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 50,251 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADBLITZES | Tue Mar 26, 2019 | Intense promotional campaigns | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| AREYOUAWAKE | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Question that can't possibly be answered "No" | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| CARPEDABOUT | Tue Jan 19, 2016 | Criticized nigglingly | Byron Walden |
| CEQUI | Fri Oct 4, 1996 | Which: Fr. | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| COAMINGS | Fri Mar 23, 2001 | Raised borders that prevent water overflow | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DECIARE | Fri Mar 9, 2001 | 10 square meters | Mitch Komro |
| GENTLEMEN | Tue Jan 10, 2017 | Twosome in a Shakespeare title | David Poole |
| GFORCES | Tue Jun 12, 2018 | Pressing concerns for astronauts? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Tracy Gray |
| GRIZZLIES | Tue Jan 30, 2007 | Scary bears | Nancy Salomon |
| HITTINGTHEWALL | Mon Sep 10, 2001 | Out of gas | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| HORSETRADERS | Thu May 17, 2007 | Shrewd bargainers | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ICANTTELL | Fri Jul 14, 2023 | "It's not clear to me" | Jonathan Kaufman |
| IMPOSEAGAGORDER | Sun Jun 6, 2004 | Demand more cartoon ideas? | Patrick Merrell |
| LAMBENT | Sat Feb 18, 1995 | Flickering | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| LETMEDREAMAGAIN | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Song standard from 1875 | A. J. Santora |
| LODGER | Thu Oct 14, 2010 | Paying guest | Jim Hilger |
| MAKESGOOD | Mon Sep 29, 2014 | What a local success story does | Eric Sydney Phillips |
| MATCHBOXCAR | Mon Mar 22, 2021 | Collectible toy vehicle | Daniel Grinberg |
| NANNYCAM | Tue Mar 15, 2022 | Home-monitoring device | Michael Lieberman |
| ODARKTHIRTY | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Very early morning, in slang | Mark Diehl |
| OYSTERCRAB | Wed Apr 6, 2016 | Chesapeake Bay delicacy | Timothy Polin |
| POLARIZES | Sat Oct 22, 2005 | Sends to separate camps | Patrick Berry |
| PRISED | Sun Oct 1, 2000 | Used a lever on | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PULSERATE | Fri May 5, 2023 | Vital concern | Jacob McDermott |
| RAGGEDY | Mon May 25, 1998 | Tattered | William Canine |
| RECREATED | Thu Oct 3, 1996 | Played | J. R. Leeds |
| RESCUECAT | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | Purr-fect adoptee | Ryan Judge |
| RIMOSE | Sun Sep 26, 1999 | Full of chinks | Randolph Ross |
| ROSACEA | Thu Jul 24, 2025 | Skin condition that causes facial flushing | Ginny Too |
| SMALLFACES | Fri Jul 1, 2005 | British band with the 1967 hit "Itchycoo Park" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SNARKED | Tue Feb 20, 2024 | Made an irreverently sarcastic comment | Robert S. Gard |
| TENDAY | Wed Mar 19, 2014 | Like some short-term N.B.A. contracts | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| TWOIRON | Thu May 17, 2012 | Club not seen much nowadays | Joe Krozel |
| UNCOUNTED | Sun Oct 2, 2011 | Like invalid ballots | Eric Berlin |
| UNIRONICALLY | Wed Oct 19, 2022 | "I'm worried I may have anemia," said Tom ___ | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| USELESSNESS | Fri Jul 21, 1995 | Obsolescence, in a way | Matt Gaffney |
| WAGEHIKE | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | Pay up? | Andy Kravis |
| WEARSOFF | Thu Aug 24, 1995 | Loses effectiveness | Matt Gaffney |
| WINSOMER | Fri Mar 19, 2021 | More charming | Kameron Austin Collins |
| YCLEPT | Sun Mar 24, 1996 | Named a la Spenser | J. K. Brill |