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 50,581 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHOTMINUTE | Tue Nov 11, 2025 | Quite some time, antonymously | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan |
| AMOUNTING | Sun May 11, 2025 | Adding up (to) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ANNOTATORS | Tue May 7, 2019 | Ones making written comments on text | Ross Trudeau |
| ASAGREED | Sat Nov 9, 2024 | "Per our negotiations ..." | Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| BCELL | Sun Mar 9, 2003 | Lymphocyte found in marrow | Patrick Berry |
| BEERSNOB | Tue Oct 24, 2023 | One whose taste buds may not crave Buds | Daniel Grinberg |
| BEFALLS | Sat Dec 1, 2012 | Happens to | Joon Pahk |
| CHALONS | Tue Apr 15, 1997 | Where Attila was defeated, 451 | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| CHOICES | Wed Jun 4, 2014 | One from column A, one from column B, etc. | Jim Hilger |
| DEPARTMENT | Tue Mar 25, 2025 | Cabinet division | Bob Benson |
| DIERESES | Sat Aug 1, 2009 | Diphthong dividers | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ELATH | Wed Dec 21, 1994 | Ancient city on the Gulf of Aqaba | Alfio Micci |
| ESPRITDECORPS | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | Morale | Byron Walden |
| FAIRISLESWEATER | Sat Jun 7, 2025 | Colorful knit top with Scottish origins | Blake Slonecker |
| FARFALLE | Fri Feb 10, 2023 | Pinched pasta | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| HYSONS | Fri May 18, 2018 | Some Chinese teas | Ryan McCarty |
| IMPEACHING | Sun Oct 5, 2014 | Accusing of misconduct | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| ITSFUN | Wed May 11, 2011 | "You'll enjoy this" | Jonah Kagan |
| LECHERY | Sun Aug 24, 2014 | "Lolita" subject | Patrick Berry |
| MATHEXAM | Wed Apr 18, 2018 | It might involve x, y and z | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| MONEYLOVER | Mon Sep 21, 2009 | Miser, e.g. | Mark Feldman |
| MUELLER | Sat Jul 2, 2016 | Robert ___, F.B.I. director from 2001 to 2013 | Erin Rhode |
| NEARFALL | Mon Jan 15, 1996 | Almost a pin, in wrestling | Gregory E. Paul |
| NEARTHEEND | Thu Nov 18, 1999 | Almost done | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OUTOFOURHANDS | Thu Jun 1, 2023 | Not up to us | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| PETERPARKER | Mon Dec 12, 2011 | *Spider-Man's alter ego | Gary Cee |
| QUICKIES | Sat Jul 8, 2006 | Afternooners, maybe | Barry C. Silk |
| SEVEBALLESTEROS | Fri Oct 3, 1997 | Two-time Masters champ | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SHEERS | Sun Oct 7, 2018 | Some see-through curtains | Tom McCoy |
| SHRI | Sat Jun 22, 1996 | Mister, in Madras: Var. | B. White |
| SNAKECHARMER | Tue Jun 4, 2013 | Indian pipe player, maybe | Kristian House |
| SPLITLEVELS | Sun Jul 13, 2003 | Description of 10- and 111-Across | Randolph Ross |
| STANDARDS | Sat Jul 6, 2024 | Journalistic concern | Evans Clinchy |
| SWITCHPLATE | Tue May 26, 2009 | "On/off" surrounder | Mike Nothnagel |
| TELLTO | Thu Jan 14, 2016 | Give, as instructions | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| THEDARK | Thu Oct 22, 2009 | See 27-Across | Joel Fagliano |
| TINKERS | Mon Mar 11, 2024 | Fiddles (with) | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| TURNOUTS | Fri Jul 11, 2003 | They're good at hits | Patrick Berry |
| VOCALS | Fri Dec 25, 2009 | Sung parts, as of carols | Paula Gamache |
| WITTIER | Sat Nov 16, 1996 | More scintillating | J. Page |