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 50,247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIPROHIBITION | Sat Oct 9, 2010 | Drive to drink? | Joe Krozel |
| BOREINMIND | Sat Jun 24, 2023 | Considered | Spencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez |
| BRAVEMAN | Fri Nov 7, 2008 | Medal of Honor recipient, say | Kevin G. Der |
| CARPATHIA | Thu Aug 12, 2010 | Responder to 38-Across on 4/15/1912 | Barry Boone |
| CAYMANISLANDS | Sat Nov 28, 1998 | George Town is its capital | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| CLANDESTINE | Sun Nov 14, 2004 | Under the table | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| COMEA | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | ___ cropper | R. M. Hopkins |
| DEVILMAYCARE | Wed Dec 18, 2002 | Cavalier | Merle Baker |
| DIDADANCE | Sat Nov 11, 2000 | Jigged | Randolph Ross |
| DOOHICKEY | Tue Oct 22, 2013 | Thingamajig | Kevan Choset |
| FATELVIS | Sat Jun 16, 2018 | The King, late in his career | Sam Trabucco |
| FIREDOORS | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | Building safety features | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| GARGOYLE | Tue Dec 13, 2005 | Quaint building decoration | Roy Leban |
| GORBY | Sat Aug 22, 1998 | Old Soviet biggie | David J. Kahn |
| GOUPANDDOWN | Thu Oct 25, 2018 | See 45-Across | Neville Fogarty |
| GRUDGES | Wed Jan 22, 2025 | They are sometimes held too long | Landon Horton |
| HEALSUP | Sun Jul 19, 2020 | Gets better | Wyna Liu |
| HOWARDSTERNSHOW | Sun Nov 4, 2007 | Broadcast with Baba Booey, with "The" | Bob Klahn |
| IMRUINED | Fri Nov 1, 2013 | Cry of despair | Brad Wilber |
| INKING | Fri Aug 16, 2019 | Giving a tattoo | Ori Brian |
| INSTANTPOTATOES | Fri May 13, 2011 | Betty Crocker or Hungry Jack product | Joe Krozel |
| KEENERS | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Lamenting ones | Fred Piscop |
| KINGSIZEBED | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | Part of a honeymoon suite, perhaps | Steven Ginzburg |
| LAUNDERED | Sat Aug 27, 1994 | Cleaned | Joy L. Wouk |
| MADEGREE | Fri May 31, 2019 | Conferral after some two-year programs | Sam Ezersky |
| MEANINGOFLIFE | Tue Feb 20, 2018 | n. spirit, animation | Joel Fagliano |
| MOMENTOUS | Sat Aug 3, 1996 | Key | A. D. Cover |
| MOOREHEAD | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | Actress who played Endora on TV's "Bewitched" | Mark Diehl |
| MYSIDE | Sun Jan 18, 2009 | What "time is on" in a 1964 Rolling Stones hit | Randolph Ross |
| ONTHEBLINK | Wed Mar 31, 1999 | See 36-Across | Patrick Jordan |
| OVERLAIN | Fri Feb 14, 2020 | Superimposed | Daniel Larsen |
| PADUAN | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Katherina or Bianca, in "The Taming of the Shrew" | Joe Krozel |
| PORKRIB | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | BBQ specialty | Sam Ezersky |
| RAZING | Sat Apr 8, 1995 | Wrecking ball chore | A.J. Santora |
| SAFEKEEPING | Mon Apr 2, 2001 | Protection | Peter Gordon |
| SCULPTURE | Mon Aug 24, 2020 | Three-dimensional art | David Alfred Bywaters |
| SILVAN | Fri Apr 2, 1999 | Wooded: Var. | Jim Page |
| SPIRITUALS | Fri Jul 20, 2001 | "Go Down, Moses" and others | Jim Page |
| STEPOFF | Thu Dec 7, 2006 | Debark | Kelly Clark |
| TORNINTO | Fri Oct 12, 2007 | Raked over the coals | Mike Nothnagel |