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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALITTLEHELPHERE | Fri Jul 5, 2024 | Request for assistance | Trent H. Evans |
| AMAZINGKRESKIN | Tue Apr 10, 2007 | Stupendous mentalist! | Kevan Choset |
| ANNAKOURNIKOVA | Sun Apr 3, 2005 | "I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous" | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| ANNEBOLEYN | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Elizabeth I's mother | Bryant White |
| ARARA | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Amazon parrot | Paula Gamache |
| ATIS | Fri Mar 5, 2004 | Poisonous Asian plant | Gary Steinmehl |
| BACKINBUSINESS | Sun May 21, 2023 | Financin' Broadway shows? | Robert Ryan |
| BLACKSHIRT | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Italian Fascist | Joanne Sullivan |
| CARDBOARDCUTOUT | Wed Sep 11, 2013 | Life-size likeness of Elvis, maybe | Patrick Blindauer |
| CHILDREN | Tue May 8, 2007 | Offspring | Sarah Keller |
| COUPEDEVILLES | Thu Mar 12, 2009 | Classic Cadillacs | David Chapus |
| DERBYHORSE | Wed Jul 6, 2022 | Certain Kentucky racer | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| DOUBLEAGENTS | Wed Mar 6, 2024 | Soren Kierkegaard and Chris Isaak, e.g.? | Brad Wiegmann |
| EDDYRAVEN | Tue Mar 15, 2005 | Singer with the 1988 #1 country hit "I'm Gonna Get You" | Gail Grabowski |
| ERICIV | Wed Apr 9, 2008 | 13th-century king of Denmark | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| FABLER | Thu May 18, 1995 | Yarn spinner | Chuck Deodene |
| HIGHNOTE | Mon Jul 2, 2012 | It may be hit by a soprano | Bernice Gordon |
| HOCKEYMASK | Sun Aug 23, 2015 | Face wear for Jason Voorhees in "Friday the 13th" | Joel Fagliano |
| LEGUINS | Thu Oct 20, 1994 | Author Ursula et al. | Bryant White |
| LUMINESCE | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | Glow | Patrick Berry |
| MISRULES | Sun Nov 15, 1998 | Abuses the throne | Robert H. Wolfe |
| NOTESAPP | Sat Jun 29, 2024 | Modern medium for jotting things down | Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa |
| OUTSKIP | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Defeat in a jump-rope competition, say | Joe Krozel |
| PETNAPS | Sun May 7, 2006 | Grabs some chow? | Trip Payne |
| POINTOFINTEREST | Tue Aug 31, 1999 | Tour bus stop | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| PRESTOCHANGO | Sun Dec 8, 2024 | Wand-waving words | John Kugelman |
| PROVIDENT | Wed Mar 23, 2011 | Forward-thinking, in a way | Will Nediger |
| RECARPET | Wed Apr 10, 2002 | Cover the floor anew | Gregory Casagrande |
| REMODELLING | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Fixing up a house in Britain | Jim Page |
| RETROCOOL | Fri Jul 5, 2019 | Back in again | Freddie Cheng |
| RMOVIES | Thu Mar 27, 2014 | "The Godfather" parts I, II and III, e.g. | Jean O'Conor |
| SERGEANTBILKO | Fri Mar 26, 2021 | Phil Silvers character of 1950s TV | Daniel Larsen |
| SKIPDOWNTO | Sun Feb 29, 2004 | Not read something completely | Patrick Merrell |
| SLAVA | Sun Jul 4, 2004 | Cellist Rostropovich, to friends | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEBODY | Sat Aug 13, 2022 | Stephen King novella on which "Stand by Me" is based | John Westwig |
| TIDEOVER | Mon Jun 11, 2018 | Sustain temporarily | Gary Cee |
| TIMBERLINE | Sun Jun 9, 1996 | Mountain demarcation (italicized) | M. Gaffney |
| TRANSLUCENT | Tue Sep 16, 2014 | Like sheer fabric or sautéed onions | Gary Cee |
| TWOPANDAS | Thu May 23, 1996 | China's 1972 gift to the U.S. | M. E. Brindamour |
| USHERING | Tue Jul 30, 2002 | Leading down the aisle | Sherry O. Blackard |