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 50,660 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARGUEOVER | Fri Mar 12, 2010 | Debate | Tim Croce |
| BATTLESUITS | Sat Nov 23, 2024 | Full-body armor in science fiction stories | Ryan McCarty |
| BEATDOWNS | Tue Dec 6, 2022 | Shellackings | Ross Trudeau and Wyna Liu |
| BUDGETED | Sun Dec 19, 1999 | Planned for, in a way | Frances Hansen |
| BUILDINGPERMIT | Sun May 5, 2019 | Construction paper? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| CHETS | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | Jazz trumpeter Baker et al. | F. & L. Sabin |
| CONCRETESLAB | Tue Nov 26, 2024 | Section of a sidewalk | Killian Olson |
| CYBERMONDAY | Fri Jul 8, 2016 | Follower of 1-Across on the calendar | Barry C. Silk |
| DUCHESSOFCORNWALL | Thu Aug 23, 2018 | Title for Prince Charles's Camilla | Kyle Dolan |
| FIGHTINGILLINI | Mon Oct 1, 2018 | College team from the land of Lincoln | Chuck Deodene |
| FRIVOL | Sun May 29, 2005 | Trifle | Frank Longo |
| GAMEPRESERVES | Mon Jan 24, 2011 | Outdoor homes for endangered species, perhaps | Fred Piscop |
| GAWKY | Thu Jun 25, 2020 | Nervously awkward | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| HISANDHIS | Fri Jul 31, 2020 | Like some monogrammed towels | Claire Rimkus and Erik Agard |
| IKEASTORE | Thu Aug 29, 2024 | Furniture outlet with an average size of 300,000 square feet, or five football fields | Simeon Seigel |
| IMPOSITIVE | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 39-Across | Patrick Berry |
| INONEDAY | Fri Feb 26, 2021 | How many Amish barns are raised | Chuck Deodene |
| JINPING | Sun May 13, 2018 | Chinese leader Xi | Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard |
| KRAZY | Fri Mar 21, 1997 | Like Herriman's Kat | Shannon Burns |
| LEAKEY | Wed Nov 20, 1996 | Plumbers' favorite anthropologist? | M. S. Maurer |
| LOSEABET | Sat Jul 20, 2024 | Have to shave one's head, perhaps | Ricky J. Sirois |
| MUESLIX | Sun May 15, 2011 | Kellogg's cereal | Cathy Allis |
| NOTHINGTODO | Thu Oct 9, 2025 | Two moving around each other | Freddie Cheng |
| PANATELLA | Sat Jan 23, 2010 | Smoke with straight sides | Karen M. Tracey |
| PIERRECORNEILLE | Thu Apr 28, 1994 | 17th-century dramatist | Randy Sowell |
| RADIOREPORT | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | A.M. or F.M. news dispatch | Bill Thompson |
| ROMATOMATOES | Thu Jan 27, 2022 | Garden produce named for an Italian city | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| ROSTI | Sun Apr 13, 2008 | Swiss dish of grated and fried potatoes | Cathy Millhauser |
| RUNTOHIM | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | 1961 Bobby Vee hit | Rich Norris |
| SNAPSTORY | Fri Apr 11, 2025 | Certain ephemeral social media post, informally | Jesse Guzman |
| SPRINKLE | Fri May 31, 2019 | Light shower | Sam Ezersky |
| STANCHER | Sun Feb 11, 2001 | Styptic pencil, e.g. | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| SUPERPOWERS | Tue Jun 16, 2009 | *Countries with big militaries | Paula Gamache |
| SWEETBREADS | Wed May 22, 2024 | Unusual meat courses that are neither ... | Martin Schneider |
| TESTINGONETWO | Wed Jun 30, 2004 | Mic check #2 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| THEGREATEMANCIPATOR | Sun Jul 5, 2015 | *Nickname for Abraham Lincoln | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TORNMCL | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Athlete's knee injury, familiarly | Tracy Gray |
| WALKOUT | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Peaceful protest | Scott Earl |
| WILDIMAGINATION | Fri Oct 3, 2003 | Producer of stories like you wouldn't believe | Manny Nosowsky |
| XXO | Sun Sep 2, 2012 | Losing tic-tac-toe line | Joel Fagliano |