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 50,763 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTUALITY | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | It's not a dream | Alex Vratsanos |
| ADBLITZES | Tue Mar 26, 2019 | Intense promotional campaigns | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ALEVELS | Sat Mar 12, 2022 | Exams for British 18-year-olds | Natan Last |
| ANGKORWAT | Tue Aug 8, 2023 | Buddhist temple built in the early 12th century | Zachary David Levy |
| ATESO | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | "I never _____ much in my life!" | Martin Schneider |
| BUTTHURT | Sat Feb 28, 2026 | Acting like a sore loser, informally | Adam Levav |
| CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | Where Lords Byron and Tennyson studied | Jeremy Newton |
| COMPLETES | Fri Feb 4, 1994 | Puts a wrap on | Joe Clonick |
| CONSOLING | Wed Jan 28, 2015 | Giving a pat on the back, say | Gary Cee |
| CONSTANTCRAVING | Sat Mar 17, 2018 | 1992 hit for k. d. lang | Roland Huget |
| DEVILMAYCARE | Wed Dec 18, 2002 | Cavalier | Merle Baker |
| DIALSITBACK | Sat Nov 19, 2022 | Moves from 9 to 5, say | Benji Goldsmith |
| DOESADOUBLETAKE | Sat Aug 6, 2011 | Registers surprise, say | Joe Krozel |
| EDGARALLAN | Wed Mar 13, 1996 | First two of a short-story writer and poet | W. R. Williams |
| ELABORATES | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Develops fully | Jim Page |
| FOILPAPER | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | It's brilliant in handicrafts | Byron Walden |
| GROLIER | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Encyclopedia name | F. Piscop |
| HOGCALLS | Tue Aug 17, 2010 | Noises from a county fair contest | Michael Sharp |
| IFNECESSARY | Sat Jan 13, 2007 | When there's no other option | Patrick Berry |
| INERTIAS | Sat Jun 12, 1999 | They keep you going | Matt Gaffney |
| JOTTER | Fri May 1, 2015 | Notepad user | David Steinberg |
| KEEPONIT | Wed Jun 25, 2025 | "Don't let up. You've got this!" | Ben Zimmer and Zach Sherwin |
| KEYTAGS | Fri May 9, 2014 | Accessories purchased just for openers? | James Mulhern |
| LASSITUDE | Mon Apr 9, 2001 | Indolent indifference | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| NIGHTAFTERNIGHT | Sat Jan 20, 2001 | Continually | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NOWANDTHEN | Mon May 9, 1994 | Occasionally | Sidney L. Robbins |
| OKTO | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | "Are you ___ drive?" | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| PINPRICK | Thu Jan 15, 1998 | Minor annoyance | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| PREBORN | Sun Oct 3, 2004 | In utero | Randolph Ross |
| PREOPS | Sat Feb 10, 2018 | Hospital sections, for short | Finn Vigeland |
| PSYCHODRAMA | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Form of therapy in which patients act out events from their past | Byron Walden |
| STARREDIN | Mon Oct 27, 2025 | Headed the cast of | Tarun Krishnamurthy |
| STAYINGINDOORS | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Not quitting a building supplies specialty? | Rich Norris |
| TENDOLLARWORDS | Sat Dec 28, 2024 | Sesquipedalia | Sam Berriman |
| TRUERIB | Sat Feb 28, 2009 | Sternum attachment | Frank Longo |
| TUMBLES | Thu Sep 4, 2003 | Spills | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| USEPLAINENGLISH | Tue Apr 12, 2005 | Avoid technobabble | Nancy Salomon |
| UTTERING | Wed Aug 5, 2015 | Giving voice to | Patrick Berry |
| WAGEGAP | Sun Apr 3, 2016 | Feminist issue in the workplace | Natan Last |
| WIENERDOG | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | Dachshund | Evan Kalish |