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 50,383 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGEOFMAMMALS | Sat Jun 8, 2024 | When fur first came into fashion? | Daniel Sheremeta |
| ALLAROUND | Sun Jan 31, 1999 | Everywhere | Manny Nosowsky |
| ALSATIANS | Sat Mar 28, 2020 | People of NE France | Erik Agard |
| BRAININJURY | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | Smartest one to consider a case? | Randolph Ross |
| CHOKED | Thu Nov 26, 2015 | Lost an easy win | Ed Sessa |
| DECLARER | Sat Jun 22, 2002 | Dummy's opposite | Rich Norris |
| EMBARKON | Tue Dec 26, 2023 | Begin, as an adventure | Neil Shook |
| FAIRISLE | Fri Jan 23, 2015 | Shetland sweater style | Ed Sessa |
| FREEHAND | Fri Feb 7, 2025 | One way to illustrate | Kelly Morenus |
| FROZENASSET | Sun Dec 1, 2024 | *Holding that's hard to convert to cash | John Lieb |
| GETTHEWORDSDOWN | Sun Jan 24, 1999 | Write something, even if not the final draft | Robert Malinow |
| GRAPHICDETAIL | Wed Jul 2, 2025 | Did you know?! The oldest known porno movie is the 1907 short film "El Satario" | Dan Caprera |
| INCLEMENT | Sun Apr 14, 2019 | Stormy | Will Nediger |
| INNIT | Wed Nov 29, 2017 | "Don't you agree?," in British lingo | Erik Agard |
| JARRETT | Wed Feb 15, 2017 | Obama adviser Valerie | Jesse Eisenberg and Patrick Blindauer |
| LEADOFFDOUBLE | Sun Dec 27, 2015 | FF | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| MANDATES | Fri Jul 5, 1996 | Requires | M. Gaffney |
| MATTY | Sat Jun 27, 2015 | One of Jesus' brothers, in baseball | Tim Croce |
| MOLLYBROWN | Sun Mar 11, 2012 | See 33-Across | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| PACKEDHOUSE | Sat Feb 5, 2022 | Result of selling out | Kameron Austin Collins |
| PADDYFIELD | Sun Aug 29, 2010 | Rice source | Derek Bowman |
| PAPTEST | Sun Nov 28, 1993 | Part of some health checkups | Joanne W. Edwards |
| PARKINGSPACES | Fri Jun 30, 1995 | Metropolitan rarities | Rich Norris |
| PENETRATED | Fri Sep 28, 2012 | Got through | Ed Sessa |
| REDDITOR | Fri Sep 28, 2018 | User of a popular social news site | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SECTIONED | Sun Oct 23, 2022 | Partitioned | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| SHORTBREAK | Sun Oct 18, 1998 | The orthopedist went on stage after a ___ | David J. Kahn |
| SHORTORDER | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Food that can be prepared quickly | Peter Gordon |
| SILVERMEDAL | Sun May 14, 2023 | It'll take a second to get it | Sid Sivakumar |
| SPIRALSOUTOFCONTROL | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Kitchen disaster with rotini? | Manaal Mohammed |
| STABLEMATE | Thu Sep 2, 2021 | Spot for a dinner plate | David W. Tuffs |
| STAINLESSSTEEL | Sun May 2, 1999 | It's dishwasher-safe | Jim Page |
| STRANGS | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Dos Passos's Annabelle et al. | Jim Page |
| TALKTOSTRANGERS | Sun Sep 18, 2011 | Don't ...! | Josh Knapp |
| THEBAT | Thu Dec 8, 2022 | Nickname for Gotham City's protector | Grant Thackray |
| TOMASO | Sun Feb 16, 2003 | Italian composer Albinoni | Charles M. Deber |
| TRALAS | Sun Jul 20, 2025 | Singsong refrain syllables | Michael Schlossberg |
| TURNWHITE | Sat May 31, 2003 | Bleach | Mitch Komro |
| VACUUMCLEANER | Wed Sep 13, 2006 | Hose site | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| WALKINGCANE | Mon Nov 1, 2010 | Aid for a person with a limp | Holden Baker |