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 50,653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMIRALBYRD | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Polar explorer dropping by? | Henry Hook |
| ANDTHENTHEREWERENONE | Sun Oct 2, 2005 | 1939 Agatha Christie classic | Randolph Ross |
| BODYTYPE | Sat Jan 31, 2015 | General figure | Tim Croce |
| BRITISHALEHOUSE | Wed Oct 14, 2009 | - | Richard Silvestri |
| BUMRAPS | Wed Nov 6, 2002 | Unjust verdicts | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CAMPAIGNWARCHEST | Sun Aug 1, 2004 | Funds ran low in the candidate's ___ | Randolph Ross |
| CAPRISUN | Thu Jan 26, 2023 | Big name in juice pouches | Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez |
| CASINOGAME | Sun Feb 20, 2005 | Venue for this puzzle's theme | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CRAZYBUSY | Sat May 16, 2020 | Barely keeping up with things, say | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| CRYPTOWALLET | Sun May 12, 2024 | Digital "container" associated with Bitcoin | Avery Gee Katz |
| EMPT | Thu Dec 30, 2010 | Pre-___ (take the place of) | Joe Krozel |
| ENLISTEDMEN | Tue Sep 15, 2009 | Grunts | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| FOULLANGUAGE | Wed Sep 30, 2020 | Profanity ... or what 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across start with? | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| GLIA | Sun May 10, 2015 | Cells that protect neurons | Jacob Stulberg |
| HELLACOOL | Sat Jan 2, 2021 | Do-o-ope | Joe Deeney |
| HERETOSTAY | Wed Feb 22, 2017 | ... HERD HEAD HEAT SEAT STAT ... | Kyle Dolan |
| HITCOUNTER | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Website feature resembling an odometer | Natan Last |
| ILLLIVE | Thu Jul 5, 2018 | "It doesn't hurt that bad" | Randolph Ross |
| KNITSTITCH | Tue Sep 27, 1994 | Opposite of a purl | Eileen Lexau |
| LAIDOVER | Wed Feb 12, 2014 | Had a break between flights | Peter A. Collins |
| LARGELY | Wed Apr 29, 2015 | For the most part | Daniel Landman |
| LYRICPOET | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Sappho, for one | Rich Norris |
| MANCHESTER | Thu Jun 23, 2005 | City in England | Courtenay Crocker III |
| MINYAN | Sun Jan 24, 2016 | Quorum for Jewish worship | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NEWBLOOD | Thu Feb 27, 2020 | Recent recruits, so to speak | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| OUSEL | Sun May 25, 2008 | White-collared thrush: Var. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OVULATES | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Makes eggs, in a way | Rich Norris |
| PASSTHEHAT | Sat Jan 31, 2009 | Seek change? | Ken Bessette |
| PREMONITION | Tue Jan 23, 2018 | Foreboding | Jim Hilger |
| PRETENSION | Sat Aug 26, 1995 | Airs | Joe DiPietro |
| PREYSUPON | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Victimizes | Patrick Berry |
| PUPPETS | Wed Jan 16, 2013 | Some children's show characters | Michael David |
| REGNANT | Fri Jul 25, 2025 | Like Queen Elizabeth, but not Queen Camilla | Fritz Juhnke |
| RIBBONCUTTING | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Running fettuccine dough through the pasta machine? | Manaal Mohammed |
| STEAMILY | Fri Apr 4, 1997 | How some "Melrose Place" stories proceed | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| TONYNOD | Sat Jul 13, 2024 | Broadway honor | Eli Cotham |
| TRADESECRETS | Tue Oct 14, 2014 | What gossip columnists do? | Adam G. Perl |
| VACAYS | Wed Nov 2, 2022 | Casual getaways | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers |
| WHITEBOARD | Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Surface for a dry-erase marker | Jean O'Conor |
| ZIPPOLIGHTER | Mon Mar 2, 2020 | Butane-filled item for smokers | Andrea Carla Michaels |