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 50,606 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAAH | Sat Sep 28, 2019 | Sound made while sinking into a hot tub | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ACTINIC | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Like light that causes chemical change | Dan Feyer |
| ALCOWLINGS | Fri Sep 3, 2021 | Role for Malcolm-Jamal Warner on "The People v. O. J. Simpson" | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco |
| AMPER | Thu Nov 7, 1996 | Swelling, in England | G. R. Ferguson |
| APHRODITE | Fri Aug 12, 1994 | Choice of Paris | Norman S. Wizer |
| BOOKFAIR | Fri Jan 16, 2026 | Place for trading stories? | Kyle Dolan |
| CALLEDHOME | Wed May 8, 2013 | Remembered Mom, in a way | Bruce Venzke |
| CLIMBABOARD | Tue Nov 18, 2003 | Prepare to surf? | Denise M. Neuendorf |
| COPPERS | Sat May 25, 1996 | Fuzz | F. Piscop |
| COTTAGEINDUSTRY | Wed May 28, 2003 | Making of handicrafts, say | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DOCKAGE | Mon Feb 2, 2009 | Fee for a freighter | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| EOHIPPUS | Thu Dec 3, 2009 | Ancestor of the modern horse | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| EYESOFLAURAMARS | Tue Jan 14, 1997 | 1978 Faye Dunaway film | E. C. Gorski |
| GATORBOWL | Fri Apr 29, 1994 | December 31 event | Randolph Ross |
| GOSIGNAL | Sun Aug 10, 1997 | GREEN | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| HOMEBODY | Thu Jun 16, 1994 | Opposite of 8-Down | Jim Page |
| IKECLANTON | Wed Oct 11, 2017 | Outlaw at 62-Across | David J. Kahn |
| INDIRENEED | Sat Dec 9, 2017 | Desperate | Stu Ockman |
| INFOBOX | Sat Jul 12, 2025 | Fixed-format summary of an article, as on Wikipedia | Katie Hoody |
| JOINHANDS | Sat Sep 27, 2008 | Unite (with) | Karen M. Tracey |
| JUSTINTRUDEAU | Mon Sep 22, 2025 | Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M. | Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| KORBUT | Sun Dec 30, 2001 | Gymnastics legend | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LANDGRANT | Wed Dec 16, 2009 | Help for a pioneer | David J. Kahn |
| LEADINGASTRAY | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | Walking the dogie? | Randolph Ross |
| MAGNETICNEEDLES | Fri Jan 30, 1998 | West pointers, at times | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NYYANKEE | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | Aaron Judge, e.g., in brief | Tracy Gray |
| PIAVE | Sun Jun 28, 2020 | Hard Italian cheese | Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang |
| REPULSED | Sun Nov 27, 1994 | Made a successful stand | Jacques Liwer |
| RETUSE | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | Rounded and notched, as a leaf | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| RIOTPOLICE | Tue Aug 29, 2017 | Anarchy queller | Adam G. Perl |
| SOBEL | Fri Jun 14, 2002 | Dava ___, author of the best seller "Longitude" | Randolph Ross |
| STEALING | Thu Jun 16, 1994 | Thievery | Jim Page |
| TENTPACKING | Sun Jul 25, 2010 | Precamping preparation? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| THREADED | Sun Dec 12, 2004 | Like some nuts | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| TWAINS | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Mark and Shania | Patrick Merrell |
| UNGUENTS | Wed Dec 13, 2000 | Salves | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WORDSTOTHATEFFECT | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | Basically what was said | Hal Moore |
| WORKSFORPEANUTS | Mon Dec 29, 2025 | Is severely underpaid | Chase Dittrich |
| YARMULKE | Thu Sep 4, 2014 | Orthodox trademark | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| YOUGAME | Sun Feb 25, 2024 | "We doin' this?" | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |