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 50,732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASICFUNDAMENTALS | Sun Nov 13, 1994 | A B C's? | Frank A. Longo |
| BEERFESTS | Sun Jul 12, 2009 | Events that are barrels of fun? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BIOTECH | Sat May 4, 2024 | Life-changing work? | Jacob McDermott |
| BOGGLES | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | Mystifies | Randolph Ross |
| CAIRD | Tue Jun 28, 1994 | Antarctica's _____ Coast | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| CARTRIDGECLIPS | Tue Nov 1, 2005 | Film segments shot at an arsenal? | Sarah Keller |
| DOUGHFACES | Tue Apr 13, 1999 | Pro-slavery Northerners, before the Civil War | Fred Piscop |
| DOWERS | Sat Nov 13, 2010 | Widows' allowances | Mark Diehl |
| EQUITY | Mon Jun 4, 2001 | Fairness | Patrick Jordan |
| ILLEGALUSEOFTHEHANDS | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Guy gets grabby on first date; ref penalizes him for ... | Patrick Berry |
| INTHEAREA | Mon Feb 25, 2013 | Close by | Angela Olson Halsted |
| IWILLSO | Thu Dec 12, 2019 | Insistent comeback | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| JETPROPULSION | Sun Apr 27, 1997 | Force behind a magazine? | Matt Gaffney |
| JUMBOS | Wed Nov 10, 2010 | 747 and Airbus A380, as jets go | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| MARKIE | Sat Feb 9, 2013 | Rap's Biz ___ | Peter Wentz |
| MARRIEDUP | Sun Oct 1, 2023 | Practiced hypergamy | Jeffrey Lease |
| MY | Thu Jan 15, 2004 | "Gosh!" | Patrick Merrell |
| MYSIN | Sun Feb 12, 2012 | Classic fragrance sold in France as Mon Péché | Kurt Mueller |
| OPERASTARS | Thu Jun 28, 2018 | Met people | Jeff Chen |
| OREOTHINS | Fri Nov 2, 2018 | Spinoff Nabisco cookies | David Steinberg |
| PERRINE | Fri Jan 1, 2010 | Valerie of "The Electric Horseman" | Brad Wilber |
| POLICEHORSE | Thu Jun 25, 2020 | Mountie's ride | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| PROFILEPICTURE | Wed Mar 22, 2023 | "Malcolm X" or "Milk"? | Madeline Kaplan |
| ROADTESTED | Fri Mar 27, 2020 | Like cars at Consumer Reports | Kyle Dolan |
| ROBERTFROSTPOEM | Tue Feb 24, 1998 | What 17- and 39-Across is | Bill Ballard |
| RUNTY | Fri Mar 28, 2003 | Pint-sized | Cathy Millhauser |
| SECONDSTORY | Sun Dec 25, 2022 | "Back to Treasure Island," e.g.? | John Martz |
| SHEETGLASS | Fri Mar 27, 2020 | What a pane! | Kyle Dolan |
| SPOILSPORTS | Mon Oct 24, 2016 | Killjoys | John Guzzetta |
| SPONGEDOWN | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Wipe clean, as a car | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| STAINING | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Adding some color to | Rich Norris |
| STRANGERTHINGS | Sat Nov 13, 2021 | Netflix series that caused a 2017 surge in Eggo sales | Adam Aaronson |
| SUEFORDAMAGES | Mon Nov 17, 2008 | Demand legal restitution after injury | Paula Gamache |
| SUNFISH | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Crappie or bluegill | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| THIRTYONE | Fri Mar 1, 1996 | Card game also called schnautz | Charles E. Gersch |
| THRUSTS | Sun Sep 7, 2025 | Pushes with force | Derrick Niederman |
| TIMELORDS | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Beings on TV's "Doctor Who" | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| TUZIGOOT | Sat Jul 31, 2010 | National monument near Flagstaff | Barry C. Silk |
| URSO | Sat Apr 26, 1997 | Violinist Camilla ___ | Frank Longo |
| WRITTENTEST | Thu Oct 12, 2006 | Part of a driver's license procedure | Dave Tuller |