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 50,854 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMASKEDBALL | Thu Mar 19, 1998 | Verdi opera | Manny Nosowsky |
| BEFALLS | Sat Dec 1, 2012 | Happens to | Joon Pahk |
| CASELIST | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | Lawyer's roster | Trip Payne |
| CHEEKBONE | Thu Sep 22, 2022 | What's highlighted in some makeup tutorials | Helen Chen |
| CONTRAPTIONS | Sun Jan 30, 2022 | Rube Goldberg machines, e.g. | Ross Trudeau |
| DESPOTICALLY | Tue Jul 5, 2016 | How Ivan the Terrible ruled | Jules Markey |
| DOWNWARD | Sun Nov 6, 1994 | Kind of mobility | A.J. Santora |
| ENGORGED | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Swollen | Peter A. Collins |
| FANCYFREE | Thu Oct 11, 2001 | 1944 ballet by 24-Across | Nancy S. Ross |
| FEAROFHEIGHTS | Thu Apr 4, 2013 | It might prevent you from rising | Corey Rubin |
| FEEBLEST | Sun Dec 28, 2025 | Least hale | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FEEDBIN | Sat Feb 21, 2009 | Trough | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| GILLIAN | Sat Sep 25, 1999 | Anderson of "The X-Files" | David J. Kahn |
| HASADATE | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | Isn't attending solo, say | Alex Bajcz |
| HATEA | Thu May 18, 2006 | "I do ___ proud man ": "Troilus and Cressida" | Peter A. Collins |
| HYSSOP | Sun Feb 10, 2002 | Potherb mint | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
| IFTHE | Wed May 5, 1999 | "___ shoe fits..." | Lois Sidway |
| IMSOTIRED | Fri Jun 24, 2011 | Beatles song with a complaining title | Milo Beckman |
| LANIN | Fri May 27, 1994 | Music man Lester | Chet Currier |
| LAYITONTHICK | Mon Dec 4, 2017 | Offer effusive praise | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LIECHEATSTEAL | Mon May 1, 2006 | What a cadet won't do (or tolerate those who do), per the West Point honor code | Mike Torch |
| LINENPAPER | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Heavy stock | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LOWPRICED | Sun Feb 24, 2002 | Economical | Manny Nosowsky |
| MAGICMOUNTAIN | Tue Mar 31, 2026 | Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| MULHOLLANDDRIVE | Mon Feb 1, 2016 | Title locale in a 2001 David Lynch thriller | Gary Cee |
| NOYOUDIDNT | Sun Nov 5, 2017 | Expression of shock at someone's actions | Natan Last |
| PEPLUM | Wed Oct 3, 2001 | Flounce on a garment | Lisa Bunker |
| PIANOTRIO | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Beethoven's "Archduke," e.g. | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| POTBELLIEDSTOVE | Sat Jan 19, 2019 | Fat burner? | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco |
| ROOTCROP | Thu Apr 26, 2012 | Turnips, e.g. | Julian Lim |
| SARARUE | Wed Jul 25, 2012 | "Less Than Perfect" actress, 2002-06 | Daniel Raymon |
| SIRYESSIR | Sun Feb 4, 2024 | Private line? | Daniel Grinberg |
| STENOGRAPHER | Mon Sep 16, 2019 | One versed in shorthand | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| SUBSTRATA | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Foundations | Patrick Merrell |
| SUNDAYSCARIES | Fri Sep 29, 2023 | Feeling of dread before the start of the workweek, in slang | Malaika Handa |
| TODDLED | Sun Nov 4, 2007 | Took one's first steps | Bob Klahn |
| TORNOPEN | Sun Oct 3, 2004 | Ripped, as a box | Randolph Ross |
| UNSTOPPABLE | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Like a juggernaut | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VACUUMPUMP | Thu Sep 4, 2003 | Big sucker | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| YEAHAND | Fri Jan 8, 2021 | "Your point being ...?" | Evan Kalish |