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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACDUCTS | Mon Dec 16, 2013 | They connect cooling units to rooms, in brief | Greg Johnson |
| BEADED | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Like sweat and some moccasins | Jeremy Newton |
| BEYONDPARODY | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | Superlatively absurd | Michael Lieberman |
| BOXFISH | Sat Mar 23, 2024 | Species named for its squarish shape | Sam Ezersky |
| CLOCKED | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Hit | Peter Wentz |
| CROTHERS | Sun Oct 3, 2004 | Actor known as "Scatman" | Randolph Ross |
| EXPRESSTRAIN | Fri Oct 22, 2021 | Local alternative | Robyn Weintraub |
| FIREBOX | Sun Mar 13, 2011 | Locomotive furnace | Patrick Berry |
| FOMENTED | Thu Oct 12, 2023 | Spurred | John Nagamichi Cho |
| FOOTLONGHOTDOGS | Sat Feb 14, 2009 | They're sold in oversize rolls | Joe Krozel |
| GLADIATOR | Sun Mar 7, 2004 | Best Picture of 2000 | Tyler Hinman |
| GLOSSIES | Fri Aug 19, 2011 | Fashion magazines, e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| HIGHERLOVE | Wed Sep 20, 2023 | 1986 hit for Steve Winwood (and a 2019 hit for Whitney Houston) | Gina Turner |
| HOLYSMOKES | Fri Dec 17, 2021 | "Wow, wow, wow!" | Evans Clinchy |
| IZZE | Sun Aug 11, 2024 | Sparkling juice brand | Caryn Robbins |
| KEELHAULS | Fri Mar 18, 2011 | Severely rebukes | Patrick Merrell |
| LATCHONTO | Sat Jan 4, 2014 | Take up enthusiastically | Kyle Dolan |
| LATINROOT | Thu Mar 20, 2025 | The word "aquarium" has one | Daniel Grinberg |
| LOSSOFINNOCENCE | Fri Mar 11, 2016 | Outcome in Eden | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MIXOLOGY | Tue Apr 3, 2007 | Bar exam subject? | David Quarfoot and Mike Nothnagel |
| MLSCUP | Fri Sep 16, 2022 | Goal-oriented final match, in brief? | Juliana Tringali Golden |
| NECKLACES | Sun Mar 29, 1998 | Some jewelry | Robert H. Wolfe |
| NIVENS | Mon Feb 23, 1998 | Suave actor David and others | Mark Danna |
| NONCITIZEN | Sat Oct 28, 2023 | Alien | Ryan McCarty |
| NORTHWIND | Mon Jul 13, 2020 | Bringer of cold weather | Erik Agard |
| ORDERSIN | Thu May 2, 2024 | Uses DoorDash, say | Brandon Koppy |
| REALIGNS | Wed Apr 5, 1995 | Gets back to true | Wayne Robert Williams |
| REPETITEUR | Thu Aug 18, 1994 | Ballet coach | A.J. Santora |
| REPOLL | Sat Sep 28, 2019 | Get a second opinion from | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| RESTRAINTS | Sat Jun 22, 2019 | Seatbelts, e.g. | Joe Deeney |
| RETAKER | Sun Dec 26, 1999 | Fussy film director | Greg Staples |
| SECONDSTORYMAN | Sun Mar 14, 2004 | Sequel writer's other job? | Craig Kasper |
| SLUGITOUT | Fri Apr 4, 2014 | Go a couple of rounds | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel |
| SOILURE | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Stain | Brad Wilber |
| STBONIFACE | Sat Feb 15, 2014 | Eighth-century Apostle of Germany | Julian Lim |
| TOYSOLDIERS | Fri Jan 20, 2017 | Little green men | Angela Olson Halsted |
| UNAFRAID | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Brave | Jeremy Newton |
| UNDIVIDED | Thu Jul 22, 2010 | United | Jeremy Horwitz |
| WAVESHELLO | Mon Aug 17, 2020 | Greets from across the way, say | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| YESWEDID | Sat Aug 20, 2011 | Celebratory chant at Chicago's Grant Park on 11/4/08 | Byron Walden |