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 50,251 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIWANTTODO | Fri Mar 13, 2015 | 2008 crossover hit for the country duo Sugarland | Victor Fleming |
| AMAZEBALLS | Sat Jul 15, 2017 | Incredible, in modern slang | Zachary Spitz |
| AREWELIVE | Tue Aug 12, 2025 | "Has our broadcast started?" | Erik Agard |
| ATWORLDSEND | Tue Feb 22, 2022 | Near the North or South Pole, say | Jacob McDermott |
| AWARDLETTER | Sat Oct 30, 2004 | Good news from the financial aid office | Byron Walden |
| CANTDOATHING | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Is completely hamstrung | Joe DiPietro |
| CROSSBREEDS | Sun Aug 28, 2022 | Mixes animal species … as eight answers in this puzzle do? | Ori Brian |
| DETAILING | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Some work at a car wash | John Westwig |
| EDISONEFFECT | Sun May 16, 2021 | Phenomenon by which electrons radiate from a heated filament, so named for a famous observer | Joe DiPietro |
| EGGSHAPEDHEAD | Mon Aug 3, 2015 | Notable 23-Across feature | David Steinberg |
| FRIZZED | Sat Sep 15, 2001 | Like an Afro | Michael Shteyman |
| HATTON | Tue Feb 2, 2021 | ___ Garden, London district known for diamond trading | Adesina O. Koiki |
| IMPAIRED | Thu Aug 20, 2015 | Intoxicated, say | Jules P. Markey |
| ISNOTHINGSACRED | Fri Feb 11, 2022 | Rhetorical question lamenting a lack of respect | Trenton Charlson |
| KRINGLE | Thu Sep 26, 2019 | Noted Kris | Doug Peterson |
| LIMPET | Tue Nov 26, 2002 | Cousin of a conch | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LIPGLOSS | Tue Sep 8, 2015 | Cosmetic applied with a small brush | Jacob Stulberg |
| MICHAELJFOX | Sat Mar 14, 1998 | Emmy-winning actor, 1986-88 | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| MISDIRECTED | Wed Jun 16, 2021 | Led astray ... or like the films at 19-, 25-, 40- and 57-Across? | Finn Vigeland |
| MONTMARTRE | Sat Mar 5, 2011 | Area where Dalí, Monet, Picasso and van Gogh all painted | Randolph Ross |
| NATH | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Part of a Hawthorne signature | Manny Nosowsky |
| NONPLUSSES | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Confounds | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| NONSTEROID | Wed May 4, 2016 | Like hormones synthesized from amino acids | Jacob Stulberg |
| ONELOAF | Fri Jul 8, 1994 | 15 slices, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| OVERTIMEGOALS | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | Exciting hockey finishes | Eric Berlin |
| PLAYEDOVER | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Reran | Rich Norris |
| QUIZZES | Fri Oct 26, 2001 | Grills | Peter Gordon |
| RADIATIONBELT | Wed Dec 2, 2015 | Attire during an X-ray exam? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| RAWRECRUIT | Sun Feb 12, 2017 | Greenhorn on the force | Lynn Lempel |
| RICKSPRINGFIELD | Sat Apr 22, 2017 | Singer with a recurring role on "General Hospital" | Adam Fromm |
| ROGEROVERANDOUT | Fri Aug 27, 2004 | Communication ender | Manny Nosowsky |
| SKIPARKA | Sat Aug 16, 2008 | Protection for someone on the run? | Byron Walden |
| SLICKER | Fri Feb 27, 1998 | City fellow | Kevin McCann |
| SOLUTION | Mon Oct 4, 2004 | "Eureka!" cause | Seth A. Abel |
| SWEATOFONESBROW | Tue Dec 12, 2000 | Hard labor | Nick Grivas |
| VIOLINCONCERTOS | Sun May 3, 2009 | Five works of Mozart [Rhode Island] | Caleb Madison |
| WEIRDEDOUT | Sat Feb 8, 2020 | Getting a strange vibe | Hemant Mehta |
| WINDMILLDUNK | Mon Nov 11, 2019 | *Showy basketball two-pointer | Evan Kalish |
| WOODSHED | Sat Oct 23, 2010 | Place of discreet punishment | Will Nediger |
| YOUREINFORITNOW | Mon Feb 4, 2019 | "This means trouble, my friend" | Ali Gascoigne |