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 50,654 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTAGONIZES | Thu Jan 7, 2010 | Gets upset | Xan Vongsathorn |
| ANTIHEROINE | Fri Sep 23, 2005 | Catwoman, e.g. | Levi Denham |
| AVENGERSENDGAME | Sat Jan 24, 2026 | Penultimate film in a series of 23 | Adrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty |
| BEVELED | Sun Mar 30, 2003 | Oblique | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BRAVAS | Mon Apr 13, 2015 | Cries to divas | Alex Silverman |
| CCLEFS | Sun May 10, 2009 | Symbols seen on viola music | Patrick Berry |
| CRYOSLEEP | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | In science fiction, suspended animation of a body at a very low temperature | Barbara Lin |
| DEDUCES | Sun Jul 4, 2010 | Puts together | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| DEMOISELLECRANE | Fri Apr 3, 1998 | European wading bird | Frank Longo |
| DISTRACTEDDRIVING | Sun Apr 19, 2020 | Result of spectators heckling a duffer? | Jack Mowat and Jeff Chen |
| EXTRAPOINTS | Sun Jan 30, 2022 | Scores for placekickers | Ross Trudeau |
| FEASTONESEYESON | Sat Jul 10, 2021 | Gaze at with appreciation | Trenton Charlson |
| FIVESTARRESTAURANT | Sun Apr 20, 2008 | Prime eatery | John Farmer |
| FOURALARMFIRES | Sat Nov 30, 2002 | They're hard to put out | Jim Page |
| GLACES | Sat May 28, 2016 | French frozen desserts | Frederick J. Healy |
| HAWING | Sat Oct 15, 2022 | Verbal interruption and hesitation | John Hawksley |
| HELLSNO | Fri Sep 15, 2023 | "Over my dead body!" | David A. Rubin and Lee Demertzis |
| HUSBANDS | Wed Nov 8, 2017 | Heart, U2, Slayer | Joel Fagliano and Sam Ezersky |
| IMACPROS | Sun Sep 17, 2023 | Bygone Apple desktops | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| ITEMED | Sun Jul 6, 2008 | Detailed, old-style | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KACHING | Wed Aug 23, 2017 | Cash register sound | Joe Kidd |
| LATINAMERICAN | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | Like much of the Western Hemisphere | Andy Kravis |
| LEJEUNE | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Camp _____, N.C. | Rand H. Burns |
| LITERARYSTUDIES | Fri Mar 11, 2011 | Concentration for an English major | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MARRIEDWITHKIDS | Sat May 24, 2008 | Like a family man | Charles Barasch |
| NOTGONNALIE | Sat Sep 17, 2016 | "Lemme be straight with you ..." | Andrew J. Ries |
| NOTPICTURED | Sun May 19, 2024 | Caption for an absent student, say | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| NUCLEARBLAST | Thu Aug 31, 2000 | Physicists' fete? | Gene Newman |
| OBOESONATA | Sat Jul 12, 2025 | It features high wind movements | Katie Hoody |
| OTHERSHOE | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | You might wait for it to drop | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| PEGGYSUE | Wed Jan 30, 2008 | 1957 Buddy Holly hit | Peter A. Collins |
| PONTLEVEQUE | Mon Dec 30, 2013 | Creamy French cheese | David Steinberg |
| ROTTENTOMATOES | Mon Feb 23, 2015 | Online aggregator of movie reviews | Joel Fagliano |
| SALESTAXES | Sat May 24, 2025 | Charges that vary between states | Gene Louise De Vera |
| SOMETHINGS | Sat Oct 9, 2004 | "___ missing ..." | Byron Walden |
| STALLERS | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | Procrastinators | F. & L. Sabin |
| STANDARDPOODLE | Sat Mar 16, 2019 | Dog that often has shaved hindquarters | Andrew J. Ries |
| STEPFORWARD | Mon Jul 27, 1998 | Volunteer | Steven Picus |
| TANNEST | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Most colored by the sun | Peter Gordon |
| VULCANSALUTE | Wed Oct 14, 2020 | *1st separate, 2nd and 3rd together, and 4th and 5th together | Rich Proulx |