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 50,822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHERD | Sun Aug 14, 1994 | Like _____ of buffalo | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| ALLINALATHER | Mon Dec 23, 2002 | Worked up | Lisa Bunker |
| ATARIGAME | Sun May 11, 2025 | Cartridge from the 1980s | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BACKFORMORE | Sat Mar 27, 2021 | Unable to stay away, say | Michael Hawkins |
| BALLTHEJACK | Fri Jun 7, 2013 | Go for broke | Ed Sessa |
| BARBARAJORDAN | Fri Oct 6, 2017 | Congresswoman who delivered the opening statement at Nixon's impeachment hearings | Patrick Berry |
| BLACKFORESTHAM | Sun Mar 12, 2023 | German deli meat / Discussion | David Tuffs |
| BUCKS | Thu Feb 9, 2023 | Does not | Alex Rosen |
| BURIER | Fri Mar 24, 2006 | Dog with a bone, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| DEFILADE | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Fortified position offering protection from enemy fire | David J. Kahn |
| DENARY | Thu Aug 17, 1995 | Tenfold | Rand H. Burns |
| DICKCAVETT | Tue Aug 2, 2011 | Performer with a self-titled PBS series from 1977 to 1982 | Albert R. Picallo |
| DISPOSES | Sat May 13, 2006 | Inclines | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DONTIKNOWYOU | Wed Jul 31, 1996 | Pickup line | J. Schmalzbach |
| FISHMARKET | Sun Aug 9, 2020 | Where to get a mullet trimmed | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| FLATFISH | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Sole, e.g. | Frank A. Longo |
| GENTLEMANFARMER | Fri Jul 2, 2010 | One with a growing hobby | Paula Gamache |
| KICKEDIN | Fri May 19, 2017 | Started to work | Matthew Sewell |
| LAUDATORY | Sun Mar 30, 2014 | Like an ode | Peter A. Collins |
| LITURGY | Sun Jun 12, 2011 | Service arrangement | C. W. Stewart |
| LOCKSIN | Wed Jun 20, 2007 | Commits to, as an interest rate | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| LOK | Thu Dec 12, 1996 | ___ Sabha (Indian legislature) | J. R. Conrad |
| NINETEENTHAMENDMENT | Sun Aug 20, 1995 | Measure marking its 75th anniversary on 8/26/95 | Cathy Millhauser |
| OFFOF | Tue Oct 15, 2024 | No longer taking, as a medication | Lindsay Rosenblum |
| OURMANFLINT | Sat Sep 11, 2004 | 1966 James Bond spoof | Byron Walden |
| PLOWINTO | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | Hit hard, as in an accident | Byron Walden |
| PONYKEGS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Quarter-barrel containers of beer | Rafael Musa |
| PROACTIVE | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | On the offensive | Randolph Ross |
| PUSHUP | Sun Jan 23, 2011 | Exercise one is prone to do | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| QUIDNUNCS | Fri Feb 16, 1996 | Busybodies | M. Nosowsky |
| RIGHTASRAIN | Wed Nov 11, 2015 | Perfectly fit and well | David Steinberg |
| ROCKNROLL | Mon Oct 20, 2025 | Music genre that Joan Jett "loves" | Adam Aaronson |
| ROCKTHECRADLE | Mon Jun 23, 2014 | MTV competitive reality show featuring children of pop stars | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SHEPHERDSPIE | Sun Nov 19, 2023 | Steers the dessert cart? | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| SLURPEES | Fri Jun 29, 2018 | 7-Eleven treats | David Steinberg |
| SOFTBALL | Tue Jun 24, 1997 | Sandlot sport | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| SUSHIPIZZA | Sat Feb 17, 2024 | Japanese/Italian fusion dish | Spencer Leach and Jem Burch |
| THERETHERENOW | Mon Jan 1, 2024 | Soothing words | Harry Zheng |
| VCS | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Major investors in start-up cos. | Jeff Chen |
| WENTASIDE | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Withdrew quietly | Joe DiPietro |