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 50,644 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVECASE | Fri Apr 19, 2013 | It's still open to investigation | Ned White |
| AIGLET | Sat Oct 25, 1997 | Ornamental tag | John Scott Marrone |
| ASITHASBEENSAID | Wed Dec 27, 2006 | Quotation citer's intro? | Manny Nosowsky |
| ATENT | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Pitch ___ (prepare to camp) | F. Piscop |
| BADCHECK | Sun Nov 14, 2010 | It bounces | Patrick Berry |
| BBSHOT | Fri Oct 20, 2017 | Small ammo | Peter Wentz |
| BYMARRIAGE | Wed Mar 13, 2002 | End of the definition | Ed Early |
| CANNONBALLS | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Some dives | Alfio Micci |
| CARBONDATED | Thu Dec 10, 2020 | Cold? | Jack Murtagh |
| CHISELS | Fri Jun 7, 2002 | Cheats | Manny Nosowsky |
| CLOSEDDOORMEETING | Sun May 29, 2011 | Hush-hush powwow | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| COCKAPOO | Mon Nov 9, 2020 | Mixed-breed dog that's part spaniel | Kate Hawkins |
| DANTON | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | French Revolutionary played by Gérard Depardieu | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DAYTODAYLIVING | Wed Feb 11, 2004 | Quote, part 3 | Ethan Friedman |
| DUOLINGO | Wed Nov 22, 2023 | Learning app with an owl mascot | Will Pfadenhauer |
| EIGHTSIDED | Wed May 2, 2018 | Octagonal | Bryant White |
| EMQUAD | Sun May 7, 2006 | Printer's unit | Trip Payne |
| FAHDS | Sun Sep 28, 2003 | Saudi royal and others | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FISHINGHOOK | Mon Jun 17, 2024 | Holder of bait | Kiran Pandey |
| INLARGE | Fri Feb 20, 2004 | On a big scale | Bob Peoples |
| JAMESWATT | Sat Jul 7, 2018 | Pioneer in steam engines | Ryan McCarty |
| KNOWSATHINGORTWO | Sun Jan 12, 2020 | Has been around the block [Evergreen State] | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| KNOWTALENT | Wed Jul 15, 1998 | Be an A-one scout? | Randall J. Hartman |
| LGBTRIGHTS | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Cause associated with the rainbow flag | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| LILJON | Sun Jul 8, 2012 | "Get Low" rapper | Joel Fagliano |
| MADEGREE | Fri May 31, 2019 | Conferral after some two-year programs | Sam Ezersky |
| NUMERICALVALUE | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | 3.14159..., for pi | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| ODDMENT | Sun Jun 26, 2016 | Leftover | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| PISHED | Sat Oct 21, 2006 | Directed a cry of contempt at | David Quarfoot |
| PRIZEDRAWING | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Imagophiles ... | Joe Deeney |
| PROTEA | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | Tropical flower in florists' shops | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| REDVELVET | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Girl's holiday party dress fabric | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ROTIFER | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Microscopic animal that swims with whirling cilia | Byron Walden |
| SEATCOVERS | Tue Jan 2, 2007 | Upholstery protectors | Sarah Keller |
| SHAPEDUP | Sat Mar 9, 1996 | Got one's act together, so to speak | R. Norris |
| SPLASHGUARD | Sat Mar 8, 2008 | Big flap on the road? | Brad Wilber |
| TEENPEOPLE | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Bygone magazine spinoff | Byron Walden |
| UNALLIED | Fri Mar 1, 2013 | Out of one's league? | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| VOTEFRAUD | Sat Aug 10, 2002 | Stuffing the ballot box, e.g. | Dana Motley |
| XXXIX | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | Super Bowl played in 2005 | Raymond C. Young |