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 50,871 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLTIMER | Sun Jun 24, 2018 | Something extraordinary that won't soon be forgotten | Timothy Polin |
| AMUL | Sun Feb 13, 2000 | City near the Caspian Sea | Bill Zais |
| APPEALED | Sun Mar 27, 2005 | Was attractive (to) | Con Pederson |
| ASHCARTER | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17) | Byron Walden |
| AUTOGRAPHS | Thu Jul 18, 2013 | Features of some prized memorabilia | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| BEBESIDEONESELF | Thu Feb 8, 1996 | Display wrath | Alex K. Justin |
| BLACKLICORICE | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Food that was called 53-Across before Twizzlers and the like | Tom McCoy |
| BOXTURTLE | Sat Sep 12, 2009 | Pet that hisses when frightened | Barry C. Silk |
| CANTDOATHING | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Is completely hamstrung | Joe DiPietro |
| CAVUTO | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | Neil of Fox News | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CERUMEN | Thu Sep 13, 2001 | Earwax | Robert H. Wolfe |
| CHIRRUPS | Sun Aug 4, 2024 | High-pitched bird calls | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| COCOAPLANT | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Chocolate source | Mark Diehl |
| COOLAIR | Fri Dec 12, 2014 | Fan's output | Evan Birnholz |
| DISMOUNTS | Sun Aug 29, 1999 | Gymnastic finishes | Lou and Fran Sabin |
| ELECTEDOFFICIAL | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Governor, e.g. | Joe Krozel |
| EXCHANGES | Wed Aug 17, 2016 | M # # # # | Mark McClain |
| FAULTINOURSTARS | Wed Aug 28, 2019 | 2014 romance about two teens with cancer, with "The" | Daniel Grinberg |
| FBPOSTS | Tue Sep 1, 2020 | Social media things that can be liked, informally | David Steinberg |
| FLENSED | Wed Jan 3, 2001 | Defatted, as a whale | Fred Piscop |
| FOSTERDOG | Mon Mar 9, 2026 | *Temporary guest from a canine shelter (1988, 1991) | Christina Iverson and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FREETHINKING | Sat May 2, 2020 | Unlike sheep | Paolo Pasco |
| GEARBOXOIL | Thu Apr 22, 2004 | It's good for the teeth | Daniel C. Bryant |
| GRACEKELLY | Wed Jun 22, 2005 | 16-Across's co-star in 37- and 38-Across | Verna Suit |
| HEARTBREAKS | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Emotional traumas | Mark Feldman |
| HEDGESABET | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | Doesn't put it all on one pony | Christina Iverson |
| LIVESOFEASE | Mon Jun 27, 2016 | Carefree existences ... or, punnily, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across have | Kevan Choset |
| LOOEY | Fri Feb 10, 1995 | Sarge's superior | Raymond Hamel |
| LOVEISLOVE | Mon Apr 10, 2023 | "We all deserve to have our intimate relationships honored," redundantly | Gia Bosko |
| MACEDONIA | Wed Feb 15, 1995 | Alexander's home | Harvey Estes |
| NORTHSOUTH | Sun Jun 3, 2001 | How some interstates run | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| OFMICEANDMEN | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | 1937 Steinbeck novella | Jeremy Newton |
| PORGIE | Wed Mar 11, 2020 | "Georgie ___" (nursery rhyme) | Erik Agard |
| RAZRS | Tue Sep 28, 2021 | Motorola phones | Meghan Morris |
| SAGACIOUS | Sun Jul 30, 1995 | YYYY | Charles M. Deber |
| SAINTLY | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Simply divine | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| SHIPBOUND | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | Stuck on board | Eric Berlin |
| SLAMPOETRY | Fri Apr 29, 2016 | Grist for a war of words? | Andrew Kingsley |
| TARTRATE | Thu Apr 7, 1994 | Chemical salt | Fred Piscop |
| THEROADTOATHENS | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Title of some 2004 Summer Olympics preview shows | Joe DiPietro |