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 50,840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULATORY | Fri Oct 21, 2022 | Excessively admiring | Rafael Musa |
| AIRONTHEGSTRING | Tue Nov 21, 2023 | Bach piece whose title sounds a bit risque | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| ASLIM | Wed Oct 8, 1997 | "There's ___ chance of that" | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| AZERI | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | Baku resident | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| BABEINTHEWOODS | Tue Jun 6, 2017 | 1979 #1 Styx hit played for Little Red Riding Hood? | Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson |
| CANVASTARP | Sat Jul 6, 2013 | It may cover all the bases | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| COMEONTO | Thu Feb 17, 2000 | Make a pass at | Matt Gaffney and David Bianco |
| DYANCANNON | Thu Mar 29, 2007 | Walter Matthau's love interest in "Out to Sea" | David J. Kahn |
| ENARRIERE | Sat May 7, 1994 | Backward: Fr. | Bryant White |
| FAKEFLOWERS | Sat Apr 17, 1999 | They're often made of silk | Jim Page |
| HALFSIZES | Sat Jan 2, 2021 | Fits in between? | Joe Deeney |
| HEADSTONES | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Grave accents? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HOLYMACKEREL | Mon Dec 7, 2009 | "Jumpin' Jehosaphat!" | Ed Sessa |
| KEEPCALM | Sat Nov 29, 1997 | Panic-averting admonition | Rich Norris |
| LANEHOG | Sun Jan 28, 2024 | Frustrating highway driver | Nathan Hasegawa |
| LEADSTHEWITNESS | Sat Aug 9, 1997 | Does a legal no-no | Raymond Hamel |
| LENGTHY | Wed Jun 16, 2021 | Protracted | Finn Vigeland |
| LILACTIME | Mon Sep 25, 2006 | Gary Cooper film of 1928 | Lynn Lempel |
| LIVELARGE | Sat Sep 20, 2025 | Spare no indulgence | Katie Hoody |
| MISCUT | Sun Apr 12, 2026 | Trading card error | Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman |
| NINNYISH | Thu Apr 8, 1999 | Silly | David J. Kahn |
| OCTAGRAM | Sun Aug 14, 2005 | Eight-pointed star | Patrick Merrell |
| OCTAVIAEBUTLER | Sat Sep 6, 2025 | First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship | Kunal Nabar |
| OFARC | Mon Aug 29, 2005 | France's Joan ___ | Sarah Keller |
| OHIOVALLEY | Tue Apr 10, 2012 | Wheeling, Cincinnati and Louisville are in it | Gregory Philip Butler |
| PAININTHEASS | Thu Nov 3, 2022 | _EABR_ _ _ | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| PARTYPLATFORMS | Tue Jun 12, 2018 | Event coordinator's shoe purchase? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Tracy Gray |
| PETRIFIEDROCK | Wed Feb 2, 2005 | What a scary Doris Day did on the film set? | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon |
| READYWHENYOUARE | Tue Feb 5, 2019 | "I'm game -- just give me the signal" | Erik Agard |
| REPOSITS | Thu Dec 16, 1993 | Puts back | Nancy Joline |
| ROUNDDANCE | Mon Dec 25, 1995 | Waltz or reel | Sidney L. Robbins |
| SHAREISSUE | Sat Mar 3, 2007 | Initial public offering, e.g. | Karen M. Tracey |
| SHEETPANS | Fri Aug 8, 2025 | Surfaces for making cookies | Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock |
| SIDEWALKSANTA | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | December bell ringer | John M. Samson |
| TAKESABET | Sat Feb 14, 2026 | Puts one's money on the line | David Karp |
| TELLINGTHETRUTH | Wed Feb 12, 2014 | Testifying accurately | Peter A. Collins |
| TERRIBLEIDEA | Sun Nov 15, 2020 | Many a dare, in hindsight | Caitlin Reid |
| USECARE | Fri Nov 22, 2019 | Be cautious | Emily Carroll |
| WILKINSMICAWBER | Wed Aug 11, 2010 | Dickens character who says "Something will turn up" | Edward Sessa |
| WILLIAMMCKINLEY | Mon Oct 5, 2009 | $500 | Mark Feldman |