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 51,048 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKSFORIT | Fri Mar 24, 2017 | Practically begs to be hurt | Michael Hawkins and John Guzzetta |
| BECKONING | Sun Nov 25, 2007 | Making a curling motion with the forefinger, maybe | Trip Payne |
| BEINTHEDARK | Thu Jan 2, 2020 | Not know something others know | Ed Sessa |
| BIGTICKET | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Very expensive | A. J. Santora |
| BROADWAYPLAY | Mon Dec 29, 2008 | Candidate for a Tony | Kevin Donovan |
| CAMECLOSE | Wed Jul 18, 2001 | Almost made it | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CATALANI | Thu Oct 2, 2003 | Italian composer Alfredo | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COLLUDEON | Fri Nov 8, 1996 | Plan jointly, as a prank | M. Gaffney |
| CURLBAR | Tue Mar 5, 2024 | Weightlifting item for a biceps routine | Christina Iverson |
| DEFLATION | Wed Apr 14, 1999 | Reason for some hisses | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DEVISER | Mon Jan 29, 2007 | Inventor | Fred Piscop |
| EURUS | Sun Aug 9, 1998 | East wind, in Greek myth | Christopher Hurt |
| EXCISING | Mon Oct 31, 2016 | Removing surgically | Peter A. Collins |
| FANONS | Sun Jan 5, 1997 | Papal capes | W. R. Williams |
| FOURTHRATE | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Hardly commendable | Jeremy Newton |
| GENERALDEGAULLE | Fri Feb 7, 2003 | W.W. II hero who later had a successful career in politics | Michael Shteyman |
| GRANARIES | Fri Feb 1, 2013 | Their contents have been threshed | Josh Knapp |
| GUNBORE | Fri Dec 16, 2022 | Channel through a barrel | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HANDLINGCHARGES | Tue Oct 20, 1998 | With one's fingers in a socket? | Fred Piscop |
| KOIPONDS | Fri Jun 23, 2023 | Features of some Japanese gardens | Kunal Nabar |
| LASHINGS | Sat Jul 3, 1999 | Punishments at sea | David J. Kahn |
| LENGTHY | Wed Jun 16, 2021 | Protracted | Finn Vigeland |
| MAKESACHARGE | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | "But wait! Amex Card ___!" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| MISSAMERICAPROTEST | Sun May 20, 2001 | March in Atlantic City? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OPIA | Thu May 4, 2000 | Suffix with my- | Richard Hughes |
| ORELS | Thu May 23, 1996 | Pitcher Hershiser et al. | M. E. Brindamour |
| PALJOEY | Mon Dec 21, 2020 | 1957 title role for Frank Sinatra | Sarah Keller and Derek Bowman |
| PELOTONS | Thu May 8, 2025 | Bike and Bike+, e.g. | Dan Caprera |
| PICKIER | Wed Feb 9, 2022 | More difficult to please | Grant Thackray |
| RESCUECAT | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | Purr-fect adoptee | Ryan Judge |
| SAILNEEDLE | Sat May 31, 2008 | Tool for sewing canvas | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SITTINGTIGHT | Mon Jul 14, 2003 | Not going anywhere | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SIZEDUP | Wed May 8, 2002 | Evaluated | Fred Piscop |
| SLAPONTHEWRIST | Mon May 6, 2002 | Token punishment | Peter Gordon |
| TAKETOTHEHILLS | Sun Jun 17, 2018 | Flee | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| TGV | Sun May 26, 2013 | French high-speed rail inits. | Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz |
| TOLAS | Sat Aug 19, 1995 | Indian weights | Bryant White |
| WATERCRESS | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Salad ingredient | John R. Conrad |
| WATERGATESCANDAL | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Subject of big 1970s headlines | Finn Vigeland |
| XTREMEGAMES | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | They might include BMX and wakeboarding, informally | Michael Ashley |