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 50,640 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARAMEAN | Sat Mar 18, 2006 | Mesopotamia dweller | Patrick Berry |
| BEADER | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | Certain craft hobbyist | Byron Walden |
| BELLOWS | Thu Apr 27, 2023 | Windbag? | Michael Schlossberg |
| BIAXIAL | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Like orthorhombic crystals | Barry C. Silk |
| BOWSERJR | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Young antagonist in Super Mario games | Sam Trabucco |
| BRIEFEST | Sat Oct 5, 1996 | Most epigrammatic | T. Payne |
| CHARLESINCHARGE | Tue Feb 27, 2007 | 1980's Scott Baio sitcom | Allan E. Parrish |
| FAULTINOURSTARS | Wed Aug 28, 2019 | 2014 romance about two teens with cancer, with "The" | Daniel Grinberg |
| GETSONESIRISHUP | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | Becomes angry | Manny Nosowsky |
| GORDONJUMP | Mon Sep 2, 2019 | *Arthur Carlson portrayer on "WKRP in Cincinnati" | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HERESTOMANYMORE | Sat Apr 7, 2007 | "Happy birthday" wish | Michael Shteyman |
| HOPEANDCROSBY | Tue Jun 23, 2015 | The film's headliners | Jules P. Markey |
| HOURANGLE | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | Measurement in a celestial coordinate system | Erik Agard |
| INCUNABULA | Fri Nov 10, 2000 | Books printed before 1501 | Bob Klahn |
| INLANDSEA | Sun Oct 27, 2024 | Hudson Bay or the Caspian | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| JOEJONAS | Sun Mar 17, 2013 | Middle brother in a 2000s pop trio | J. R. Leopold |
| LUGNUT | Sat Nov 8, 2008 | Fastener that's actually easy to pick up and carry? | Byron Walden |
| LUMPINTHETHROAT | Tue Jan 5, 1999 | Liability for 34-Across? | Lyell Rodieck |
| MEDIACIRCUS | Sat Apr 16, 2022 | Excessive coverage, perhaps | Hemant Mehta |
| MUR | Fri Mar 13, 2020 | Wall: Fr. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| PINKEST | Fri Feb 1, 2008 | Tickled the most? | Doug Peterson |
| POOLHALLS | Sat Oct 12, 2013 | Sites for shark sightings | John Farmer |
| PROJECTED | Sun Apr 30, 2000 | Thrust | Cathy Millhauser |
| QUISLING | Sat Mar 25, 1995 | Turncoat | Walter Webb |
| ROBOTKITS | Thu Apr 7, 2022 | Purchases for a high-tech hobby | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau |
| ROXIO | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | CD-burning software company that bought Napster | Byron Walden |
| ROYCAMPANELLA | Tue Apr 4, 1995 | Three-time N.L. M.V.P. | David J. Kahn |
| SANDIEGAN | Sun Jul 25, 2021 | Descriptor of almost a million and a half Californians | Chandi Deitmer |
| SCOTTBAIO | Mon Mar 8, 2004 | Co-star of 36-Down | Allan E. Parrish |
| SOCCERMOM | Sun Nov 19, 2000 | She wanted to ___ for suggesting the place! | Cathy Millhauser |
| SOLUS | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | Stage direction that means "alone" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STATESOFMATTER | Tue Mar 15, 2016 | Elements' various forms | Gordon Johnson |
| STRIKESABARGAIN | Sat Jul 2, 2005 | Haggles successfully | Sherry O. Blackard |
| TRACYANDHEPBURN | Mon Oct 6, 1997 | Classic film duo | Barbara Campitelli |
| TUTORIAL | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | Help | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| UNDESIRED | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Regrettable, as consequences | Patrick Berry |
| WANTEDDEADORALIVE | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Be willing to apprehend Mr. Bradley at any cost? | David Levinson Wilk |
| WARANDPEACE | Wed Feb 1, 2012 | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WEIRDSOUT | Fri May 13, 2022 | Makes very uncomfortable, informally | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| WILLIAMOFORANGE | Tue Feb 8, 2000 | King with a hard-to-rhyme name | Fred Piscop |