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 50,606 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANATOLEPARIS | Thu Nov 25, 1999 | A capital Nobel Prize novelist? | David J. Kahn |
| ASITHASBEENSAID | Wed Dec 27, 2006 | Quotation citer's intro? | Manny Nosowsky |
| ATUS | Sat Sep 28, 2013 | "Look ___" (Vince Gill hit) | Joe Krozel |
| BAYING | Tue Feb 18, 2020 | Howling at the moon, say | John Guzzetta |
| BEERBAR | Fri May 28, 2021 | Building with many drafts | Andrew J. Ries |
| BUDAPESTHUNGARY | Sun May 5, 2013 | Birthplace of Harry Houdini | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CALLTOMIND | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Remember | Gary Cee |
| DECREASES | Thu Aug 27, 2009 | Shrinks | Derek Bowman |
| FACEDOWN | Wed Aug 27, 2025 | One orientation of a playing card during a magic trick | Zhou Zhang |
| FLANKING | Mon Apr 23, 2012 | Ruler with custard desserts? | Michael David |
| FORHEAVENSSAKE | Thu Apr 20, 2017 | Why Japanese tipplers anticipate the afterlife? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| FORTUNECOOKIE | Fri Mar 29, 2024 | Sweet message bearer | Jake Bunch |
| HEEDING | Sat Oct 1, 2016 | Taking seriously | David Woolf |
| HIERARCH | Sun Oct 5, 1997 | V.I.P. | Derrick Niederman |
| KUMQUATS | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | Orange fruits | Raymond C. Young |
| MINTCOINSET | Sat Sep 10, 2022 | Case made for significant change? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NBAMVP | Tue Jul 20, 2021 | LeBron James or Stephen Curry, once, in brief | Sam Buchbinder |
| NINETYDEGREEANGLES | Thu Jun 19, 2003 | Square parts | Randolph Ross |
| NOMINE | Sun Jan 5, 2014 | In ___ Patris (prayer words) | Alan DerKazarian |
| PERKIEST | Sun Mar 21, 2021 | Most cheerful | Julian Kwan |
| PERSONALIZEDPEN | Wed Mar 2, 2005 | Desk set item | James M. Jenista and Dana McLemore |
| PRUNEDANISH | Tue Dec 24, 1996 | Fruit pastry | E. C. Gorski |
| RAGI | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | Asian cereal grass | Randolph Ross |
| REDBORDEAUX | Mon Sep 22, 2025 | Wine choice in southern France | Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| RETURNEE | Sat Aug 24, 1996 | Alumnus at an alumni party, e.g. | J. Page |
| ROBERTFROSTPOEM | Tue Feb 24, 1998 | What 17- and 39-Across is | Bill Ballard |
| SAEED | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives" | Rafael Musa |
| SEQUINED | Thu Nov 17, 1994 | Glittery, as a gown | Rich Norris |
| SEXTALK | Mon Sep 7, 2020 | "The birds and the bees" | Gareth Bain |
| SPRAYED | Wed Nov 2, 1994 | Used an aerosol | Harvey Estes |
| SPRINKLERHEAD | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Part of a fire safety system | Andrew Zhou |
| SUGARRAYLEONARD | Sat Sep 6, 2003 | Boxing legend | David J. Kahn |
| TOOTHOFWOLF | Wed Oct 31, 2012 | 64-Across ingredient | Stu Ockman |
| TOTHETEETH | Wed Nov 11, 2009 | One way to be armed | Kelsey Blakley |
| UNBORNE | Sun Nov 1, 1998 | Not carried, as a burden | Robert Malinow |
| VAU | Fri Jun 10, 1994 | _____ -de-Vire (historic French valley) | Wayne Robert Williams |
| VAUNTED | Mon Jul 24, 2017 | Excessively praised | Peter Gordon |
| VENERATION | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | Star treatment | Joel Fagliano |
| WHOSFIRST | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Teacher's question at the start of show-and-tell | Jeremy Newton |
| YALLCOME | Sat May 17, 2003 | Invitation down South | Bob Peoples |