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 50,781 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADIOSAMIGOS | Thu Jun 21, 2018 | "Peace, y'all!" | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |
| ALMONERS | Sat Apr 30, 2005 | Giving people | Nancy Salomon |
| AMERICANBUFFALO | Fri Mar 8, 2002 | Western herd member | David J. Kahn |
| ATTACKDOG | Sun Jun 1, 2008 | Its bite is worse than its bark | Patrick Berry |
| BELLIGERENT | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | Pugnacious | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BLOODHOUND | Tue Feb 17, 2015 | *Relentless pursuer | Bruce Haight |
| BLURAYDISC | Sat Oct 24, 2009 | High-definition storage medium | Paula Gamache |
| CABALIST | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Mystical scholar | Martin Schneider |
| CARRARA | Sun Jul 4, 1999 | Michelangelo's marble source | Greg Staples |
| CHARGEACCOUNT | Sun Apr 24, 1994 | Shopper's convenience | Louis Sabin |
| DAINTIES | Sat Oct 16, 2004 | Tasty tidbits | Dana Motley |
| DAYINTHESUN | Tue Oct 7, 2025 | Brief time to savor one's glory, metaphorically | Corry Cropper |
| DODGSON | Thu Dec 26, 2024 | Lewis Carroll's real last name, hence Lewis's last name in "Jurassic Park" | Ella Dershowitz |
| DONTTHATBEATALL | Sat May 27, 2017 | "Who'da thunk it?!" | Damon Gulczynski |
| DOSEQUIS | Wed Apr 26, 2017 | Beer brand whose logo hints at the answers to 17-, 19-, 38-, 43- and 61-Across | Trenton Charlson |
| ECLIPSES | Mon Aug 27, 2001 | Overshadows | Holden Baker |
| ELEVATORCARS | Thu Oct 27, 2005 | Button holders | Bonnie L. Gentry |
| ENCIRCLES | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | Rings | Erik Agard |
| ESCARPING | Thu Jun 12, 1997 | Landscaper's job | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ESPOUSAL | Sat Jul 24, 2010 | Advocacy | David J. Kahn |
| FLAVOROFTHEWEEK | Wed Jun 23, 2021 | Fleeting romantic interest | Kate Hawkins |
| GUIDEANIMAL | Mon Oct 30, 2023 | Seeing Eye dog, e.g. | Kenneth Cortes |
| HASS | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Avocado variety | Danny J. Rooney |
| IDONTKNOWCANYOU | Fri Oct 24, 2025 | Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I ...?" | Kelvin Zhou |
| INACAB | Tue Sep 21, 2021 | How many people get around town | Daniel Okulitch |
| INDUED | Fri Apr 26, 1996 | Provided: Var. | W. Johnson |
| KOTTO | Sat Oct 1, 2005 | Actor Yaphet ___, of TV's "Homicide" | Joe DiPietro |
| LIGNE | Thu Dec 25, 1997 | Watchmaker's unit of thickness | A. J. Santora |
| LUIGIPIRANDELLO | Wed Mar 11, 1998 | "Six Characters in Search of an Author" dramatist | Bette Sue Cohen |
| LUNCHEONS | Fri Jun 16, 2006 | Society affairs | Alan Olschwang |
| MURIATIC | Thu Aug 30, 2007 | ___ acid (old name for hydrochloric acid) | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |
| OLDGROWTHFOREST | Sat Oct 3, 2009 | Much of Redwood National Park | Doug Peterson |
| ORAJEL | Sat Nov 22, 2025 | Toothache medication | Blake Slonecker |
| SAILEDIN | Thu Apr 22, 1999 | Came to port | David J. Kahn |
| SOEURS | Sat Feb 4, 2012 | French nuns | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison |
| STEPOUTSIDE | Sat Aug 17, 2013 | Leave to scrap, maybe | Ed Sessa |
| SUBSFOR | Thu May 15, 2025 | Replaces | Simeon Seigel |
| TINSMITHS | Wed Jan 21, 2015 | Some sheet metal workers | Jim Hilger |
| UNPOETIC | Sun Sep 23, 2018 | Prosy | Andrew Zhou |
| VORE | Wed Nov 2, 2022 | Suffix with omni- | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers |