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 51,069 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEAEA | Fri Aug 30, 2019 | Island of myth in Homer's "Odyssey" | Trent H. Evans |
| ALFRANKEN | Thu Dec 21, 2017 | Senator in 2017 news | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| APPRECIATE | Tue Jun 2, 2026 | See 56-Across | Rich Katz |
| ASHEBORO | Thu Mar 12, 2009 | North Carolina county seat | David Chapus |
| CAMPOUTS | Fri Sep 18, 2020 | In-tents experiences? | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| CLAVIER | Wed Nov 9, 2022 | Bach's "The Well-Tempered ___" | David Tuffs |
| COVERSEVERYBASE | Mon Apr 7, 2008 | Takes care of all possibilities | Randall J. Hartman |
| DENTALRETAINERS | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | Attorneys' fees paid with gold fillings? | David Alfred Bywaters |
| DONTSEEEYETOEYE | Wed Sep 9, 2009 | Disagree | Richard Chisholm |
| DRIVENMAD | Sun Mar 30, 2014 | Made bats | Peter A. Collins |
| FALSEHOODS | Tue Aug 29, 2017 | Lies | Adam G. Perl |
| FLOATER | Sat Nov 9, 1996 | Oft-relocated employee | F. Longo |
| FRESHMEN | Sat Oct 6, 2018 | First-termers | Lewis Dean Hyatt |
| GOFORTHEGOLD | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Aurophiles ... | Joe Deeney |
| IFIFELL | Sun Dec 22, 2013 | Beatles tune from "A Hard Day's Night" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INNOCENTMAN | Sat May 6, 2017 | 1983 7x platinum Billy Joel album, with "An" | Joe DiPietro |
| IVEGOTTHIS | Wed Sep 7, 2022 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Monday | Ekua Ewool |
| LEAVESEMPTYHANDED | Thu Jul 7, 2005 | Loses ignominiously, on a game show | David Quarfoot |
| MADEATRY | Sun Jun 14, 2026 | Lunged (for) | John Kugelman |
| MARGINCALL | Thu Dec 31, 2020 | Broker's request for funds | David J. Kahn |
| MASONDIXONLINE | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | It's north of the South | Finn Vigeland |
| MELODIZES | Fri Feb 15, 2019 | Composes beautifully | Wyna Liu |
| NICEGUYSFINISHLAST | Sun Jan 3, 1999 | Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but also... | Randolph Ross |
| NICESAVE | Sat Jan 9, 2021 | Sarcastic response to backpedaling | Trenton Charlson |
| ORDERERS | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Some store officials | Harvey Estes |
| PENNYDREADFULS | Wed Jul 17, 2019 | Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap | Ada Nicolle |
| POSSECUT | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Song with verses by four or more rappers | Jeff Chen |
| REFRESHED | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Like some web pages and memories | Sam Trabucco |
| ROARINGLION | Mon Jul 4, 2011 | MGM picture? | Paul Johnson |
| ROLLINGINTHEAISLES | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Like Rudner's audiences after a good joke? | Trip Payne |
| SEAPINE | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Maritime tree | J. Page |
| STAYFORDINNER | Tue Jun 6, 2017 | 1994 #1 Lisa Loeb hit played at a potluck? | Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson |
| TANNEST | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Most colored by the sun | Peter Gordon |
| TARANA | Sat Jul 4, 2026 | #MeToo movement activist Burke | Kareem Ayas |
| THEPARENTTRAP | Mon Sep 5, 1994 | Film in which Hayley Mills played twins | Julian Ochrymowych & Amy Goldstein |
| THEREMIN | Sun Jun 15, 2003 | Early electronic musical instrument | Cathy Millhauser |
| TRYHARD | Sat Dec 24, 2016 | Slacker's opposite, in modern lingo | David Steinberg |
| TWOEGG | Mon Dec 21, 2015 | Like a medium-size omelet | Bruce Haight |
| VAGUEIDEAS | Sat Aug 1, 2026 | Notions | Zachary David Levy |
| VOCATIONS | Fri Jul 6, 2018 | Trades | Robyn Weintraub |