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 50,409 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AREYOUREADY | Sat Aug 31, 2013 | Cry used to pump up a crowd | Josh Knapp |
| ATTHELEAST | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | "If nothing else ..." | Kyle Dolan |
| BARCLAY | Sun Jun 4, 2000 | British banking name | Martin Schneider |
| CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | Thu Jun 14, 2001 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? | Mark Diehl |
| CAMPAIGNSIGNS | Tue Sep 19, 2017 | Yard displays at election time | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| EARTHAS | Thu Jul 20, 1995 | Singer Kitt et al. | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| ENCINOMAN | Tue Jul 28, 2020 | 1992 Brendan Fraser film about a thawed Cro-Magnon | Ross Trudeau |
| EVICTING | Sun Nov 14, 2021 | Booting | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| EXTERNALLY | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Former supporter of seabirds? | Will Nediger |
| FLUSHES | Wed Oct 21, 1998 | Some good hands | Matt Gaffney |
| GOESBALD | Mon Jan 2, 2017 | Loses one's hair | Chuck Deodene |
| GREATTIME | Wed Mar 16, 2011 | Ball | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HIPREPLACEMENT | Wed Jun 26, 2002 | Fashionable substitute? | Nancy Salomon |
| ILSES | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Pianist Von Alpenheim et al. | A. J. Santora |
| IMPOSITIVE | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 39-Across | Patrick Berry |
| JODECI | Thu Nov 23, 2017 | Group with five #1 R&B hits in the 1990s | Howard Barkin |
| MGMSTUDIOS | Sat May 11, 2002 | Group under the sign of Leo | Mark Diehl |
| MIDDLEEARTH | Tue Oct 22, 2013 | "The Lord of the Rings" setting ... or a feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across? | Kevan Choset |
| MIRRORMIRROR | Fri Jan 9, 2015 | 2012 film adaptation of "Snow White" | Patrick Berry |
| MISSIDAHO | Sat Jun 4, 2016 | Pride of Moscow? | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| NOLANS | Thu Feb 6, 2014 | Director Christopher and actor Lloyd | Joe Krozel |
| NOTSAFEFORWORK | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | At risk of being offensive | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| OLDSAXON | Thu May 20, 2021 | Germanic language of the 8th-12th centuries | Trenton Charlson |
| ORONYM | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream" | Brandon Koppy |
| ORTHOPEDIC | Thu Apr 12, 2007 | Like some shoes | Jim Page |
| PATCASH | Tue Jul 14, 1998 | 1987 Wimbledon winner | Raymond Hamel |
| PATENTTROLL | Wed Mar 27, 2019 | One profiting through litigation, not innovation | Michael Hawkins |
| POCATELLO | Sun Jul 12, 2015 | Western city named after a Shoshone chief | Patrick Berry |
| PORTMANTEAU | Sun Jan 12, 2003 | Blend of two parts | Patrick Berry |
| REFRESHED | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Like some web pages and memories | Sam Trabucco |
| ROCKYPROMONTORY | Sun Jan 7, 2001 | He's got a craggy face | Manny Nosowsky |
| SIXPACKOFBEER | Tue Jan 21, 2020 | Party purchase ... or a hint to each circled letter set | Carl Larson |
| STACKUP | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Compare | R. Norris |
| THECOLTS | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | A.F.C. South squad | Sid Sivakumar |
| THECRUSADES | Fri Aug 31, 2007 | Fights with knights | Paula Gamache |
| THEMSTHEFACTS | Fri Mar 1, 2024 | "That's just how it is!" | Julian Xiao |
| THESHADOW | Mon Jan 8, 1996 | Lamont Cranston | N. Steinberg |
| TRASHPILE | Sun Apr 8, 2018 | It's a bunch of garbage | Patrick Berry |
| UNDERWATER | Sat Aug 7, 2004 | Masks are worn here | Patrick Berry |
| WAITSFOR | Thu Aug 2, 2007 | Expects | Robert Dillman |