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 50,711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGIANTAMONGMEN | Mon Nov 2, 1998 | Willie Mays at the Y? | Sheldon Benardo |
| AMERICANAH | Sun Dec 4, 2022 | Best-selling Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel whose protagonist leaves Nigeria for a U.S. university | Gustie Owens |
| ASADOG | Sun Jul 2, 1995 | One way to be sick | Alex K. Justin |
| BEATRIXPOTTER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Scrawling ceramicist | Martin Schneider |
| BLAZEOFGLORY | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | Jon Bon Jovi torch song? | Matthew Sewell |
| BURSTIN | Sat Jun 21, 2008 | Enter suddenly | Tyler Lewis Hinman |
| CABLEOUTLET | Mon Oct 19, 2015 | *TV installation not requiring an antenna | Bruce Venzke and Victor Fleming |
| CONTRARIANS | Sat Feb 15, 2025 | They beg to differ | David P. Williams |
| CONVOY | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Travel group | Andrew J. Ries |
| CTRLR | Sun Mar 15, 2026 | "Refreshing" web shortcut | Miranda Kany |
| DOGYEAR | Sat Feb 25, 2023 | It's equivalent to over 2,500 human days | Trent H. Evans |
| ENUNCIATION | Thu Jul 5, 2018 | Clear speaking | Randolph Ross |
| FLEXION | Sat Feb 25, 2017 | Bodybuilder's pose, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| GARDENHOE | Tue Apr 27, 2010 | Tool you can lean on | Oliver Hill |
| GETSITON | Sat Mar 12, 2011 | Begins brawling | Joon Pahk |
| GUESTBOOK | Fri May 20, 2016 | Item in the lobby of a country inn | Kristian House |
| HILARYSWANK | Sun Aug 11, 2019 | Best Actress winner of 1999 and 2004 | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| KAYAKERS | Fri Apr 8, 1994 | Rapids shooters | David A. Rosen |
| MASTERCLASS | Fri Oct 25, 2024 | Flawless display of technique | Alex Murphy |
| MINIMALISTS | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Composer Philip Glass and others | Francis Heaney |
| NEEDEDANAP | Thu Oct 16, 2025 | Felt tired during the day, say | Kareem Ayas |
| OUTMANNED | Fri Sep 15, 1995 | Having inferior forces | Matt Gaffney |
| PANAMACANALCITY | Tue Apr 29, 1997 | Mapmaker's definition of this puzzle's theme | Jeff Herrington |
| PARTYING | Mon Jun 12, 2017 | Spring break activity in Miami Beach or Cabo | Dan Margolis |
| RANTSAT | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | Subjects to a tirade | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |
| RUBBERY | Sat Mar 16, 2013 | Like 49-Down | Julian Lim |
| SALINESOLUTIONS | Fri Mar 22, 1996 | IV drips, often | F. A. Longo |
| SAMEAGE | Fri Feb 20, 2015 | Like George W. Bush vis-à-vis Sylvester Stallone | David Woolf |
| SCREWER | Mon Mar 20, 1995 | Carpenter, often | Sidney L. Robbins |
| SEASONEDTOTASTE | Thu Apr 2, 2015 | Prepared exactly as one likes, say | Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin |
| SENATORIAL | Sat Dec 28, 1996 | Like some committees | N. Joline |
| SINKERS | Thu Dec 28, 2000 | Some pitches | Manny Nosowsky |
| SKIRR | Sun Jul 20, 2008 | Go rapidly | Barry C. Silk |
| STUPES | Fri Jan 25, 2019 | Dummies | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TUTELAGES | Sat Aug 20, 2005 | Teaching relationships | Patrick Berry |
| UNJAMS | Mon Feb 12, 2018 | Fixes, as a photocopier | Michael Black |
| UVALUE | Sat Apr 28, 2001 | Heat flow measure in insulation | Rich Norris |
| WAITFORTHETONE | Thu Sep 8, 2005 | Advice on a fitness instructor's answering machine message? | Ben Tausig |
| WIDGETS | Fri Feb 20, 2004 | Thingies | Bob Peoples |
| WROTEOFF | Sun May 10, 2020 | Dismissed out of hand | Adam Fromm |