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 50,653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPIRETOGREATNESS | Sun Nov 3, 2002 | The Washington Monument? | Patrick Berry |
| BURNSIDES | Fri Aug 29, 2003 | Relative of muttonchops | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| CANTRELL | Sat Jan 22, 2011 | Singer Blu with the 2001 hit "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" | Victor Fleming |
| CEDRAT | Fri Mar 31, 1995 | Lemonlike fruit | Chuck Deodene |
| COMEGOWITHME | Sat Jul 20, 2013 | 1957 Dell-Vikings hit | Tim Croce |
| COOKBOOK | Tue Mar 11, 2014 | Volume that requires lots of preparations to compile? | Mel Rosen |
| CREAMEDCORN | Tue Jul 22, 2003 | Mistreated vegetable? | Steven Kahn |
| DETONATES | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | Sets off | Byron Walden |
| DIPLOMAS | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | Psychiatrists' hang-ups? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| DRIVINGMISSDAISY | Mon Nov 12, 2007 | "Floral" film that was the Best Picture of 1989 | Harvey Estes |
| EYEOFTHESTORM | Mon May 23, 2016 | Where it's calmest in a hurricane | Ori Brian |
| FRANCISBACON | Sun Sep 27, 1998 | He should have written "Green Eggs and Ham" | Randolph Ross |
| GRACECUP | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | Final toast of a meal | Mark Diehl |
| ITMAKESNOSENSETOME | Thu Jun 24, 2010 | "Huh?!" | John Farmer |
| KVELLED | Wed Oct 28, 2020 | Was verklempt from pride | Peter Gordon |
| LANDSEER | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | "Stag at Bay" painter | F. & L. Sabin |
| MADEINHEAVEN | Tue Mar 13, 2001 | Quip, part 2 | Michael S. Maurer |
| MADEMEN | Sun Mar 2, 2025 | Mafiosi | Adam Wagner |
| MARKSOFF | Tue Aug 5, 2014 | "There goes Zuckerberg, trying for a steal!" | Lynn Lempel |
| MATCHSTICKMEN | Wed Oct 26, 2005 | 2003 Nicolas Cage film | Adam G. Perl |
| OHMIC | Sat Nov 6, 2010 | Like some resistance | Brad Wilber |
| ORIENTALRUG | Fri Jan 20, 1995 | Persian | Manny Nosowsky |
| PETERSEN | Fri Jan 31, 2014 | "CSI" star William | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| POWERHOUSE | Tue Nov 29, 1994 | Place for Tyrone? | Bernice Gordon |
| PREDESTINES | Sat Jun 12, 1999 | Fates | Matt Gaffney |
| QIX | Thu Aug 5, 2010 | Popular 1980s arcade game based on simple geometry | Gary J. Whitehead |
| SAFETYSCHOOL | Fri Oct 24, 2025 | Plan B, for seniors | Kelvin Zhou |
| SECRETDOOR | Thu Mar 9, 2023 | Private entrance, perhaps | Simeon Seigel |
| STATELEVEL | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issues | Byron Walden |
| STEEPROAD | Sun Sep 15, 2019 | Posted warning near mountains | Andrew Kingsley |
| TEMPERANCE | Fri Jul 29, 1994 | Self-control | A. D. Cover |
| THATANSWERSTHAT | Fri Jun 20, 2025 | "Looks like it's settled!" | Adrianne Baik |
| THEELEPHANTMAN | Sun Jul 2, 2023 | 1980 film that led to the creation of the Academy Award for Best Makeup | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| THEHOLYBIBLE | Tue Oct 27, 2015 | Vampire's bane #1 | Kurt Mueller |
| THEKITCHENSINK | Thu Jun 27, 1996 | Everything | R. Norris |
| THEREMIN | Sun Jun 15, 2003 | Early electronic musical instrument | Cathy Millhauser |
| TOMATILLO | Mon Jun 17, 2024 | Ingredient in salsa verde | Kiran Pandey |
| TRAMROUTES | Sat Apr 7, 2018 | Track at Universal Studios and the like | Mark Diehl |
| TURKEYBOWL | Mon Jan 22, 2024 | *Thanksgiving football game | Jake Halperin |
| UNBIASEDOPINION | Mon Sep 16, 2002 | Polltaker's oxymoron | Roy Leban |