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 50,812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCLAIMED | Wed Oct 26, 2011 | Strongly praised | Milo Beckman |
| AFAUN | Fri Sep 29, 1995 | "The Afternoon of ____" | Manny Nosowsky |
| ANHEIRANDASPARE | Fri May 3, 2024 | Phrase that inspired the title of Prince Harry's memoir | Eli Cotham |
| ANTIVIRUS | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Like Norton software | Derrick Niederman |
| AYRE | Sun Sep 15, 1996 | Point of ___ (British lighthouse site) | A. K. Justin |
| BINGEREAD | Sun Oct 29, 2023 | Stay up all night finishing a book, maybe (GABARDINE) | Alina Abidi |
| CHILLIER | Thu Jul 2, 1998 | Less amicable | Pat M. Hugel |
| CREATIONOFADAM | Fri Aug 29, 2025 | Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The" | Jesse Cohn |
| DAMASCUSSTEEL | Sun Feb 17, 2008 | *Metal used for swords | Henry Hook |
| DETAILING | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Some work at a car wash | John Westwig |
| DONTSAYAWORD | Tue Nov 30, 2021 | Sign outside a Taboo tournament? | Billy Ouska |
| DOXOLOGY | Sat Jan 27, 2001 | Hymn of praise | Rich Norris |
| ENCASEMENT | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Means of protecting breakables | Patrick Berry |
| EXUDING | Sun Sep 29, 2024 | Giving off | Joe Deeney |
| FELIXTRINIDAD | Wed Sep 3, 1997 | Longtime welterweight boxing champ | Hugh Davis |
| FIGLEAVES | Sun Sep 27, 2015 | Ones doing a decent job in the Bible? | Tom McCoy |
| HERCULEANEFFORT | Sat Sep 22, 2018 | No light amount of work | Sam Trabucco |
| IMSODEAD | Tue Jul 18, 2023 | "My folks are gonna kill me!" | Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| INHARNESS | Wed Apr 29, 1998 | Like working plowhorses | Gayle Dean |
| INTHEBANK | Mon Sep 27, 2021 | Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across | Zachary David Levy |
| JACKSONPOLLOCK | Wed Nov 1, 1995 | Abstract Expressionism pioneer | D. J. DeChristopher |
| LASTSTEP | Fri May 15, 2020 | What to do just before you're done | Christopher Adams |
| LOVEBEAD | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Bit in a hippie's necklace | Daniel Grinberg |
| MADEMILLIONS | Fri Jul 7, 2000 | Became loaded | M. Francis Vuolo |
| MICROSCOPES | Thu Sep 11, 2025 | Powerful ones have resolutions less than 0.1 nanometer | Gia Bosko |
| OUTMODED | Tue Mar 28, 2006 | Obsolete | Jim Hyres |
| PAGINGDRFREUD | Sat Jan 6, 2024 | Comment after a revealing moment | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao |
| PIANOSEAT | Sun Dec 10, 2023 | Where one might store sheet music | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| PORTICOS | Mon Nov 13, 2006 | Temple entrances | Peter A. Collins |
| POTATORACE | Sat Sep 16, 2017 | Fair competition | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| RATECAPS | Fri Sep 8, 2017 | Some loan specifications | Sam Trabucco |
| RITZCRACKER | Fri Jan 3, 2020 | Saltine alternative | Will Treece |
| SERIESFINALE | Sat Feb 6, 2016 | Pilot's opposite | David Steinberg |
| STAIRWELLS | Fri Jun 11, 2021 | They may have lots of steps | Matthew Stock |
| STRESSEATING | Wed Jul 8, 2020 | Having a meal! | Chase Dittrich |
| SUNLOUNGE | Sat Oct 26, 2024 | Solarium | Peter A. Collins |
| TABLOIDWRITER | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Islander | Michael J. Doran |
| THECOMMUNISTMANIFESTO | Sun Sep 24, 2000 | Redbook (1848) | Randolph Ross |
| TREERING | Wed Apr 3, 2024 | Annual growth indicator | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| USGO | Fri Apr 26, 1996 | "Let___then, you and I": Eliot | W. Johnson |