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 51,116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANABOLICSTEROID | Fri May 23, 1997 | Body builder? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| BRAYERS | Sun Jul 21, 2002 | Upset donkeys, often | Trip Payne |
| CALENDS | Sun May 5, 2002 | First day of the month, in ancient Rome | Patrick Berry |
| CHARLESLAMB | Tue Apr 16, 2024 | *English essayist who wrote "Lawyers, I suppose, were children once" [ram] | Adam Vincent |
| CHRISTA | Thu Feb 6, 2014 | Teacher/astronaut McAuliffe | Joe Krozel |
| COATTAILS | Sun May 15, 2022 | They may be ridden to victory | Daniel Mauer |
| CURRICULUMVITAE | Tue May 30, 1995 | Caesar's résumé? | Richard Hughes |
| DIMBULB | Sat Apr 24, 2021 | Not-so-bright sort | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| EDICTAL | Fri Feb 3, 2006 | Like some rules | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXCLAIMS | Sat Jul 1, 1995 | Lets loose with | Eileen Lexau |
| FOUNDING | Sun Jun 23, 2013 | Setting up | Patrick Berry |
| IDIDMYBEST | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Statement after a valiant attempt | Peter A. Collins |
| INCATRAIL | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Path to Machu Picchu | Michael Schlossberg |
| INTRICACY | Mon Aug 30, 2021 | Complexity | Brooke Husic |
| JOLTED | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | Unpleasantly surprised | Patrick Berry |
| LEATHERSEATS | Fri Oct 23, 2020 | Upgrade at a dealership | Robyn Weintraub |
| LOOKITSSUPERMAN | Thu May 12, 2005 | Cry in Metropolis while pointing and a hint to this puzzle's theme | Manny Nosowsky |
| MANICDEPRESSION | Wed May 25, 2011 | "An Unquiet Mind" subject | Jeff Dubner |
| MATCHWOOD | Mon Jul 11, 2016 | Material in a fire starter set | Freddie Cheng |
| MRB | Thu Oct 19, 2006 | Nickname of the household head on TV's "Hazel" | Raymond C. Young |
| MYGAL | Mon Oct 24, 1994 | Sal, in song | Sidney L. Robbins |
| NINESTORIES | Sun Apr 23, 1995 | J.D. Salinger collection | Randolph Ross |
| OLIVEGROVE | Sat Nov 22, 2025 | Outdoor setting for Plato's Academy | Blake Slonecker |
| OMNIPRESENT | Fri Jul 25, 2014 | Like God | Peter A. Collins |
| ONITSEND | Fri Nov 8, 2019 | How a sofa might be turned for moving | Peter Wentz |
| PARTINGWAYS | Thu Nov 14, 2019 | Splitting up | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| POMANDER | Thu Jul 6, 2000 | Drawer odorizer | Patrick Berry |
| POPPINGPILLS | Wed Mar 14, 2007 | Self-medicating excessively | Peter A. Collins |
| PROTECTOR | Tue Apr 3, 2012 | Knight, to a damsel | Paula Gamache |
| ROUSEY | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Ronda ___, mixed martial arts standout of the 2010s | Joe Krozel |
| SCRUBSUITS | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Outfits in the operating room | Andrew J. Ries |
| SERRATES | Tue Jul 10, 2012 | Puts teeth on, as a knife | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| SHORTNOTICE | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | Little warning | Jem Burch |
| SHTUP | Thu May 29, 2014 | Sleep with, in slang | Anna Shechtman |
| SPOUTERS | Sun Nov 21, 2010 | Whales, at times | Clive Probert |
| STTHOMASAQUINAS | Wed Sep 3, 1997 | Noted Italian religious philosopher | Hugh Davis |
| SUFFIXED | Mon Apr 10, 2023 | Added at the end, like the "-ness" in "kindness" | Gia Bosko |
| SUTURED | Sat Feb 18, 2017 | In stitches | Steve Overton |
| THEDEIFICATIONOFREALITY | Sun Apr 22, 2007 | "Poetry is ..." (Edith Sitwell) | Victor Fleming |
| VARMINTS | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | Troublesome critters | David Alfred Bywaters |