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 50,793 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRCELLS | Sat Feb 28, 2009 | Alveoli, e.g. | Frank Longo |
| ALLBARKANDNOBITE | Sun Aug 18, 2019 | Full of empty talk | David Steinberg |
| ANIP | Wed Nov 13, 2013 | Have ___ (surreptitiously imbibe) | Jean O'Conor |
| ATTENDANTS | Sat Jul 21, 2007 | Retinue | Raymond C. Young |
| BEPOLITE | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | Adolescent admonishment | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| BLACKFOOT | Tue Dec 16, 2003 | Great Plains Indian | M. Francis Vuolo |
| BRAILLEALPHABET | Wed Oct 23, 2024 | B.A. in Communications? | Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic |
| BROCK | Mon Sep 25, 2000 | Base stealer Lou | Peter Gordon |
| CATCHMEIFYOUCAN | Sun Sep 24, 2017 | "Try not to miss Bangor and Lewiston"? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CENTRALAC | Wed Jun 25, 2025 | Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle | Ben Zimmer and Zach Sherwin |
| CHARCOAL | Sun Aug 9, 2009 | Backyard briquettes | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| CHEESEBALL | Sat Sep 13, 2014 | Super-corny | Josh Knapp |
| COCONUTCRAB | Tue Jan 19, 2021 | *World's largest terrestrial arthropod | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| CUCKOO | Fri Jun 30, 2017 | Crackpot | Damon Gulczynski |
| DECIPHER | Wed Jan 23, 2002 | Figure out | Alan Arbesfeld |
| EFFUSIVE | Sun May 30, 1999 | Overflowing | Cathy Millhauser |
| EMBEDMENT | Sun Oct 6, 1996 | Fixed insertion | R. Max Hopkins |
| FISHKNIFE | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | Implement with a spatulalike blade | Kevin G. Der |
| HUNGARY | Sat Mar 2, 2002 | Liszt's birthplace | Jim Page |
| INJOKES | Sun Oct 14, 2018 | They're shared among friends | Ross Trudeau |
| KILLER | Sun Apr 22, 2018 | ___ whale | Ross Trudeau |
| LECONTE | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | French poet ___ de Lisle | Randolph Ross |
| MYTHICAL | Mon May 3, 2010 | Like dragons and centaurs | Susan Gelfand |
| PERCYBYSSHESHELLEY | Thu Oct 16, 2014 | "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" poet | John Farmer |
| PLAINBAGEL | Sun Oct 14, 2001 | Deli order | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PUREBLOOD | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | All in the family? | Mark Diehl |
| RANCHDRESSING | Tue Dec 28, 2021 | Turkey stuffing used at the Ewings' Southfork? | Kathy Wienberg |
| REINFORCE | Sat Mar 5, 2011 | Buttress | Randolph Ross |
| SAWTHELIGHT | Mon Feb 14, 2000 | Finally understood | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SCOUTTROOP | Fri Oct 19, 2012 | Boy band? | Patrick Berry |
| SEASTORMS | Sat Feb 7, 2004 | Hurricane origins | David J. Kahn |
| SEAWALLS | Mon May 26, 2014 | Coastal defenses against flooding | Dan Margolis |
| SHIMMYUP | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Climb, as a rope | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| TEACHIN | Sun Feb 25, 2024 | Educational forum | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| TOKYOJOE | Sat Aug 14, 2010 | 1949 Humphrey Bogart/Sessue Hayakawa movie | John Farmer |
| TONSURED | Thu Sep 8, 1994 | Shaven, as a priest's head | Daniel R. Stark |
| TREASURIES | Sat Apr 9, 1994 | Some bills | Randolph Ross |
| TWINCITY | Wed Oct 8, 1997 | St. Paul, for one | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| UNAWARES | Fri Jun 20, 2008 | Without warning | Mike Nothnagel |
| WINDOWSHOPPER | Tue Oct 25, 1994 | Many a Fifth Avenue habitue | Lois Sidway |