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 50,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSORPTION | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Bounty work? | Peter A. Collins |
| BELTSTRAP | Sun Jun 26, 2005 | Car seat securer | Joe DiPietro |
| BOYGEORGE | Mon Oct 10, 2022 | Lead singer for Culture Club | Byron Walden |
| CLENCHES | Sun Jul 15, 2001 | Strong holds | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DEMOREEL | Sat Dec 27, 2025 | Best performances by an actor in a short film? | Katie Hoody |
| DISMISS | Sun Nov 24, 1996 | Send away | M. Jacobson |
| DNEPR | Sun May 28, 1995 | Kiev's river | Matt Gaffney |
| DUPLEXHOUSE | Wed Oct 8, 1997 | Shared dwelling | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| DUSTYSPRINGFIELD | Fri Jul 27, 2007 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known as the White Lady of Soul | John R. Conrad |
| FANTAST | Sat Apr 19, 2003 | Visionary | Manny Nosowsky |
| FEELOUT | Sun Dec 23, 2001 | Get a sense of | Frances Hansen |
| GETACHARGEOUTOF | Sat Nov 4, 2006 | Relish | Rich Norris |
| HALOGENS | Wed Jun 28, 2000 | Column 7A of the 20-Across | Randy Sowell |
| HAPLY | Fri Nov 7, 1997 | By accident, old-style | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HIGHCHOLESTEROL | Tue Jan 4, 1994 | Eventual bonus? | David A. Rosen |
| HONORSTUDENTS | Mon Aug 19, 2013 | Ones getting all A's | Jean O'Conor |
| HOOKNOSE | Sun Aug 13, 2006 | Plastic surgeon's target | Derrick Niederman |
| INVOGUE | Mon Sep 6, 2021 | Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues | Joshua Rosenblatt |
| JOHNKERRY | Fri Aug 17, 2012 | "A stronger America" sloganeer | Peter Wentz |
| KEEPWATCH | Thu Jun 16, 2022 | Stand guard | Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau |
| LABORREPRESENTATIVE | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Obstetrician? | Patrick Merrell |
| LUFF | Sun Aug 30, 2015 | Steer closer to the wind | Lee Taylor |
| MADEYALOOK | Wed Sep 24, 2025 | Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility test | Peter A. Collins |
| MASTEROFARTS | Sun Jun 3, 2007 | Leonardo da Vinci? | Kelsey Blakley |
| MENUPAGES | Sat Apr 7, 2018 | They're flipped at diners | Mark Diehl |
| MIGHTYAPHRODITE | Mon Dec 3, 2007 | 1995 Woody Allen comedy | Harvey Estes |
| ONEFOLD | Sun Sep 18, 2005 | Single | Joe DiPietro |
| PALOMAS | Wed Jun 21, 2023 | Cocktails of tequila and grapefruit soda | Jimmy Peniston |
| PAULINEEPISTLES | Fri Jul 28, 2000 | The 13 books from Romans to Philemon | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| ROMANCANDLES | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | Birthday cake toppers | Daniel A. Finan |
| SKIPOFF | Sun Oct 6, 2013 | Leave surreptitiously | Patrick Berry |
| STATEOFTENNESSEE | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Its motto is "Agriculture and Commerce" | Byron Walden |
| THEFARLEFT | Sat Aug 16, 2003 | Radical group | Manny Nosowsky |
| THREEBODY | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | ___ Problem of celestial mechanics | Byron Walden |
| THRILLEDTOBITS | Thu Sep 14, 2006 | See note | Karen M. Tracey |
| TITLEBOUT | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | Boxing highlight | Brad Wiegmann |
| TOMJOAD | Thu Mar 3, 2011 | 1940 Henry Fonda role | David J. Kahn |
| UNIRONED | Tue Jan 23, 2001 | Having a pressing need? | Nancy Salomon |
| WHITEHEELS | Thu Dec 25, 2025 | Footwear for a bride, perhaps | Sam Ezersky |
| WILDOAT | Sun May 11, 2025 | Something sown, per an idiom | Brendan Emmett Quigley |