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 50,371 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABREASTOF | Tue Dec 10, 2019 | Informed about | Eric Berlin |
| ABROLLER | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Tummy-toning tool | Daniel Grinberg |
| ACTSASIF | Mon Aug 24, 1998 | Pretends | Alan Jay Weiss |
| AMAZEBALLS | Sat Jul 15, 2017 | Incredible, in modern slang | Zachary Spitz |
| APIARISTS | Mon Oct 29, 2012 | Beekeepers | Gareth Bain |
| BACKSTROKE | Tue Apr 16, 2013 | Butterfly alternative | Peter Broda |
| BEACHHOTEL | Sun Nov 5, 2023 | See in | Rich Katz |
| BENTOVER | Sun Oct 30, 2005 | Bobbing for apples, e.g. | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| DOUBLEEAGLE | Tue Sep 15, 2009 | *Bygone $20 gold coin | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| FINGERBOWL | Fri Jul 14, 2000 | You may dip into it at dinner | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FORERUN | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | Precede | Frank Longo |
| GALEFORCE | Sat Aug 10, 2024 | Ferocious, as winds | Spencer Leach |
| GAMESHOWNETWORK | Sat Apr 30, 2022 | Its slogan "Get Smarter Now" matches its initials | Joe DiPietro |
| GLOTTIS | Thu Sep 20, 2018 | Opening between the vocal cords | Sam Ezersky |
| HAWES | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | Adventure story writer Charles | Christopher Page |
| HOTWIRED | Fri Feb 4, 1994 | Started wrongly? | Joe Clonick |
| IANMCKELLEN | Tue Nov 11, 2003 | "Lord of the Rings" actor | M. Francis Vuolo |
| JOANCUSACK | Thu Mar 20, 2025 | Actor in "Say Anything …" and "High Fidelity" | Daniel Grinberg |
| JUMBOCD | Sat May 19, 2007 | Institutional investment | Byron Walden |
| JUSTDESSERTS | Sun Feb 23, 1997 | What a sweet tooth demands? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| LACUNAR | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Relating to gaps | Sam Trabucco |
| MAXROACH | Tue Jun 13, 2000 | Noted jazz drummer | Peter Gordon |
| MUSSEDUP | Fri Sep 14, 2007 | Uncombed | John Farmer |
| NARROWER | Wed Apr 14, 1999 | More restricted | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OEILLADE | Sun May 7, 1995 | Amorous glance: Fr. | Bob Klahn |
| ORNITHOLOGIST | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | 3-Down, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PHILIPROTH | Mon Jun 15, 2009 | "Portnoy's Complaint" author | John Dunn |
| RETIRINGLY | Thu Jan 20, 1994 | "I'm off to bed," said Tom ____ | Lois Sidway |
| SILENCES | Tue Sep 5, 1995 | Muzzles | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| SIMONEWEIL | Thu Mar 3, 2005 | "Waiting for God" philosopher | Byron Walden |
| SUBMARINESANDWICH | Thu Nov 30, 2017 | Grinder | Trenton Charlson |
| SUGARIEST | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Most cloying | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SUSANSARANDON | Tue Dec 21, 2004 | She appeared in "The Witches of Eastwick" with 53-Across | Kurt Mengel |
| TAKEACHANCEONME | Wed Sep 18, 2002 | 1-Across song | David J. Kahn |
| THEDIRTYDOZEN | Thu Jun 15, 2017 | Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme | Richard F. Mausser |
| THEWEEKND | Thu May 24, 2018 | R&B singer who had a 2015 #1 hit with "Can't Feel My Face" | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| THINGSFALLAPART | Sat Nov 26, 2022 | Chinua Achebe novel that's a response to "Heart of Darkness" | Kanyin Ajayi |
| WEARYWILLIE | Tue Dec 8, 1998 | Character created by 58-Across | Frances Hansen |
| WHITERTHANWHITE | Mon Jun 17, 1996 | Ad puff | S. L. Robbins |
| YESPLEASE | Sat Dec 3, 2011 | Polite acceptance | David Quarfoot |