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 50,657 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZINGLY | Thu Aug 6, 2015 | To everyone's surprise | Gary Cee |
| AMERCED | Sat Apr 2, 1994 | Penalized in court | Manny Nosowsky |
| BEHINDTIME | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | Running late | Jim Page |
| BELLIED | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | ___ up to (approached) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BETROTHS | Wed Jan 9, 2008 | Gets engaged to, old-style | John Farmer |
| CAPECODBAY | Sat Feb 25, 2017 | Giovanni da Verrazano discovery of 1524 | Mark Diehl |
| CAVORTED | Thu Jan 11, 2007 | Made merry | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| CEILINGS | Thu Jun 25, 2015 | Caps | David Poole |
| COLLABORATE | Sun Jan 1, 2023 | Share a byline, maybe | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| CYNICAL | Fri Mar 16, 2001 | Like Diogenes | Manny Nosowsky |
| DETERMINER | Sat Oct 13, 2007 | Decision maker | Barry C. Silk |
| ELEGANTLYPUT | Sun Oct 21, 2018 | Dissed with flowery language, literally? | Finn Vigeland |
| FLASHY | Sat May 18, 2019 | Ostentatious | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| GLUESTICKS | Wed Jan 12, 2022 | Some poster-making supplies [2,6] | Adam Aaronson |
| GOESOFF | Wed Jun 28, 2006 | Explodes | Myles Callum |
| HESNOTATHISDESK | Tue Jul 28, 1998 | Stock secretarial ploy #3 | Robert Dillman |
| HOTBUTTONISSUES | Sun Dec 10, 2023 | The fashion magazine's editor focused on fasteners in her ... | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| INTONERS | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | Monks, at times | Joe DiPietro |
| JUSTAPHASE | Mon Aug 3, 2020 | The terrible twos, e.g. (one hopes!) ... or the start of 17-, 22-, 36- or 45-Across? | Eric Bornstein |
| LASTINGPEACE | Tue Oct 23, 2001 | Treaty's aim | Leonard Williams |
| LEMONDROPCOOKIES | Sun Aug 30, 2009 | W--THL-SS R-AD-TER | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| LIPPED | Thu Apr 25, 1996 | Labiate | W. Canine |
| MARSHALLMCLUHAN | Fri Feb 22, 2013 | Coiner of the phrase "global village" | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MINECART | Fri Jun 7, 2024 | Memorable chase scene vehicle in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" | Alice Liang and Christina Iverson |
| NEWSPAPERS | Thu Dec 2, 2004 | Items sold at stands | Patrick Berry |
| OPENINGCEREMONY | Sun Oct 23, 2022 | When the lighting of the Olympic cauldron happens | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| OPTI | Wed Mar 29, 2017 | ___-Free (contact lens solution) | Jules P. Markey |
| PLUMBRULE | Fri Sep 6, 2019 | Surveyor's instrument | Mark Diehl |
| ROLEMODELS | Sat Jul 1, 2017 | Paragons | David Phillips |
| SACHABARONCOHEN | Sat Dec 6, 2008 | *Bat portrayer | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| SENATESEATS | Sun Oct 22, 2006 | Very expensive contest prizes? | Harvey Estes |
| SHORESUP | Sat Apr 25, 2009 | Bolsters | Brad Wilber |
| SPATTED | Sat May 6, 2023 | Quarreled | Carter Cobb |
| TELEVISES | Fri Mar 19, 1999 | Sends by air | Mark Diehl |
| THEMONKEYSPAW | Mon Feb 3, 2020 | Classic horror tale by W. W. Jacobs | Michael Schlossberg |
| THIRDMANTHEME | Mon Mar 6, 2006 | 1950 #1 Anton Karas recording | Jack McInturff |
| TIERCE | Sun Jan 23, 2000 | Defensive position in fencing | Joe DiPietro |
| TOYWITH | Sun Apr 1, 2007 | Tease | Paula Gamache |
| TRICKQUESTION | Tue Mar 16, 2010 | "How many months have 28 days?," e.g. | Paula Gamache |
| WARHEAD | Sat Oct 1, 1994 | Payload portion | Bob Klahn |