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 51,134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGBOYS | Tue Mar 9, 2004 | Supermarket helpers | Sarah Keller |
| CARDGAMES | Fri Jan 28, 2005 | They often involve drawing | Eric Berlin |
| DARKMEAT | Mon Sep 18, 2023 | Turkey drumstick, but not the breast, e.g. | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| EVERYTHINGSOK | Sun Sep 24, 2017 | "Sooner this, Sooner that ... can't you talk about any other subject?"? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GEOMETRYII | Sat Jan 28, 2006 | Midlevel math course | Dana Motley |
| HERESTOYOU | Sat Sep 1, 2012 | Toast maker's start | Tim Croce |
| HOWTIMEFLIES | Fri Apr 21, 2006 | "It's getting late" | Manny Nosowsky |
| HUMBUG | Sun Dec 27, 2020 | Deceptive talk | Daniel Grinberg |
| ICEBLOCK | Thu Jan 23, 2014 | Bygone delivery | Michael Hawkins |
| INTERNETBOTS | Wed Aug 5, 2026 | & 39 Web Crawlers, e.g. | Daniel Bodily |
| ITEMIZES | Sat Nov 27, 1999 | Details | Patrick D. Berry |
| KHYBERPASS | Sun Aug 24, 2003 | Mountainous route once used by Alexander the Great | Patrick Berry |
| LATINPERCUSSION | Mon Mar 25, 2019 | Tito Puente's specialty | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| LATTEN | Thu May 16, 2013 | Thin sheet metal | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan |
| LCDDISPLAY | Thu Jul 12, 2001 | Laptop readout | William I. Johnston |
| MADEABID | Thu Jul 30, 2020 | & 56. Raised one's paddle, say | Joel Fagliano |
| MAOJACKET | Sat Dec 21, 2019 | Bit of Communist Chinese attire | Julian Lim |
| PAINRELIEVERS | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | They promise no hurt feelings | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| PEOPLESELBOW | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | The Rock's signature W.W.E. move | Michael Lieberman |
| PEOPLETOSEE | Tue Dec 15, 2009 | See 17-Across | Steve Dobis |
| PETERMEN | Sat Jan 10, 2009 | Safecrackers, slangily | Bob Klahn |
| PLEASEPLEASEME | Wed Oct 13, 1999 | 1964 Beatles hit | David Levinson Wilk |
| POPUPVIDEO | Fri Jun 15, 2012 | What an ad blocker might block | Mark Diehl |
| PULLAPART | Thu Nov 5, 2020 | Rend | Jeremy Newton |
| REICHL | Sun Aug 5, 2007 | Food writer Ruth | Caroline Leong |
| SANTACON | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Annual December pub crawl | David Woolf |
| SAURIA | Wed Nov 22, 1995 | Lizards, scientifically | Chuck Deodene |
| SEXORGANS | Tue Feb 4, 2020 | Subjects of health class diagrams | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SHAKASIGN | Sun Dec 4, 2022 | "Hang loose" hand gesture | Gustie Owens |
| SPACEMARK | Thu May 29, 2014 | #3 | Anna Shechtman |
| TALENTMANAGEMENT | Fri Jun 29, 2018 | Field for a Hollywood agency | David Steinberg |
| TENORHORN | Sat Apr 29, 2000 | Brass brand member | Patrick D. Berry |
| UNFURROW | Wed Feb 5, 1997 | Straighten, as a brow | J. Schmalzbach |
| UNSUNGHEROES | Fri May 4, 2007 | Ones not getting their deserved acclaim | Manny Nosowsky |
| VACATING | Sat Feb 14, 1998 | Giving up | Mark Diehl |
| VCMONEY | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Some start-up funding, in brief | Sam Ezersky |
| VENTRICLE | Tue Mar 29, 2011 | Piece of one's heart | Peter A. Collins |
| VIETNAMERA | Tue Oct 18, 2016 | 1961-75 | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| WEAVERS | Tue Nov 19, 2019 | Finchlike birds that build intricate nests | Ross Trudeau |
| YATEEH | Tue May 2, 1995 | Navajo "hello" | Susan Smith |