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 50,653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOUTONCEAWEEK | Fri Feb 11, 1994 | Quip, part 3 | Harvey Estes |
| BERNIEBRO | Sun Apr 24, 2022 | Male voter stereotype beginning in the mid-2010s | Sam Ezersky |
| CALCULATORWATCH | Fri Apr 21, 2023 | Obsolescent two-in-one device | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock |
| CAMERAFLASH | Wed Oct 9, 2024 | Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across | Jeffrey Lease |
| CANDYCRUSH | Mon Mar 11, 2024 | *App craze of the early 2010s, familiarly | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| CASHASSETS | Sat Apr 16, 2011 | Marketable securities, e.g. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| CHILDSEAT | Tue May 26, 2015 | *Removable car safety feature | Gareth Bain |
| CHRISTINA | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Garbo film "Queen ___" | Patrick Merrell |
| DILATORS | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Eye openers? | Joe DiPietro |
| DISCOLOR | Sun Dec 5, 2010 | Fade, maybe | Ben Pall |
| FAKEFLOWERS | Sat Apr 17, 1999 | They're often made of silk | Jim Page |
| FANTINE | Thu May 15, 2003 | Employee of 38-Down | David J. Kahn |
| GIMLETS | Sun Mar 12, 2000 | They're boring | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GLYNIS | Wed Aug 16, 1995 | Johns of "Mary Poppins" | Judith Perry |
| HAIRGREASE | Tue Oct 2, 2018 | Pomade? [1968, 1972] | Paul Coulter |
| HAUSFRAU | Wed Aug 20, 1997 | Traditional wife | Chuck Deodene |
| HOLTZ | Tue May 29, 2001 | Football coach Lou | Frances Hansen |
| IDITARODTRAIL | Thu Mar 5, 2009 | With 16-Down, annual March event | David J. Kahn |
| IMUPFORIT | Sat May 30, 2015 | Volunteer's assurance | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| JOGGERS | Fri Jun 18, 2004 | Band on the run? | David Quarfoot |
| JUSTFORGETIT | Mon Aug 3, 1998 | "No way!" | Nancy Salomon |
| LOCUMS | Sun Feb 17, 2002 | Substitute doctors, in Britain | Joe DiPietro |
| NURSINGBRA | Sat Jul 8, 2023 | Milk duds? | Brandon Koppy |
| OBLONGS | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Stretched figures | Jeremy Newton |
| OFO | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | "The Story __" (Pauline Réage novel) | Byron Walden |
| PANSEARED | Wed Mar 18, 2020 | Like some salmon that's not baked or broiled | Ricky Cruz |
| PEANUTSAUCE | Sat Mar 21, 2020 | Satay dip | Damon Gulczynski |
| PUREBREDDOG | Sun Mar 12, 2023 | Westminster competitor | David Tuffs |
| ROWEDASHORE | Mon Jan 10, 2005 | Arrived like Michael in an old song? | David Pringle |
| RUMORMONGER | Sat Feb 24, 2018 | Dirt spreader | John Guzzetta |
| SETARECORD | Fri Oct 5, 2018 | More than just won | Robyn Weintraub |
| SETBACKS | Thu Sep 11, 1997 | Blows | Matt Gaffney |
| SINGLEPLACE | Thu Sep 2, 2004 | With 20- and 55-Across, description of 60-Across | David J. Kahn |
| SPOONSOUT | Tue Sep 23, 2025 | *Serves, as soup or ice cream | Jacob Stulberg |
| TAPSINTO | Sun Jan 21, 2007 | Accesses | Patrick Berry |
| TAXSCAM | Tue Jul 9, 2019 | Subject of an I.R.S. consumer warning | Bruce Haight |
| THEYOUNGLIONS | Sun Aug 28, 1994 | Irwin Shaw title from Psalms | Randolph Ross |
| TOMWATSON | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Winner of five British Opens between 1975 and 1983 | Byron Walden |
| TRADEDUP | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Got a newer smartphone, maybe | Ryan McCarty |
| WEGOWAYBACK | Mon May 5, 2025 | "I've known them forever!"... or what 17-, 28- and 45-Across can collectively claim? | Eric Rollfing |