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 50,430 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWAKEATDAWN | Thu Mar 30, 2006 | Result of early-morning boating? | Richard Silvestri |
| BOLDLYGO | Tue Jan 13, 2004 | Proceed à la Captain Kirk? | M. Francis Vuolo |
| BRAUHAUS | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | Spot to order a witbier or hefeweizen | Sam Ezersky |
| BURPED | Thu Nov 18, 2004 | Patted a baby, maybe | Charles Barasch |
| CASINOWORKER | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Ideal | Michael J. Doran |
| CDII | Thu Dec 22, 2011 | Year of the Battle of Pollentia | Kristian House |
| EMA | Thu Mar 11, 2010 | ___ Savahl (couture label) | John Farmer |
| EUCHARIST | Sun Mar 29, 2015 | Catholic rite | Alan Arbesfeld |
| EXPOUNDING | Thu Jul 5, 2012 | Stating in detail, with "on" | Ian Livengood |
| FIVEMAN | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | Like an N.B.A. team | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FOGERTY | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | John who sang "Jambalaya" | Bob Klahn |
| GOLDNUGGETS | Tue Sep 23, 2014 | Valuable finds suggested by the circled letters | Gerry Wildenberg |
| HALFINCH | Thu Sep 21, 2023 | Length just over one centimeter | Dan Caprera |
| HAWES | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | Adventure story writer Charles | Christopher Page |
| HOWCOULDIREFUSE | Mon Mar 23, 2020 | "There was no choice but for me to say yes!" | Ed Sessa |
| ICONIFY | Sun May 27, 2012 | Reduce to a symbol | Byron Walden |
| IDONTLIKETOBRAG | Sat Oct 17, 2020 | Disclaimer hinting at false humility | Victor Barocas and Brad Wilber |
| IMJUSTLOOKING | Fri Nov 18, 2005 | Response to a sales clerk | Manny Nosowsky |
| JULESETJIM | Wed Sep 21, 2016 | 1962 François Truffaut film classique | Matthew Sewell |
| KOALABEARS | Fri Sep 12, 2008 | Furry folivores | Natan Last |
| LUJAN | Wed Jan 31, 1996 | Bush Cabinet member Manuel | M. Gaffney |
| MORALAMBIGUITY | Thu Oct 20, 2022 | Ethical gray area | Rebecca Goldstein |
| OFFMIKE | Thu Jul 8, 2021 | Not amplified, in a way | John Lampkin |
| ONLOOKOUT | Fri Aug 18, 2006 | Watching | Joe DiPietro |
| PHONETICALPHABET | Sun Mar 24, 2019 | See 114-Across | Trenton Charlson |
| PROGRESSO | Fri Dec 20, 2019 | Big canned soup brand | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| REDDOGS | Thu May 6, 2021 | Certain Miller beers | Ed Sessa |
| RESENTMENT | Fri Nov 17, 1995 | Umbrage | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| SCUTS | Thu Dec 16, 1993 | Rabbits' tails | Nancy Joline |
| SORORITYROW | Fri Aug 25, 2017 | Home to many sisters | Sam Trabucco |
| SPACEBARS | Mon Mar 13, 2023 | Longest keys on keyboards | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| SUBLEASE | Mon Apr 15, 2024 | Rent from another renter | Amanda Winters |
| THIRDSTRING | Mon Oct 1, 2007 | *Like players below the B team | Allan E. Parrish |
| TRIGGERFINGER | Fri Jun 11, 1999 | 31-Across activator | Jim Page |
| TUTORIAL | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | Help | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| VALVESTEM | Fri Jan 23, 2015 | Part admitting air to a tire | Ed Sessa |
| VICKS | Sun May 15, 2005 | NyQuil maker | Patrick Berry |
| WHIPPED | Sun May 11, 2025 | Defeated decisively | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| YOUDONTNEEDTOKNOWTHIS | Sun Dec 18, 2005 | "If I could digress for a moment " | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| ZMED | Fri Apr 25, 2008 | "T. J. Hooker" actor Adrian | Mike Nothnagel |