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 50,501 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVEROLE | Wed Feb 16, 2022 | Important part | Rich Proulx |
| ADIAMONDISFOREVER | Thu Nov 12, 2009 | Classic marketing tagline | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| AREYOUHURT | Sun Aug 3, 2025 | "We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say | Jeremy Newton |
| CALENDARMONTHS | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | April, May and June | Paula Gamache |
| CDSLOT | Fri Jun 20, 2025 | Part of many a car's dashboard | Adrianne Baik |
| CYCLOTRONS | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | Spiral-shaped particle accelerators | Patrick Berry |
| DEPLANES | Sun Aug 5, 2018 | Leaves for baggage claim, say | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| DRILLERS | Sat Sep 29, 2007 | Boring people | Robert H. Wolfe |
| DUSTSWEEPER | Thu Oct 10, 2013 | Custodial tool | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| ENSTAR | Sun Dec 10, 2006 | Decorate with pointy figures | David J. Kahn |
| FACERECOGNITION | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-Across | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| HITTINGTHEWALL | Mon Sep 10, 2001 | Out of gas | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| IMPERTINENCE | Fri Aug 11, 2006 | Freshness | Patrick Merrell |
| ITWASNTTOBE | Wed Feb 14, 2018 | "Fate would prove otherwise" | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| KISSUPS | Mon Jun 18, 2012 | Sycophants, slangily | Peter A. Collins |
| KNEEBOARDS | Sat Feb 8, 2020 | Relatives of water skis | Hemant Mehta |
| MAKESWAVES | Thu Feb 23, 1995 | Disturbs the status quo | Daniel R. Stark |
| MEDIGAP | Sun Apr 18, 2004 | Health care supplement for seniors | Richard Chisholm |
| MIDPOINTS | Thu May 1, 2014 | Bisectors pass through them | Brandon Hensley |
| OLEOLSEN | Fri Jun 20, 2003 | Half an old vaudeville duo | Bob Peoples |
| PRONOUNCIATIONS | Thu Aug 6, 2009 | *Ways things are said | Dan Naddor |
| RANGO | Sun Jan 31, 2016 | Title chameleon of a 2011 animated film | Yaakov Bendavid |
| REBOZOS | Thu Jul 25, 1996 | Spanish scarfs | A. J. Santora |
| REPOSITS | Thu Dec 16, 1993 | Puts back | Nancy Joline |
| ROUNDHOLES | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | See 65-Across | Eric Berlin |
| RUNSACROSS | Sat Apr 11, 2015 | Meets | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SHAREDROOM | Sat Sep 18, 2021 | Common dorm accommodation | Ryan McCarty |
| SHELLING | Wed Jan 1, 2003 | Bombarding | Ed Early |
| SIKKIM | Thu Jun 29, 1995 | Himalayan area | Matt Gaffney |
| STANDFAST | Wed Jan 24, 2018 | Not budge | Kathy Wienberg |
| STATEBANKS | Fri Jul 14, 2017 | Chartered financial institutions | Patrick Berry |
| TEIXEIRA | Sun Aug 2, 2020 | Longtime Yankees first baseman Mark | David Levinson Wilk |
| THEDEADZONE | Sat May 17, 2008 | 1979 novel, 1983 film and 2002-07 TV series | Mike Nothnagel |
| THERMOPILE | Sat Oct 23, 2004 | Radiant energy measurer | James E. Buell |
| TOPSECRETCODE | Sun Aug 3, 2003 | It's classified | Jim Page |
| TURNABOUTISFAIRPLAY | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Just saying? | Jim Peredo |
| TURNSACORNER | Sat Oct 28, 2000 | Changes direction | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| UNENVIABLE | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Not to be wished for | R. Ross |
| WEARSOFF | Thu Aug 24, 1995 | Loses effectiveness | Matt Gaffney |
| WILLIAMHOWARDTAFT | Thu May 20, 2021 | Who said "Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever" | Trenton Charlson |