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 50,960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLSTARGAMEMVP | Wed Sep 6, 1995 | Honor for 35 Down in 1991 | Peter Gordon |
| ANTIIMMIGRATION | Mon Apr 16, 2018 | Supporting nativist policies | David Woolf |
| APPIA | Sun May 4, 2008 | Via ___ (Roman road) | Richard Silvestri |
| BALALAIKAS | Sun Feb 20, 2011 | Three-stringed instruments | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOLDSTATEMENT | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | Assertion | Daniel A. Finan |
| BRONCHIAL | Wed Feb 12, 1997 | Kind of tube | M. E. Skolsky |
| CERTITUDE | Sun Oct 25, 2015 | You can't predict the weather with this | Bill Zais |
| COELHO | Sat Nov 26, 2022 | Paulo who wrote "The Alchemist" | Kanyin Ajayi |
| CONCEPTS | Sat Oct 16, 2004 | Thoughts | Dana Motley |
| DEBUTANTEBALL | Thu Dec 28, 2017 | Coming-out party | Gary Larson |
| EASTERLILY | Tue Jul 12, 2011 | Holiday bloom | Bill Thompson |
| ETILES | Sat Apr 25, 2015 | Most plentiful pieces in a certain board game | James Mulhern |
| FEEDERTEAM | Fri Nov 14, 2025 | Squad that trains athletes for the pros | Malaika Handa |
| GETWEIRD | Fri Jul 31, 2015 | Turn awkward, as a relationship | James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson |
| GRIEVEFOR | Fri Mar 31, 2000 | Mourn | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| HOPERS | Sun Apr 24, 2005 | Optimistic types | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HUXLEY | Fri Jul 3, 2015 | "Eyeless in Gaza" novelist, 1936 | Brandon Hensley |
| IDEAMONGER | Sat Apr 15, 2000 | Philosopher | Raymond Hamel |
| IDONTSEEIT | Wed Mar 20, 2024 | "Where?" | E. M. Capassakis |
| IMMIGRATIONOFFICE | Thu May 2, 2019 | Administerer of citizenship tests | Julie Bérubé |
| INSTANTANEOUSLY | Wed Aug 21, 2013 | Without delay | Jonathan Gersch |
| LATETOWORK | Thu Jun 18, 2020 | What a 61-Across might make you | Ricky Cruz |
| LEADINGARTICLES | Sat Jun 21, 2008 | Front-of-magazine pieces | Tyler Lewis Hinman |
| LOTTERYPICK | Sat Apr 18, 2020 | Reward for a bad N.B.A. team | Ryan McCarty |
| MADTEAPARTY | Fri Mar 3, 2017 | Where Alice is asked "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" | Patrick Berry |
| MEANJOE | Tue Sep 27, 2022 | Nickname for N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Greene | Peter Koetters |
| MIGHTIER | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | More powerful | Charles M. Deber |
| MUSCLEHEAD | Tue Feb 11, 2025 | Obsessive bodybuilder | Paul Coulter |
| PARIPASSU | Sat Mar 12, 2022 | On equal footing, in Latin | Natan Last |
| POUILLYFUISSE | Sat Feb 20, 2010 | Chardonnay from Burgundy | Paula Gamache |
| ROUNDSOFF | Fri Jul 12, 1996 | Approximates | Chuck Deodene |
| SLEDFUL | Sun Jan 26, 1997 | Santa's load | S. Elliott |
| STATEMOTTOS | Fri Oct 12, 2018 | "Hope" and "Friendship," for two | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight |
| STAYSAWAY | Mon May 7, 2018 | Doesn't get near | Julie Bérubé |
| SUBGOAL | Wed Jun 29, 2005 | Intermediate target | David Liben-Nowell |
| TENDAY | Wed Mar 19, 2014 | Like some short-term N.B.A. contracts | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| THEHILLSAREALIVE | Sun Mar 1, 2015 | Opening lyric of 118-Across | Finn Vigeland |
| TURBANED | Sat Jul 29, 1995 | In Mideast attire | Charles E. Gersch |
| UPUPANDAWAY | Sun Nov 17, 2024 | Line before takeoff | Rebecca Goldstein and Ariela Perlman |
| YOUHEARDMERIGHT | Sat Dec 27, 2025 | "That's what I said!" | Katie Hoody |