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 50,755 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDTIP | Sat Apr 25, 2026 | Optional button while paying via app | Sam Ezersky |
| BATTLEDRESS | Tue Jul 16, 2019 | Military field uniform | Ross Trudeau |
| BLACKANDTAN | Sun Jan 12, 2014 | *Bar glass that's half Bass, half dark malt | Andrew Chaikin |
| DIAMONDLIL | Thu Nov 12, 2009 | Mae West role | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DIRECTER | Sun Jan 26, 1997 | More to the point | S. Elliott |
| ELECTRICGUITAR | Tue Feb 24, 2026 | Fender Stratocaster, e.g. | Adam Aaronson |
| ENGRAIN | Mon Aug 5, 1996 | Fix indelibly | F. Piscop |
| EXERCISEBIKE | Tue Apr 7, 2026 | It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere | Adryel W. Robles Ojeda |
| EXQUISITECORPSE | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Classic laugh-inducing parlor game with writing or illustrations | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FORKOVER | Thu Mar 28, 2013 | Pay | Randolph Ross |
| GLADSTONE | Sat Oct 4, 2025 | Actress Lily of "Killers of the Flower Moon" | Ryan McCarty |
| HATBOX | Sun Aug 26, 2012 | Storage item ... or one of six in this puzzle? | Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson |
| HIGHIQS | Tue Jun 23, 2009 | 140 and up, say | Caleb Madison |
| INFOTECH | Sun Dec 21, 2014 | Computerdom, informally | Joel Fagliano |
| ITSTHATTIME | Sat Nov 4, 2023 | "We should get going" | David P. Williams |
| JAMESIVORY | Tue Jun 22, 2004 | "Howards End" director | Allan E. Parrish |
| KEFIRS | Wed Dec 16, 2020 | Fermented milk drinks | Ed Salners and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MAKENOSENSE | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | Speak gobbledygook | Matthew Sewell |
| MALARKY | Wed Jan 26, 1994 | Bunkum | Kenneth Haxton |
| NICKANDNORA | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Last seen chasing down clues. If found, call ___ [see 24-Across] | Matthew Sewell |
| NOTCRICKET | Sat Apr 27, 2024 | Unfair, to Brits | Rich Norris |
| OFFENSIVEREMARK | Fri May 18, 2012 | It may be acknowledged with a slap | Allan E. Parrish |
| OLDFOGIES | Fri Nov 20, 2015 | Fossils | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| OSCARI | Wed Jun 4, 2025 | King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859 | Danna Rosenberg |
| PARISMAINE | Wed Jan 7, 2009 | Birthplace of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin | William Frank Macreery |
| PARKING | Mon Apr 23, 2012 | Ruler on a golf course? | Michael David |
| PASSESBY | Fri Mar 5, 1999 | Disregards | Joe DiPietro |
| PICCALILLI | Sat Jan 6, 2007 | Relish | Robert H. Wolfe |
| POULTS | Fri Nov 26, 2010 | Turkey tots? | Gary Steinmehl |
| REVOLTING | Sun May 22, 2022 | See 84-Down | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| REYNOSA | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | City across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Tex. | Joe Krozel |
| ROLLINGGAIT | Sun May 10, 2015 | Walk with swaying hips | Jacob Stulberg |
| SHORTSTORY | Sun Mar 19, 2000 | WATERFALL ___ BOOK CLUB | Greg Staples |
| SLEEPERAGENT | Mon Jan 3, 2022 | Embedded spy awaiting a mission | Beth Rubin and Trent H. Evans |
| SOUTHEY | Thu Apr 28, 2016 | Contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge | Kurt Krauss |
| STRAWPOLLS | Sun Jan 22, 2017 | Informal measures of popularity | Dan Schoenholz |
| TAUTNESS | Wed Sep 19, 2001 | Degree of strain | Steven Dorfman |
| THEEARLYSHOW | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Program replaced by "CBS This Morning" | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| THEWRIGHTBROTHERS | Thu May 26, 2011 | Newsmakers of 1903 | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| TRAPEZEARTIST | Fri May 13, 1994 | Swinging star | Randolph Ross |