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 51,166 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMPHIBIAN | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | Semiterrestrial organism | Patrick Berry |
| ARCAS | Sat Jul 29, 1995 | Spanish chests | Charles E. Gersch |
| ARMADILLOS | Fri May 1, 2026 | Animals whose Aztec name translates to "turtle-rabbit" | Rena Cohen |
| ARTFULLY | Sat Feb 13, 2021 | With cunning | Will Nediger |
| CADDIED | Fri Nov 16, 2012 | Worked for a 40-Across | Victor Fleming |
| CENIS | Wed Aug 2, 1995 | Mont ____, Alpine invasion route to Italy | James Neal |
| DODEC | Sun Jul 30, 1995 | Numerical prefix | Charles M. Deber |
| EARLYAGE | Sat Dec 5, 2009 | 6 or 7, but not 60 or 70 | Brad Wilber |
| ELLISBELL | Wed Apr 27, 2016 | Pen name of the female author of "Wuthering Heights" | Jeff Stillman |
| FILLEDTHEBILL | Thu Sep 18, 1997 | Hacked it, as a pelican? | Cathy Millhauser |
| GIVESADAMN | Sun Jun 18, 2017 | Donates shelter to some beavers? | Sam Trabucco |
| GOODDOGGY | Fri May 31, 2019 | Praise that might be dispensed with a treat | Sam Ezersky |
| GREMLINS | Fri Nov 27, 2020 | 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating | Robyn Weintraub |
| HIDINGS | Sun Aug 3, 1997 | Stashes | Peter Gordon |
| HIGHBOY | Sun Jul 7, 2002 | Bedroom furniture | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| HOTISSUES | Wed Mar 27, 2013 | Stocks in great demand | David J. Kahn |
| ICECORES | Sun Mar 17, 2019 | Some Antarctic samples | Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen |
| IFYOULIKE | Sun Mar 19, 2023 | "So to speak" | Robert Ryan |
| MALAMUD | Tue Mar 17, 2015 | Bernard who wrote "The Natural" | David Phillips |
| METINTHEMIDDLE | Mon Aug 4, 2014 | Compromised, as two parties | Joel Fagliano |
| MLKDAY | Thu May 29, 2025 | Fed. observance since 1986 | John Kugelman |
| MONEYGRAB | Sun Aug 17, 2025 | Slimy scheme for profit | Amsay Ezersky |
| MOONEYES | Fri Oct 1, 2010 | Silvery fish | David J. Kahn |
| MUNGBEAN | Thu Oct 9, 2008 | Legume used to produce sprouts | Doug Peterson |
| OPENPANDORASBOX | Fri May 20, 2011 | Create a whole new set of problems | David Levinson Wilk |
| PERUINDIANA | Sat Aug 7, 1999 | Cole Porter's birthplace | Trip Payne |
| REDEMAND | Sat Nov 5, 2005 | Petition for again | Patrick Berry |
| REVAMPS | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Overhauls | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| SEXYELF | Tue Jan 4, 2022 | Risqué costume for a holiday party | David Bukszpan |
| SHORTCHANGE | Mon Dec 22, 2025 | Cheat ... or a punny hint to the four sets of circled letters | Suzanne Oliver |
| STRIVEFOR | Sat May 7, 2022 | Target | Rachel Fabi |
| STROBIC | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | Having a spinning motion | Randolph Ross |
| SUMMERSQUASH | Thu Jul 9, 2015 | Crookneck, e.g. | John Guzzetta |
| SUNBOWL | Mon Aug 11, 2014 | Annual El Paso football event | David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon |
| THECHECKBOUNCED | Thu Aug 3, 1995 | Bad news from a bank | Wayne Robert Williams |
| THEWALLSHAVEEARS | Thu May 30, 2024 | "Shh! People may be listening" ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle | Royce Ferguson |
| TOWHEADS | Wed Aug 26, 1998 | Blonds | A. J. Santora |
| WEBCRAWLER | Mon Jun 29, 2015 | Bot that systematically browses the Internet | Todd Gross and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| WHOOPIEPIE | Thu Oct 13, 2016 | Baked chocolaty treat | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ZULEMA | Sat Feb 21, 2009 | Woman's name meaning "peace" | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |