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 50,338 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLTUCKEDIN | Mon Jul 13, 2009 | Comfily ready to sleep ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 47-Across | C. W. Stewart |
| ANOUNCE | Sat Mar 1, 2008 | Minimal, with "of" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ARMETS | Sat Apr 16, 2011 | Headgear for medieval soldiers | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BIGAPES | Sat May 28, 2016 | Lummoxes | Frederick J. Healy |
| BLOOMBERG | Sat Nov 8, 2014 | Notable switcher from Democrat to Republican to Independent | Barry C. Silk |
| BRIEFMOMENT | Tue Jan 12, 2021 | Jiffy | Ross Trudeau |
| BUSRIDES | Sat Nov 6, 2004 | Preschool activities | Kyle Mahowald |
| CANNONFODDER | Fri Jun 27, 2003 | Front-line soldiers, perhaps | Manny Nosowsky |
| COMBINE | Fri Nov 21, 2003 | Farm machine | David Ainslie Macleod |
| COMERICA | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | Bank with a landmark tower in Dallas | Joe Krozel |
| COPYIST | Thu Sep 21, 2000 | Scribe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CORONERS | Thu Oct 29, 2009 | Ones examining bodies of evidence? | Joe Krozel |
| DEADSILENT | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Like the loser's locker room after a stunning upset | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| DEEDBOX | Thu Dec 15, 2022 | Keeper of some official documents | Bruce Haight |
| DEQUATRE | Thu Aug 18, 1994 | Pas ____ (dance for four) | A.J. Santora |
| EFOREXCELLENCE | Tue Aug 2, 1994 | Merit award | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| EMIN | Sun Aug 7, 2011 | Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4: Abbr. | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan |
| ENEMYATTHEGATES | Fri Jul 7, 2006 | W.W. II action film of 2001 | Joe Krozel |
| ETRURIANS | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Tuscan ancients | Byron Walden |
| FATHEADED | Fri Mar 30, 2018 | Stupid | Sam Trabucco |
| GODMODE | Fri Jun 5, 2020 | State of invincibility enabled by a cheat code | John Wrenholt |
| HELPINGHAND | Tue Mar 19, 2002 | Bit of aid | Louis Hildebrand |
| HOMOPHONES | Tue May 7, 2013 | Read and blew, for red and blue | Jeff Chen |
| HONS | Fri Apr 22, 2022 | Sweeties | Daniel Sheremeta |
| INTENTIONALWALK | Fri Sep 18, 2009 | Pitcher's ploy | Charles E. Gersch |
| LEILANI | Sun Nov 4, 2007 | "Sweet ___" (1937 Oscar song) | Bob Klahn |
| MAINPAGE | Sun Aug 17, 2025 | Home on the internet, perhaps | Amsay Ezersky |
| MARCHESA | Sun Mar 12, 2006 | Italian noblewoman | Daniel C. Bryant |
| MILDWINTER | Thu May 9, 2024 | Bad news for a ski resort | Joe DiPietro |
| MISERIES | Sun Jan 16, 1994 | Scheherazade's string of tales? | Ernst Theimer |
| NOTICABLE | Sun Apr 27, 2008 | *Conspicuous | Oliver Hill |
| PENKNIFE | Tue May 9, 2006 | Quill cutter, once | Patrick Blindauer |
| PIANOROLL | Wed Jun 13, 2018 | Old, cylindrical music collectible | Michael Hawkins |
| PLAYINGSOLO | Wed Mar 4, 2015 | What Harrison Ford was doing in 1977, 1980 and 1983? | Jeff Stillman |
| QUIVERING | Sat Oct 20, 2012 | Full of anticipation, perhaps | Ned White |
| QUOTEES | Sun Nov 19, 2000 | Those cited | Cathy Millhauser |
| STOCKYARDS | Fri Aug 29, 2008 | Where many heads are put together | Mike Nothnagel |
| TAKESTOTASK | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Reprimands | R. Hamel |
| UNTIRING | Wed Mar 3, 2021 | Like the Energizer Bunny | Ann Shan |
| WASABIMAYO | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Poke bowl condiment | Zhouqin Burnikel |