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 50,791 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFISHCALLEDWANDA | Sun Apr 1, 2018 | 1988 crime comedy rated 93% positive on Rotten Tomatoes | Sam Ezersky |
| ATONALLY | Wed Oct 4, 2000 | In an unharmonious way | Adam Cohen |
| AZALEATREE | Sat Aug 20, 2016 | Colorful ornamental with a trunk | Mark Diehl |
| BOUNDTO | Fri Dec 5, 2008 | Almost certainly gonna | Joe Krozel |
| BROWNBELT | Sun Jul 6, 2014 | High level in karate | Daniel C. Bryant |
| CABLESITCOMS | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | Shows that can be racier than their network counterparts | Finn Vigeland |
| CARCOAT | Sat Dec 7, 2019 | Old-fashioned attire for a motorist | Kevin G. Der and Erik Agard |
| CONCORDS | Sat Jan 29, 2000 | Treaties | Rich Norris |
| DELIORDER | Wed Jun 13, 2007 | What the ends of 17-, 30-, and 49-Across spell | Curtis Yee |
| DISHWATER | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Epitome of dullness | John R. Conrad |
| DRCARTER | Sat May 13, 2006 | Noah Wyle's "ER" role | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DRINKINGAGE | Wed Feb 16, 2011 | 21 | Michael Barnhart |
| DUMBSDOWN | Wed Oct 21, 2009 | Oversimplifies, as educational standards | Peter A. Collins |
| FAXMACHINE | Mon Jun 11, 2001 | Today's telex | Gregory E. Paul |
| FIRSTSHIFT | Tue May 11, 2021 | *Nine to five, at a factory | Kevin Patterson |
| GLOWED | Thu Jul 1, 2010 | Was radiant | Clive Probert |
| GOESBIG | Thu Sep 18, 2025 | Shoots for the stars | Adam Wagner |
| HAPPYPILL | Fri Aug 11, 2006 | Upper | Patrick Merrell |
| HARDLIFE | Mon Jul 13, 2009 | What a serf led | C. W. Stewart |
| HOMINY | Tue Jul 23, 2013 | Grits, essentially | Jean O'Conor |
| INGLORIOUS | Wed Jul 6, 2016 | Causing shame | David Woolf |
| JIMMYFALLON | Sat Aug 31, 2013 | TV host who won a Best Comedy Album Grammy | Josh Knapp |
| JKSIMMONS | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| KNICKKNACKS | Wed Feb 19, 2020 | Tchotchkes | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LAWFIRM | Wed Sep 2, 2015 | Place where people practice | Kevin Christian and Bradley Wilber |
| MAKESFOR | Sun Jun 14, 1998 | Heads toward | Manny Nosowsky |
| MOMONEY | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | 1992 Damon Wayans comedy | Patrick Berry |
| MORENESS | Sun Mar 25, 2007 | State of increased quantity | Fred Piscop |
| OSTENSIBLE | Sat Mar 18, 2000 | Professed | Rich Norris |
| PAAK | Wed Sep 21, 2022 | Musician Anderson .___ | Matthew Stock |
| SKETCHOUT | Sun Sep 11, 2011 | Roughly plan | Kay Anderson |
| STOWER | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | Longshoreman, at times | Bob Peoples |
| STRANGEGOINGSON | Fri Feb 16, 2007 | Unexplained phenomena | Charles Barasch |
| TENNISCAMP | Wed Jul 28, 2021 | Where you might find love away from home? | Alex Rosen and Brad Wilber |
| THEGIVINGTREE | Sun Sep 15, 2024 | Logbook? | Aimee Lucido |
| THETHIRDDEGREE | Tue Mar 21, 1995 | Intense interrogation | Harvey Estes |
| THRUSH | Mon Jul 28, 2014 | Plump songbird | Tom McCoy |
| TURBOJET | Fri May 3, 2019 | Powerful engine | Trenton Charlson |
| VEALSTEW | Sat Oct 1, 2005 | Hearty meat dish | Joe DiPietro |
| WOODSMAN | Sat Mar 14, 2015 | Savior of Little Red Riding Hood | James Mulhern |