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 50,812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLEWASIEREISAWELBA | Wed May 4, 2011 | Phrase inspired by Napoleon | Jeff Chen |
| APEST | Sun Dec 2, 2012 | "Don't be ___" | Steven E. Atwood |
| ARMLESS | Mon Dec 26, 2016 | Like the Venus de Milo | Jules P. Markey |
| BADHABITS | Sun Feb 10, 2019 | Subjects of some New Year's resolutions | Lee Taylor |
| BOASTFUL | Tue Aug 30, 2022 | Braggadocious | Emily Carroll |
| BUSK | Mon Feb 15, 2021 | Play music in the subway, perhaps | Meconya Alford |
| CATAMOUNT | Sat Mar 12, 2005 | Cougar | Byron Walden |
| CHAPATI | Sat Sep 6, 2025 | Bread whose dough is rolled on a chakla | Kunal Nabar |
| CHRISTMASSY | Thu Aug 28, 1997 | Festive | Shannon Burns |
| COLGATES | Sun May 16, 1999 | Certain toothpaste tubes | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DAVIDSOUTER | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Supreme Court justice dropping out? | Henry Hook |
| EIGHTHNOTES | Thu Mar 18, 2010 | [Refer to blurb] | Daniel A. Finan |
| ENOSSLAUGHTER | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | After the 1946 World Series, the dugout was filled with the Cardinals and their happy sounds, including ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| EXONERATED | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | No longer charged | Will Nediger |
| FLOWING | Sun Sep 5, 1999 | Smooth | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FLYWEIGHT | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Boxing class | Barry C. Silk |
| FOREPLAY | Sun Apr 1, 2012 | Duffer's shots? | Patrick Merrell |
| FORWARDMARCH | Wed Feb 19, 2014 | Overly bold member of the "Little Women" family? | Michael Dewey |
| GNOSTIC | Sun May 2, 2010 | Early Christian | Kelsey Blakley |
| HAWES | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | Adventure story writer Charles | Christopher Page |
| HIDDENCHARGES | Tue Nov 9, 2004 | Invoice surprises | Robert Dillman |
| IDOLIZED | Thu Mar 10, 2016 | Put on a pedestal | Ed Sessa |
| INDISCERNIBLE | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Not clear | Thomas W. Schier |
| LAYOUTS | Thu Jul 19, 2018 | Page designs | Mike Knobler |
| LEGENDARY | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Absolutely epic | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LIARSPOKER | Sat May 9, 2009 | Bluffing bar game | Brad Wilber |
| LIONKING | Sat Jul 16, 2016 | Simba sobriquet | Byron Walden |
| MUSKRATS | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Minks' prey | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OSCARSNUB | Tue Jun 3, 2025 | Disappointing awards season outcome for a critically successful movie | Boaz Moser |
| PAPHOS | Sat Feb 12, 1994 | Ancient city of Cyprus | Rand H. Burns |
| PARLIAMENT | Thu Oct 25, 2001 | A ___ of owls | John Scott Marrone |
| PURELY | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | 100% | A. J. Santora |
| SHEERED | Sat Mar 17, 2018 | Changed course quickly, at sea | Roland Huget |
| SPEEDBALL | Fri Feb 16, 2018 | Dangerous cocktail | David Steinberg |
| SPELLINGBEES | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Where accommodations might give trouble | Alfio Micci |
| TARTH | Sat Jun 20, 2015 | Brienne of ___, "Game of Thrones" protagonist | Kyle T. Dolan |
| TATEMODERN | Fri Feb 16, 2018 | London museum whose oldest piece is from 1900 | David Steinberg |
| TIDEMARKS | Tue Nov 17, 2009 | High and low water lines | John Farmer |
| TONGUELASH | Tue May 23, 2017 | Dress down | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| UNBORNE | Sun Nov 1, 1998 | Not carried, as a burden | Robert Malinow |