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 50,812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICANCITIZENS | Thu Mar 28, 2013 | Fourth of July celebrants | Randolph Ross |
| ATWHOLESALE | Sat Oct 11, 2014 | Quite cheaply | Evans Clinchy |
| BERCEUSE | Sun Dec 10, 2000 | Cradlesong | Rich Norris |
| BUSINESSINSIDERS | Thu Feb 19, 2026 | They may have knowledge of corporate secrets | John Ewbank |
| COMBINE | Fri Nov 21, 2003 | Farm machine | David Ainslie Macleod |
| CONTROLLEDCHAOS | Sat Mar 22, 2025 | It's not as random as it seems | Katie Hoody |
| DREYFUSS | Fri Jan 18, 2008 | "Moon Over Parador" star, 1988 | Trip Payne |
| ECLIPTIC | Sun Apr 5, 1998 | Like a solar event | David J. Kahn |
| GETAPOINT | Thu Oct 14, 2004 | Score | Mike Sikowitz |
| GHOULISH | Tue May 1, 2007 | Like many Chas Addams characters | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| HARDLINES | Sun Jun 6, 1999 | Tough luck, in Britain | David J. Kahn |
| HECKYEAH | Fri Jan 9, 2026 | "You better believe it!" | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis |
| HIGHJACKING | Sun Apr 22, 2001 | Monster truck driver changes flat tire, gets charged with ... | Patrick Berry |
| HOOKA | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | Asian pipe | Randolph Ross |
| HOPELESSCAUSE | Mon Mar 23, 2020 | What a last true believer might believe in | Ed Sessa |
| IHAVETOASK | Fri Apr 21, 2023 | "OK, there's something puzzling me ..." | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock |
| INAHAZE | Fri May 3, 2019 | Befuddled | Trenton Charlson |
| INEVERCANTELL | Wed Jan 5, 2000 | Egotistical George Bernard Shaw drama? | D. J. DeChristopher |
| INGROUPS | Sun May 4, 2008 | Cliques | Richard Silvestri |
| ISITON | Sun Mar 6, 2022 | Question regarding a mic | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| LUCABRASI | Mon Feb 11, 2013 | Personal enforcer in "The Godfather" | Gary Cee |
| LUSCIOUS | Sat Feb 4, 2012 | Delectable | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison |
| MANENOUGH | Sat Aug 2, 2014 | Not too wimpy | Kristian House |
| NAPTIMES | Fri Sep 30, 2022 | Stretches for the rest of us? | David Karp |
| NATIONALLEAGUER | Tue Nov 15, 2016 | Cub, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| OURMUTUALFRIEND | Mon Sep 25, 1995 | Dickens novel | Gregory E. Paul |
| OVERAWES | Wed Apr 5, 1995 | Subdues by intimidation | Wayne Robert Williams |
| RAPCD | Mon May 9, 2022 | Bygone music collection from Nas or Lil' Kim | August Miller |
| ROBOTICS | Thu Jun 4, 2009 | Branch of technology | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| SCRUNCHIE | Tue Nov 21, 2017 | Ponytail holder | Brian Thomas |
| SELFIMPORTANCE | Sat Oct 6, 2018 | Me-first attitude | Lewis Dean Hyatt |
| SHAVIAN | Sat Nov 13, 1999 | Having an ironic comedic tone | Jim Page |
| SOFARASIKNOW | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | "To the best of my information ..." | Charles E. Gersch |
| SORETHUMBS | Tue Jul 26, 2016 | *Things that stick out conspicuously | Bruce Haight |
| SURPASSER | Fri Sep 6, 1996 | Exceeder | R. Norris |
| THEBLUE | Sun Jan 16, 2005 | What surprises can come out of | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| THENOTORIOUSBIG | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | "Mo Money Mo Problems" rapper | Natan Last |
| WEARIEST | Thu Aug 10, 2017 | Spent the most? | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
| WEARSAWAY | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Erodes | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| WHOSGONNAMAKEME | Wed Oct 9, 1996 | Fightin' words | R. Hughes |