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 50,547 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICATHEBEAUTIFUL | Thu Jun 11, 2009 | Whence "Thine alabaster cities gleam" lyric | Alex Boisvert |
| BATTLEOFTHESINAI | Mon Oct 1, 2018 | Yom Kippur War clash | Chuck Deodene |
| BOPHA | Sat Jun 28, 2003 | 1993 Danny Glover film based on a Percy Mtwa play | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BUMPPO | Fri Jun 7, 2013 | "Leatherstocking Tales" hero | Ed Sessa |
| COMMANDS | Wed Jan 18, 2006 | Is in charge | Sheldon Benardo |
| CONRADNAGEL | Tue May 19, 2015 | Greta Garbo's "The Mysterious Lady" co-star | Allan E. Parrish |
| DEADLIESTCATCH | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Reality show about the perils of crabbing in the Bering Sea | Adrian Johnson |
| DETHRONES | Tue May 25, 2004 | Removes from power | Richard Chisholm |
| DISCUSTHROW | Thu Dec 22, 2011 | Olympic event dating back to ancient Greece | Kristian House |
| DOYOUKNOWWHOIAM | Sat Nov 30, 2024 | Haughty self-important question | Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito |
| DUTYCALLS | Wed Dec 20, 2006 | "O.K., back to work" | Nancy Salomon |
| EXPERTWITNESSES | Fri Aug 11, 1995 | Forensic psychiatrists, at times | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| EYEMASKS | Sun Aug 25, 2024 | They keep people in the dark | John Kugelman |
| GETSFAT | Sat May 2, 2020 | Swells up, as a lip | Paolo Pasco |
| GLAIR | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | Egg white | R. Wolfe |
| GLUCK | Thu Apr 6, 2006 | "La clemenza di Tito" composer | Ed Early |
| HASFITS | Sat Aug 2, 2008 | Rages | Karen M. Tracey |
| HOLYMOLY | Sun Jan 26, 2003 | "Wow!" | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| ILLYA | Sun Jul 2, 2017 | Napoleon's partner on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." | Patrick Blindauer |
| LATEGAME | Fri Oct 7, 2022 | Second half of a doubleheader | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| LIMITEDRUN | Fri Jan 7, 2022 | Broadway show where everyone knows the ending? | Robyn Weintraub |
| MIMESIS | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Representation of the real world in literature and art | Frank Longo |
| MOMAEXHIBITION | Sun Nov 23, 2008 | N.Y.C. cultural event | David J. Kahn |
| MOSSCRABS | Sun May 12, 2019 | Crustaceans that carry their own camouflage | Victor Barocas |
| NOTHANKS | Fri Dec 10, 1993 | Polite refusal | Alex K. Justin |
| OCONNER | Thu Feb 10, 2011 | Patricia who wrote "Woe Is I" | Derek Bowman |
| ONTHEBLINK | Wed Mar 31, 1999 | See 36-Across | Patrick Jordan |
| OUTLAWED | Sun Mar 24, 2019 | Like chewing gum in Singapore or wearing blue jeans in North Korea (seriously!) | Trenton Charlson |
| OUTPLAY | Sat Jun 20, 2020 | Word in the "Survivor" motto | Stella Zawistowski |
| OVEST | Wed Dec 20, 2017 | Sunset's direction, in Sorrento | Talitha Randall |
| PACIFICRIM | Thu Oct 22, 1998 | Trade area of expanding importance | Chuck Deodene |
| PINELLAS | Sun May 13, 2001 | ___ Park, Fla. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PPPPPP | Sat Mar 17, 2012 | Rare dynamic marking seen in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony | David Quarfoot |
| REAUMUR | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | 18th-century French inventor of a temperature scale | Byron Walden |
| ROUGHLY | Mon Jun 7, 2010 | More or less | Lynn Lempel |
| SECONDCLASS | Fri Dec 10, 2004 | Not fully respected | Frank Longo |
| SILVERLINING | Wed Feb 16, 2022 | Upside, when down | Rich Proulx |
| SKINNYDIPPER | Mon Jul 22, 2019 | One barely in the water? | Lynn Lempel |
| USMARINECORPS | Thu Nov 13, 2003 | Its hymn contains the starts to 17-, 21- and 53-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| WORLDSERIESWINS | Tue Sep 4, 2012 | 62-Across to a Yankees fan | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |