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 50,644 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRPOWER | Wed Dec 29, 2004 | Military strength in the sky | Jay Giess |
| ARTFAIR | Mon Nov 7, 2016 | Painting exhibition | Bruce Haight |
| CHOKECHAIN | Tue Aug 4, 1998 | Dog restraint | Janet R. Bender |
| COMEOPEN | Sat Jun 4, 2016 | Burst, in a way | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| CORONATE | Sat Jan 20, 1996 | Crown, as a sovereign | F. Longo |
| EMPTYCANS | Thu Jul 7, 2005 | Redeemable recyclables | David Quarfoot |
| FRESHASADAISY | Wed Aug 2, 2000 | Wide-awake and ready to go | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GRUDGED | Sun May 11, 2014 | Resented | Peter A. Collins |
| HASITALL | Sat Apr 23, 2022 | Lacks for nothing | Matthew Stock |
| IJSSEL | Sat Sep 12, 2015 | Dutch branch of the Rhine | Damon Gulczynski |
| IMSOCONFUSED | Fri May 10, 2024 | "None of this makes any sense!" | Jesse Cohn |
| JOHNGALT | Sun Sep 11, 2011 | Ayn Rand protagonist | Kay Anderson |
| JOHNLAW | Sat Apr 4, 1998 | Policeman, in slang | Rich Norris |
| LAKEGEORGE | Wed May 27, 1998 | French and Indian War battle site | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| LAUGHER | Mon Mar 15, 2010 | Lopsided win, in slang | Fred Piscop |
| LORDGREYSTOKE | Mon Mar 6, 1995 | 17 Across's formal title | Randall J. Hartman |
| MAXILLAE | Sun May 7, 2000 | Jawbones | Patrick D. Berry |
| NICEGUYSFINISHLAST | Sun Jan 3, 1999 | Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but also... | Randolph Ross |
| NONSENSICAL | Wed Sep 27, 2023 | Meaningless | Scott Koenig |
| OHPRETTYWOMAN | Sun Sep 17, 2023 | Comment to Aphrodite (Roy Orbison) | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| ORNAN | Wed Dec 1, 1999 | ___ the Jebusite, of I and II Chronicles | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| OSTENDE | Fri Sep 15, 1995 | Point NW of Bruxelles | Matt Gaffney |
| OUTAND | Fri Sep 26, 1997 | ___ about (publicly visible) | Chuck Deodene |
| POINTERSISTERS | Wed Dec 20, 2023 | Grammy winners for "Jump (for My Love)" (1984) | Brad Wiegmann |
| PRATO | Sun Apr 22, 2001 | City near Florence | Patrick Berry |
| REAPPEAR | Thu Nov 27, 2008 | Come back with recycling? | Patrick Berry |
| RECEIVABLE | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | Accounts ___ (ledger phrase) | Natan Last |
| RESTRAINTS | Sat Jun 22, 2019 | Seatbelts, e.g. | Joe Deeney |
| SAPAN | Sun Jan 16, 2005 | East Indian heartwood | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| SETBACKS | Thu Sep 11, 1997 | Blows | Matt Gaffney |
| SETSUPSHOP | Fri Aug 3, 2001 | Begins a business | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SQUIBS | Sat Feb 11, 2017 | Short write-ups | Frederick J. Healy |
| STUFFEDOLIVES | Sat Apr 16, 1994 | Bartender's supply | Rand H. Burns |
| THECHASE | Tue May 20, 2025 | Action film climax one might "cut to," in a saying | Rena Cohen |
| TINYGLITCH | Mon Dec 24, 2001 | Bit of a bug | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| TOTALASSETS | Sat May 11, 2024 | Measures of one's worth | Billy Bratton |
| TURNABOUTISFAIRPLAY | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Just saying? | Jim Peredo |
| VENOMS | Tue Dec 24, 1996 | Bee and snake products | E. C. Gorski |
| WISEASSES | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | People who might answer "What's up?" with "The sky" | John Kugelman |
| WRONGTURN | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | Motorist's goof | Matt Gaffney |