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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESSED | Sat Jul 5, 1997 | Got to | Rich Norris |
| BEERSNOB | Tue Oct 24, 2023 | One whose taste buds may not crave Buds | Daniel Grinberg |
| BERU | Sun Nov 20, 2011 | Aunt ___ ("Star Wars" character) | Trip Payne |
| BETZ | Wed Jul 20, 2005 | 1946 Wimbledon champion Pauline | Roy Leban |
| BRANCHOFF | Sun May 10, 2015 | Diverge | Jacob Stulberg |
| COMMERCE | Mon Jan 16, 1995 | Cabinet department | Walter Covell |
| DONTTASEMEBRO | Fri Sep 25, 2009 | Memorable catchphrase of 2007 | Robert A. Doll |
| FERTILIZE | Sat May 25, 2002 | Render productive | Frank Longo |
| GAMBLINGCASINOS | Tue Jun 6, 2006 | Things with 73-Across | Barry C. Silk |
| HASASHORTFUSE | Mon Jan 30, 1995 | Is easily riled | Ernie Furtado |
| HELLAGOOD | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | 2002 hit song for No Doubt | Jeremy Newton |
| HYDROGEN | Sun Feb 12, 1995 | #1 on a table | Alex & Victoria Black |
| IHEARYOUKNOCKING | Fri Jun 10, 2016 | Classic R&B hit about a returning lover | David Steinberg |
| IMPACTORS | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Crater creators, e.g. | Joe DiPietro |
| IMWITHSTUPID | Tue Apr 17, 2012 | [See note] | Milo Beckman |
| JURYOFONESPEERS | Thu Sep 13, 2007 | Equals at a trial | Joe Krozel & Victor Fleming |
| KINGCREOLE | Mon Mar 24, 2008 | Last movie 39-Across made before his Army stint | David J. Kahn |
| LARRYFORTENSKY | Tue Oct 8, 1996 | Eighth in a Taylor series | E. C. Gorski |
| LIMNOLOGY | Fri Jan 19, 2001 | Study of lakes and ponds | Joe DiPietro |
| LONGTONS | Wed Feb 17, 2010 | 2,240-pound units | Elizabeth A. Long |
| MALDE | Thu Nov 1, 2007 | ___ mer | Larry Shearer |
| MANUALTREADMILL | Thu Apr 24, 1997 | Workout machine | David J. Kahn |
| MATUTINAL | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Of the morning | Mark Feldman |
| MEDFLY | Sun Apr 6, 2003 | Citrus-damaging insect | Joe DiPietro |
| MORITAT | Fri Dec 10, 2010 | Alternative title of "Mack the Knife" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NAKEDSUN | Sun May 11, 2025 | 1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NOSEAROUND | Mon Feb 11, 2008 | Snoop | Ken Bessette |
| OPENORDER | Sat Jul 10, 2004 | It remains effective until filled or canceled | Bob Peoples |
| PRETTYINPINK | Sun Feb 17, 2019 | Answer to 66-Across [Entertainment] | David Kwong |
| SASHAYING | Sun Apr 18, 2021 | Walking with flair | Johan Vass |
| SPICATE | Thu Aug 1, 2002 | Like ears of grain | William I. Johnston |
| SPIREMES | Sun Jul 10, 1994 | Thin tangles of cell chromatin | Alvin Chase |
| STOPPED | Tue Mar 6, 2018 | Clogged (up) | Bruce Greig |
| SURGEONGENERALS | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Medical bigwigs | Alex Vratsanos |
| THECOMMUNISTMANIFESTO | Sun Sep 24, 2000 | Redbook (1848) | Randolph Ross |
| THESPIANS | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Stage set? | Jeremy Newton |
| TORTURER | Wed Apr 18, 2001 | Spanish inquisitor, e.g. | A. J. Santora |
| TOWNANDCOUNTRY | Tue Jul 25, 2023 | Two things associated with the Vatican? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| TRAPDOORSPIDERS | Sun May 29, 2011 | Burrowing arthropods | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| USETHETELEPHONE | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Make a call | Joe DiPietro |