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 50,711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRAGES | Sat Apr 29, 2006 | Volleys | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BESTPICTUREWINNER | Sun Aug 31, 2014 | What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud | Joel Fagliano |
| BIGTALKER | Fri Mar 24, 2017 | Boastful sort | Michael Hawkins and John Guzzetta |
| CAPRESE | Mon May 1, 2023 | Kind of salad made with fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil | Alina Abidi and Matthew Stock |
| CARACAL | Fri Aug 5, 1994 | Cat with tufted ears | Daniel R. Stark |
| CHEVROLET | Fri Nov 6, 2009 | Avalanche, e.g. | Doug Peterson |
| DONTBESONAIVE | Tue Oct 18, 2005 | See 35-Across | Jay Leatherman |
| FIRMRESOLVE | Wed Nov 30, 2005 | Tenacity | Seth A. Abel |
| FIRSTYEAR | Wed Jun 26, 2024 | Frosh | Rebecca Goldstein |
| FOUNDING | Sun Jun 23, 2013 | Setting up | Patrick Berry |
| GENERATION | Mon Oct 29, 2007 | Allotment of heredity units? | Fred Piscop |
| GILGAMESH | Wed Nov 4, 2015 | Sumerian king in an ancient epic | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| GORDIEHOWE | Sun Jun 13, 2021 | Six-time winner of the N.H.L.'s Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan | Stephen McCarthy |
| HALFDOOR | Fri Jul 20, 2018 | Divided barrier | Robyn Weintraub |
| HNC | Thu Mar 16, 2000 | Chem. formula for hydrogen isocyanide | Peter Gordon |
| HOOPLE | Thu May 30, 1996 | Major of the comics | N. S. Wizer |
| JOLLYGOODFELLOW | Mon Feb 27, 1995 | Popular sort | Sidney L. Robbins |
| LEANNS | Sun Feb 6, 2005 | Singer Rimes and others | Joel Kaplow |
| MAKELIKE | Fri Sep 2, 2005 | Ape | Sherry O. Blackard |
| MEDIASTORM | Sun Oct 15, 2017 | Modern-day circus | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| MISSISSIPPIMUDPIE | Sun Nov 8, 2015 | Chocolaty Southern dessert | Tracy Gray |
| PEACEOFFICER | Mon May 5, 1997 | Member of the police | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| POTHERS | Sun Mar 12, 2017 | Commotions | Alan Arbesfeld |
| REVERSECOMMUTE | Sat Apr 19, 2025 | Part of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic | Alex Tomlinson |
| ROLLINGGAIT | Sun May 10, 2015 | Walk with swaying hips | Jacob Stulberg |
| SANDBLASTS | Mon Mar 31, 2003 | Removes paint, in a way | Patrick Merrell |
| SARGENTPORTRAIT | Wed Dec 8, 2021 | "Theodore Roosevelt" or "Robert Louis Stevenson" | Philip Koski |
| SAWOUT | Tue Feb 24, 2009 | Walked to the door | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| SEXAHOLICS | Fri Apr 11, 2025 | Ones lost in lust | Jesse Guzman |
| SHABBIER | Fri Nov 29, 2002 | Not so fine | Patrick Berry |
| SHOOTSFROMTHEHIP | Sun Jul 30, 2017 | Takes fashion photos using an unorthodox camera angle? | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| SHOWSHOW | Sun May 30, 2004 | Demonstrates | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STAGERIGHT | Sun Jul 27, 2008 | Common entry point | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
| STOMPSON | Mon Apr 2, 2007 | Crushes with the feet | Richard Hughes |
| SUNFLOWERSEED | Tue Mar 12, 2002 | Oil container #1 | Sarah Keller |
| TEDDERS | Sun Nov 12, 1995 | Hay drying machines | Randolph Ross |
| THENORWEGIANSEA | Sun Dec 9, 2018 | It borders Iceland's eastern coast | Ross Trudeau |
| TRYERS | Sun Sep 27, 2015 | Ones making an effort | Tom McCoy |
| USCAPITOL | Fri Sep 27, 2019 | Image on the back of a $50 bill | Jack Mowat |
| WEARSAWAY | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Erodes | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |