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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMENDMENTI | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | Its first word is "Congress" | Will Nediger |
| ARGUMENT | Thu Oct 23, 2025 | Case opener | Aimee Lucido |
| BAYWINDOW | Mon Nov 6, 2000 | Alcove from which to watch the street | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| CAHOKIA | Sun Aug 9, 1998 | ___ Mounds (Illinois historical site) | Christopher Hurt |
| CHANTEUSE | Sun Jun 23, 2002 | Singer in a boîte | Eric Berlin |
| CLERGIES | Mon Dec 1, 2008 | Religious groups | Eric J. Platt |
| CROATS | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Dalmatians, e.g. | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| DEMESNES | Sat Mar 12, 2011 | Lands around mansions | Joon Pahk |
| DOLLCARRIAGE | Tue Nov 18, 2008 | Wheeled toy | Richard Chisholm |
| DONKEYEARS | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | ... something pointy grown by Pinocchio | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| DOYOURWORST | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | "Go ahead. I'm not scared" | Michael Schlossberg |
| DUCHAMP | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Artist and chess player who said "While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists" | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| DUXELLES | Sat May 30, 2015 | Mushroom layer of a beef Wellington | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| ETRURIANS | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Tuscan ancients | Byron Walden |
| FORS | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Ones voting yes | B. White |
| FURIOUSLY | Wed Sep 27, 2023 | Following 17-, 37-, 40- and 43-Across, end of a properly formed yet 11-Down sentence by 25-Down demonstrating the distinction between syntax and semantics | Scott Koenig |
| GAMETHESYSTEM | Sun Feb 8, 2015 | Exploit a loophole, say | Jeremy Newton |
| GETBORED | Sat Sep 3, 2016 | Start to drift, say | Damon Gulczynski |
| GOINGATIT | Tue Jan 30, 1996 | Brawling | M. Skolsky |
| HANGSTIGHT | Wed Dec 11, 2024 | Waits patiently | Kathy Bloomer and Jeff Chen |
| HENRIMATISSE | Sun Nov 23, 2008 | Leader of the Fauvist movement | David J. Kahn |
| JACKSONFIVE | Mon Nov 17, 2025 | Andrew, Ketanji Brown, Mahalia, Reggie, Stonewall | Rena Cohen |
| KEEPSONECOMPANY | Sat May 12, 2001 | Stays with a friend, say | Michael Shteyman |
| LEFTINTHELURCH | Mon Jul 20, 2020 | Abandoned and helpless | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LINNETS | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Old World finches | N. N. Joline |
| MAKINGANENTRANCE | Fri Jul 22, 2016 | Appearing with fanfare | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| MARCIACLARK | Thu Jul 5, 2018 | Lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson case | Randolph Ross |
| MICHAELBOLTON | Wed Mar 17, 2021 | If you think pop balladeers can't run fast, you haven't seen ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| NINJASTARS | Fri Dec 8, 2017 | Throwable weapons used by assassins | Paolo Pasco |
| PANELVANS | Sun May 27, 2012 | Versatile delivery vehicles | Byron Walden |
| PESTE | Sat Sep 1, 2001 | Plague, to Camus | Dana Motley |
| POWERMAC | Sat Dec 24, 2011 | It replaced Apple's Quadra line | Ned White |
| REPOLL | Sat Sep 28, 2019 | Get a second opinion from | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| RESTRINGS | Fri Apr 20, 2001 | Does some work in a tennis shop | Chuck Deodene |
| RIFENESS | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Opposite of scarcity | Frank A. Longo |
| SQUALOR | Sun May 15, 2022 | An awful state to live in | Daniel Mauer |
| TENNESSEEERNIE | Wed Sep 9, 2009 | Tuneful Ford | Richard Chisholm |
| TERIYAKISAUCE | Fri Sep 5, 2025 | Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurant | Bryan Cheong |
| THESEINE | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Quai D'Orsay setting | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| WISHFUL | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Like some thinking | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |