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 50,873 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARENDELLE | Fri Aug 5, 2022 | Realm in "Frozen" | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| BALANCHINE | Thu Aug 26, 1999 | George, in this puzzle's theme | Nancy S. Ross |
| BANKABLE | Tue Mar 10, 2009 | Sure to bring in money | Thomas Takaro |
| BRANDTS | Wed Sep 24, 2014 | First family of Germany, 1969-74 | Andy Kravis |
| COQUET | Wed Jul 21, 2010 | Flirtatious one | Oliver Hill |
| DEWBERRY | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Bramble with edible purple fruit | Barry C. Silk |
| DISGRACED | Sat Jun 8, 1996 | In the doghouse | M. Shenk |
| DONTASKME | Wed Mar 5, 2014 | - | Evan Birnholz |
| DONTCALLUSWELLCALLYOU | Thu Aug 22, 2013 | Audition rebuff | Stu Ockman |
| DORATI | Sun Sep 6, 1998 | Conductor Antal ___ | Rich Norris |
| EDMUNDHILLARY | Sun Sep 4, 2022 | *Mount Everest scaler | Tracy Gray |
| EMBITTERED | Fri Oct 27, 2017 | Resentful | David Steinberg |
| GAINING | Sat Jan 25, 2020 | Closing the gap | Stella Zawistowski |
| GETALIFT | Sat Apr 14, 2007 | Hitchhike | Sherry O. Blackard |
| GOODFAITH | Tue Oct 11, 2022 | *Sincere intentions | Ailee Yoshida |
| IMAJERK | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | "How lousy of me" | Byron Walden |
| IMBECILIC | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | Doltish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JINXING | Fri Apr 26, 2013 | Cursing | Michael Ashley |
| KICKTHECAN | Sun Nov 19, 2023 | Make cranberry sauce from scratch? | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| LIBYANS | Sun Jan 26, 2014 | "Back to the Future" villains | Daniel A. Finan |
| LOANING | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | Advancing | Jeff Chen |
| MACHINEWASH | Sat Mar 14, 2015 | Put through cycles, in a way | James Mulhern |
| MLIX | Sun Aug 3, 2008 | 11th-century year | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| MORTGAGED | Tue Aug 23, 2016 | Like Monopoly deeds that are flipped upside down | Joel Fagliano |
| NOTWORRIED | Sun Sep 20, 1998 | Insouciant | Charles M. Deber |
| NOVISITORS | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | Sign outside a hospital room, maybe | Hemant Mehta |
| ODDMENOUT | Wed Jul 9, 2008 | *They don't belong | Tim Wescott |
| OLDENBURG | Fri Sep 8, 1995 | Sculptor Claes ____ | A.J. Santora |
| PBRS | Sat Dec 15, 2018 | Some 58-Across contents, in brief | Erik Agard |
| PETERUSTINOV | Mon Aug 24, 2015 | Actor with Oscars for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi" | Lynn Lempel |
| QUEENSOFENGLAND | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | Anne and Victoria | Joe Krozel |
| RIGHTAWAY | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Pronto | Trip Payne |
| SEEDING | Wed Mar 15, 2023 | Playoff ranking | Michael B. Berg |
| STAMPALBUM | Sat Feb 27, 2016 | Book with profiles of many famous people? | Julian Lim |
| TAKENTOTASK | Fri Jan 7, 2011 | Censured | Joe DiPietro |
| TATTERSALL | Mon Jun 12, 1995 | Pattern on old horse blankets | Robert Zimmerman |
| THEPIANIST | Sun Mar 4, 2018 | Film for which Adrien Brody won Best Actor | Byron Walden |
| THESEMIS | Thu May 11, 2006 | Caption for a tournament round of four | Joe DiPietro |
| TIMTAM | Sun Jul 6, 2025 | Popular chocolate biscuit from Down Under | Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry |
| VERALYNN | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" singer, 1952 | Randolph Ross |