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 51,151 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDEDATTRACTION | Fri Nov 17, 2000 | It's not on the standard bill | Manny Nosowsky |
| AINTITFUN | Sun Nov 30, 2025 | Grammy-winning Paramore hit of 2014 | Natan Last |
| ALLONRED | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Roulette bet | Jeremy Newton |
| ANDNO | Thu Nov 1, 2007 | All bark ___ bite | Larry Shearer |
| ANYMAN | Fri Aug 29, 2003 | "Thou canst not then be false to ___": Polonius | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| AXILLARY | Sun Aug 23, 2015 | Armpit-related | Joel Fagliano |
| BEWAILS | Wed Apr 30, 1997 | Loudly laments | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BQE | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | Hwy. that ends near La Guardia | Jeff Chen |
| CANTTOPTHAT | Fri Feb 28, 2003 | "Got me beat" | Manny Nosowsky |
| CONVENTIONGOER | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | Political insider | David J. Kahn |
| CORBIN | Sun Jun 18, 2023 | Easton ___, singer with the 2009 #1 country hit "A Little More Country Than That" | Joe DiPietro |
| DEADLIER | Wed Apr 22, 2026 | Like a black mamba vis-à-vis a python | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| DONTRUSHME | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | "Relax, I'm almost finished" | Sid Sivakumar |
| DRIVEWAYS | Mon Sep 7, 2015 | They lead to garages | Paula Gamache |
| EXITFEES | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | Going rates? | Byron Walden |
| FULLSPEEDAHEAD | Mon Jul 5, 2010 | "Go!" | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| GUITARAMP | Fri Dec 22, 2017 | Piece of equipment at a rock concert | Sam Trabucco |
| HAPPYASALARK | Mon Sep 22, 1997 | Overjoyed | Gregory E. Paul |
| LOOTBAG | Tue Nov 12, 2019 | Item with a dollar sign on it, in cartoons | Gabrielle Friedman and Jakob Weisblat |
| MAKEANOFFER | Mon Aug 1, 2005 | Start a negotiation | Kendall Twigg |
| MEE | Sun May 13, 2001 | English author and editor Arthur ___ | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MIDDLEWATCH | Thu Dec 15, 2011 | Midnight to 4 a.m., at sea | Jim Hilger |
| MINERALWATER | Wed Aug 10, 2022 | Drink from a spring | Karen Lurie |
| MOTIONDETECTOR | Sun Dec 7, 2025 | Sir Isaac Newton? | Kate Jensen |
| NUDEBOMB | Fri Oct 29, 2010 | 1980 Maxwell Smart film, with "The" | Barry Boone |
| NYYANKEE | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | Aaron Judge, e.g., in brief | Tracy Gray |
| PLAYMEORTRADEME | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | Benchwarmer's plea | Peter A. Collins |
| POLISHJOKES | Tue Jun 24, 1997 | What stand-up comics do to keep their material shiny? | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| POLYBUS | Tue Jan 21, 1997 | Oedipus' foster father | T. W. Schier |
| PRIZED | Sun May 1, 2011 | Close to one's heart | Xan Vongsathorn |
| REALLYBIGSHEW | Thu Sep 10, 1998 | Sullivan offering, inevitably | Christopher Hurt |
| ROSALEEPARKS | Fri Nov 28, 2014 | Mother of the Freedom Movement, to friends | Tracy Gray |
| RUNIT | Sun Aug 11, 2019 | Rehearse a play from start to finish, in theater lingo | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SHAREPRICES | Mon Jul 13, 2015 | Stock quotes | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SMALLCASTOFCHARACTERS | Sun Jun 14, 2026 | What a modest play has in common with the answer to each italicized clue? | John Kugelman |
| TIENDAS | Wed Jan 31, 1996 | Stores on the Plaza del Sol | M. Gaffney |
| TORCHSONG | Tue Jan 1, 2019 | Its lyrics tell of unrequited love | Gary Cee |
| WINDOWCLEANER | Fri Apr 1, 2022 | It might help clear things up | Evan Mahnken |
| WORKBAG | Wed Jan 1, 2025 | Stylish tote for an executive | Seth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen |
| YALLCOMEBACKNOW | Mon Feb 4, 2008 | "See you again!" | Dave and Tracy Mackey |