 1968 album "Time Peace" was #1 | Joe DiPietro |
| TITLESONG | Sat Jul 11, 2015 | "Hair," for example | Joe DiPietro |