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 50,897 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINOUS | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Containing element #13 | Byron Walden |
| BATTLEOFWATERLOO | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Historic event on June 18, 1815 | Finn Vigeland |
| BETTYFORD | Mon Feb 17, 2020 | Author of the memoir "The Times of My Life" (1978) | Sally Hoelscher |
| BOSPORUS | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Istanbul is on it | Josh Knapp |
| COSBYS | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Comic Bill and others | A. J. Santora |
| CRUSHED | Sat Jun 15, 2013 | Like some garlic and egos | Ned White |
| DUMBSTRUCK | Mon Apr 27, 2015 | Left speechless | Johanna Fenimore |
| EFILER | Sat Jan 23, 2021 | One going paperless in April, say | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| ELVISTHEPELVIS | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | The King | Frank A. Longo |
| HUNTERHAYES | Sat Aug 24, 2024 | Country singer with the 2012 hit "Wanted" | Ryan McCarty |
| IMPROPERLYSPELLED | Sun Apr 27, 2008 | Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a 1999 study | Oliver Hill |
| INTHELOOP | Sat Jan 7, 2023 | Having been informed | Adam Aaronson |
| IRADES | Fri Feb 4, 1994 | Decrees | Joe Clonick |
| ISMISSING | Sat Aug 23, 2014 | Hit, part 3 | Timothy Polin |
| MANDATORY | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Binding | Bob Klahn |
| NEARFALL | Mon Jan 15, 1996 | Almost a pin, in wrestling | Gregory E. Paul |
| ONMUTE | Sun Mar 1, 2026 | Unable to be heard, in a Zoom call | Matt Proulx and Jeffrey Martinovic |
| OUTFOX | Thu May 6, 1999 | Best | Matt Gaffney |
| OVERMASTERS | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Dominates | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OVERMYDEADBODY | Sun Apr 1, 2001 | Turndown #3 | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| PAYDAYS | Wed Sep 3, 2014 | Biweekly occurrences, for many | Peter A. Collins |
| PICKER | Sun Jul 31, 2011 | Word with cherry or cotton | Pamela Klawitter |
| REALIGNS | Wed Apr 5, 1995 | Gets back to true | Wayne Robert Williams |
| REDPOPPY | Wed Nov 13, 2019 | Symbolic flower of Flanders Fields | Ed Sessa |
| REVERSEBIDS | Tue May 13, 2003 | Contract bridge tactics | Todd McClary |
| RIGHTANDWRONG | Sun Oct 28, 2018 | Growth ring | Erik Agard |
| SCAREDSTRAIGHT | Tue Jul 29, 1997 | 1978 Oscar-winning prison documentary | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SELEN | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Moon: Prefix | Cathy Millhauser |
| SLEDGED | Fri Feb 11, 2005 | Hammered hard | Manny Nosowsky |
| SLIDESCALE | Thu Jan 8, 2009 | From gentle to steep for some playground equipment? | Joe DiPietro |
| SOUTHBENDIN | Tue Jun 19, 2007 | Home of Notre Dame | John Underwood |
| SPOHR | Sat Feb 15, 1997 | Ludwig who wrote nine symphonies | J. Clonick |
| STARTBUTTON | Fri Mar 6, 2026 | First impression of a new video game? | Adrian Johnson |
| SUMMERSCHOOL | Tue Nov 18, 2008 | Remedy for failed courses, maybe | Richard Chisholm |
| TAKENTO | Sun Jul 12, 1998 | Enjoyed | Henry Hook |
| TALCOSE | Sat Apr 6, 1996 | Like some powder | R. Norris |
| TEACUPPOODLE | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | Variety of tiny dog | Tracy Gray |
| TOGGLED | Sat Jul 12, 2014 | Turned off and on | Tim Croce and Alex Vratsanos |
| WEIRDS | Mon Dec 14, 2020 | Skeeves (out) | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| WENTTOSEA | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Set sail | Joe DiPietro |