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 50,601 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMNAL | Sat Jul 20, 1996 | Like many reunions | R. Norris |
| APLITE | Fri May 12, 1995 | Fine-grained granite | Rich Norris |
| ARTFILMS | Sat Jul 16, 2022 | Small pictures, perhaps | Kameron Austin Collins |
| BOOTTREES | Sat Jan 10, 2009 | Foot-long stretchers | Bob Klahn |
| BUSHELBASKET | Tue Oct 3, 2017 | It holds four pecks | Chuck Deodene |
| BYLEAPSANDBOUNDS | Mon Jul 18, 2022 | Very rapidly, as in a ballet studio? | Phoebe Gordon |
| CAUSATION | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Reason why | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CHANGEOFPLANS | Fri Nov 24, 2023 | "Actually, this is what we're doing now ..." | Rafael Musa |
| COOKIESNCREAM | Mon Oct 20, 2025 | Milkshake flavor made with Oreos | Adam Aaronson |
| DOASTHEROMANSDO | Fri May 24, 1996 | Adapt, in a way | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| DUTCHCHEESE | Sun Jul 25, 1999 | PAWS | Charles M. Deber |
| FLATCAP | Wed May 12, 2021 | Short-brimmed hat known as a bunnet in Scotland | Tracy Gray |
| FLUTTERY | Sun Mar 8, 1998 | In a flap? | Richard Silvestri |
| GARDENSLUG | Wed Jun 7, 2017 | Slimy outdoor pest | Timothy Polin |
| GOOGOOGAGA | Fri Jun 23, 2017 | Some baby talk | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| HEALTHYASAHORSE | Wed Dec 14, 1994 | Really fit | Wayne Robert Williams |
| HIGHANDLOW | Fri Aug 1, 1997 | Everywhere | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| ILOVETHATFORYOU | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | Trendy compliment with shady undertones | Jem Burch |
| KIASORENTO | Fri Jun 12, 2015 | Toyota Highlander alternative | David Steinberg |
| LAMARCK | Sat Apr 20, 2013 | Naturalist who coined the term "invertebrate" | David Steinberg |
| LASTRESORTS | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | Hail Marys, e.g. | Julian Lim |
| LAYSIEGETO | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Beset, as a castle | Mark Diehl |
| LEAPSOUT | Fri Jan 25, 2002 | Emerges suddenly | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| LECARS | Thu Jan 27, 2022 | 1970s-'80s Renaults | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| MUNSTER | Fri Aug 29, 2025 | Member of a 1960s TV family | Jesse Cohn |
| NARROWED | Sun Nov 10, 2002 | Contracted | Cathy Millhauser |
| OXIDATED | Sat Jun 22, 1996 | Became rusty | B. White |
| PABLOCASALS | Sat Jul 6, 2019 | Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom | Erik Agard |
| POINTSOUT | Fri Oct 10, 2003 | Highlights | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| PUREANDSIMPLE | Tue Oct 18, 2011 | Pimple: a cross between ___? | Patrick Berry |
| REACHFORTHESKY | Mon Sep 16, 1996 | Outlaw's order, in a western | R. J. Hartman |
| ROMATOMATOSAUCE | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | Potful in some Italian kitchens | Alex Bajcz |
| SETRATES | Sun Sep 23, 2018 | Established figures? | Andrew Zhou |
| SLIDETACKLE | Mon Sep 17, 2018 | Aggressive defensive soccer maneuver | Caitlin Reid |
| SWITCHBACK | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | *Zigzag trail up a mountain | Bob Klahn |
| TENNISBRACELET | Tue Jun 25, 2024 | Piece of jewelry consisting of a single line of diamonds | Seth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen |
| THEEVILDEAD | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Horror film enjoyed by Turner? | Trip Payne |
| VARICOSEVEIN | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Vessel seen just below the surface? | Peter A. Collins |
| WYSTAN | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | The "W" of W. H. Auden | Henry Hook |
| ZPG | Fri Apr 15, 1994 | Overcrowding antidote, initially | Cathy Millhauser |