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 50,558 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTTHREE | Fri Jul 7, 2000 | When "To be or not to be" is recited | M. Francis Vuolo |
| ALONGWAYSOFF | Mon Mar 27, 2017 | Distant | Tom McCoy |
| ALPHABITS | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | Product with the onetime slogan "An adventure in every bowl!" | Michael Lieberman |
| APHELIA | Thu Aug 25, 1994 | Highest orbital points | Harvey Estes |
| BALTIMOREAN | Tue Oct 3, 2017 | One might stare at the Sun | Chuck Deodene |
| CITYPLAZA | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Urban open space | Mark Diehl |
| CREDENTIALS | Thu Jun 28, 2018 | Bona fides | Jeff Chen |
| DAVIDBIRNEY | Tue Aug 30, 2011 | TV/film/stage actor once married to actress Meredith Baxter | Bernice Gordon |
| DEEPWATER | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Area of danger | John R. Conrad |
| DOGSLEDS | Wed Mar 3, 1999 | Iditarod runners | Rich Norris |
| DOWNWARDFACINGDOG | Thu Apr 28, 2022 | Part of a sun salutation, in yoga | Pao Roy |
| DRIVINGCRAZY | Sun Sep 8, 2024 | Age 16 | Meghan Morris |
| EARTHNUT | Fri Sep 8, 1995 | Truffle, e.g. | A.J. Santora |
| ENGINESON | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | Pre-takeoff command | Raymond C. Young |
| FIRSTCLASSSEATS | Sun May 2, 1999 | Upfront offerings | Jim Page |
| FREIGHTTRAINS | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | They're good for the long haul | Patrick Berry |
| HAULEDASS | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | Was really moving, in slang | Samuel Smalley |
| HERSTORIES | Sat Feb 6, 2021 | Chronicles from a feminist perspective | Kameron Austin Collins |
| INKLINGS | Fri Feb 6, 1998 | Vague notions | Wayne Robert Williams |
| JACKINTHEBOXES | Wed May 12, 2010 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the shaded areas of this puzzle | Pete Muller |
| LAKEPOET | Fri Feb 14, 2014 | Wordsworth or Coleridge | Bruce Haight |
| LITON | Sat Apr 26, 2025 | Discovered unexpectedly | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| LOOSELIPPED | Tue Jun 2, 1998 | Not discreet | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MAINLANDER | Sat Jun 7, 2008 | Many a Hawaiian tourist | Karen M. Tracey |
| NIGHTMARES | Sat Sep 9, 2000 | Sleep clinic topic | Dana Motley |
| NODI | Sun Dec 28, 1997 | Knots | Matt Gaffney |
| OBAMABIDEN | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonants | Sam Buchbinder |
| PARLIAMENTARIAN | Wed Feb 23, 1994 | What's my line: #2 | Joel Davajan |
| PITTANCES | Wed Mar 30, 1994 | Lousy tips | Eileen Lexau |
| RELIGIONS | Sat Oct 4, 2014 | Service providers? | Julian Lim |
| SAFEINVESTMENT | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | Purchase of a vault? | Charles Deber |
| SAINTDOM | Wed Jul 6, 2016 | Pope's bestowal | David Woolf |
| SCORECARDS | Sat Jul 29, 2000 | Where some eagles are seen | Rich Norris |
| SPOKESMAN | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Employee needed by a bicycle manufacturer? | Trip Payne |
| STOPSSHORT | Mon Sep 21, 2015 | Comes to rest too soon | Bruce Haight |
| SUBTITLES | Sun Aug 11, 2013 | Low notes? | Dan Schoenholz |
| THESHADOW | Mon Jan 8, 1996 | Lamont Cranston | N. Steinberg |
| TOBEISTODO | Wed May 11, 2016 | Words from Socrates | Pawel Fludzinski |
| TORNDOWN | Tue Apr 18, 2023 | Razed | Kiran Pandey |
| TRAINEDSEAL | Wed Oct 7, 2015 | Coached the singer of "Kiss From a Rose"? | Julian Lim |