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 50,423 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALICIAS | Sat Feb 11, 2012 | Keys and Markova | Joe Krozel |
| BABYBJORN | Fri Sep 30, 2016 | Swedish-based maker of infant carriers | James Mulhern |
| BESTREW | Sat Jun 22, 2024 | Cover with scattered objects | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| CAMPUSMAP | Sat Sep 15, 2018 | Admissions might give one away | David Liben-Nowell |
| CANOEPOLO | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Hybrid team sport that uses kayaks | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CASELOADS | Tue Aug 21, 2007 | Social workers' work | Tom Heilman |
| CHRISTINA | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Garbo film "Queen ___" | Patrick Merrell |
| CLEARFORTAKEOFF | Mon Mar 30, 2015 | Give the go-ahead from the control tower | Bruce Haight |
| COLLODI | Sat Jun 28, 1997 | Carlo ___, creator of Pinocchio | Bob Klahn |
| COPSHOW | Mon Sep 30, 2013 | *"NYPD Blue" or "Miami Vice" | Ian Livengood |
| DONITZ | Sun Nov 1, 1998 | German war admiral Karl | Robert Malinow |
| EVERO | Tue Mar 22, 1994 | "It's true," in Torino | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| EXHAUSTIVE | Mon Aug 24, 2015 | Leaving no stone unturned | Lynn Lempel |
| FRESHER | Mon Feb 6, 2023 | Higher on the Rotten Tomatoes rating scale | Taylor Johnson |
| FRIGHTWIG | Fri Jan 1, 2010 | Clown's over-the-top topper | Brad Wilber |
| FULLSCALE | Wed Sep 25, 2024 | Life-size ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Peter Gordon |
| HADAHEART | Thu Feb 14, 2008 | Was sympathetic | David J. Kahn |
| HASASHORTFUSE | Mon Jan 30, 1995 | Is easily riled | Ernie Furtado |
| HONKYTONKS | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | Dives | David Steinberg |
| ICANEXPLAIN | Sat Jun 11, 2016 | "Hear me out" | Andrew Kingsley |
| INSTAS | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Photo-sharing social media accounts, for short | Manaal Mohammed |
| JAWING | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Gossiping | Byron Walden |
| JIMMIECRACKCORN | Mon Jun 3, 2002 | Repeated lyric in a children's song | Gregory E. Paul |
| MEALTICKET | Wed Mar 30, 2016 | Source of income | Andrew Reynolds |
| MEEDS | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | Old-fashioned rewards | Martin Schneider |
| MIDDLEEARTH | Tue Oct 22, 2013 | "The Lord of the Rings" setting ... or a feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across? | Kevan Choset |
| PAPERTRAINED | Mon Dec 19, 2022 | Like a puppy who's learned where to "go" | Jennifer Nutt |
| RANARMS | Sat Feb 1, 2020 | Smuggled weaponry | Mark Diehl |
| RICEKRISPIESBOX | Mon Dec 16, 2019 | *Container for a Kellogg's cereal | Howard Barkin and Kevin Christian |
| ROOMDIVIDER | Sun Oct 7, 2018 | Screen or partition ... | Tom McCoy |
| SALPA | Fri May 19, 2000 | Marine creature with a transparent, saclike body | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SANDBLASTED | Fri Dec 23, 1994 | Cleaned, in a way | Frank A. Longo |
| STOCKSANDSHARES | Fri Feb 24, 2012 | Paper assets | Patrick Berry |
| STRATAGEM | Sun Jun 20, 2004 | Trick | Manny Nosowsky |
| TIMECARD | Sat Dec 7, 1996 | It gets punched | R. H. Burns |
| TRADETALKS | Sat Dec 15, 2018 | Attempts to remove some barriers | Erik Agard |
| UNDERMINED | Thu Nov 5, 1998 | Sabotaged, in a way | Nancy Salomon |
| VELOCIRAPTOR | Mon Apr 4, 2022 | Dinosaur whose name means "swift seizer" | Derek J. Angell |
| WOODCARVER | Sun Jan 9, 2000 | Grant & George Washington's favorite artisan? | Charles M. Deber |
| YADDAYADDAYADDA | Fri Dec 31, 2004 | "And I'll skip the boring part" | David Quarfoot |