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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMICES | Fri Oct 15, 1999 | Priestly vestments | Mark Diehl |
| APOSTLESCREED | Sun Aug 17, 1997 | Long-winded oration of Andrew, e.g.? | Cathy Millhauser |
| BENDANEAR | Mon Apr 24, 2000 | Go on and on with someone | Peter Gordon |
| BLOODTIES | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | 1986 Brad Davis film | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CHEWON | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Mull over | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| COGSCI | Tue Aug 26, 2025 | Study of the mind, for short | Kevin Curry |
| COMESACROSS | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Finds | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| DANGLER | Mon Aug 7, 2006 | Tassel on a cap, e.g. | Lynn Lempel |
| DOWE | Fri Jun 11, 1999 | "When ___ eat?" | Jim Page |
| EGALS | Fri Feb 13, 1998 | French peers | Jim Page |
| ENDLESSLOVE | Thu Mar 19, 1998 | 1981 Ross/Richie #1 hit | Manny Nosowsky |
| EVERLYBROTHERS | Tue Feb 27, 2018 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" singers | Ross Trudeau |
| FACEME | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | "Turn around so I can see you" | Byron Walden |
| FILMCRITIC | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Irate | Michael J. Doran |
| FOREWARNED | Tue Jun 22, 2021 | Tipped off | Matt Frederick |
| GIFTEDKIDS | Sat Jun 30, 2007 | Small wonders | Byron Walden |
| GOTANGRY | Sat Dec 20, 2003 | Flew off the handle | Myles Callum |
| HOOVERDAM | Tue Feb 19, 2013 | Construction on the Colorado River | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| INMEM | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | Gravestone abbr. | Patrick Berry |
| INSULATION | Tue Jun 5, 2001 | Attic covering, maybe | Peter Gordon |
| MILKMAID | Fri Jul 3, 2009 | Girl with considerable pull? | Kevin G. Der |
| NEURALNETS | Sat Jul 16, 2022 | Deep-learning tech | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NGUYEN | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Most common family name in Vietnam | David Woolf |
| ORACHE | Sat Jan 2, 2010 | Spinachlike potherb | Robert H. Wolfe |
| OVERTOYOU | Fri Sep 20, 2019 | Comment like "And now here's Pam with sports. Pam?" | Luke Vaughn |
| POSITRONS | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | PET scan particles | Byron Walden |
| QUEENBEE | Mon Sep 13, 1999 | She has lots of workers | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| RAJAB | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | Seventh Muslim month | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| RUSSIANTWIST | Tue Sep 2, 2025 | Core-strengthening exercise | Rena Cohen |
| SLOWDOWNUPAHEAD | Thu Feb 17, 2005 | What "Pay Toll 1 Mile" implies | Patrick Merrell |
| SNUFFLEUPAGUS | Sat Apr 6, 2019 | Woolly "Sesame Street" character whose first name is Aloysius | Ned White |
| SPICATE | Thu Aug 1, 2002 | Like ears of grain | William I. Johnston |
| STINGOPERATION | Wed Oct 7, 2015 | Medical procedure for the singer of "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"? | Julian Lim |
| SWINEFLU | Thu Dec 8, 2022 | Pandemic cause of 2009 | Grant Thackray |
| TAKENFORARIDE | Mon Mar 13, 2023 | Bamboozled | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| TRICKQUESTION | Tue Mar 16, 2010 | "How many months have 28 days?," e.g. | Paula Gamache |
| UNRELATED | Wed Jun 8, 2005 | Like bush pigs and guinea pigs | Richard Chisholm |
| VATECH | Sat Oct 24, 2020 | The Hokies of the A.C.C., for short | Byron Walden |
| WALNUTSHELLS | Fri Oct 19, 2012 | They're wrinkled and cracked | Patrick Berry |
| WASABIMAYO | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Poke bowl condiment | Zhouqin Burnikel |