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 50,547 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBIGRAMS | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Written designs that are also readable when flipped or rotated | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| ANTAWN | Thu Sep 15, 2005 | Jamison of the N.B.A. | Frank Longo |
| ARMOURY | Fri Jan 28, 1994 | Sandhurst arsenal | Manny Nosowsky |
| CAMPERVAN | Wed Jul 15, 2020 | Mobile home? | Lee Higbie and Jeff Chen |
| COMEEASY | Sat Apr 14, 2001 | Happen without a struggle | Rich Norris |
| CRUMBLY | Fri Jul 8, 1994 | Apt to fall apart | Manny Nosowsky |
| DRENCHERS | Fri Jun 3, 2005 | Heavy rainfalls | Jim Hyres |
| DROPME | Fri Dec 1, 1995 | "____ a line" | Manny Nosowsky |
| ENIS | Sat Sep 22, 2007 | 1990s N.F.L. running back Curtis ___ | Mark Diehl |
| FIGHTOFOURLIVES | Thu Jan 25, 2007 | Bill Moyers speech on income inequality in America, with "The" | Manny Nosowsky |
| FINDCLOSURE | Wed Jun 22, 2022 | Accept and let go of something ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues | Kate Hawkins |
| GLOTTIS | Thu Sep 20, 2018 | Opening between the vocal cords | Sam Ezersky |
| HAIRRAISERS | Fri May 9, 2008 | Terrifying tales | Jim Page |
| HEADONIN | Sun Feb 5, 2023 | Not stay outside, informally | Jeremy Newton |
| INPENCIL | Sun Oct 2, 2022 | Not marked permanently, say | Kathy Bloomer |
| ISINGLIKEIFEEL | Sun Apr 23, 2017 | Notable quote by 68-/70-Across | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| KIPSBAY | Sat Aug 19, 2006 | Site of a 1776 battle that gave New York City to the British | Bob Peoples |
| LECONTE | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | French poet ___ de Lisle | Randolph Ross |
| LEFTLANECLOSED | Tue Mar 27, 2007 | Second sign of a highway headache | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| LOANTRANSLATION | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Linguistic borrowing, as "earworm" from "Ohrwurm" | Byron Walden |
| LOOKATMENOW | Sun Sep 21, 2025 | "I made it big time!" | Adrianne Baik |
| MINDMYPSANDQS | Sat Nov 14, 1998 | What I, the constructor, had to do while making this puzzle | Matt Gaffney |
| MMC | Sun Apr 9, 2006 | 250th anniversary of the incorporation of Los Angeles | Paula Gamache |
| MOLDER | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Crumble | Harvey Estes |
| NERFBALLS | Sun Jul 11, 2021 | Spongy toys | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| NOCHANGE | Fri May 14, 2004 | Uninteresting progress report | Robert H. Wolfe |
| PIECAKEN | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert | Sam Ezersky |
| RINGLEADERS | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Targets of criminal probes | Frank A. Longo |
| SCISSORSKICK | Mon Dec 19, 2022 | Part of a swimmer's sidestroke | Jennifer Nutt |
| SETTHETABLE | Tue Mar 8, 2016 | Lay out plates, silverware, napkins, etc. | David Steinberg |
| SLEEPWAKECYCLES | Tue Jul 12, 2022 | Body's internal clock patterns, regulated by the phenomenon seen in the circled letters | Karen Steinberg |
| SMILEYEMOJI | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | ... something yellow and happy in a text message | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| SPELLBIND | Mon Apr 30, 2007 | Entrance, as through oratory | Allan E. Parrish |
| STAYSPUT | Fri May 25, 2001 | Sits tight | Bob Peoples |
| SULTRIEST | Fri Nov 21, 2003 | Superlatively sexy | David Ainslie Macleod |
| SYMPTOMS | Sat May 17, 2008 | Signs | Mike Nothnagel |
| TEARLOOSE | Sun Aug 4, 2024 | Rip off | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| TOTALBODYSCAN | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | M.R.I., maybe | Todd Gross |
| UNKNOWNVARIABLE | Tue Feb 13, 2001 | Y | Michael Shteyman |
| UZBEKISTAN | Fri Jan 31, 1997 | U.N. member since 1992 | M. Gaffney |