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 50,452 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANYLUCK | Tue Jan 15, 2019 | "Were you successful at all?" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| BARRELCHESTED | Tue Nov 17, 1998 | Like some tenors | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| BETTYRIZZO | Sun Dec 1, 2024 | Leader of the Pink Ladies in "Grease" | John Lieb |
| BREAKINTOASMILE | Mon May 28, 2018 | What you might do if you sing 16-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BUGLING | Thu Jun 16, 2005 | Cavalry sound | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CAMPINESS | Tue Apr 25, 2023 | Characteristic of John Waters movies | Grant Boroughs |
| CATTLEMAN | Sun Jul 6, 2003 | Rancher | Robert H. Wolfe |
| EGOMANIACS | Thu Dec 31, 2015 | People obsessed with being online? | Ben Tausig |
| EXPLODED | Mon Mar 2, 2015 | Went off, as a bomb | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FOURMAN | Sat Mar 20, 1999 | Kind of bobsled | Chuck Deodene |
| FREETHINKING | Sat May 2, 2020 | Unlike sheep | Paolo Pasco |
| HOTASHADES | Sat Mar 8, 2025 | Scorching | Joe Deeney |
| INDEFINABLE | Fri May 13, 2011 | Hard to nail down | Joe Krozel |
| ISNTITEXCITING | Wed Jul 22, 2020 | "Are you as jazzed as I am?" | Peter A. Collins |
| JOHNGALT | Sun Sep 11, 2011 | Ayn Rand protagonist | Kay Anderson |
| JONARBUCKLE | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Last seen being mocked by a cat. If found, call ___ [see 46-Across] | Matthew Sewell |
| JOUNCES | Thu Oct 25, 2007 | Bumps on a ride | Susan Harrington Smith |
| LACONFIDENTIAL | Mon Mar 6, 2000 | 1998 Best Picture nominee | Gregory E. Paul |
| LASTMOVES | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Endgame | Peter Wentz |
| LINEDOUT | Sun Oct 27, 2024 | Nearly succeeded ... but there's a catch! | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| LOVEWILLKEEPUSTOGETHER | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Vision of the future in human relations? | Joe DiPietro |
| MAYISEEYOUAGAIN | Sun Jul 27, 2014 | Date line | Randolph Ross |
| MUSSEDUP | Fri Sep 14, 2007 | Uncombed | John Farmer |
| OGAM | Sun Mar 17, 2002 | Old Irish alphabet: Var. | David J. Kahn |
| RAVINED | Sat Nov 3, 2012 | Showing severe erosion, maybe | Milo Beckman |
| REHOIST | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Raise again, as a flag | Derrick Niederman |
| SEHEN | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | To look, in Leipzig | Henry Hook |
| SELDOMNESS | Fri May 26, 1995 | Infrequency | Randolph Ross |
| SHIRTWAIST | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | Tailored blouse style | Paolo Pasco |
| SMARVELOUS | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Elided phrase in a Gershwin song | Joe Krozel |
| SUSANNE | Sat Dec 7, 2002 | ___ Langer, who wrote "Philosophy in a New Key" | Rich Norris |
| SWINDLER | Sat Oct 20, 2001 | Expert with a racket | Patrick Berry |
| TACTLESS | Wed Feb 21, 2018 | Like boorish behavior | Ori Brian and Zachary Spitz |
| THESHAPEOFWATER | Mon Nov 19, 2018 | "Fluid" 2017 film? | Jim Hilger |
| UNSTOPPED | Mon Aug 23, 1999 | Like a drain after a drain cleaner | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| UNUSEDTO | Tue Jul 30, 2002 | Not familiar with | Sherry O. Blackard |
| UPFORDEBATE | Thu Jul 20, 2023 | Worth discussing, as an issue | Drew Schmenner |
| VOYAGING | Mon Nov 21, 2011 | Taking a long trip at sea | Peter A. Collins |
| WATCHWHATYOUSAY | Wed Sep 14, 1994 | Lip readers do this | Harvey Estes |
| WINTERSTALE | Mon Nov 6, 1995 | Shakespeare play, with "The" | Roger H. Courtney |