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 50,684 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFRANKEN | Thu Dec 21, 2017 | Senator in 2017 news | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ANGKORWAT | Tue Aug 8, 2023 | Buddhist temple built in the early 12th century | Zachary David Levy |
| ANNUITCOEPTIS | Thu Apr 24, 2003 | Phrase on the back of a buck | Paula Gamache |
| APPROPRIATE | Fri Jul 21, 1995 | Take, or authorize to give | Matt Gaffney |
| BADLOSER | Sat Nov 26, 2011 | Purveyor of some sour grapes? | Brad Wilber |
| BALLCONTROL | Thu Apr 13, 1995 | Gridiron offense strategy | Glenn E. Sykes |
| BROKEIN | Thu Jan 10, 2008 | Burglarized | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CARIBBEANISLAND | Fri Aug 19, 1994 | Curacao, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CATCHASER | Sat Nov 20, 2004 | 1982 Elmore Leonard novel set in south Florida | Robert H. Wolfe |
| COMITY | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Courteous behavior, formally | Garrett Chalfin |
| CUTOFFSAW | Mon Sep 5, 2016 | Tool for severing a steel cable, maybe | Tracy Gray |
| DEFORMS | Fri Nov 4, 2011 | Gets bent out of shape | Patrick Berry |
| DICECUP | Sat May 1, 2021 | Backgammon accessory | Ryan McCarty |
| DIRTYLAUNDRY | Thu Jun 15, 2017 | *Secrets that would be embarrassing to reveal | Richard F. Mausser |
| EIGHTDAYS | Thu Sep 26, 2013 | Length of a Beatles "week" | Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas |
| ESKIMOPIE | Sun Sep 15, 2002 | Cold treat | Fred Piscop |
| FIRSTCRUSADE | Sun Jul 23, 2017 | 11th-century campaign [4] | Caleb Madison |
| FIVESATINS | Sat Feb 25, 2012 | "In the Still of the Nite" doo-wop group, with "the" | Barry C. Silk |
| FLIPWILSON | Mon Jan 26, 2015 | 1970s comedian whom Time magazine dubbed "TV's First Black Superstar" | Ian Livengood |
| JAEGER | Sat Aug 29, 2009 | Bullying seabird | Doug Peterson |
| KENDOLLS | Sat Nov 29, 2003 | Popular toys since 1961 | Randolph Ross |
| MANSPLAINED | Sat Jun 8, 2019 | Was patronizing, in a way | Andrew J. Ries |
| MAURYPOVICH | Fri Jan 21, 1994 | TV host | A.J. Santora |
| MUNCHKIN | Fri Jul 22, 2011 | Peewee | Todd McClary |
| NAPOLEONSOLO | Wed Jan 24, 2007 | The man from U.N.C.L.E. | Gary Steinmehl |
| NORETURNS | Sun Nov 9, 2025 | "All sales final" | Amie Walker |
| ONTARIANS | Fri Jun 21, 1996 | More than a third of the residents of Canada | G. R. Ferguson |
| PEJORATIVE | Tue Apr 30, 2013 | Disparaging | Lynn Lempel |
| POTASSIUM | Wed Nov 30, 2022 | K, on the periodic table | Addison Snell |
| PURRING | Tue Mar 6, 2018 | Operating smoothly, as an engine | Bruce Greig |
| REEXAMINED | Sat Nov 29, 2008 | Like cold cases for which new evidence arises | Barry C. Silk |
| SMOOTHASSILK | Sun Feb 19, 2023 | Iron? | Rebecca Goldstein |
| STRINGBEANS | Mon Oct 19, 2015 | *Tall, skinny sorts | Bruce Venzke and Victor Fleming |
| THATDOGDONTHUNT | Sat Jan 6, 2024 | "Bad plan!," in Southern slang | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao |
| UPANDAROUND | Sun Feb 7, 1999 | Active again | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| VANILLASKY | Mon Feb 11, 2019 | 2001 Tom Cruise thriller | Howard Barkin |
| WALDSTEIN | Wed Mar 6, 1996 | #21 | N. S. Ross |
| WEEUN | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Tyke | Byron Walden |
| WILLIAMHOWARDTAFT | Thu May 20, 2021 | Who said "Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever" | Trenton Charlson |
| YOGH | Sun May 31, 1998 | Middle English letter | Cathy Millhauser |