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 50,990 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNOYING | Thu Apr 15, 2004 | Pesky | Manny Nosowsky |
| ARRIVING | Wed Apr 26, 2017 | Making it big | Trenton Charlson |
| BOLDSTATEMENT | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | Assertion | Daniel A. Finan |
| BRANDYSNAP | Fri Mar 2, 2007 | Alcohol-laced cookie | Eric Berlin |
| BUTTONFLY | Sun Nov 25, 2007 | Like some jeans | Trip Payne |
| CAVEBAT | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | Upside-down-sleeping mammal | Raymond C. Young |
| CHARACTERACTORS | Fri Mar 20, 2009 | Their parts are usually unusual | David Levinson Wilk |
| CHICKENPOX | Fri Dec 7, 2012 | What's generally spotted early on? | Peter Wentz |
| CLOSEDLOOPS | Sat Aug 19, 2023 | They come full circle | David P. Williams |
| COCOONED | Fri Jul 22, 2005 | Wrapped tightly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DELWEBB | Tue May 17, 2016 | Big name in retirement community development | Paula Gamache |
| DIALA | Sun Dec 20, 1998 | ___-Prayer | Frances Hansen |
| FIBEROPTICS | Fri Jul 10, 2015 | Laparoscopy technology | Barry C. Silk |
| GEEKGIRLCON | Sun Jun 14, 2026 | Female-friendly fandom event | John Kugelman |
| GEORGIAN | Fri Jun 10, 2005 | From Athens, e.g. | David Quarfoot |
| GNASHES | Fri Feb 25, 2000 | Grinds | William S. Cotter |
| GRANTSTOMB | Sat Jan 30, 1999 | Manhattan tourist attraction | Chuck Deodene |
| HAMMEREDITHOME | Tue May 30, 2017 | Really made the point [TV surgeon played by Ellen Pompeo] | Neville Fogarty |
| HOLIFESTIVAL | Tue May 27, 2025 | Colorful Hindu celebration | Ginny Too |
| JACKETLAPEL | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Place for a pin | Byron Walden |
| JACKPINE | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | *Slender tree of northern North America | Ed Sessa |
| JOUSTED | Tue Apr 27, 2004 | Played a knight game? | Janet R. Bender |
| MOLDEDGLASS | Mon Mar 12, 2012 | Had a big influence on Philip's music? | Lynn Lempel |
| MONTHLYRENT | Fri Sep 5, 2003 | Landlord's entitlement | Manny Nosowsky |
| OUSEL | Sun May 25, 2008 | White-collared thrush: Var. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| POSTPONERS | Sat Sep 10, 2005 | Those who prefer suspense? | David J. Kahn |
| PRETREATMENTS | Wed Oct 31, 2007 | Stain looseners on washday | Ken Stern |
| PUSHKINPRIZE | Sun Jun 10, 2007 | Russian literary award established in 1881 | Bob Klahn |
| RULEOUT | Sat Feb 9, 2008 | Prevent | Shannon Burns |
| STINGINESS | Fri Jul 18, 1997 | Scrooge's attribute | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| STREETADDRESS | Fri Sep 22, 2000 | Application info | Manny Nosowsky |
| SULUS | Fri Apr 19, 1996 | Philippine natives | A. Micci |
| SWAGGERS | Mon Dec 14, 2015 | Walks with a brash air | Timothy Polin |
| THUSLY | Thu Aug 15, 2019 | So, humorously | Andrew Zhou |
| TIRIAC | Fri Nov 13, 1998 | Ion of tennis | Jim Page |
| ULTRAHIP | Sun Oct 19, 2014 | Cool and then some | David Phillips |
| UNERRINGLY | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Without fail | Byron Walden |
| VEGANPIZZA | Thu Mar 9, 2017 | Pie made with dairy-free cheese, maybe | Jeremy Newton |
| WETHER | Wed Sep 26, 2001 | Gelded ram | Stephen Budiansky |
| WHENHELLFREEZES | Tue May 24, 2005 | Never | Mike Torch |