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 50,641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANACTOFPEACE | Sun Apr 22, 2007 | "Poetry is ..." (Pablo Neruda) | Victor Fleming |
| ASSISTANTS | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | People might have personal ones for what they do | Sam Buchbinder |
| BEDHOGS | Thu Jul 28, 2022 | Ones always taking cover? | Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen |
| BRUSHUP | Fri Apr 28, 1995 | Review | Rich Norris |
| BURNEDATTHESTAKE | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Punish Mr. Harris in a medieval way? | David Levinson Wilk |
| CHAINLINKFENCE | Wed Feb 23, 2011 | Barrier with a diamond pattern | Barry C. Silk |
| COACHESUP | Mon Aug 18, 2014 | Instructs, informally | Ian and Katie Livengood |
| COCKED | Wed May 12, 2004 | Ready to fire | Allan E. Parrish |
| DESERTRAT | Thu Jan 4, 2024 | Rodent in an arid environment | Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson |
| EFFACED | Fri Feb 7, 2020 | Erased | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| FRONTIERS | Mon Mar 19, 2001 | Limits of achievement | Peter Gordon |
| GARTERBELT | Wed Jun 7, 2017 | Item in the lingerie department | Timothy Polin |
| HAIRGREASE | Tue Oct 2, 2018 | Pomade? [1968, 1972] | Paul Coulter |
| HEADGAME | Wed Oct 16, 2019 | Instance of psychological trickery | Peter A. Collins |
| HEINIES | Fri Jun 6, 2014 | Tochises | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HOLYARK | Tue Mar 14, 2017 | It stores a synagogue's Torah scrolls | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| HOOSIERSTATE | Sat Feb 27, 1999 | James Whitcomb Riley's beloved home | John Scott Marrone |
| HYPNOS | Sun Apr 22, 2018 | Greek god of sleep | Ross Trudeau |
| INSTAGRAMMER | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | *Certain photo poster | Andrew Zhou |
| ITUNESSTORE | Fri Dec 5, 2014 | It has a "Complete My Album" service | Tim Croce |
| IVEBEENTAKENIN | Thu Dec 3, 1998 | "Oh dear!" cried the waist, "___." | Cathy Millhauser |
| MAGNETIZE | Fri Feb 9, 2007 | Make attractive | Eric Berlin |
| MOSCOWIDAHO | Wed Jan 7, 2009 | Hometown to college football's Vandals | William Frank Macreery |
| PAGANGODS | Wed Oct 29, 2025 | Jupiter and Mars | John Donegan |
| PETODORS | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Certain Febreze targets | Byron Walden |
| PLACETOSLEEP | Tue Jun 1, 2010 | BED | Sarah Keller |
| SCANDINAVIA | Tue Dec 14, 2021 | Northern European region | Tao Platt |
| SCANTRON | Fri Oct 19, 2018 | Teacher's timesaver for grading tests | Trenton Charlson |
| SETTLEABLE | Sun Jul 7, 1996 | Like Western land, to the pioneers | R. H. Wolfe |
| SQUIRTFLOWER | Tue May 17, 2005 | Third trick | Sherry O. Blackard |
| STALEBEER | Sat Sep 20, 2025 | Drink drunk the morning after, maybe | Katie Hoody |
| THESIMPSONS | Thu Jul 10, 1997 | Theme of this puzzle | Matt Gaffney |
| TIJUANATAXI | Sat Jan 18, 2014 | Cop car, to a CBer | David Steinberg |
| TRAVELIRON | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | Pressing need when on the go? | Sam Trabucco |
| TWOUP | Tue Jul 28, 2015 | Aussie gambling game with coins | Caleb Emmons |
| VAUGHN | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | "The Internship" co-star, 2013 | Joe Krozel |
| VEN | Wed Apr 25, 2007 | Title for one on the way to sainthood: Abbr. | John Farmer |
| WALKEDAFINELINE | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | The cautious tightrope artist ... | RIchard Hughes |
| WATTLED | Sat Dec 16, 1995 | Interwoven with twigs | Bryant White |
| WOMENSWEARDAILY | Sun Aug 17, 1997 | Fact about unladylike habits? | Cathy Millhauser |