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 50,484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCEDETO | Sun May 6, 2001 | Take, as the throne | Manny Nosowsky |
| ADENOIDAL | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands | Paul Coulter |
| ASICE | Sat Aug 16, 1997 | "Cold ___" (Foreigner hit) | Matt Gaffney |
| BEYONDALLDOUBT | Sun Apr 28, 2019 | BAD words? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BEYOU | Mon Aug 2, 1999 | "It Had to ___" | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| BOUILLABAISSE | Wed Sep 12, 2018 | *Literally, "boil and lower" | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| CHERRIESJUBILEE | Mon May 24, 2010 | "Light" dessert? | Bob Johnson |
| COLLEGEBOWL | Mon Jul 7, 2025 | Long-running student quiz show | Daniel Raymon |
| CONDUIT | Sun Nov 6, 2022 | Channel | Michael Lieberman |
| DEFOGGER | Sat Feb 1, 1997 | Visibility aid | R. H. Burns |
| DEMOISELLECRANE | Fri Apr 3, 1998 | European wading bird | Frank Longo |
| DONTYOUWANTME | Tue Jul 1, 2014 | Plea from the Human League, 1982 | Gary Cee |
| EASYCLIP | Mon Feb 2, 2015 | Unhurried pace | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| GALLOWAY | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Scottish cattle breed | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JERBOAS | Sat Aug 1, 2009 | Desert rodents | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| JUSTWHATIWANTED | Wed Jun 11, 2008 | Gift recipient's declaration | Daniel Kantor |
| LONGVOWEL | Thu Nov 26, 2020 | Oboe or flute sound | Neville Fogarty |
| LUSTFOR | Tue Mar 19, 2019 | Hotly desire | Daniel Larsen |
| NONASIAN | Thu Jan 20, 2005 | Occidental, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| NUBIAN | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Like some Egyptian relics | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| OCTAVIAN | Mon Mar 26, 2012 | General who became the first emperor of Rome | Ray Fontenot |
| PICNICAREA | Mon Jan 10, 2011 | Outdoor eating place where you might lay a blanket | James Tuttle |
| PLAYEDOVER | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Reran | Rich Norris |
| PREHUMAN | Sun Sep 10, 1995 | Like the Mesozoic Era | David J. Kahn |
| PRICKUPONESEARS | Fri Jan 21, 2000 | Listen | John Wolting |
| SCORIA | Wed Apr 20, 2016 | Dark volcanic rock | Tom McCoy |
| SCOTERS | Fri Dec 20, 2002 | Diving ducks | Manny Nosowsky |
| SKINDIVERS | Sat Jun 6, 2020 | Key explorers | Doug Peterson |
| SOANE | Fri Jun 21, 1996 | English architect Sir John | G. R. Ferguson |
| SPEAKSOF | Sun Sep 12, 2004 | Talks about | Patrick Berry |
| STIFFARMING | Mon Jul 2, 2007 | Shoving away, football-style | Peter A. Collins |
| SUCCEEDED | Sun Nov 23, 2025 | Made it big | Trenton Charlson |
| TELECOMMUNICATE | Fri May 27, 2005 | Discuss by phone | Manny Nosowsky |
| THEMIRACLES | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" singers | Frank A. Longo |
| THEPEQUOD | Fri May 25, 2012 | "Moby-Dick" setting | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TONSURED | Thu Sep 8, 1994 | Shaven, as a priest's head | Daniel R. Stark |
| TOTESADORBS | Sat May 27, 2023 | Squee-inducing | Samuel Smalley |
| TRIPLETEAMING | Fri Sep 24, 2010 | Ganging up on, in basketball | Mark Diehl |
| WATERBREAK | Wed Feb 23, 2022 | Reason to pause a workout | Rose Conlon |
| ZARQAWI | Fri May 18, 2007 | Noted terrorist killed in June 2006 | David Quarfoot |