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 50,558 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLESOFFAITH | Wed Mar 28, 2012 | Woman's journalism? | Joe DiPietro |
| BITMAPS | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Alternatives to GIFs | Carter Cobb |
| BLACKHILLS | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | Home to the Crazy Horse Memorial | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BONGJOONHO | Fri Apr 2, 2021 | First Korean to win the Best Director Oscar | Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes |
| CALES | Thu Mar 31, 1994 | Yarborough et al. | Mark Diehl |
| CATCHFEELINGS | Fri Feb 14, 2025 | Develop emotions (for) | Sarah Sinclair |
| CELERIAC | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Root vegetable with stringy stalks | Blake Slonecker |
| DAVIDSTEINBERG | Sat May 25, 2013 | Stand-up comic known for irreverent sermonettes | David Steinberg |
| DECOMPOSE | Thu Apr 29, 2010 | Rot | David J. W. Simpson |
| DETERMINER | Sat Oct 13, 2007 | Decision maker | Barry C. Silk |
| DROPT | Tue Dec 9, 1997 | Let fall, in poetry | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| ELINNORDEGREN | Thu Jan 13, 2011 | Spouse in 2009 headlines | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EXPOSITION | Tue Oct 17, 2006 | Executive at American Motors or Enron, e.g.? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FLACON | Sun Aug 6, 2006 | Perfume bottle | Mark Feldman |
| FUBU | Thu Apr 7, 2011 | Clothing company since 1992 | Henry Hook |
| GENTIANS | Sun Aug 25, 1996 | Blue wildflowers | R. Silvestri |
| HANOIHILTON | Fri May 24, 1996 | Onetime P.O.W. site, slangily | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| HURTSSOGOOD | Sun May 9, 2021 | Mom's reaction to her first mild contractions? [John Cougar, 1982] | Brad Wiegmann |
| INGATHERED | Fri Jun 7, 1996 | Harvested | M. Jones |
| INSISTSUPON | Tue Jun 20, 2017 | Demands | Jason Flinn |
| JAZZGUITARIST | Wed Jun 26, 2019 | SHERIFFS | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| JOHNNYMERCER | Sun Nov 15, 2009 | Lyricist born 11/18/1909 who wrote the words to the 10 songs with asterisked clues | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MORDECAI | Thu Nov 9, 2017 | He adopted Esther in the Book of Esther | Bruce Haight |
| NEATVODKA | Sat Jul 5, 2025 | It's a straight shot | Tracy Bennett |
| OVENTIMERS | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Dingy kitchen items? | John Guzzetta |
| PERSONALIZEDPEN | Wed Mar 2, 2005 | Desk set item | James M. Jenista and Dana McLemore |
| POTATOBUD | Sun Nov 9, 2025 | "Eye" on a spud | Amie Walker |
| ROOFLET | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | It might extend above a side door | Todd Gross |
| ROSETTI | Sat Mar 18, 2017 | Mozart contemporary Antonio ___ | Roland Huget |
| RUNACROSS | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Stumble upon | Mark Feldman |
| SANTALUCIA | Sat Aug 17, 1996 | California's ___ Range | J. T. Paine |
| SIXFEETUNDER | Sun Aug 15, 2021 | Pushing up daisies | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| SPICERUB | Sun Oct 14, 2018 | Flavorful meat coating | Ross Trudeau |
| SUBSHOP | Thu Mar 10, 2022 | Grinder vendor | John Westwig |
| THETALKINGHORSE | Wed Jan 5, 2011 | Familiar title for the star of the show | Mr. Ed Sessa |
| TOPTENLISTS | Sun Jun 28, 2020 | Some clickbait articles | Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang |
| WELSHMEN | Sun Sep 11, 2022 | Tom Jones and Anthony Hopkins, by birth | Derrick Niederman |
| YARNING | Sun Jun 18, 2000 | Serving up whoppers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| YEANING | Sun Jan 9, 2011 | Bringing forth young, as sheep | Patrick Berry |
| YELLOWPEPPERS | Thu Jun 21, 2018 | Salad items picked at the midpoint of their maturity | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |