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 50,668 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALMONDOIL | Sun Oct 27, 2019 | Nut extract used in skin care | Michael Paleos |
| ASLIM | Wed Oct 8, 1997 | "There's ___ chance of that" | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| AUROR | Sun Jan 14, 2024 | Law enforcer in the Harry Potter universe | John Kugelman |
| BEASTLIKE | Fri Apr 28, 1995 | Ogreish | Rich Norris |
| BOITES | Fri Nov 20, 1998 | ___ de nuit (cabarets) | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHURCHROCK | Tue Feb 18, 2025 | New Mexico site of the largest radioactive accident in U.S. history | Erik Agard |
| CLAVELL | Sun Aug 31, 1997 | "King Rat" novelist | David J. Kahn |
| CLEVERDICK | Sat Mar 24, 2018 | Know-it-all, in Britspeak | Byron Walden |
| DANGLER | Mon Aug 7, 2006 | Tassel on a cap, e.g. | Lynn Lempel |
| EMIN | Sun Aug 7, 2011 | Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4: Abbr. | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| EMOTIONALLY | Wed Sep 27, 2017 | With more heart than head | Jacob Stulberg |
| FOOTTHEBILL | Tue Jul 19, 2022 | Pay for something expensive | Andy Kravis |
| FORGIVES | Fri Jun 27, 1997 | Excuses | Dean Niles |
| GERANIUMS | Fri Mar 10, 1995 | Cranesbills | Frank A. Longo |
| GOODSPORTS | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Graceful losers, e.g. | Jeff Chen |
| HEREAND | Sun May 27, 2001 | Quote, part 6 | Dana Motley |
| HORNRIMMED | Tue Aug 11, 2009 | Like Buddy Holly's glasses | Oliver Hill |
| ILIKEITLIKETHAT | Sat Sep 25, 2010 | 1965 top 10 hit for the Dave Clark Five | Patrick Berry |
| INFOMERCIAL | Tue Nov 22, 1994 | Paid-for TV program | Wayne Robert Williams |
| JIGISUP | Fri Jul 13, 2007 | Quaint cry from a caught crook, with "The" | Manny Nosowsky |
| LATTEN | Thu May 16, 2013 | Thin sheet metal | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan |
| LITTLEMANTATE | Tue Jan 3, 1995 | Jodie Foster's directorial debut, 1991 | Rich Norris |
| LOWPITCH | Wed Nov 3, 2010 | Fastball in the dirt, say | Tracy Gray |
| NASI | Sat Jul 11, 1998 | Nose: Prefix | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| NEBBISH | Sat Jul 17, 2004 | Wimp | Rich Norris |
| OLDOAKTREE | Fri Feb 28, 2003 | Where Merlin is imprisoned in "Idylls of the King" | Manny Nosowsky |
| POSTMODERNISM | Fri May 17, 2013 | Style of New York's Sony Building | Josh Knapp |
| ROUNDDANCE | Mon Dec 25, 1995 | Waltz or reel | Sidney L. Robbins |
| SENTI | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Tanzanian coins | Peter Gordon |
| SIDEARMED | Fri Oct 26, 2018 | Pitched horizontally | Evan Kalish |
| SITSATOP | Sun Jul 21, 2019 | Straddles | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| SIZEDUP | Wed May 8, 2002 | Evaluated | Fred Piscop |
| SUBGENRE | Thu Jan 19, 2023 | Dixieland or bebop vis-à-vis jazz | Daniel Bodily |
| TEATASTING | Fri Jan 14, 2022 | Where to try out some gunpowder? | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| THEWAR | Sun Dec 9, 2018 | What old army buddies might discuss | Ross Trudeau |
| TIERING | Wed May 28, 2008 | Arranging in rows | C. W. Stewart |
| TRACYANDHEPBURN | Mon Oct 6, 1997 | Classic film duo | Barbara Campitelli |
| WHATDISAY | Tue Jan 7, 2025 | "You believe me now?" | Dana Edwards |
| WHATSYOURSECRET | Sun Jul 3, 2022 | Question to someone who looks impossibly young | Tom McCoy |
| ZOROASTRIAN | Sat Dec 22, 2018 | Ahura Mazda worshiper | Joon Pahk |