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 50,255 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNUALPHYSICAL | Mon Sep 19, 2022 | *Routine medical checkup | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| BABYSPICE | Sat Jun 16, 2012 | Youngest member of a 1990s girl group | Barry C. Silk |
| BACKSUP | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Seconds | Josh Knapp |
| BIGLOSER | Fri Aug 24, 2018 | Zero | Roland Huget |
| CONTENTPROVIDER | Tue Jun 4, 2019 | Netflix or YouTube | Jake Halperin |
| DAWNRAID | Sat Jan 30, 2016 | Huge stock purchase at the start of a day's trading | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| DEADMEAT | Sat Oct 15, 2011 | One who's got no hope | Joon Pahk |
| DIRECTIONS | Sat Mar 31, 2018 | See 35-Across | Kevin G. Der |
| DUBBEDIN | Thu Apr 30, 1998 | Added to a recording | Kelly Clark |
| EARPIECES | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Some Secret Service wear | Erik Agard |
| EXPEDITED | Thu Aug 12, 2010 | Rushed | Barry Boone |
| FINALDRAFT | Fri Jul 30, 2021 | Result of multiple paper cuts? | Eric Bornstein |
| FROMSOUPTONUTS | Thu Jun 27, 1996 | Everything | R. Norris |
| HANDITTO | Sun Nov 21, 2010 | Give due credit | Clive Probert |
| HORSERUSTLER | Tue May 18, 2010 | Thief in a western | Peter A. Collins |
| ICEMILKS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Low-fat dairy desserts | Paul Coulter |
| ITGOESWITHOUTSAYING | Sun Aug 12, 2012 | "Of course this car isn't voice-controlled!" | Patrick Berry |
| JURISTS | Tue Jun 13, 2017 | Legal authorities | Lynn Lempel |
| LEGISLATIVE | Thu Apr 24, 1997 | Kind of aide | David J. Kahn |
| MEDDLERS | Mon Sep 11, 2006 | Busybodies | Lynn Lempel |
| MEDICINEMAN | Sat Oct 13, 2001 | Powerful Indian | Jim Page |
| MUCHOF | Mon Nov 15, 2004 | Not quite all | Alison Donald |
| NEWTOME | Fri Dec 30, 2022 | "Never heard that before" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NITROGEN | Thu Jul 11, 2002 | It's in the air | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ONEHANDEDTYPING | Wed Jul 31, 2013 | See 20- and 34-Across | H. David Goering |
| RIBALDRY | Fri Mar 16, 2001 | Risquéness | Manny Nosowsky |
| SNAPCHATFRIENDS | Sat Sep 8, 2018 | Ones sharing some shots | Andrew J. Ries |
| SOBFEST | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Big tear-jerker | Byron Walden |
| STANDGUARD | Fri Jan 2, 2004 | Watch | Sherry O. Blackard |
| STATEGEM | Sat May 15, 2021 | Moonstone, for Florida | Sam Trabucco |
| STOODFAST | Tue Aug 7, 2012 | Didn't compromise | Mike Buckley |
| SWEATINGBULLETS | Sat Mar 29, 2008 | Very worried | Mike Nothnagel |
| THEFIREBIRD | Sun Aug 4, 2002 | Stravinsky ballet | Robert Malinow |
| TILESAW | Thu Sep 14, 2023 | Power tool used for mosaics | Vasu Seralathan |
| TOOKTURNS | Sun Jun 3, 2018 | Alternated | David J. Kahn |
| UNWAVERING | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Rock solid | Byron Walden |
| VHSTAPES | Sun Sep 8, 2024 | Parts of vintage movie collections | Meghan Morris |
| VLTAVA | Fri Feb 3, 1995 | Prague's river | Matt Gaffney |
| WELSHMEN | Sun Sep 11, 2022 | Tom Jones and Anthony Hopkins, by birth | Derrick Niederman |
| XKCD | Sat Apr 8, 2017 | Award-winning webcomic about "romance, sarcasm, math and language" | Jeff Chen |