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 50,537 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDINSULTTOINJURY | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Wound + dis | Paul Coulter |
| ANYLUCK | Tue Jan 15, 2019 | "Were you successful at all?" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| APOCALYPSE | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | End of the world | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| BREAKINGASWEAT | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Per spire | Paul Coulter |
| CHARLIERICH | Tue Jan 21, 1997 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" singer | T. W. Schier |
| CHEWINGGUM | Sat Mar 29, 2025 | Wrigley field? | Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott |
| CLOCKEDIN | Thu Oct 20, 2011 | Started one's shift | Patrick Berry |
| CURLSIN | Sat Feb 27, 1999 | What a pageboy does | John Scott Marrone |
| DAYCARES | Sun May 14, 2023 | Toddler drop-off locales | Sid Sivakumar |
| DECLINES | Sat Sep 7, 2019 | Dips | Trenton Charlson |
| DECOMPILE | Wed May 25, 2022 | Convert into a higher-level language, as computer code | Christopher Youngs |
| DREARIEST | Thu Mar 13, 2003 | Least pleasant, weatherwise | David J. Kahn |
| EMAILSPAM | Sat Apr 19, 2025 | Unwanted inbox filler | Alex Tomlinson |
| GETSAGRADE | Thu Sep 11, 2003 | Is rated | Patrick Merrell |
| GOINGALLIN | Sun Sep 14, 2008 | Last resort in poker, often | Jeremy Newton |
| GREAVES | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Shin armor | Michael Schlossberg |
| HADATALK | Sun Aug 5, 2007 | Conversed | Caroline Leong |
| ITALIANBREAD | Mon Nov 22, 2010 | Meal money in Tuscany? | David Poole |
| MILITIAS | Fri Nov 26, 2010 | Revolutionary War groups | Gary Steinmehl |
| MOLLIFY | Wed Aug 2, 2023 | Placate | Barbara Lin |
| NINONS | Sat Jul 14, 2007 | Curtain fabrics | Victor Fleming |
| OCEANTIDES | Tue Aug 28, 2007 | They're controlled by the moon | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| PETNAPS | Sun May 7, 2006 | Grabs some chow? | Trip Payne |
| PITTSBURGHPIRATE | Sun Jul 18, 2010 | What gumshoes charge in the City of Bridges? | Robert W. Harris |
| PROPOSED | Sun Jan 23, 1994 | Said "Let's wed" | Charles M. Deber |
| PUTAFACETOANAME | Fri Feb 26, 2021 | Meet somebody you've heard lots about | Chuck Deodene |
| SEMITRAILER | Sun Oct 18, 2009 | Vintage Tonka toy | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SHAILENEWOODLEY | Fri Feb 5, 2016 | Actress who starred in "The Fault in Our Stars," 2014 | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| SLACKEDOFF | Fri Nov 8, 2019 | Was lazy | Peter Wentz |
| SPARKLY | Sun Sep 8, 2024 | Glittering | Meghan Morris |
| SPOOKILY | Fri Nov 3, 2006 | How déjà vu often occurs | Manny Nosowsky |
| SPOOLERS | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Computer programs that sequence print jobs | Byron Walden |
| STOCKEXCHANGES | Fri Apr 3, 2015 | Trading places | Patrick Berry |
| STOODALONE | Sun Jun 15, 2025 | Was without peer | Adam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein |
| TABBYCAT | Fri Jul 5, 2024 | Tom sporting a striped coat, say | Trent H. Evans |
| TICTACTOEBOARD | Thu May 29, 2014 | #1 | Anna Shechtman |
| VIRGINIAMILITIA | Tue Feb 22, 2005 | State defense organization headed by Washington | Ed Early |
| WARRIORPRINCESS | Tue Dec 29, 2020 | Xena, notably | Matthew Trout |
| YOUFOOL | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | "Imbecile!" | Natan Last |
| YOURERIGHT | Tue Mar 17, 2020 | "I agree" | Ross Trudeau |