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 50,423 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATANYTIME | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Within the next few minutes, potentially | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| AUTOMOBILES | Thu Jul 1, 1999 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BIOGEN | Fri Oct 11, 2002 | Hypothetical protein molecule | A. J. Santora |
| CLOMPED | Tue Apr 5, 2022 | Walked heavily | Bruce Haight |
| DEBARRED | Sun Jul 9, 1995 | Excluded | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DECORATIVE | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Like some arts | Frank Longo |
| ELKSLODGE | Sat Feb 3, 2024 | Certain clubhouse | Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen |
| EMPTYSPACES | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | *Voids | Kareem Ayas |
| FAUXHAWK | Fri Apr 3, 2009 | Hairstyle popularized by David Beckham | John Farmer |
| FILEDIN | Sun Feb 28, 2010 | Entered, as a classroom | Yaakov Bendavid |
| FILMSPLICER | Wed Aug 4, 2021 | Editing device suggested by 17-, 23-, 33- and 46-Across? | Brandon Koppy |
| FRIARSCLUB | Tue Mar 25, 2025 | Locale famous for roasts | Bob Benson |
| HONORSTUDENTS | Mon Aug 19, 2013 | Ones getting all A's | Jean O'Conor |
| ITSTHATTIME | Sat Nov 4, 2023 | "We should get going" | David P. Williams |
| KLIBAN | Sun Jul 10, 1994 | Noted name in cat caricature | Alvin Chase |
| LIEABILITY | Wed Jun 11, 2008 | What 17-, 23-, 37- and 51-Across may demonstrate? | Daniel Kantor |
| MANCUB | Wed Aug 31, 2022 | Nickname for Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" | Joe Deeney |
| MARSCANDIES | Mon Jun 4, 2012 | Milky Way bars and others | John R. O'Brien |
| MOMENTINTHESUN | Mon Feb 27, 2023 | Brief time to shine | David Rockow |
| NOFLYZONES | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | Dimensions without planes | Andy Kravis |
| NUCLEARPACT | Sat Dec 21, 2024 | SALT, but not PEPPER | Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein |
| PLUNGERS | Fri Mar 14, 2003 | Snake alternatives | Kevin Hagen |
| POETICISM | Tue Aug 6, 1996 | Banal bit of versification | F. Heaney |
| POISONPOWDER | Thu Aug 21, 2014 | Means of murder in some Agatha Christie novels | Jules P. Markey |
| PROMOTING | Tue Feb 22, 2022 | Championing | Jacob McDermott |
| RELINKS | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Fixes, as broken 93-Down | Drew Schmenner |
| RUCK | Mon Jul 3, 1995 | Wrinkle | Fred Piscop |
| RUSTYNAIL | Tue Jan 11, 2011 | Something found in an old board, maybe | Sharon Delorme |
| SHELLINGOUTCASH | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | Pain? | Frances Hansen |
| SMOKEUP | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Opposite of "make clear" | Rich Norris |
| SMOOSH | Sat Nov 7, 2020 | Flatten like a bug | Kameron Austin Collins and Paolo Pasco |
| TATTOOIST | Sat Mar 3, 2018 | One who might needle you? | Damon Gulczynski |
| THEBLACKDAHLIA | Mon Nov 12, 2007 | "Floral" film of 2006 with Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson | Harvey Estes |
| TICKLETHEIVORIES | Sun Jul 5, 2020 | Play piano, informally | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| TOUCHINGSTORIES | Tue Oct 20, 1998 | With one's fingers in a skyscraper? | Fred Piscop |
| TULA | Tue Sep 23, 1997 | Noted site of ancient Mexican ruins | Nancy Salomon |
| TWOSIDED | Wed Aug 19, 2020 | Like most debates | Brandon Koppy |
| UNOFTEN | Sat Mar 25, 2000 | Once in a while | David J. Kahn |
| WINDBAG | Sat Jul 9, 1994 | Gabber | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| ZOOLATRY | Thu Mar 16, 2000 | Animal worship | Peter Gordon |