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 50,899 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABELGANCE | Sat Nov 7, 1998 | "Napoleon" director, 1927 | Raymond Hamel |
| AMUSEMENTARCADE | Wed Jul 24, 2024 | Setting for a 35-Across | Shaun Phillips |
| ARTSANDCRAFTS | Wed Jun 1, 2022 | Creative activity for grade schoolers | Chase Dittrich |
| ATTHEBAT | Sun Apr 1, 2018 | Like a fictional Casey | Sam Ezersky |
| AXILLARY | Sun Aug 23, 2015 | Armpit-related | Joel Fagliano |
| BACKSTROKE | Tue Apr 16, 2013 | Butterfly alternative | Peter Broda |
| BORNTOBEWILD | Thu Oct 3, 2013 | Classic rock song in "Easy Rider" | Evan Birnholz |
| CARPENTERANT | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | One might crawl out of the woodwork | Ryan McCarty |
| COMEDYCENTRAL | Thu Apr 12, 2007 | Popular cable network ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 47- and 56-Across | Jim Page |
| CROSSOVERARTIST | Fri Mar 24, 2023 | Pop star with country roots, say | Blake Slonecker |
| DODGEDABULLET | Fri Apr 7, 2023 | Narrowly avoided disaster | Lindsey Hobbs |
| GUMSUP | Tue Jan 24, 2023 | Clogs, as a machine or process | Aaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen |
| HAPPYFACE | Thu Apr 25, 2019 | Response to solving this puzzle | Jon Olsen |
| HOGCALLS | Tue Aug 17, 2010 | Noises from a county fair contest | Michael Sharp |
| IMAGEMAKER | Thu Jun 11, 2015 | *Publicist, e.g. | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| INCHEDUP | Wed Sep 3, 2008 | Increased slowly | David J. Kahn |
| INDONESIANS | Thu Nov 10, 2022 | Rupiah spenders | Dan Caprera |
| JETHROTULL | Mon Feb 27, 2012 | Group with the 1971 3x platinum album "Aqualung" | Bill Thompson |
| JOININMARRIAGE | Wed Aug 25, 2004 | [See instructions] | Richard Silvestri |
| KIDSTOYS | Wed Jun 4, 2008 | Stairway hazards, in some homes | Billie Truitt |
| MAHERSHALAALI | Sat Jul 13, 2024 | First Muslim actor to win an Academy Award | Eli Cotham |
| MISDIALS | Tue Feb 8, 2000 | Reaches the wrong party | Fred Piscop |
| NOTAKEBACKS | Sat Dec 3, 2022 | "Too late to change your mind now!" | Kate Hawkins |
| OCCIPUT | Sat Feb 8, 1997 | Back of the head | G. R. Ferguson |
| PAGANISM | Thu Apr 21, 2005 | Primitive practice | Patrick Merrell |
| PAGEDOWN | Mon Jul 24, 2006 | Scroll key on a computer | Richard Chisholm |
| PAYDAYS | Wed Sep 3, 2014 | Biweekly occurrences, for many | Peter A. Collins |
| QUITETHEJOKER | Mon May 9, 2011 | A real wag | Nina Rulon-Miller |
| RATTANS | Sun Jan 22, 2023 | Plants used in wickerwork furniture | Garrett Chalfin |
| ROUGING | Thu Mar 2, 2006 | Making rosy-cheeked | Patrick Merrell |
| SAVETHEDAY | Tue Nov 19, 2024 | Find a way to avert disaster | Erik Agard |
| SCHADENFREUDE | Fri Mar 7, 2014 | Guilty pleasure? | Matt Ginsberg |
| SNOOKERCUE | Sun Nov 22, 2015 | British pool stick | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| SPEWSOUT | Sun Jan 28, 2024 | Ejects forcefully | Nathan Hasegawa |
| SWISHER | Fri Nov 15, 2024 | Tech journalist Kara | Alina Abidi |
| THEMAYO | Sat Nov 26, 2005 | A waiter may be asked to hold it | Rich Norris |
| THEMERRYWIDOW | Mon Jul 21, 2008 | 1934 title role for Jeanette MacDonald | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| TRAMPSHIP | Fri Oct 27, 2000 | Cargo liner for hire | Manny Nosowsky |
| WATERSTON | Wed Aug 19, 1998 | Actor Sam | Alfio Micci |
| YESSING | Sun Aug 11, 1996 | Acting the sycophant | M. Schneider |