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 50,873 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHAM | Sat Aug 19, 2000 | ___ City, Utah | Charles E. Gersch |
| BROGRAMMER | Sat Dec 1, 2018 | Fratty Silicon Valley techie, stereotypically | Ryan McCarty |
| CANWETALK | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Question that's rarely a sign of good news | Scott Earl |
| CHARMAN | Sun Jan 4, 1998 | He's well-sooted for the job | Mark Danna |
| CLAMBERED | Sat Aug 10, 1996 | Went up like a monkey | R. Norris |
| COMESACROSS | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Finds | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| COMPENDIUM | Sun Jul 15, 2001 | Digest | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CORPOREAL | Sun Apr 14, 2024 | BEFORE: Having physical form | John Rippe and Jeff Chen |
| COWPOX | Sun Mar 3, 2024 | Edward Jenner used it when developing the world's first successful vaccine | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| DELMONTE | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Canned foods giant | Jeremy Newton |
| DESSERTWINES | Fri Jan 7, 2022 | Ports, e.g. | Robyn Weintraub |
| FULLTIMESTUDENT | Tue May 8, 2007 | One not taking just a few classes | Sarah Keller |
| GIDDIER | Fri Dec 25, 1998 | More euphoric | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| GOLDGLOVE | Tue Jan 23, 2024 | Major-league award for fielding prowess | Patrick Maher |
| GOTOUT | Wed Mar 23, 2011 | Was released | Will Nediger |
| HEADHUNTS | Sun Nov 7, 1999 | Recruits, in a way | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HEADRESTS | Sat Sep 12, 2020 | Passenger car attachments | Ryan McCarty |
| HINDUDEITY | Mon Jul 23, 2012 | Vishnu or Shiva | Lynn Lempel |
| ITSABREEZE | Thu Apr 16, 2015 | "Piece of cake!" | Joe Krozel and Peter Collins |
| ITSFUN | Wed May 11, 2011 | "You'll enjoy this" | Jonah Kagan |
| JAWLINE | Wed Dec 10, 2014 | Important feature for a male model | Tom McCoy |
| JUVENTUS | Fri Mar 22, 2019 | Record-holding Italian soccer club whose name means "youth" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LIFTWEIGHTS | Tue Aug 6, 2013 | Make off with some gym equipment? | Lynn Lempel |
| LOWCLASS | Fri Apr 1, 2011 | Hardly blue-blooded | Elizabeth A. Long |
| MAINSTREET | Wed Feb 26, 2014 | Where to find the only stoplight in a small town, typically | Ruth B. Margolin |
| METOOERA | Tue Dec 10, 2024 | Period of accountability since 2017 | Brian Callahan and Geoffrey Schorkopf |
| MIDMONTH | Tue Mar 23, 2021 | The 15th or so | Dan Schoenholz |
| ORLOK | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | Count ___, a.k.a. Nosferatu | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| PLAINWATER | Sat Jun 4, 1994 | Bourbon cutter | Manny Nosowsky |
| POTLEAF | Tue Jan 6, 2015 | Image often accompanying the phrase "Legalize it" | Joel Fagliano |
| PUFFED | Sun Aug 20, 2006 | Made pants? | Richard Silvestri |
| READERSDIGESTMAGAZINE | Sun May 22, 2011 | The Library's Periodicals Room was the source of most of the excerpted material in the first issue of ___ | Bob Klahn |
| RESIDUALS | Sun Mar 4, 2012 | Some royalties | David J. Kahn |
| SANTAMONICAPIER | Sat Jan 31, 2026 | Southern California site whose 1909 opening was accompanied by a visit from the U.S.S. Albany | Nick Maritz |
| SARSENET | Sat Nov 12, 1994 | Soft silk fabric used for linings | Bryant White |
| SAUSAGEANDONION | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Pizzeria order | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SHOWERED | Sun Jul 10, 2011 | Didn't just spit | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
| SKUNKY | Sat Sep 3, 2011 | Having been tainted, as a drink | Peter Wentz |
| SUBWOOFER | Tue Apr 20, 2021 | Largest speaker in a sound system, usually | Adam Wagner |
| UNHARNESS | Sun Sep 7, 2025 | Remove a restraint from | Derrick Niederman |