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 51,029 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFREDNOBEL | Sun Aug 19, 2001 | "He was my prize student" | David J. Kahn |
| AWAKER | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Reveille, e.g. | Henry Hook |
| BABYTEETH | Fri Nov 25, 2005 | Kids always lose them | Joe DiPietro |
| BACKPAIN | Wed Apr 29, 2015 | Lumbago | Daniel Landman |
| BARELEGGED | Fri May 23, 2003 | Wearing shorts, say | Dave Tuller |
| BLONDER | Sat Mar 20, 2004 | One way to leave a hair salon | Byron Walden |
| CENSURED | Thu Sep 14, 2017 | Condemned | John Guzzetta |
| COIFFURES | Sun Apr 10, 1994 | Hairdressers' creations | Trip Payne |
| DIESELFUEL | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | Truck driver? | Joel Fagliano |
| DORMITORY | Sun Apr 7, 2013 | College student's place | Matt Ginsberg |
| FLICKER | Thu Oct 28, 2021 | Black-and-white movie effect | Alan Massengill |
| FLOODWATER | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Corps of Engineers concern | John R. Conrad |
| GANGSTERRAP | Wed Dec 6, 2006 | Hip-hop subgenre | Levi Denham |
| GIVEITAGO | Mon May 18, 2026 | Attempt something | Rena Cohen |
| GLIA | Sun May 10, 2015 | Cells that protect neurons | Jacob Stulberg |
| GREATMEN | Sat Sep 25, 2004 | Heroes | Byron Walden |
| HAZARDING | Fri Jul 22, 2011 | Gambling | Todd McClary |
| JOHNMADDEN | Mon Jul 15, 2002 | Leader of football's 31-Down | John Leavy |
| LIVESOFEASE | Mon Jun 27, 2016 | Carefree existences ... or, punnily, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across have | Kevan Choset |
| LOWERHOUSE | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for example | Byron Walden |
| LXVI | Wed Apr 21, 2010 | M years before the Battle of Hastings | Peter A. Collins |
| MACANDCHEESE | Wed Sep 7, 2016 | [Boil contents for 8-10 minutes; drain; add butter; stir in bright orange powder] | Kary Haddad |
| MADEACAMEO | Thu Sep 29, 2022 | Appeared briefly | Jeremy Newton |
| MCHUGH | Fri Nov 7, 1997 | "On the Sunny Side of the Street" songwriter | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NAVIGABLE | Fri Sep 11, 1998 | Like major channels | Harvey Estes |
| NICOLAI | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | Gedda or Ghiaurov of opera fame | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| NOTWITHSTANDING | Fri Sep 29, 1995 | Anyway | Manny Nosowsky |
| OISERIVER | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | Waterway that lent its name to two French departments | Mark Diehl |
| PEARLER | Sun Oct 4, 2009 | Oyster bed diver | Todd McClary |
| PENTODE | Sun Mar 22, 2020 | Vacuum tube with five active components | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PEOPLEWATCH | Tue Aug 14, 2018 | Wrist accessory for a celebrity magazine editor? | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| PRIMARIES | Fri Jun 13, 2008 | Election year events | Patrick Berry |
| REHEATING | Tue Nov 10, 2015 | Preparing, as leftovers | Will Treece |
| RELAXIN | Thu Sep 30, 2021 | Pregnancy hormone | Rich Proulx |
| ROGUISHLY | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | In a mischievous manner | Andrew Zhou |
| SITZKRIEG | Sat Jul 14, 2012 | War with little or no active warfare | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| SLIPKNOTS | Sat Jul 27, 2002 | Scouts' creations | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SONSINLAW | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | They've joined the family | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEBOARDWALK | Tue Jun 14, 2005 | After 29-Down, a Drifters hit | Sarah Keller |
| TOUGHITOUT | Thu Aug 12, 1999 | Bravely endure | Robert H. Wolfe |