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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHWELL | Sun Nov 5, 2017 | "Them's the breaks, I guess" | Natan Last |
| ALIWONG | Thu Jul 3, 2025 | "Baby Cobra" comedian | Adam Wagner |
| AROACE | Sun Nov 9, 2025 | Like someone who experiences little to no amorous and sexual attraction, for short | Amie Walker |
| ASLUMBER | Fri Jan 16, 1998 | Sleeping | Bob Sefick |
| ASSIDUOUS | Tue Dec 16, 2003 | Hard-working | M. Francis Vuolo |
| BANCS | Mon Apr 9, 2001 | Judges' seats | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| CARWINDOW | Wed Aug 31, 2022 | It's lowered in the drive-thru line | Joe Deeney |
| CORINNE | Fri Aug 11, 2000 | "The Far Country" actress Calvet | Joe DiPietro |
| CULOTTES | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | Pants with baggy legs | Gary Larson |
| DINEEARLY | Sat Jan 19, 2002 | Avoid having to wait for a table, maybe | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| FLAMENCODANCE | Sat Nov 25, 2023 | Series of steps in Spain | Jeff Stillman |
| FULLLENGTH | Tue Aug 14, 2001 | Like some mirrors | Randall J. Hartman |
| HANIF | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | "A Little Devil in America" writer Abdurraqib | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| HATCHECKGIRL | Thu Aug 3, 1995 | Lobby employee | Wayne Robert Williams |
| HEYNINETEEN | Sat Apr 7, 2001 | Steely Dan hit, 1980 | Trip Payne |
| HONESTLY | Sun Jul 30, 2017 | Cry of exasperation | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| LAWNDALE | Sun Aug 3, 2003 | Los Angeles suburb next to Torrance | Jim Page |
| LEGOMEN | Sat Dec 10, 2011 | Ones really attached to their surroundings | Corey Rubin |
| MADEMONEY | Mon Dec 18, 2017 | Profited | Bruce Haight |
| MADETHEALIST | Mon Oct 1, 2012 | Achieved great fame ... or what 20-, 28-, 35- and 48-Across did? | Susan Gelfand |
| MRISCANNER | Tue Dec 5, 2006 | *Hospital diagnostic device | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| NOTIFBUTWHEN | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Statement of inevitability | John Guzzetta |
| ONEOFTHEGUYS | Sun Sep 7, 1997 | Jasmine's family member | Randolph Ross |
| PANHANDLER | Thu Sep 3, 2020 | One seeking change | Sid Sivakumar |
| PUERTORICAN | Thu Sep 10, 2020 | Ricky Martin, e.g. [Third] | David J. Kahn |
| RATTLING | Sat Mar 14, 2009 | Fazing | Barry C. Silk |
| REAPPEARS | Thu Nov 15, 2012 | Completes a magic trick, perhaps | Andrew Reynolds |
| RIPOSTS | Fri Aug 14, 1998 | Counterstrokes: Var. | Shannon Burns |
| ROCKGARDENS | Tue Jun 30, 2015 | Comedian cultivates flowers? | Susan Gelfand |
| SHEMA | Sun Oct 12, 1997 | Jewish pledge of faith | Nancy Salomon |
| SKINNYBITCH | Sat Jan 5, 2008 | Saucily titled best-selling diet book | Paula Gamache |
| SLOYD | Fri Mar 15, 1996 | Training system originated in Sweden | A. J. Santora |
| THEBLACKPANTHER | Tue Sep 22, 2020 | Comic book character with the title role in a blockbuster 2018 film | Jeremy Newton |
| THELAPOFLUXURY | Thu Jun 14, 2001 | Quaff from a gold-plated dog bowl? | Mark Diehl |
| UNDERTHERADAR | Thu Aug 22, 2002 | Like a "M*A*S*H" character's soles? | Cathy Millhauser |
| UNTAR | Sun Dec 1, 2002 | Remove viscid material from | David J. Kahn |
| WELLSORTA | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | "Uh ... I guess" | Samuel Smalley |
| WESTERNERS | Fri May 17, 1996 | Coloradans, Utahans, etc. | J. DiPietro |
| WHOSONFIRST | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | Classic Abbott and Costello bit | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| WOODDEER | Tue Nov 14, 2017 | *Carved figurine popular around Christmas | Jerry Miccolis and Jeff Chen |