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 50,966 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATROOT | Sun Oct 7, 2018 | Intrinsically | Tom McCoy |
| BASALTIC | Sat Oct 25, 2008 | Like some lava | Karen M. Tracey |
| BENO | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | "There Shall ___ Night" (Pulitzer-winning Robert E. Sherwood play) | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| BILLYZANE | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | He played the antagonist to Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic" | Peter Wentz |
| BOTTOMLESS | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Infinite | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BRIDESMAID | Mon Nov 23, 2020 | Wedding attendant | Stanley Newman |
| CARLEASE | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | Lot arrangement | Byron Walden |
| CHANGEOFCLOTHES | Thu Apr 4, 1996 | What a pickpocket clears | M. Diehl |
| CLOSETOHOME | Sun Jun 5, 2016 | ... "anybody" or "cooking"? | Tom McCoy |
| CROWNVICTORIAS | Mon Jan 11, 2010 | Full-size Fords | Ron and Nancy Byron |
| DELIVERYSERVICE | Mon Oct 4, 2021 | FedEx or DHL | Christina Iverson and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| EYEWINK | Sat Nov 13, 2010 | Sign meaning "Let this be our little secret" | Mark Diehl |
| FIGUREEIGHTS | Sat Dec 3, 2005 | Graceful loops | Dana Motley |
| FORTYLOVE | Wed May 7, 2014 | Score just before winning a game, say | Kurt Mueller |
| GAMERRAGE | Sun Aug 5, 2018 | Cause of a tossed joystick, maybe | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| GIGGLES | Thu Jun 16, 2005 | Slumber party sounds | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GINGAME | Sat Jun 27, 1998 | D. L. Coburn Pulitzer play, with "The" | Alan Jay Weiss |
| GIVETHEONCEOVER | Thu Oct 21, 1999 | Appraise quickly | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOGGLES | Sat Aug 30, 2014 | Welders' wear | David Steinberg |
| HEADLINER | Fri Mar 22, 2024 | Festival closing act | Mansi Kothari and Erik Agard |
| HOMEOFTHEBRAVE | Mon Jul 4, 2005 | Lyric from "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Nancy Salomon |
| INASHOE | Sun Dec 11, 1994 | How the Old Woman lived | Wayne Robert Williams |
| LINDAHAMILTON | Sun Sep 1, 2013 | "The Terminator" co-star | John Farmer |
| MABELS | Thu Feb 25, 1999 | Cabaret singer Mercer et al. | Jim Page |
| MAYOS | Tue May 2, 1995 | Minnesota clinic founders | Susan Smith |
| ORNETTE | Wed Jan 6, 2016 | Jazz saxophonist Coleman | Jules P. Markey |
| RAISINBREAD | Fri Aug 21, 2009 | Sweet loaf | Patrick Berry |
| RECALCULATE | Sun Oct 8, 2017 | What 14-Across will do if you miss a turn | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| SAMANTHABEE | Mon Dec 14, 2020 | "Full Frontal" host | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| SEAFERNS | Mon Oct 16, 1995 | Marine growths | Bernice Gordon |
| SKINOFOURTEETH | Sun Nov 22, 2020 | 1943 Pulitzer-winning Thornton Wilder play, with "The" | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SOUNDOFF | Wed Jul 11, 2018 | Express one's opinion in no uncertain terms | Michael Hawkins |
| STIRREDIN | Fri Aug 19, 2011 | Added to the soup, say | Patrick Berry |
| STOPORILLSHOOT | Tue Oct 1, 1996 | What the photographer-turned-policeman said | R. J. Hartman |
| SUBSIDIES | Wed Dec 3, 1997 | Grants | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SUPERBOY | Wed Jul 9, 2025 | Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| SUPERSTATE | Thu Dec 25, 2025 | Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984" | Sam Ezersky |
| THORPES | Fri Sep 22, 2006 | Athletes Jim and Ian | Sherry O. Blackard |
| TYPIFY | Thu Nov 25, 2004 | Represent | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
| YARMULKE | Thu Sep 4, 2014 | Orthodox trademark | Samuel A. Donaldson |