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 50,794 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPOSITE | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Fitting | Andrew J. Ries |
| BOLLWEEVIL | Mon Jun 6, 2005 | Cotton menace | Raymond Hamel |
| CAROLCHANNING | Tue Aug 10, 1999 | Saucer-eyed Broadway star | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CENTAURUS | Tue Oct 15, 2019 | Constellation with the body of a horse | Julie Bérubé |
| CITIFY | Sun Dec 6, 2020 | Urbanize | Tony Orbach |
| COSTABRAVA | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | Resort region near Barcelona | Patrick Berry |
| DESTINES | Sat Feb 7, 2004 | Earmarks (for) | David J. Kahn |
| DXCV | Sun Jan 1, 2012 | Late sixth-century year | Patrick Berry |
| FOLKARTIST | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | Grandma Moses, for one | Jem Burch |
| GARAGEDOOROPENER | Wed Aug 19, 2009 | Driver's electric convenience | Peter A. Collins |
| HANDLERS | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | Seconds | R. M. Hopkins |
| HARDCOURT | Sun Aug 26, 2018 | Alternative to grass | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| INTHENUDE | Sat Apr 4, 2015 | One way to sleep | Ned White |
| ITALIANSUB | Sat Jul 12, 2025 | Order that might include mortadella and capicola | Katie Hoody |
| JUSTDEALWITHIT | Tue Sep 22, 2009 | "Tough!" | Gail Grabowski |
| LAHAINA | Sat May 8, 2010 | Maui locale that was once the capital of the kingdom of Hawaii | Mark Diehl |
| LENSMAN | Sat Mar 1, 2014 | Photog | Ian Livengood & J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| LIBERALDEMOCRAT | Fri Sep 21, 2007 | Left-of-center party member | Paula Gamache |
| LIBERIUS | Sun Nov 5, 1995 | Fourth-century pope | Dean Niles |
| MAPONTO | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Mark atop, as graph points | Joe Krozel |
| NEWMOMS | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | Maternity ward figures | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PERMITTEE | Sun Aug 3, 2003 | Tavern owner, e.g. | Jim Page |
| PLAQUES | Tue Jul 27, 2004 | Awards to be hung | Len Elliott |
| PRICEPOINT | Sun Jul 14, 2013 | Spot on a demand curve | Daniel A. Finan |
| RAWRECRUIT | Sun Feb 12, 2017 | Greenhorn on the force | Lynn Lempel |
| REMARKON | Sun Feb 3, 2013 | Discuss lightly | Dan Schoenholz |
| RIGHTHANDER | Sun May 14, 2017 | Dexterous one | Will Nediger |
| SAYWAIT | Fri May 2, 2003 | "Now, hold on a minute here ..." | Dana Motley |
| SENIORBOWL | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Postseason football game played in Mobile, Ala. | Joe DiPietro |
| SLOWDANCED | Tue Mar 24, 2026 | Swayed to the music, say | Killian Olson |
| SOOPA | Fri Aug 18, 2006 | Tiptop, in hip-hop | Joe DiPietro |
| SURTITLE | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Translation aid at an opera | Manny Nosowsky |
| THEPOWEROFLOVE | Sun Jan 16, 2022 | x0 (#1, 1985) | Derrick Niederman |
| THERACES | Sun Apr 3, 1994 | Site of a Marx Brothers movie | Ernie Furtado |
| THRUSH | Mon Jul 28, 2014 | Plump songbird | Tom McCoy |
| TOYA | Thu Mar 18, 2010 | Michael's sister La ___ | Daniel A. Finan |
| VIVELEROI | Wed Dec 31, 2025 | Cry of loyalty in old France | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| WELLNIGH | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Almost | Frank A. Longo |
| WHILEAWAY | Thu Nov 19, 2015 | Kill, as time | Andrew Zhou |
| XXXIX | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | Super Bowl played in 2005 | Raymond C. Young |