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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOVEREPROACH | Sun Dec 11, 2022 | Having an impeccable reputation, say | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| BALDCAP | Sat Sep 16, 2023 | Component of a Mr. Clean costume, say | Jonathan Kaufman |
| BREEZEBY | Sun Apr 15, 2007 | Defeat easily | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BUNNYSLOPE | Mon Oct 20, 1997 | Beginners' skiing area | Peter Gordon |
| CALIBRES | Sat Jul 15, 2006 | Round numbers in England? | Patrick Berry |
| CRAYOLACRAYON | Wed Nov 20, 2024 | Coloring implement since 1903 | Robert S. Gard |
| EDITORIALWE | Fri Dec 2, 2022 | First person plural? | Scott Earl |
| EVACUATIONPLANE | Fri Oct 18, 2002 | Stranded person's wish | Manny Nosowsky |
| FINGERPRINTS | Sun Aug 12, 2001 | They may get a dusting | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| FLYINGSOUTH | Sat May 17, 2025 | Going down, in a way | Ryan Judge |
| HAZARDING | Fri Jul 22, 2011 | Gambling | Todd McClary |
| IGNOREME | Sat Aug 15, 1998 | Self-dismissive remark | Rich Norris |
| INTELLIGENT | Sun Jul 25, 1999 | DNA | Charles M. Deber |
| ISHOTTHESHERIFF | Fri Jun 13, 2014 | 1974 #1 hit written by Bob Marley | David Steinberg |
| KEEPA | Sun May 2, 2004 | ___ low profile | Derrick Niederman |
| MOUNTVERNON | Tue Feb 22, 2005 | Where Washington relaxed | Ed Early |
| NAPOLEONSOLO | Wed Jan 24, 2007 | The man from U.N.C.L.E. | Gary Steinmehl |
| NEWBORNBABIES | Thu Mar 4, 2021 | They're swaddled and coddled | Blake Slonecker |
| NOTONEREDCENT | Tue Mar 18, 2008 | Nary a penny | David Pringle |
| OKWISEGUY | Sat Apr 5, 2025 | "Hey, dude, enough with the jokes" | Rafael Musa |
| PEPPERMINTTWIST | Mon Jul 9, 2018 | Wrist exercise at a candy factory? | John Lampkin |
| READILYAVAILABLE | Wed Oct 26, 2022 | Interpret + Hockey's Kovalchuk + Colorado ski town + Fit = On hand | Simeon Seigel |
| SCANTRON | Fri Oct 19, 2018 | Teacher's timesaver for grading tests | Trenton Charlson |
| SEXILED | Sat Sep 3, 2022 | Temporarily banished from a dorm room, in a way | David Distenfeld |
| SHIMODA | Sun Apr 2, 1995 | Japanese port city | Norman S. Wizer |
| SIGNALED | Tue Sep 24, 2002 | Gave the high sign | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SIKE | Thu Apr 21, 2022 | "Only joking!," to a texter | Max Chen Lauring |
| SIXTYNINE | Fri May 22, 2009 | Cardinal that looks the same when viewed upside down | Manny Nosowsky |
| SPEARHEAD | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Lead | R. Norris |
| SPOONBILL | Mon Dec 12, 1994 | One may be roseate | Joy L. Wouk |
| TAKENBY | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | Impressed with | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| THEAUDACITY | Tue Feb 18, 2025 | "Seriously?!" | Erik Agard |
| THELITTLETHINGS | Wed Sep 13, 2017 | They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues | Daniel Mauer |
| THERMOPILE | Sat Oct 23, 2004 | Radiant energy measurer | James E. Buell |
| VERBIAGE | Fri Jan 14, 2022 | What purple prose and technical jargon have in common | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| WHISKER | Wed Dec 18, 1996 | Narrow margin of victory | M. W. Perry |
| WIIMINI | Sun Jan 30, 2022 | Small Nintendo console, once | Ross Trudeau |
| WOLFGANG | Fri Jun 15, 2012 | Puck, for one | Mark Diehl |
| YELLOWER | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Less brave | Peter Gordon |
| YOUFOOL | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | "Imbecile!" | Natan Last |