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 50,658 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEAGUEOFTHEIROWN | Sun Feb 9, 2020 | ⚾ ♀️ 😢 | Brian Kulman |
| ALLENIVERSON | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | Basketball star nicknamed "The Answer" | Sam Trabucco |
| ARMLIKE | Fri Jun 7, 2002 | Brachial | Manny Nosowsky |
| AROUNDTHEWORLD | Mon Jun 23, 2014 | Where Phileas Fogg traveled "in 80 days" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ASSEMBLYREQUIRED | Sun Jan 31, 2016 | Notice regarding voting in a state legislature? | Yaakov Bendavid |
| BELTER | Sun Mar 14, 2004 | Hardly a crooner | Craig Kasper |
| BERYLLIUM | Wed Mar 9, 2016 | Fourth element on the periodic table | John Guzzetta |
| CHANSONSDEGESTE | Fri Oct 25, 2013 | Old French epics | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CIVILWARGENERAL | Tue Aug 6, 2002 | End of 17-, 23-, 50- or 61-Across | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| COQUET | Wed Jul 21, 2010 | Flirtatious one | Oliver Hill |
| CRENELS | Sun Sep 6, 1998 | Battlement openings | Rich Norris |
| CRICKETER | Fri Jul 16, 2010 | One involved in bowling balls | Mel Rosen |
| CURIOUSER | Sat Apr 3, 2021 | Nonstandard adjective in "Alice in Wonderland" | Peter A. Collins |
| DEERHIDE | Sun Oct 3, 2021 | Buckskin, e.g. | Trenton Charlson |
| DEHISCES | Sat Sep 20, 2008 | Bursts open, as legume seedpods | Joe Krozel |
| DRABEK | Thu Dec 5, 2002 | Cy Young Award winner Doug | Joe DiPietro |
| ENDEDIT | Fri Sep 28, 2018 | Called things off | Kameron Austin Collins |
| EXONERATES | Fri May 30, 2008 | Clears | Natan Last |
| HAULEDASS | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | Was really moving, in slang | Samuel Smalley |
| HEXAHEDRA | Sat Jul 2, 2022 | Sugar cubes, e.g. | Evan Kalish |
| HIDESFROM | Mon Jun 4, 2001 | Eludes | Patrick Jordan |
| IMPRESSED | Sat Oct 28, 2017 | Sitting back and thinking "Wow!" | Roland Huget |
| JAMESCAMERON | Wed Dec 26, 2012 | Best Director of 1997 | Dan Schoenholz |
| KOL | Fri Mar 20, 2009 | ___ Nidre (Yom Kippur prayer) | David Levinson Wilk |
| LIONINWINTER | Sun Oct 30, 2016 | *1968 Peter O'Toole drama, with "The" | Caleb Madison |
| LITTLELEAGUETEAM | Fri May 10, 2013 | It has short shortstops | Derek Bowman |
| MANEATINGSHARK | Thu Apr 11, 2024 | "Jaws" menace | Dan Caprera |
| MOONFISH | Tue Jan 12, 2021 | Ocean dweller so named for its roundish, silvery body | Ross Trudeau |
| NEUTRALITY | Sat Jun 20, 2009 | Beige attribute | Brad Wilber |
| PROKOFIEVSFIRST | Tue Feb 28, 1995 | "Classical" | Nancy S. Ross |
| RUNSAGROUND | Sun Oct 16, 2022 | Hits shore unintentionally | Paolo Pasco |
| SEATOFTHEPANTS | Fri Dec 26, 2014 | Based on instinct and guesswork | Patrick Berry |
| SENIORCITIZENS | Mon Nov 28, 2005 | Retirees, often | Kevan Choset |
| SMOOTHIE | Thu Dec 14, 2006 | Glib romancer | Ed Early |
| SOPRANOARIA | Sat May 3, 1997 | "Jewel Song," e.g., in "Faust" | Rich Norris |
| STRIKEOVER | Sat May 25, 2002 | Typing correction | Frank Longo |
| TENDEREST | Fri Feb 22, 2002 | Like blue-ribbon-winning steak | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TERENCESTAMP | Sun Feb 1, 1998 | "...starring ___..." | Merl Reagle |
| TORV | Tue Mar 18, 2014 | Star of "Fringe," Anna ___ | David Kwong |
| UNFOLDED | Sat Dec 9, 2023 | Played out | Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson |