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 51,185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASIATICS | Sat Sep 24, 1994 | Frederic Prokosch novel, with "The" | Manny Nosowsky |
| BOBSLEDTEAMS | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | Some Winter Olympians | David J. Kahn |
| CALFSKIN | Tue Aug 2, 1994 | Soft leather | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| CLANGER | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Big goof | Byron Walden |
| DEWBERRY | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Bramble with edible purple fruit | Barry C. Silk |
| FALSELASHES | Wed Sep 15, 2021 | Batter's additions? | Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau |
| FORSOOTH | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | Indeed, quaintly | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| FUTURERESULTS | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | What past performance may portend | Joe Krozel |
| HOMEGROWN | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | Indigenous | Martin Schneider |
| HUMANRIGHTS | Sun Sep 4, 2016 | United Nations concern | Tom McCoy |
| IDEMANDAREMATCH | Sat Sep 16, 2006 | Sore loser's cry | Michael Shteyman |
| INTIFADA | Sat Oct 20, 2018 | Palestinian uprising | Ben Gross and James Somers |
| ISURRENDER | Wed May 29, 2013 | "Uncle!" | Gary Cee |
| KOFIANNAN | Mon Nov 17, 2014 | Ban Ki-moon's predecessor at the U.N. | Tom McCoy |
| LASTLEGS | Thu Jan 16, 2025 | Final race stretches ... or what racers may be on by then | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| LEGCRAMPS | Sun Aug 19, 2012 | Bikers' woes | Freddie Cheng |
| LENDINGANEAR | Mon Jan 14, 2013 | Listening | Steve Salmon |
| LETSGETONIT | Sat Mar 2, 2019 | "People, we have work to do!" | Peter A. Collins |
| MYDOGSKIP | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | Kevin Bacon film of 2000 | Joe DiPietro |
| NYSTRIPS | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | Steakhouse offerings, for short | Joe Krozel |
| OLEUM | Thu Mar 28, 1996 | Oil, pharmaceutically | G. Petgrave |
| OVERPACKED | Tue Apr 9, 2024 | Brought nine possible outfits for a one-night stay, e.g. | Caroline Sommers and Freddie Cheng |
| QUITSTALLING | Mon Jun 5, 2023 | "Stop dragging your feet!" | Eric Rollfing |
| RARESUP | Sat Nov 26, 2016 | Stands on the hind legs, in dialect | Paolo Pasco |
| REALDEALS | Mon Jan 15, 2018 | Super bargains | Agnes Davidson and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| REINSTALL | Sat May 27, 2000 | Put back in | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RETEACH | Sun Sep 3, 2006 | Drill one more time | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig |
| SEETHEBIGPICTURE | Wed May 18, 2022 | Get some perspective ... or what you do once you've solved a jigsaw puzzle? | Andy Kravis |
| SENIORMOMENT | Mon May 21, 2018 | Temporary mental lapse | Hannah Slovut |
| SNOOKUMS | Sat Feb 5, 2022 | Sugar substitute? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SOCKITTOMENOW | Sun Jan 17, 1999 | Batting order? | Cathy Millhauser |
| SOFI | Sun Nov 16, 2025 | L.A.'s ___ Stadium, site of the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics | Randolph Ross |
| SUCCUMB | Fri Oct 27, 1995 | Give in | Mark Diehl |
| TALKSON | Thu Feb 17, 2011 | Yaps | Mike Nothnagel |
| THEENTERTAINER | Thu Jun 28, 2018 | Classic Scott Joplin rag | Jeff Chen |
| THROWRUG | Mon May 2, 2005 | Small floor covering | Tyler Hinman |
| VILIFIER | Tue Feb 10, 2009 | Slanderer | John Underwood |
| WHIPPED | Sun May 11, 2025 | Defeated decisively | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WONBYANOSE | Fri Dec 29, 2023 | Just eked it out | Robyn Weintraub |
| WRAPPEDAROUND | Mon Nov 24, 2003 | Like a sarong | Nancy Kavanaugh |