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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRASSBAND | Tue Jul 20, 1999 | Parade staple | Joy L. Wouk |
| BREAKINGSTORY | Wed Jun 7, 2023 | "___: Large, crashing waves threaten cruise ship" | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| BUNGLER | Mon Mar 6, 2023 | One prone to mistakes | Lynn Lempel |
| CABLEGRAM | Mon Nov 20, 1995 | Ancestor of a fax | Sidney L. Robbins |
| CATSITS | Tue May 27, 2025 | Helps out a friend, purr-haps? | Ginny Too |
| CHILDLIKEWONDER | Fri Dec 15, 2023 | What one might look at the night sky with | Alex Tomlinson |
| CHINESETEAS | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | Green, black, white and yellow are varieties of these | Tom Pepper |
| CRUELLER | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | More barbaric, in Brighton | Frank A. Longo |
| DOESWONDERS | Wed Dec 17, 2008 | Makes something better in a big way | John Farmer |
| FAXPAPER | Sat Mar 26, 2011 | Office roll | Brad Wilber |
| FRENCHLICKINDIANA | Sun Jan 21, 2001 | PARISIAN TEAM HANDILY DEFEATS ALL-STATE SQUAD | Con Pederson |
| GEOCENTRICORBIT | Sat Apr 16, 2022 | Travel around the world | Hemant Mehta |
| GINMARTINIS | Sat Feb 8, 2025 | They may be dry or dirty | Alina Abidi |
| GIVESOMEGROUND | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Back down | Joe DiPietro |
| HAPPYGILMORE | Tue May 16, 2000 | 1996 Adam Sandler film | Peter Gordon |
| HEADOVER | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Go (to) | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| HOPEANDCROSBY | Tue Jun 23, 2015 | The film's headliners | Jules P. Markey |
| INTRADAY | Sun Nov 1, 2009 | Like some stock market highs and lows | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| JULIANA | Sat Jul 26, 2014 | Dutch queen until 1980 | Julian Lim |
| KINGCHARLESIX | Sun Dec 8, 2002 | French monarch who ordered the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, 1572 | Peter Gordon |
| LANDAT | Thu Apr 20, 2017 | Reach by air | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| LATESHIFT | Thu Dec 29, 2022 | Overnight work assignment ... or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle | Claire Rimkus and Rachel Fabi |
| LEANLY | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | With little excess | Daniel Grinberg |
| MEDIADARLING | Tue Oct 14, 2025 | "What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?" "___" | Stella Zawistowski |
| MERETRIFLE | Thu Feb 17, 2022 | When the dessert was brought out, [ZAP!] the pudding cake turned into a ... | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| MISSEDTHECUT | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | "I was in a serious relationship with a hippie, but he ..." | Brad Wiegmann |
| MOVEMBER | Fri Jul 10, 2020 | Annual event to grow awareness of men's health issues | John Lieb |
| OFFSITE | Thu Jan 2, 2020 | Like much freelance work | Ed Sessa |
| ONATIMER | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Set to go off, say | Jeremy Newton |
| PLAYEDOVER | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Reran | Rich Norris |
| POWERYOGA | Fri Aug 5, 2022 | Activity with intense, fast-paced posing | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| PUBGRUB | Wed Jan 22, 2025 | Eats that pair well with beer | Landon Horton |
| PYONGYANG | Sat Mar 12, 2005 | Capital of the so-called Hermit Kingdom | Byron Walden |
| RUSSELLLONG | Tue Aug 14, 2001 | Louisiana senator, 1948-87 | Randall J. Hartman |
| SCR | Sat May 11, 2013 | TV or monitor part: Abbr. | Matt Ginsberg |
| SINTAXES | Mon Oct 24, 2011 | Extra costs of smoking and drinking | Lynn Lempel |
| SPIRITGUM | Tue Feb 6, 1996 | False beard attacher | Randy Sowell |
| SURCEASE | Sun Nov 10, 2019 | Put a stop to | Peter Gordon |
| UVALUE | Sat Apr 28, 2001 | Heat flow measure in insulation | Rich Norris |
| WRITESUP | Sun Jun 20, 2004 | Prepares for editing | Manny Nosowsky |