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 50,891 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZINGISNTIT | Sun Dec 3, 2017 | "Pretty cool, huh?" | David Steinberg |
| ARUNDHATI | Thu Feb 20, 2025 | ___ Roy, Booker Prize-winning author, 1997 | Peter Gorman |
| ATTHESTART | Sun Apr 29, 2012 | Initially | Tracy Gray |
| AUREOLA | Fri Aug 30, 2002 | Saintly glow | Patrick Merrell |
| CONGESTION | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Traffic | Joe Krozel |
| CONTENTMENT | Wed Oct 11, 1995 | State of satisfaction | Mary E. Brindamour |
| DAWNEDON | Mon Apr 22, 2024 | Suddenly became clear to | David J. Kahn |
| EGOTISTIC | Fri Dec 22, 1995 | Hardly humble | A.J. Santora |
| EVILUNDERTHESUN | Fri Jul 7, 2006 | 1982 Inspector Poirot movie | Joe Krozel |
| EXCHANGESNUMBERS | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Stock prices? | John Kugelman |
| FRYOLATOR | Sat Feb 28, 2015 | Greasy spoon appliance | Barry C. Silk |
| GETSINTHEHUNT | Sat Oct 15, 2005 | Becomes competitive | Paula Gamache |
| GOSFORD | Fri Feb 7, 2003 | "___ Park" (2001 whodunit) | Michael Shteyman |
| HAILESELASSIE | Fri Apr 14, 1995 | Lion of Judah | Manny Nosowsky |
| HERMAJESTY | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Lead-in to some royal names | Barry C. Silk |
| HOLDOUT | Tue Nov 21, 2000 | Hardly the "me too" type | Robert Zimmerman |
| JEUX | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | ___ d'esprit (witticisms) | Raymond C. Young |
| LUMIERES | Sun May 17, 2020 | Group of 18th-century thinkers that included Voltaire and Rousseau | Byron Walden |
| MOTIONDENIED | Tue Sep 21, 2021 | A little tied up at the moment? | Daniel Okulitch |
| ONTHEMAKE | Wed Dec 16, 2015 | Ambitious and unscrupulous | Paula Gamache |
| OVERFEEDS | Sat Nov 8, 1997 | Stuffs | Jim Page |
| PARSIISM | Thu Apr 22, 1999 | Bombay-based religion | David J. Kahn |
| PIPINGBAG | Tue Nov 5, 2024 | It puts the icing on the cake | Evan Kalish |
| QUINTUPLET | Fri May 5, 2006 | Unexpected birth | Manny Nosowsky |
| RECEIVABLE | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | Accounts ___ (ledger phrase) | Natan Last |
| RECRUITERS | Sat May 10, 2025 | They might have a job for you | Shaun Phillips |
| REDMASS | Fri Dec 16, 2022 | Annual Roman Catholic service for members of the legal profession | Kameron Austin Collins |
| RIVERPHOENIX | Mon Dec 23, 2013 | Young Indiana Jones portrayer | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| RUNSUP | Mon Mar 20, 2006 | Adds to, as a bar bill | Earl W. Reed and Nancy Salomon |
| SEMIRURAL | Sat Dec 8, 2001 | Slightly built-up | Rich Norris |
| TANOAK | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | Pacific Coast evergreen | Byron Walden |
| TAXPREP | Sat Oct 19, 2013 | Return service | Peter Wentz |
| THREEBLINDMICE | Mon Jan 24, 2005 | Classic children's nursery song | Sarah Keller |
| THREEPOINTTURN | Thu Jun 22, 2006 | Driving exam challenge | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| URBANHIKE | Fri Nov 5, 2021 | Big adventure through the concrete jungle | Joseph Greenbaum |
| WHITEHAT | Sun Oct 12, 2014 | Something on a hero, maybe | Pawel Fludzinski |
| WINDOWBOX | Fri Oct 18, 2002 | Planter | Manny Nosowsky |
| WISHBONES | Thu Apr 12, 2018 | Some gridiron formations | Jules Markey |
| YEARNINGS | Fri May 7, 2021 | Wishes | Brooke Husic |
| YOUREDAFT | Sun Apr 1, 2001 | Turndown #4 | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |