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 50,548 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALERTTO | Tue Jun 17, 2025 | Aware of, as dangers | Tarun Krishnamurthy |
| ALLAYING | Mon May 26, 1997 | Relieving | Eileen Lexau |
| AONEANDATWO | Wed May 7, 2014 | Lawrence Welk intro words | Kurt Mueller |
| BEHEADING | Thu Jan 22, 2009 | Lady Jane Grey's fate | Gary J. Whitehead |
| BUMPED | Tue Jul 6, 2021 | Knocked off the schedule | Katie Hale |
| CONDIMENT | Thu Nov 7, 2024 | Gochujang paste or hoisin sauce | Joe Deeney |
| CONSERVEFUEL | Sun Jun 24, 2012 | Environmentalist's catchphrase | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CONSTRAINS | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Hinders | Joe Krozel |
| DOASOLID | Sat Sep 9, 2023 | Help out, informally | Robert S. Gard |
| EFFUSIVE | Sun May 30, 1999 | Overflowing | Cathy Millhauser |
| EXQUISITECORPSE | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Classic laugh-inducing parlor game with writing or illustrations | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FANFAVORITE | Tue Jun 27, 2017 | One who really brings out the crowds | John Guzzetta |
| FULLTIMESTUDENT | Tue May 8, 2007 | One not taking just a few classes | Sarah Keller |
| FUZZYZOELLER | Tue Apr 24, 2007 | Golf's 1984 U.S. Open winner | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HEARTOFROMAINE | Sun Sep 11, 2022 | Caesar salad ingredient | Derrick Niederman |
| IRIDESCENT | Sun Jun 22, 2014 | Like mother-of-pearl | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ITV | Fri Mar 24, 1995 | BBC competitor | Christopher Hurt |
| KINGFISHER | Sun Jan 9, 2000 | Larry & Carrie's favorite bird? | Charles M. Deber |
| LAHDIFRICKINDAH | Fri Aug 6, 2021 | "Well, aren't you so darn special!" | Seth A. Abel |
| LISASIMPSON | Sat Jul 11, 2015 | TV character who said "I learned that beneath my goody two shoes lie some very dark socks" | Joe DiPietro |
| MEDICINEMEN | Tue Dec 10, 2013 | Aboriginal healers | Bill Thompson |
| MODESTO | Sun Oct 1, 2000 | Home of Gallo Winery | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MSTARS | Sat Jul 12, 2003 | Antares and Betelgeuse, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| NEUN | Thu Jul 7, 1994 | Acht, _____, zehn | Ed Early |
| NITRITE | Fri Aug 13, 2010 | Meat curer | Manny Nosowsky |
| NOBAMA | Sun Oct 7, 2018 | Coinage during the 2008 presidential election | Tom McCoy |
| OUTEN | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Extinguish, in dialect | Martin Schneider |
| POINTED | Fri May 27, 2005 | Like a Gothic arch | Manny Nosowsky |
| POLONIUM | Mon Apr 8, 2024 | Radioactive element discovered by the Curies | Peter Gordon |
| RANACABLE | Sun Oct 31, 2004 | Connected two computers, say | Patrick Merrell |
| SILKMOTH | Fri Nov 7, 2025 | Domesticated insect entirely dependent on humans for reproduction | Kelly Morenus |
| SOCIALSECURITY | Thu Jan 20, 2011 | With 54-Across, opposite of 18-Across | Michael Shteyman |
| SUMMEROLYMPICS | Tue Jul 16, 1996 | 1996 event | R. Hamel |
| SUNBURNT | Tue Aug 22, 2023 | Tanned and then some | Jay Silverman |
| SZECHUAN | Tue Apr 30, 2019 | Spicy Chinese cuisine | Erik Agard |
| TENTACLES | Fri Dec 12, 2003 | Places where suckers are lined up | Manny Nosowsky |
| TREETOADS | Sat Jun 14, 2025 | Sticky-footed amphibians | Barbara Lin |
| TRYTOSEEITMYWAY | Fri Nov 8, 2013 | Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles hit | Alan Arbesfeld |
| VERSIONS | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | Competing narratives | Byron Walden |
| YOUDOTHEMATH | Thu Feb 10, 2022 | "It's not hard to guess how this will end" | August Miller |