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 50,581 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHROMO | Tue Aug 25, 2015 | Old color print, informally | John E. Bennett |
| COMMONERA | Wed Jul 13, 2016 | Stat shared by many pitchers? | Tom McCoy |
| CONCEITS | Fri Nov 8, 2013 | Fanciful notions | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DISORDERLY | Sat Mar 3, 2012 | Chaotic | Byron Walden |
| ENSEMBLES | Sun Oct 8, 1995 | Performing groups | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| EURASIANS | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Continental hybrids | R. Ross |
| FLABBERGASTED | Wed Jun 9, 2004 | Astounded by how much weight you've gained? | Seth A. Abel |
| FRANDRESCHER | Sun Sep 7, 2003 | 1990's sitcom star | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GENDERROLES | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | Parts played on classic sitcoms? | Lily Silverstein |
| HESNOTATHISDESK | Tue Jul 28, 1998 | Stock secretarial ploy #3 | Robert Dillman |
| HITSTHEROOF | Mon Jun 12, 2023 | Explodes in anger | Alice Liang |
| JOYLUCKCLUB | Thu Jun 17, 2010 | Best-selling novel of 1989, with "The" | Corey Rubin |
| KURTA | Mon May 2, 2022 | Loose, collarless shirt popular in India | Erik Agard |
| LANDBRIDGE | Wed Dec 6, 2006 | Continental connection and a hint to 17-, 24-, 31-, 41- and 48-Across | Levi Denham |
| LOOMEDLARGE | Fri Dec 19, 2025 | Had an outsize presence | Hemant Mehta |
| MAKESGOOD | Mon Sep 29, 2014 | What a local success story does | Eric Sydney Phillips |
| MAKINGIT | Mon Nov 14, 2011 | Achieving success | Mark Feldman |
| MIDOCEANRIDGE | Mon Nov 23, 2020 | System of underwater mountains | Stanley Newman |
| MINERALE | Thu Nov 5, 2009 | Eau ___ | Patrick Blindauer |
| NADU | Fri Mar 22, 2024 | Tamil ___, India | Mansi Kothari and Erik Agard |
| ONARAIL | Sun Apr 26, 2020 | Way to run someone out of town, idiomatically | Royce Ferguson |
| ONNARCISSISM | Sat Sep 4, 2021 | 1914 Freud essay that introduced the concept of "ego ideal" | Byron Walden |
| ONTHEMAKE | Wed Dec 16, 2015 | Ambitious and unscrupulous | Paula Gamache |
| RAILROADTRESTLE | Thu Aug 14, 2014 | Another reason for a 52-Across | Jason Flinn |
| REDPILL | Thu Oct 16, 2025 | What allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix | Kareem Ayas |
| REPAINTED | Sun Jan 2, 2000 | Like a home, often, before it's sold | Rich Norris |
| REPLACED | Sat Nov 22, 2014 | Succeeded | David Steinberg |
| RIBOSOMES | Thu Sep 25, 2014 | Protein generators | Alex Vratsanos |
| SIDELINER | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Backup player | Kevin G. Der |
| SNIDEREMARK | Sun Dec 15, 2013 | [See above] | Jeff Chen |
| STAINING | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Adding some color to | Rich Norris |
| STALENESS | Sun Sep 7, 2003 | It may leave a bad taste | Alan Arbesfeld |
| STEVENASH | Sat Feb 4, 2012 | First N.B.A. player to light the Olympic cauldron | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison |
| STONEFLY | Thu May 30, 2024 | Large aquatic insect | Royce Ferguson |
| TIPIS | Fri Sep 9, 2011 | Plains homes: Var. | Joe Krozel |
| TOETAPPERS | Wed Jan 14, 2026 | Tunes with an irresistible rhythm | Joseph Gangi |
| TOOMUCHHEAVEN | Thu Jul 31, 2008 | 1979 Bee Gees chart-topper | Allan E. Parrish |
| TROWEPRICE | Wed Aug 20, 2014 | *"Invest With Confidence" firm | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| WALKSTWOABREAST | Thu Jul 27, 2000 | Doesn't go in single file | Joe DiPietro |
| YOULLPAYFORTHIS | Mon Sep 30, 2024 | Cry from someone seeking revenge ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across | Alexander Liebeskind |