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 50,594 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVA | Sun Feb 22, 1998 | Citroën model name | Fred Piscop |
| ANSWERLESS | Fri Dec 23, 1994 | Pleading the Fifth | Frank A. Longo |
| ATTENTIONSPAN | Sat Aug 12, 2023 | Focal length? | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
| BRINGDOWNTHEHOUSE | Fri May 27, 1994 | Wow everyone | Chet Currier |
| COMEBEFORE | Sat Mar 23, 2019 | Be more important than | David Steinberg |
| DADDYISSUES | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Problems resulting from a poor paternal relationship | Ryan McCarty |
| DEKA | Fri Jul 18, 2008 | Prefix meaning "10": Var. | Mike Nothnagel |
| DILUTERS | Fri Feb 27, 1998 | Water adders | Kevin McCann |
| DOMESTICATE | Sat May 1, 2021 | Break | Ryan McCarty |
| DROPPASS | Thu Mar 9, 2000 | Hockey or soccer maneuver | Myles Callum |
| DRYWALLS | Sun Jan 25, 2004 | Plasterboards | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| ESTIMATES | Sat Aug 13, 2005 | Body shop figures | Bob Peoples |
| EXTRADRUMSTICKS | Sun Jun 21, 2020 | What do you get when you cross 63-Across with a 45-Down? | Byron and Harrison Walden |
| HAPPENING | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Really trendy | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| HUNDREDACREWOOD | Mon Apr 5, 2004 | Home for Pooh and Tigger | Jim Hyres |
| INASPIRAL | Sat Jan 5, 2019 | Spinning out of control | Andrew Zhou |
| INCINERATED | Fri Jul 21, 2006 | Burned up | Kyle Mahowald |
| ITZHAK | Tue Jun 25, 2013 | Violinist Perlman | Joel Fagliano |
| IVANKATRUMP | Wed Jan 23, 2013 | It girl? | Joel Fagliano |
| JANI | Wed Mar 15, 1995 | Dec. 31 follower | Frances Hansen |
| LAUGHATME | Fri Aug 31, 2007 | 1965 Sonny Bono hit | Paula Gamache |
| LIVESOFEASE | Mon Jun 27, 2016 | Carefree existences ... or, punnily, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across have | Kevan Choset |
| MAINLANDER | Sat Jun 7, 2008 | Many a Hawaiian tourist | Karen M. Tracey |
| MIDSIZEDCAR | Wed Sep 21, 2011 | Toyota Camry, e.g. | Peter A. Collins |
| NEWMOMS | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | Maternity ward figures | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NICHELLENICHOLS | Tue Nov 11, 2003 | Original "Star Trek" actress | M. Francis Vuolo |
| NOVELTIES | Mon Oct 15, 2012 | Neckwear in a work of fiction? | Tom Pepper |
| OHYOUHAVENOIDEA | Tue Jan 21, 2025 | "That's not even the half of it ..." | Dan Caprera |
| POLITICALARENAS | Fri Mar 11, 2011 | Fields in which 6-Acrosses are found | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ROTARYCLUBS | Wed Oct 31, 2018 | Groups that typically meet weekly for lunch | Bruce Haight |
| SENSATIONALIZES | Sat Sep 14, 2019 | Hypes | Peter A. Collins |
| SHAPABLE | Sun Dec 21, 2008 | Like Silly Putty | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TAKEITIN | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | *Enjoy the moment, say | Simeon Seigel |
| TEASEDOUT | Thu Mar 21, 2019 | Elicited with difficulty | Christopher Adams |
| TOFIT | Wed Dec 19, 2012 | Tailored ___ (customized) | Mike Buckley |
| UFFIZI | Sun Dec 8, 2019 | Where to see Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" | Emily Carroll |
| WEAKNESSES | Sun Feb 3, 2008 | Failings | Matt Ginsberg |
| WHOLENEWBALLGAME | Tue Jul 13, 2021 | Situation that starts things completely over | Bruce Haight |
| WIENIES | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | "Dogs" | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| WORLDSFAIRS | Mon Mar 1, 2021 | Events for which the answers to the three starred clues were built | Michael Lieberman |