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 50,573 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSOLUTEWORST | Tue Jul 13, 2010 | Most wretched ... or not | Peter A. Collins |
| ALONGTHOSELINES | Sat Apr 19, 2025 | "Similarly ..." | Alex Tomlinson |
| BEMA | Sun Aug 25, 2002 | Synagogue stage | Randolph Ross |
| CALLLOG | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | Listing of recent phone history | Sam Ezersky |
| CARDSELECTION | Fri Jan 3, 2003 | Pick from a deck | Jim Page |
| CEZANNES | Fri Apr 14, 1995 | "Joueurs de Cartes" and "Les Baigneurs," e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHECKFORACCURACY | Sun Feb 17, 2002 | Good proofreader's reward? | Joe DiPietro |
| CROSSWORDEDITOR | Mon Mar 29, 2004 | Puzzling person? | Barry Silk |
| DANBROWN | Sun Feb 17, 2019 | Answer to 68-Across [Art & Literature] | David Kwong |
| DASHOFF | Sat May 8, 2004 | Leave quickly | Bob Peoples |
| DOUGHFACES | Tue Apr 13, 1999 | Pro-slavery Northerners, before the Civil War | Fred Piscop |
| FAUXNAIF | Sat Jan 17, 2026 | Artificially unsophisticated | Adam Aaronson |
| FIEFDOMS | Sat Feb 23, 2002 | Lordships | Rich Norris |
| FRAMER | Sun Jul 20, 2003 | Constitution writer | Patrick Merrell |
| GOLDENGLOBE | Mon Jun 27, 1994 | Motion picture award | Wayne Robert Williams |
| HEREYOUGO | Tue Dec 4, 2012 | "As requested ..." | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HERSH | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour | Byron Walden |
| IUSEDTO | Tue Feb 22, 2000 | Start of a quip | Dorothy E. Donaldson |
| JESSICABIEL | Mon Feb 11, 2013 | Actress who married Justin Timberlake in 2012 | Gary Cee |
| LANDINGGEAR | Tue Aug 23, 2022 | Part of a plane traveling from New Orleans to Little Rock? | Trey Mendez |
| LEGGING | Wed Jan 30, 2008 | Ankle-to-waist wear | Peter A. Collins |
| LIONELBARRYMORE | Mon Dec 2, 2019 | Classic actor who played Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life" | Lynn Lempel |
| LOGMEN | Sun Oct 23, 2005 | Lumberjacks | David J. Kahn |
| MADEWAY | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Moved aside (for) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MAIRE | Thu Jan 6, 1994 | Paris official | Arthur W. Palmer |
| MIXEDBLESSING | Sun Jun 1, 2025 | GLIBNESS | Sam Brody |
| NICOLAUS | Wed Jan 31, 2001 | Astronomer Copernicus | Jon Delfin |
| NOSHOES | Thu May 7, 1998 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| ONASEPARATENOTE | Tue Sep 9, 2025 | "And switching gears ..." | Marshal Herrmann |
| OTTOMANEMPIRE | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Constantinople was its capital | Andrew Zhou |
| PARTINGS | Fri Jun 28, 2002 | Farewells | Charles E. Gersch |
| PETPSYCHIC | Fri May 3, 2024 | Medium for animals | Eli Cotham |
| POLISHBORN | Sun Mar 30, 1997 | Like 80-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| REDPENCIL | Sat Oct 25, 2003 | Correct | Rich Norris |
| SCHOLARSHIP | Fri May 26, 2023 | Knowledge, or a means to acquire it | Hemant Mehta |
| SLOUGHED | Tue May 5, 2020 | Cast (off) | Lee Taylor |
| TERAI | Sat Dec 10, 1994 | Felt sun hat | Bryant White |
| TOTALASSETS | Sat May 11, 2024 | Measures of one's worth | Billy Bratton |
| TURBINES | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | Some are wind-powered | Sherry O. Blackard |
| TWOPARTYSYSTEMS | Tue Sep 3, 2024 | Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across? | Alex Eaton-Salners |