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 50,216 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEROGEL | Sat Aug 21, 2021 | Synthetic material also called frozen smoke | Joseph Greenbaum |
| ALHAIG | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | Secretary of state after Ed Muskie | Randolph Ross |
| ANSELS | Sun Jul 7, 2019 | Adams and Elgort | Jack Reuter |
| BIENNIALLY | Sun Oct 5, 2014 | How congressional elections are held | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| CASHADVANCE | Fri Dec 23, 2016 | Visa option | Robyn Weintraub |
| CHASMAL | Sat Mar 27, 2004 | Not merely deep | Sherry O. Blackard |
| COINCOLLECTIONS | Wed Jun 1, 2022 | Prized possessions for numismatists | Chase Dittrich |
| COLLUDED | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Caballed | F. Longo |
| COROLLARY | Sat Aug 10, 2002 | It naturally follows | Dana Motley |
| CURLEWS | Sun Sep 8, 2002 | Alaska nesters | Rich Norris |
| DRYCELL | Sun Apr 28, 1996 | Kind of battery | D. C. Baldwin |
| ERODER | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Wind or water | Rich Norris |
| FACEDTHERAP | Wed May 8, 1996 | Acknowledged responsibility | R. Norris |
| FRIERS | Sun Aug 6, 1995 | Chickens to cook | Manny Nosowsky |
| GENIUSATWORK | Thu Apr 12, 2018 | Facetious sign in a lab or office | Jules Markey |
| HAUNCHES | Sat Feb 26, 2000 | Hindquarters | Bob Klahn |
| HEARTRENDING | Tue Nov 19, 2002 | Extremely sad | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HOLDINGTANK | Tue Dec 18, 2018 | Proper attire for detaining a perp? | Ross Trudeau |
| ISAACMIZRAHI | Wed Oct 13, 2021 | Fashion designer and judge on "Project Runway All Stars" | Brianne McManis |
| LAMANCHA | Wed Mar 21, 2012 | Sancho Panza's land | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| MACABER | Sat Jul 5, 2003 | Creepy: Var. | David J. Kahn |
| MARQUISES | Wed Jul 31, 2019 | French noblemen or noblewomen | Dan Caprera |
| MCMILLAN | Fri Aug 6, 2021 | Longtime N.B.A. head coach Nate | Seth A. Abel |
| NEBBISH | Sat Jul 17, 2004 | Wimp | Rich Norris |
| OBEISANCES | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Acts of deference | Matt Ginsberg |
| ONBENDEDKNEE | Mon Jun 8, 1998 | How the would-be groom proposed | Mark Danna |
| OVERFIFTY | Sun Jun 14, 2020 | See 64-Across | Randolph Ross |
| PETSTORES | Sat Mar 20, 2021 | Places to buy food you wouldn't want to eat yourself | Emily Carroll |
| POIGNANT | Thu Apr 7, 1994 | Heartfelt | Fred Piscop |
| POPTOPLID | Fri Jul 19, 2024 | Screw cap alternative | Jacob McDermott |
| PRECIOUS | Sat Nov 23, 2019 | Term of endearment | Trenton Charlson |
| PRERIGS | Thu Jan 9, 2020 | Sets up ahead of time, in jargon | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| PUTINSTORAGE | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | The Kremlin's closet space? | Trip Payne |
| RICHARDTHELIONHEARTED | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | 1923 Wallace Beery portrayal | Frank A. Longo |
| SONNETEER | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Shakespeare, notably | Trenton Charlson |
| TOERINGS | Fri Oct 5, 2012 | What married women in India traditionally wear | Patrick Berry |
| UNSAFELY | Sun Dec 15, 1996 | With risk | R. Ross |
| XKCD | Sat Apr 8, 2017 | Award-winning webcomic about "romance, sarcasm, math and language" | Jeff Chen |
| YADAYADA | Wed May 16, 2012 | "And so on" | Kevin Adamick |
| ZIZZERZAZZERZUZZ | Sun Oct 3, 2021 | Final creature encountered in "Dr. Seuss's ABC" | Trenton Charlson |