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 50,547 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRBEDS | Sun Oct 20, 2019 | Futon alternatives | Natan Last |
| ATTEMPTING | Mon Jun 22, 2015 | Good Twitter handle for a seductress? | Joel Fagliano |
| BACKTOBASICS | Thu Mar 19, 2015 | Encyclopedia volume on education reform? | Todd Gross |
| BOYSOPRANO | Sat May 3, 2014 | Kid getting into treble | Sam Ezersky |
| CAMPSHIRT | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | Light, short-sleeved, collared garment | Kareem Ayas |
| CHICKENLIVERED | Tue Jun 5, 2018 | Cowardly | Peter Gordon |
| CORRIDAS | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Events with matadores | Garrett Chalfin |
| DEFIER | Sun Dec 27, 2020 | Obstinate sort | Daniel Grinberg |
| DOOMSCROLLING | Fri Jun 16, 2023 | Spending excessive time reading negative news online | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| DRESCHER | Tue Feb 5, 2008 | Fran of "The Nanny" | Peter A. Collins |
| DREWALONGBREATH | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Inspired (very much so!) | Manny Nosowsky |
| ELEPHANTSTRUNKS | Fri May 21, 1999 | African trumpeters | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ENTRYBLANK | Thu Dec 12, 1996 | Contestant's application | J. R. Conrad |
| FEELINGSUPERIOR | Tue Oct 20, 1998 | With one's fingers in a lake? | Fred Piscop |
| FITFUL | Thu Sep 14, 2006 | Like a bad night's sleep | Karen M. Tracey |
| HEADOFLETTUCE | Wed Feb 15, 2017 | "On top we put a ___" | Jesse Eisenberg and Patrick Blindauer |
| HUNCHED | Wed Oct 9, 2024 | Like Igor's posture | Jeffrey Lease |
| KARATEKICKS | Sun May 17, 2015 | People with belts do them | Joe Krozel |
| LAZYSUNDAY | Mon May 30, 2016 | Relaxing time after church, say | David Woolf |
| LETSSTEPOUTSIDE | Wed Oct 9, 1996 | Fightin' words | R. Hughes |
| LIRI | Wed Oct 3, 2007 | Italian river valley in W.W. II fighting | Robert Dillman |
| LITTLEDARLIN | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Amore from the Diamonds, 1957 | D. Niles |
| LOMANS | Fri May 6, 1994 | Theater's Willy, Linda, Happy and Biff | Manny Nosowsky |
| LOVESONGS | Sun Feb 14, 2016 | Serenades, e.g. | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| MEASUREUP | Sat Apr 13, 2019 | Make the grade | Debbie Ellerin |
| MTRUSHMORE | Mon Feb 21, 2005 | S. Dakota monument | Sherry O. Blackard |
| NICOTINEPATCH | Sun Mar 20, 2016 | Quitting aid, of sorts | Joel Fagliano |
| NOTIFICATION | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 24-Across | Patrick Berry |
| OLDHABITS | Mon Jun 29, 2009 | Things that die hard | Paula Gamache |
| OLIVEBREAD | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | Bakery item with a Mediterranean flair | Kyle Dolan |
| PADDEDCELL | Mon Nov 2, 2015 | Place to put someone who might hurt himself | Loren Muse Smith and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| PERFECTCUBE | Tue Sep 4, 2012 | 62-Across to a mathematician | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| PERPETUITY | Wed Jul 15, 2015 | Time without end | Bruce Haight |
| RANSCARED | Wed Feb 27, 2019 | Was afraid of losing | Will Nediger |
| REBOIL | Tue Mar 15, 2016 | Bring to 212° again | Gordon Johnson |
| SHABBIER | Fri Nov 29, 2002 | Not so fine | Patrick Berry |
| TEENPEOPLE | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Bygone magazine spinoff | Byron Walden |
| THECATSKILLS | Wed Aug 14, 2019 | Upstate New York area where 63-Across was held | David J. Kahn |
| TITLER | Sat Jan 22, 2011 | Name provider | Victor Fleming |
| VOLKSWAGENDASHER | Tue Feb 21, 2023 | 1970s auto that shares part of its name with one of Santa's reindeer | Daniel Raymon |