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 50,385 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKAS | Tue Sep 28, 2021 | Aliases, informally | Meghan Morris |
| BOWLINE | Fri Jun 25, 2004 | Knot that won't slip | Manny Nosowsky |
| BROKEREDASETTLEMENT | Sun May 1, 2016 | *Ted talks, say | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| CEMENTED | Sun Oct 8, 2017 | Completely set | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| CLOISONNE | Fri Apr 1, 2016 | Decorative enamelware | Peter Gordon |
| COMEUPPANCE | Fri Mar 20, 2015 | Just deserts | Roland Huget |
| DEPUTED | Sat Mar 21, 1998 | Formed a posse, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| DONTINTERRUPTME | Sat Oct 21, 2023 | Reprimand to one who spoke too soon | Kelly Morenus |
| DULLEA | Sun Aug 7, 2011 | Keir of "2001: A Space Odyssey" | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| EXPONENTIALRATE | Fri Aug 15, 2008 | Rapidly increasing pace | Barry C. Silk |
| FEELSBAD | Sun May 25, 2008 | Aches | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FLANAGAN | Fri Aug 18, 1995 | Boys Town figure | Manny Nosowsky |
| GUZZLE | Wed Aug 21, 2002 | Not just sip | Joel Kaplow |
| HATEDTOGO | Fri Aug 18, 2006 | Didn't like leaving | Joe DiPietro |
| HOOVERDAM | Tue Feb 19, 2013 | Construction on the Colorado River | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| INDISREPAIR | Mon Sep 10, 2012 | Falling apart | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| IRONHORSES | Sun May 7, 2023 | Steam trains, in the 19th century | Will Nediger |
| ITCHING | Sat Oct 29, 1994 | Restless | Frank A. Longo |
| IWASRIGHT | Mon Aug 22, 2022 | "Told you so!" | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| KIDORY | Sat Feb 13, 2016 | Noted jazz trombonist's nickname | Peter Wentz |
| MALEGENES | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | They're on the Y chromosome | Randolph Ross |
| MANSERVANT | Thu Jun 23, 2005 | Maid's counterpart | Courtenay Crocker III |
| ORALREPORT | Fri Sep 12, 2025 | Classroom delivery, perhaps | Joe Marquez |
| PIETISM | Sat Apr 9, 2016 | Old Lutheran movement | David Phillips |
| QUAINTEST | Sun Nov 13, 1994 | Most charming | Frank A. Longo |
| REAGANERA | Sat Dec 21, 2024 | Most of the 1980s | Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein |
| SADSIGHT | Thu Mar 10, 2022 | Cause for pity | John Westwig |
| SAURO | Tue Sep 27, 2005 | Lizard: Prefix | Kevan Choset |
| SETDOWN | Wed Sep 26, 2007 | Lay | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| SPLAYING | Tue May 14, 2019 | Spreading out | Damon Gulczynski |
| STUPEFIED | Fri Oct 30, 2015 | Rendered speechless | Patrick Berry |
| SWATTEAM | Fri Mar 25, 2011 | Help in a dangerous situation | Mike Nothnagel |
| SWISSES | Sun Feb 8, 2015 | Alternatives to cheddars | Jeremy Newton |
| THEJUNGLEBOOK | Thu Feb 17, 2000 | Mowgli's medium | Matt Gaffney and David Bianco |
| THESTAIRS | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | You may take them down | David J. Kahn |
| THETHIRDDEGREE | Tue Mar 21, 1995 | Intense interrogation | Harvey Estes |
| THREECARDMONTE | Thu Nov 7, 2013 | Con game | Alan DerKazarian |
| TUCKERBAG | Thu Mar 18, 1999 | Food carrier, in 37-Across | Rand H. Burns |
| TVDINNERS | Sat Jul 21, 2001 | Compartmentalized cuisine? | Mark Diehl |
| VIERS | Tue Dec 13, 2011 | Contenders | Jonathan Gersch |