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 50,431 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALGEBRAI | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | It often features the quadratic formula | Byron Walden |
| ARENTNECESSARY | Sun Feb 26, 2006 | Contractions ___ | Randolph Ross |
| BEREZINA | Sun Nov 20, 2016 | See 86-Down | Ed Sessa |
| BETHESDAMD | Tue May 27, 1997 | Doc from the Old Line State? | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| BHARAT | Sun Apr 24, 2022 | Hindi name for India | Sam Ezersky |
| CODDLEDEGGS | Sun Jun 28, 1998 | The mama's boy ordered ___ | Fred Piscop |
| COROLLARY | Sat Aug 10, 2002 | It naturally follows | Dana Motley |
| CORPORATEELITE | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | *Business bigwigs | Andrew Zhou |
| DEOXYGENATED | Sat Jun 23, 2012 | Like blood coursing through one's veins | Laura Sternberg |
| DOGGIES | Mon Sep 20, 2010 | Little pooches | Bernice Gordon |
| DOOK | Tue Dec 16, 2014 | Scrape by | Joel D. Lafargue |
| EARLGREYTEA | Sat Mar 16, 2019 | Blend flavored with bergamot | Andrew J. Ries |
| ELECTEDTO | Sat Oct 7, 2023 | Arrived at by ballot | Alex Vratsanos |
| ENGLISHTRIFLE | Tue Sep 20, 2016 | Layers of sherry-soaked torte, homemade custard and fruit served chilled in a giant stem glass | Tracy Bennett |
| FIREDRILLS | Tue Jan 5, 2010 | *School evacuation exercises | C. W. Stewart |
| FOURLANE | Tue Jan 2, 1996 | Like many interstates | G. Paul |
| HASTED | Sun Mar 27, 2005 | Moved swiftly, in older usage | Con Pederson |
| HERDSWOMAN | Sun Jan 27, 2002 | She owns stock | Patrick Berry |
| IDREAMOFJEANNIE | Tue Apr 8, 2008 | Barbara Eden TV series | Dave Mackey |
| INTRACTABLY | Fri May 24, 2024 | With mulish resolve | Carolyn Davies Lynch |
| JOINEDIN | Sat Jan 5, 2002 | Took part | Rich Norris |
| KENNAN | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | Pulitzer winner for "Russia Leaves the War" | Jim Page |
| KEYNOTES | Sun Jul 18, 1999 | Some addresses | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| LINENPAPER | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Heavy stock | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LOOKSAD | Sat Jul 12, 2008 | Be down, apparently | Myles Callum |
| LOWCARBDIET | Wed Nov 15, 2017 | Atkins plan, e.g. | Steven E. Atwood |
| MAINROAD | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | Artery | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| MATTHEWS | Sat Apr 17, 2021 | Dave of rock | Leslie Rogers |
| MOREINFO | Sat Jul 16, 2005 | What an ad's 800 number might provide | Michael Shteyman |
| MOTIONDENIED | Tue Sep 21, 2021 | A little tied up at the moment? | Daniel Okulitch |
| NONCOMS | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Sarges, e.g. | John Duschatko |
| OUTSIDESHOT | Fri Mar 15, 2019 | Low-percentage chance to win | Jamey Smith |
| PALLMALL | Mon Sep 13, 2004 | Fashionable London locale | Jay Giess |
| PARTICULATES | Sat Feb 27, 1999 | Smoke, essentially | John Scott Marrone |
| SALAMANDERS | Wed Jun 27, 2007 | Newts and such | Barbara Olson |
| SANKAPUTT | Sun Apr 10, 2022 | Finished the golf hole | David W. Tuffs |
| STIRTHEPOT | Thu Jan 18, 2024 | What a provocateur aims to do | Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz |
| TAIO | Thu Jun 19, 2025 | Singer Cruz with the 2010 hit "Dynamite" | Hannah Slovut-Einertson |
| THEWALTONS | Wed Feb 5, 2014 | *"Good night, John-Boy" series | Tracy Gray |
| TIPPERARY | Tue Sep 16, 1997 | Irish locale of song | Christopher Page |