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 50,700 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGINCOURT | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | "Henry V" battle setting | Peter A. Collins |
| AMERICANBISON | Tue Jan 13, 2015 | Largest wild animal in the United States | Michael Blake |
| APOCALYPSENOW | Wed Dec 8, 2010 | 1979 film with Capt. Willard and Col. Kurtz | Mike Nothnagel |
| ARISK | Sat Feb 11, 2023 | See 6-Down | Sam Ezersky |
| CARRYNATION | Mon Aug 19, 2002 | Noted anti-alcohol crusader | Lynn Lempel |
| CLEEKS | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Narrow-faced irons | Rich Norris |
| CLOSELOOK | Tue Mar 17, 2015 | Inspection | David Phillips |
| COMBINEDINCOME | Mon Jul 26, 1999 | Family financial figure | M. Francis Vuolo |
| CUDDLES | Tue Jun 16, 2009 | Nestles | Paula Gamache |
| DEFERRER | Sun Jan 7, 1996 | Procrastinator | Eric Albert |
| DEVILFISH | Mon Oct 10, 2016 | Undersea animal with a monstrous name | Patrick Merrell |
| DIVIDEDHIGHWAYS | Tue Feb 2, 2010 | Interstates ... or 60-Down and 65-Across | Alex Fay |
| DUCKINTO | Mon May 30, 2005 | Enter quickly | Lynn Lempel |
| DUPLEXES | Sun Feb 22, 2015 | Divided houses | Patrick Berry |
| EMBRITTLE | Fri Nov 9, 2007 | Weaken, in a way | Henry Hook |
| EUCHRING | Sat Nov 6, 1999 | Hoodwinking | Joan Bayer Williamson |
| FENLAND | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | Marshy region | Peter A. Collins |
| GAMEAPP | Mon Jul 19, 2021 | Words With Friends, for one | Stephanie Lesser |
| GAVEADAMN | Sat Jun 27, 2020 | Cared | Ryan Mccarty |
| HISTO | Wed Mar 17, 2010 | Tissue: Prefix | Patrick Merrell |
| LATEFEES | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | Slowpokes' fines | Kevin G. Der |
| LEVELEDOUT | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Stabilized | Mark Diehl |
| LISTLESSFEELING | Wed Jun 25, 2014 | Result of Santa misplacing his papers? | Patrick Merrell |
| LYCRAS | Tue Jan 30, 2018 | Stretchy materials | Emily Carroll |
| ONBACKWARDS | Sun Feb 22, 2004 | How does "no" describe some baseball caps? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PIANOREHEARSAL | Wed Jul 25, 2018 | Grand preparations? | Emily Carroll |
| RESOIL | Sat Mar 16, 2002 | Add dirt to | Verna Suit |
| SIMMERED | Wed Jan 31, 2018 | Kept on the down-low? | Josh Radnor and Jeff Chen |
| SPHERED | Sat Jun 22, 1996 | Made round | B. White |
| STANDSINTHEWAY | Sun Apr 23, 2023 | "I can't get past this witness box!" | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| STRAPPEDFORTIME | Tue Jul 11, 2023 | "Got any news magazines?" "Sorry, we're ..." | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| SWOB | Wed Sep 29, 1999 | Mop: Var. | Patrick D. Berry |
| TALKERS | Sun Apr 24, 2016 | Chatty Cathy types | Kathy Wienberg |
| TEAPARTIES | Mon Jun 27, 2011 | Groups battling big government | Joseph Samulak |
| TEUTONIC | Thu Feb 13, 1997 | German | F. Longo |
| TIMESUCKS | Tue Nov 4, 2014 | Critic's negative review of a newsmagazine? | Joel Fagliano |
| VELARS | Thu Feb 24, 2022 | Both consonants in "geek," phonetically | Jake Halperin |
| WASNOGO | Thu Jun 12, 1997 | Didn't function properly | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| WENTBAD | Tue Feb 24, 2004 | Spoiled | Alan Arbesfeld |
| XACTOKNIFE | Sun Nov 25, 2012 | More precise alternative to scissors | Jeff Chen |