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 50,636 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADJUDGES | Thu Mar 6, 2008 | Deems in court | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| ARCHON | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | Athenian magistrate | Charles M. Deber |
| AREACLOSED | Mon Nov 3, 2025 | *Warning sign that might be seen on a chain-link fence | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| BASETENANT | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Resident of a military installation? | Robert W. Harris |
| BATTLESUITS | Sat Nov 23, 2024 | Full-body armor in science fiction stories | Ryan McCarty |
| BREAKTHEGLASSCEILING | Sun Feb 5, 2017 | Overcome a certain career barrier ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? | Sam Trabucco |
| BRILLIANTDEDUCTION | Sun Apr 13, 2014 | C.P.A.'s masterstroke? | Dan Schoenholz |
| COFFEEMILL | Wed Mar 13, 2013 | Grinder of a sort | Joe DiPietro |
| EIGHTDAYS | Thu Sep 26, 2013 | Length of a Beatles "week" | Tom Pepper and Victor Barocas |
| ENTRYLEVELJOB | Sun May 1, 2011 | *First rung on a ladder | Xan Vongsathorn |
| EVILLOOK | Sat Jun 5, 2021 | Death stare | Peter Wentz |
| FLUTTER | Wed Nov 14, 2001 | What eyes and moths do | Frank A. Longo |
| GOLDRECORDS | Sun Mar 23, 2008 | Fort Knox officials and pop singers? | Robert W. Harris |
| INAHAZE | Fri May 3, 2019 | Befuddled | Trenton Charlson |
| INTERBRED | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Hybridized | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INTHEVICINITY | Tue May 21, 2002 | Nearby | Paula Gamache |
| LETUSPRAY | Sat Feb 18, 2017 | "Bow your heads ..." | Steve Overton |
| MEGACON | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | Annual mecca for sci-fi and fantasy fans | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| MIXEDFEELINGS | Tue Mar 17, 2020 | Ambivalence ... or a hint to 20-, 25- and 41-Across | Ross Trudeau |
| NOSOUP | Thu Dec 3, 2009 | "___ for you!" ("Seinfeld" refusal) | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| ONONEFOOT | Sat Feb 21, 1998 | How to pirouette | Richard Hughes |
| PERCENTAGES | Thu Jul 5, 2012 | Portions | Ian Livengood |
| PERTHSHIRE | Sat Dec 27, 1997 | Former county in central Scotland | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PRIMEVIDEO | Thu Oct 21, 2021 | Where to find Amazon's streams | Michael Lieberman |
| PRONOUNCIATIONS | Thu Aug 6, 2009 | *Ways things are said | Dan Naddor |
| RADIALLY | Fri Sep 17, 2004 | How spokes go | Manny Nosowsky |
| SHAHDOMS | Sun Nov 8, 1998 | Iran, once, and others | Fred Piscop |
| SNAPCHATFRIENDS | Sat Sep 8, 2018 | Ones sharing some shots | Andrew J. Ries |
| SPODES | Mon Mar 28, 1994 | Noted family in china manufacture | William P. Baxley |
| SPOONFEED | Thu Oct 8, 2015 | Longest common word in the English language ... that has its letters in reverse alphabetical order | Stu Ockman |
| STEGOSAURS | Sat Dec 28, 1996 | Museum of natural history exhibits | N. Joline |
| SUFFRAGE | Thu Jul 23, 2015 | Subject of the 15th and 19th Amendments | Timothy Polin |
| TAXID | Wed Jul 26, 2017 | S.S.N., e.g. | Brian Cox |
| TONYAWARD | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | *Musical appreciation? | Simeon Seigel |
| TRAMPLING | Fri May 5, 2000 | Violating, with "on" | Roger Barkan |
| UNFASTEN | Mon Apr 6, 2015 | Release, as a seatbelt | Finn Vigeland |
| UNHOLYMESSAGE | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | Atheist's E-mail, maybe? | Rich Norris |
| UPFAKE | Mon Mar 7, 2022 | Pretend shot, in basketball lingo | Sam Acker |
| VERMICELLIBOWLS | Tue Aug 11, 2020 | Vietnamese noodle salads | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| WESTBERLIN | Sun Dec 8, 2013 | Site of a 1963 J.F.K. speech | Patrick Berry |