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 50,711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLATIVE | Thu May 23, 1996 | Grammatical case | M. E. Brindamour |
| ANNEBOLEYN | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Elizabeth I's mother | Bryant White |
| ARENAFOOTBALL | Wed Jul 11, 2007 | Sport played in the first word of its name | Patrick Merrell |
| BALCONYSEAT | Wed Oct 19, 2005 | Spot in the top tier | Levi Denham |
| BINGEWATCH | Fri Feb 28, 2020 | See the seasons pass quickly? | Aimee Lucido |
| BRANCHEDOUT | Sun Dec 19, 2021 | Went in a different direction | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| DAUBER | Fri Jan 21, 2000 | Amateurish artist | John Wolting |
| DOWNTOASCIENCE | Mon Sep 19, 2022 | Implementable with expertise and expert ease ... or how the starred clues' answers can be taken? | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| ENDLESSNIGHT | Tue Nov 3, 1998 | 1967 Agatha Christie thriller | Ed Early |
| EULOGIA | Mon Apr 15, 2013 | Laudatory tributes upon someone's passing | Gayle Dean |
| EXCISING | Mon Oct 31, 2016 | Removing surgically | Peter A. Collins |
| EXPERIMENTATION | Sat Dec 25, 1993 | Trials | Rand H. Burns |
| FOXHOUND | Fri May 25, 2007 | One followed on horseback | Mike Nothnagel |
| FUNSIZE | Fri Nov 19, 2021 | Smaller than usual, endearingly | John Hawksley |
| GENXERS | Fri Dec 28, 2012 | Most Atari-playing kids | Ashton Anderson |
| HARRIED | Sat May 27, 2006 | Beset by problems | Will Nediger |
| HASSAN | Sun Jun 21, 2020 | Iranian president Rouhani | Byron and Harrison Walden |
| HERESHECOMES | Thu Oct 12, 2000 | Pageant announcement | A. J. Santora |
| HIGHHEELS | Thu Aug 12, 2021 | Grate pains? | Jake Halperin |
| INCITED | Mon Jan 8, 2024 | Provoked | Nate Cardin |
| ITGETSBETTER | Thu Nov 21, 2013 | [ ] | Jules P. Markey |
| ITSGONNACOSTYOU | Thu Apr 26, 2007 | Bargaining phrase ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | Mike Nothnagel |
| JOLLIES | Fri Aug 17, 2012 | Kicks | Peter Wentz |
| LOTUSPOSE | Thu Aug 3, 2023 | One who's meditating might be in this | Simeon Seigel |
| MADEFORTV | Sun Jun 4, 2017 | Like the movies "Brian's Song" and "Sharknado" | Tom McCoy |
| MEDICINEMAN | Sat Oct 13, 2001 | Powerful Indian | Jim Page |
| MISDIRECT | Fri Apr 16, 2004 | Take the wrong way? | Ed Early |
| MRRIPLEY | Tue Oct 30, 2018 | "Talented" title character portrayed by Matt Damon | Jules Markey |
| OHYOUHAVENOIDEA | Tue Jan 21, 2025 | "That's not even the half of it ..." | Dan Caprera |
| OILWELLS | Wed Jul 10, 2019 | Sites of some strikes | David J. Kahn |
| OVALLY | Sun Jun 25, 1995 | How to draw an egg | Frances Hansen |
| PASTEDON | Sun Dec 28, 1997 | Attached, in a way | Matt Gaffney |
| PECHE | Tue Jul 16, 1996 | ___Melba (French dessert) | R. Hamel |
| PRESIDENTCLINTON | Tue May 14, 2019 | He served between Bush 41 and Bush 43 | Damon Gulczynski |
| REMINISCE | Sun Nov 29, 2020 | Look back fondly | Eric Berlin |
| SHRUGSOFF | Sun Jul 22, 2007 | Doesn't get bothered by | David Levinson Wilk |
| STUPIDEST | Tue Jul 11, 2000 | Maximally dense | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon |
| TORNINTO | Fri Oct 12, 2007 | Raked over the coals | Mike Nothnagel |
| TSWIZZLE | Sat Feb 17, 2024 | Nickname for Time's 2023 Person of the Year | Spencer Leach and Jem Burch |
| UPTALK | Thu Mar 2, 2023 | Speech that ends sentences with rising tones | Malaika Handa |