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 50,544 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIMSFOR | Tue Dec 10, 2013 | Sets one's sights on | Bill Thompson |
| ASHTONKUTCHER | Mon Nov 17, 2014 | "Two and a Half Men" co-star starting in 2011 | Tom McCoy |
| BASEBALLPLAYERS | Tue Apr 22, 2025 | They Might Be Giants | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BIGGER | Sun Mar 13, 2022 | "The ___ they are ..." | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| CHIASEED | Mon Dec 16, 2024 | Tidbit in a nutritious pudding | Ailee Yoshida |
| CLOTHING | Mon Sep 21, 1998 | Duds | Matthew Lees |
| COMPACTDISK | Mon Jun 11, 2001 | Today's record | Gregory E. Paul |
| CONTINUITYOFCARE | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | ... CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION ... | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| CRACKSAWINDOW | Mon Aug 4, 2014 | Lets some air in, say | Joel Fagliano |
| CUTTINGS | Fri Jan 1, 1999 | Collage material | Joe DiPietro |
| DOTHEHUSTLE | Fri Jun 15, 2018 | Perform a disco dance | Sam Ezersky |
| FLAMETHROWER | Sun Feb 23, 2003 | Criticize a pitcher? | Nancy Salomon |
| GASRANGES | Sat Aug 12, 2006 | Pilots are found inside them | Patrick Berry |
| GETUGLY | Sun Aug 5, 2007 | Turn unpleasant | Caroline Leong |
| GLISSANDI | Fri Mar 29, 2019 | Dramatic musical effects | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| HEREOF | Sun Nov 29, 1998 | "...upon receipt ___" | Matt Gaffney |
| HULUCATALOG | Sun May 12, 2024 | Certain streaming library | Avery Gee Katz |
| JOSEJIMENEZ | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | He pitched a no-hitter in 1999 | Will Nediger |
| LETYOURHAIRDOWN | Mon Feb 8, 2021 | "Loosen up!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | Portia Lundie |
| LOWGRADE | Sun Mar 11, 2007 | Inferior | Eric Berlin |
| MARKETWATCH | Fri Oct 13, 2017 | Big news site for investors | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PEKINGMAN | Thu Jan 29, 2015 | Archaeological discovery of the 1920s whose fossils have been missing since 1941 | John Farmer |
| PLOTZED | Tue Jun 10, 2025 | Was verklempt | Zachary David Levy |
| PRINCESS | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle | Natan Last |
| PROVS | Sun Jan 10, 1999 | Can. divisions | David J. Kahn |
| RELAYRACES | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Passing events | Byron Walden |
| RMOVIES | Thu Mar 27, 2014 | "The Godfather" parts I, II and III, e.g. | Jean O'Conor |
| SERGEANTYORK | Mon May 22, 2006 | Gary Cooper title role | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| SNARKED | Tue Feb 20, 2024 | Made an irreverently sarcastic comment | Robert S. Gard |
| SONGTITLE | Tue Jul 26, 2016 | *Listing on a Billboard chart | Bruce Haight |
| SUNDAYPUNCH | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Crushing blow | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SWAYBACK | Mon Jun 18, 2007 | Sag on a nag | Randall J. Hartman |
| THERAFLU | Thu Feb 4, 2016 | Cold war weapon? | Jeff Chen |
| THIRDHAND | Thu Jan 28, 2010 | Not direct at all, as gossip | Raymond C. Young |
| TOMSK | Sun May 21, 2000 | Siberian industrial center | Matt Gaffney |
| TWERKING | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Can-can dancing? | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| UNORGANIC | Sat Apr 29, 1995 | Not derived from plants or animals: Var. | Fred Piscop |
| UVBLOCKER | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Sunscreen ingredient | Andrew J. Ries |
| WOLFES | Sun Sep 8, 1996 | Tom and Thomas | R. H. Wolfe |
| WOODYHERMAN | Wed Nov 9, 2005 | Bandleader known for 25-Down | Ed Early |