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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARENOSE | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | Gritty | Frank Longo |
| ATCHISONTOPEKAANDSANTAFE | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Train in a song by 74-Down | John M. Samson |
| BAGLADY | Fri Jan 13, 2006 | One in a shelter, maybe | Eric Berlin |
| BINOCULARS | Tue Jan 19, 2010 | Bird watcher's accessory | Zoe Wheeler |
| BLANKETDENIAL | Wed Apr 17, 2013 | "These allegations are completely false!," e.g. | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| BLUENOSES | Sun Jun 20, 2010 | Holier-than-thou types | Todd Gross and Ashish Vengsarkar |
| BUTTNAKED | Sat Aug 2, 2014 | Completely bare | Kristian House |
| COWRITES | Thu Apr 3, 2008 | Pens together | Kevin G. Der |
| CUREDPORK | Fri Feb 9, 2024 | Bacon or pancetta | Christina Iverson |
| DECISIONPOINTS | Wed Jun 14, 2017 | 2010 Bush autobiography | Andrew Zhou |
| DONOTSTACK | Mon Mar 12, 2007 | Sign for a jury selector? | Kevin Der |
| DUSTCOVER | Fri Jul 27, 2007 | Furniture protector | John R. Conrad |
| EXPECTEDLY | Mon May 23, 2016 | As predicted | Ori Brian |
| EYEBATHS | Sat Aug 17, 2019 | Removers of some irritants | Michael Hawkins |
| GOINGATIT | Tue Jan 30, 1996 | Brawling | M. Skolsky |
| HIDINGS | Sun Aug 3, 1997 | Stashes | Peter Gordon |
| HOTWIRED | Fri Feb 4, 1994 | Started wrongly? | Joe Clonick |
| HOWTOBOOKS | Wed Feb 21, 2007 | Do-it-yourselfer's collection | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INTENSEYEARNING | Tue Sep 6, 1994 | YEN | Janet R. Bender |
| KITKATMINIS | Sun Sep 21, 2025 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle | Adrianne Baik |
| LAIDTOREST | Fri May 17, 1996 | Buried | J. DiPietro |
| LIMITONE | Sun Apr 14, 2024 | BEFORE: Coupon stipulation | John Rippe and Jeff Chen |
| MADRONES | Sun Jul 3, 2011 | West Coast evergreens | Pete Muller |
| MALLETS | Sun Mar 5, 2000 | Polo clubs | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MANEATINGSHARK | Thu Apr 11, 2024 | "Jaws" menace | Dan Caprera |
| MARCHES | Wed Apr 19, 1995 | Subject of this puzzle | Alfio Micci |
| MEANINGLESS | Sat Sep 27, 2014 | Inane | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| MISSOUT | Mon Nov 7, 2016 | Lose an opportunity | Bruce Haight |
| NEWINNOVATION | Sun Nov 13, 1994 | Novelty? | Frank A. Longo |
| PENNYDREADFULS | Wed Jul 17, 2019 | Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap | Ada Nicolle |
| PHILJACKSON | Mon Sep 29, 2025 | Coach of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant | Brian Keller |
| POORDEAR | Sun Sep 26, 2021 | "I'm so sorry for you!" | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| POPPER | Tue Oct 30, 2018 | Device used with corn kernels | Jules Markey |
| RICKEY | Sun Feb 19, 2012 | Lime ___ | James F. C. Burns |
| SEAOFGALILEE | Wed Jun 26, 2024 | *Jesus | Rebecca Goldstein |
| SENIORCITIZENS | Mon Nov 28, 2005 | Retirees, often | Kevan Choset |
| SINOJAPANESEWAR | Sat Apr 22, 2017 | Historic conflict in and around the Yellow Sea | Adam Fromm |
| TROMBONES | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Jim Page | |
| UNCANNYVALLEY | Sat Jul 5, 2025 | Eerie phenomenon when a robot seems too lifelike | Tracy Bennett |
| VANDAMME | Sat Sep 9, 2017 | "Sudden Death" star, 1995 | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |