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 50,990 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRFORCE | Fri Jul 11, 2014 | Jet pack? | Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming |
| AMOSALONZOSTAGG | Thu Nov 23, 2000 | Innovative Chicago football coach | Louis Hildebrand |
| APPOSITE | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Fitting | Andrew J. Ries |
| AWESOMENESS | Sat Jun 12, 1999 | Grandiosity | Matt Gaffney |
| BASKETBALLSTAR | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Sue Bird or Larry Bird | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BIGOTED | Sat Nov 3, 2018 | Intolerant | Ryan McCarty |
| BUSINESSDINNER | Fri May 13, 2011 | Deal-making occasion, maybe | Joe Krozel |
| DECIPHERED | Sat Dec 20, 1997 | Figured out, in a way | Rich Norris |
| DOLORS | Thu Jul 17, 2003 | Sorrows | Robert H. Wolfe |
| DOMDELUISE | Sat Jun 19, 1999 | Actor who's written popular cookbooks | Mark Diehl |
| EDITABLE | Tue Jul 11, 2023 | Like a document that can be changed | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| FRITE | Fri Apr 3, 2009 | Pomme ___ | John Farmer |
| FURRIER | Fri Jun 28, 2019 | Hide seeker | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
| FUSING | Sun Jan 31, 1999 | Solderer's activity | Manny Nosowsky |
| GROUNDSFORFIRING | Sun Apr 12, 2020 | They worried about their jobs -- these mistakes were ... | Joel Fagliano |
| GUNFORHIRE | Sat May 12, 2012 | Piece offer? | Caleb Madison |
| HARTTOHART | Tue May 13, 1997 | Sidney Sheldon TV series | Gregory E. Paul |
| HOSEN | Sat Feb 4, 1995 | Pants: Ger. | Manny Nosowsky |
| LETSSTART | Sat Jul 23, 2005 | "Off we go" | Joe DiPietro |
| LOTTOPRIZE | Mon Mar 25, 2019 | Mega Millions jackpot | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MERINGUEPIE | Sat Sep 25, 2004 | It's not all fluff | Byron Walden |
| MOVEOFF | Sat Apr 13, 2013 | Depart from | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| OFFONESGAME | Thu Jun 21, 2018 | In a slump | Milo Beckman and David Steinberg |
| PAYGRADE | Mon Jul 8, 2019 | *Level on the military wage scale | Ned White |
| PESTERERS | Thu Nov 9, 1995 | Nags | Bob Sefick |
| PILEGGI | Sat Jan 25, 2003 | Nicholas ___, who wrote "Wiseguys" | Patrick Berry |
| QUARTERPOUNDERS | Mon Sep 26, 2011 | Some McDonald's burgers | David Gray |
| RECAPITULATIONS | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Rundowns | Joe Krozel |
| SONSINLAW | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | They've joined the family | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STABLY | Wed Apr 17, 2024 | How Jenga blocks are placed, hopefully | Joseph Gangi |
| THEHUMANTORNADO | Sun Apr 16, 2017 | 1976 blaxploitation film that was a sequel to "Dolemite" | Timothy Polin |
| TOPHIT | Sat Nov 21, 2020 | Finale of a radio countdown | Sam Ezersky |
| TORNLIGAMENT | Wed Nov 4, 2015 | Reason to get Tommy John surgery | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| UNBORNBABY | Tue Sep 13, 2022 | Bun in the oven, so to speak | Adam Wagner |
| UNEMBELLISHED | Sun Jun 23, 1996 | Sans ornamentation | F. Hansen |
| UVLIGHT | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | Sunblock blocks it | Sam Ezersky |
| WHITESOX | Wed Nov 22, 1995 | World Series losers, 1919 | Chuck Deodene |
| WOKENUP | Thu Jan 22, 2026 | Roused | Joe DiPietro |
| YELLOWKNIFE | Wed Nov 9, 1994 | City on Great Slave Lake | Wayne Robert Williams |
| ZIPITUP | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | "Shush!" | Lily Silverstein |