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 50,357 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADUNC | Sat Sep 21, 1996 | Clawlike | R. H. Burns |
| ANDIMOUT | Sat Jul 2, 2016 | "That's it ... too rich for me" | Erin Rhode |
| ASPECTRATIO | Sat Sep 20, 2014 | 16:9, say | Erik Agard |
| BANDMASTER | Thu Aug 19, 2010 | *Person with a baton | Kristian House |
| BRAMBLE | Sun May 2, 2010 | Thorny bush | Kelsey Blakley |
| CABINETPOSITION | Sun Dec 10, 2023 | The carpenter measured twice for the ideal … | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| CANTHACKIT | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | Is unable to cut the mustard | Julian Lim |
| CATHETER | Sun May 25, 2025 | Angioplasty tube | Dylan Schiff |
| CLARIFIEDBUTTER | Wed Feb 2, 2005 | What the lexicographer/dairy expert did? | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon |
| COOLHEADEDNESS | Tue Mar 8, 1994 | Sang-froid | Harvey Estes |
| COURTSIDESEAT | Fri Jan 6, 2023 | Big ticket item? | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| CREAMRINSE | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Conditioner's cousin | Byron Walden |
| EENT | Tue May 29, 2012 | Med. specialty | Daniel A. Finan |
| ELLESMEREISLAND | Fri Oct 18, 1996 | Part of Canada's Arctic Archipelago | M. Gaffney |
| EYETO | Thu Jul 4, 2019 | With an ___ the future | Jim Hilger |
| FRAFILIPPOLIPPI | Sat Apr 6, 2019 | Renaissance artist who's famous for his "Coronation of the Virgin" | Ned White |
| HEARTRENDING | Tue Nov 19, 2002 | Extremely sad | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HITBOTTOM | Fri Sep 22, 2006 | Had nowhere to go but up | Sherry O. Blackard |
| INSPAN | Sun Nov 5, 2000 | Harness | Michael S. Maurer |
| ITHINKILLPASS | Sun Apr 1, 2001 | Turndown #2 | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| LAYING | Tue Aug 9, 2022 | Wrong thing to say when you're actually lying? | Bruce Haight |
| MACULAR | Sat Aug 17, 1996 | Blotched, as the skin | J. T. Paine |
| MODRED | Mon Oct 16, 1995 | King Arthur's killer | Bernice Gordon |
| MOTOROIL | Sat Dec 7, 2024 | What helps grease the wheels? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| NIGHTINGALE | Tue Sep 15, 2009 | *Nocturnal songster | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| NODESIRE | Sun Apr 6, 2008 | Zero interest | Daniel C. Bryant |
| NUEVOLEON | Tue May 1, 2018 | Mexican state that touches Texas | Jacob Stulberg |
| PNCPARK | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Pirates' home | David Levinson Wilk |
| PREKINDERGARTEN | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Educational foundation? | Byron Walden |
| PREPPIE | Fri May 24, 2002 | One who hasn't gone public? | Manny Nosowsky |
| PRONOUNCEABLE | Thu Nov 14, 2013 | Like 20-Across | Tom McCoy |
| REBUFFS | Sun Nov 30, 2003 | Snubs | Manny Nosowsky |
| SHOWBOATHOTEL | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Atlantic City casino | Joe DiPietro |
| SIMPLEST | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Like a warm-up exercise, comparatively speaking | R. Hamel |
| TAKINGILL | Fri Sep 17, 1999 | Coming down with something | Patrick D. Berry |
| TILESAW | Thu Sep 14, 2023 | Power tool used for mosaics | Vasu Seralathan |
| TOPCHEF | Sun Feb 23, 2025 | Reality competition show with quickfire challenges | Daniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa |
| VFORMATION | Wed Feb 21, 1996 | Geese may be found in it | F. & L. Sabin |
| WORLDSERIESGAME | Wed Oct 7, 2009 | See 57-Across | Tim Wescott |
| ZECCHINO | Sat Jun 22, 1996 | Gold coin of old | B. White |