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 50,690 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMANTS | Tue Jan 6, 2009 | Unbreakable stones of legend | John Greenman |
| ADDLEDBRAINS | Thu Jun 21, 2007 | BAIRNS | John Sheehan |
| APLUSSES | Sun Jan 4, 2026 | High marks | Gene Louise De Vera |
| BUZZED | Sun Nov 5, 2017 | Tipsy | Natan Last |
| CARJACKER | Sat Feb 7, 1998 | Motorist's menace | Frank Longo |
| CASTSOFF | Wed Mar 19, 2003 | Lets go | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CLASSIFIEDAD | Mon Jul 21, 2014 | Small paid item in the back of a newspaper | Matt Fuchs |
| COGSCI | Tue Aug 26, 2025 | Study of the mind, for short | Kevin Curry |
| COMDEN | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | Green's songwriting partner in old musicals | David J. Kahn |
| CRIEDWOLF | Sun Jun 27, 2021 | Raised a false alarm | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| EUGENEIONESCO | Sun Jan 19, 2020 | Romanian-born writer once in the French Academy | Victor Barocas |
| EXCELLED | Thu Mar 2, 2000 | Got all A's | Frances Hansen |
| EYESHOTS | Sat Mar 15, 2003 | Views | Adam Cohen |
| HOWDOYOUPLEAD | Mon Feb 24, 2003 | Judge's query | Gregory E. Paul |
| INPINK | Sun Jan 2, 2005 | How baby girls are often dressed | Patrick Merrell |
| JEANEDIXON | Sat Aug 6, 2005 | Subject of Ruth Montgomery's biography "A Gift of Prophecy" | Frank Longo |
| LAKEHOUSES | Fri Nov 18, 2022 | Superior dwellings, say | Robyn Weintraub |
| LETMEDOWN | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | "I dated my rock climbing instructor for a while, but he just ..." | Brad Wiegmann |
| LISAFRANK | Tue May 18, 2021 | Brand of school supplies known for its dazzling rainbow designs | Margaret Seikel |
| MAKEANENTRANCE | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Arrive with fanfare ... or what the shaded squares do? | Benjamin Kramer |
| MORNINGS | Sun Dec 25, 1994 | Early times | Randolph Ross |
| NATALIEPORTMAN | Wed Mar 11, 2009 | *"Star Wars" actress who's a Harvard grad | Caleb Madison |
| NOPASSING | Thu May 8, 2008 | What a solid yellow line may indicate | Harvey Estes |
| NYAHNYAH | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Kid's taunt | Manny Nosowsky |
| ONESMALLSTEP | Sun Jul 21, 2019 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| PASCALSWAGER | Sun Dec 23, 2018 | Philosophical argument for belief in God | David Alfred Bywaters |
| PERMITTED | Thu Apr 2, 1998 | Let | Alex K. Justin |
| REACHES | Wed Jul 1, 2009 | Gets to | David J. Kahn |
| SETHLOW | Fri Jan 30, 2009 | Early 20th-century New York City mayor | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SNOOTILY | Thu May 15, 2025 | With an air of haughtiness | Simeon Seigel |
| STARSANDBARS | Mon Apr 5, 2010 | Confederate flag | Nancy Salomon |
| STEALSBASES | Fri Jan 25, 2013 | Challenges catchers, in a way | Joe DiPietro |
| THEMIRACLES | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" singers | Frank A. Longo |
| THIRDSTRING | Mon Oct 1, 2007 | *Like players below the B team | Allan E. Parrish |
| TORTURER | Wed Apr 18, 2001 | Spanish inquisitor, e.g. | A. J. Santora |
| TOSSINONESSLEEP | Fri Sep 9, 2011 | Be unable to get the rest? | Joe Krozel |
| VIDEODIARIES | Fri Dec 5, 2003 | Personal documentaries | Robert H. Wolfe |
| VOTING | Mon Apr 22, 1996 | November activity | S. B. Whitten |
| WENTOFF | Wed Oct 26, 2016 | Exploded | Scott Yut |
| WRISTSLAP | Fri Jan 8, 2021 | Token reprimand | Evan Kalish |