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 50,390 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLNET | Sun Jun 23, 2019 | Like a swished basketball shot | David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas |
| ARTICULAR | Fri May 8, 1998 | Of joints | Harvey Estes |
| BILINGUAL | Tue Aug 29, 2006 | Like many immigrants | David Pringle |
| BROADSWORD | Sun Aug 16, 1998 | Excalibur, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BUSYBODY | Wed Apr 5, 2006 | Buttinsky | Patrick Merrell |
| BYPLAY | Tue Jun 14, 2011 | Incidental activity | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted |
| CHOPPEDSALAD | Sun Sep 27, 2020 | Food depicted cryptically at 49-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| DESTINATIONMOON | Wed Oct 25, 1995 | 1950's science fiction film | Larry Nargi |
| DREAMHOUSE | Wed Jul 26, 2023 | Ideal place to live | Mary Crane |
| ELDERBERRY | Sun Jul 24, 2016 | Fruit used in wines and syrups | David Steinberg |
| ENBANCDECISIONS | Wed May 25, 2011 | Some Court of Appeals work | Jeff Dubner |
| EXCISING | Mon Oct 31, 2016 | Removing surgically | Peter A. Collins |
| HATON | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | Hang one's ___ (trust in) | David J. Kahn |
| HAWAIIANCROONER | Mon Dec 25, 2000 | HO | Adam G. Perl |
| ICHINGCOINS | Wed Jul 3, 2024 | Metal detectors? | Juliana Tringali Golden |
| ILLCATCHUP | Fri Jul 4, 2025 | "Go on ahead" | Colin Adams |
| IMMELTING | Thu Dec 7, 1995 | 37 Across from a witch | Michael S. Maurer |
| IMPRINTED | Fri Sep 17, 1999 | Like many a cover title | Patrick D. Berry |
| INTURMOIL | Sun Jun 13, 2021 | Agitated | Stephen McCarthy |
| KERRISTRUG | Sun Dec 23, 2012 | 1996 Olympian noted for performing on an injured ankle | Joe DiPietro |
| LABELLED | Sun Jul 4, 2021 | Identified, in Ipswich | Howard Barkin |
| LINUSPAULING | Thu Apr 28, 2005 | 1962 Peace Nobelist | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MASSAGESONESEGO | Fri Jan 18, 2013 | Does some flattering | Tim Croce |
| MITGRADUATE | Tue Dec 5, 2006 | *Engineer from Cambridge | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| MIXEDREVIEWS | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | *, *** and *****, say | Sam Trabucco |
| NINETOSIX | Sat Sep 26, 1998 | Long hours | Jerry Ferguson |
| OLIVEPIT | Sat Dec 12, 2020 | Tapenade discard | Sid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic |
| PARTHENONFRIEZE | Wed Apr 14, 2010 | It's a relief in Athens | Jonah Kagan |
| PUNKERS | Sun Oct 25, 2009 | Some Warped Tour attendees | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SECONDMANASSAS | Tue Aug 9, 1994 | Battle in which Lee defeated Pope | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| SIMULIU | Sun Jul 6, 2025 | Star of Marvel's first film with an Asian-led cast | Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry |
| SITSHIVA | Sat Feb 15, 2020 | Mourn, in a way | Randolph Ross |
| SLIMCHANCE | Thu Mar 23, 2017 | What a long shot has | Sandy Ganzell |
| STURGEONS | Thu Apr 15, 2021 | Once-plentiful endangered fish nicknamed "Albany beef" | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Zimmer |
| THREEBS | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | Bach, Beethoven and Brahms | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TROYER | Fri Jan 16, 2009 | Verne of Austin Powers films | Mike Nothnagel |
| WALKSTHEDOG | Sat Nov 4, 2023 | Yo-yos, in a way | David P. Williams |
| WEDDEDTO | Thu Nov 6, 1997 | Completely sold on | Nancy Salomon |
| WIDEOUTS | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Offensive football positions | Byron Walden |
| WORKINPROGRESS | Mon Sep 4, 2000 | Piece of unfinished business | Elizabeth C. Gorski |