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 50,738 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHOMEWITH | Tue Nov 11, 2003 | Handling comfortably | M. Francis Vuolo |
| BATTLESCARS | Sat May 11, 2024 | Proof of past trauma | Billy Bratton |
| BEARSKIN | Tue Feb 9, 2016 | Puts up with one's family? | Lynn Lempel |
| BIRDHOUSES | Fri Jun 3, 2022 | Buildings with many wings | Robyn Weintraub |
| BIRDSNESTS | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | Egg holders | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BLOWHARDS | Fri Sep 16, 2005 | Windbags | Craig Kasper |
| BRANTS | Sun Mar 26, 2000 | Migrating geese | Manny Nosowsky |
| COMFIER | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | Like slippers versus dress shoes | Gary Larson |
| COURTVISION | Sat Jul 25, 2015 | Hoopster's playmaking ability | Kevin G. Der |
| COVARIANCE | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Statistical calculation | Byron Walden |
| CREAMANDSUGAR | Fri Dec 6, 2013 | Coffee order | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CREVICE | Fri Mar 22, 2013 | Ice climbing hazard | Tim Croce |
| DEMEANED | Sun Aug 21, 1994 | Lowered | Ted Fulton |
| DESERTERS | Fri Mar 29, 2024 | Those who've gone wrong? | Jake Bunch |
| DINTY | Mon Mar 24, 1997 | ___ Moore stew | Thomas W. Schier |
| DROWNSIN | Sat Aug 25, 2001 | Is overwhelmed by | Frank Longo |
| FORTIS | Sat Nov 4, 2000 | Aqua ___ (nitric acid) | Rich Norris |
| FOTOMATS | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | Bygone yellow-roofed kiosks | Julian Lim |
| FUGIT | Sat Jan 31, 1998 | Flies at the Forum? | Rich Norris |
| GETALLTANGLEDUP | Fri Dec 5, 2003 | Snarl | Robert H. Wolfe |
| GLADIATORS | Wed Sep 26, 2012 | Lions' foes | Peter A. Collins |
| GODPARENTS | Thu Mar 5, 2015 | Participants at many baptisms | Jim Peredo |
| GOLDNUGGETS | Tue Sep 23, 2014 | Valuable finds suggested by the circled letters | Gerry Wildenberg |
| INHERITED | Thu Jun 26, 2025 | Like looks from mom and dad, say | Simeon Seigel |
| KOL | Fri Mar 20, 2009 | ___ Nidre (Yom Kippur prayer) | David Levinson Wilk |
| LASTEX | Fri Jul 9, 2010 | Yarn with a rubber core | Patrick Berry |
| MELINDAMAY | Wed Mar 25, 2020 | Ming-Na Wen, on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| MISHITS | Sun Apr 21, 2002 | Bad strokes | Trip Payne |
| MUSICIANS | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | Performers of note? | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| PROCOLHARUM | Tue Aug 24, 2010 | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" group | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| RAINORSHINE | Sun Feb 17, 2008 | *Whatever happens | Henry Hook |
| REPROOFS | Sat Aug 20, 2011 | Reprimands | Byron Walden |
| SHESMINE | Sun May 19, 2019 | 1984 Steve Perry hit | Natan Last |
| SOLIDASAROCK | Tue May 4, 1999 | Gibraltar-ish? | Gayle Dean |
| SULUSEA | Fri Jul 1, 2016 | Separator of the Philippines and Malaysia | James Mulhern |
| TAKEMORE | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | "Help yourself, there's plenty left!" | Joe Krozel |
| THROMBI | Fri Aug 20, 2021 | Blood clots | Randolph Ross |
| WIELDING | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | Handling well | Jeff Chen |
| WILLIEHERNANDEZ | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Detroit player, 1984 American League M.V.P. | Trip Payne |
| YAMMERER | Sun May 16, 2010 | Kvetch | Matt Ginsberg |