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 50,695 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALENCLOSURE | Tue Sep 6, 1994 | POUND | Janet R. Bender |
| BELLO | Mon Jun 10, 1996 | Mario's "handsome" | S. Spadaccini |
| BENEDICTINE | Fri Jan 20, 1995 | Certain brother | Manny Nosowsky |
| BOOKSTANDS | Thu May 23, 1996 | Left Bank sights | M. E. Brindamour |
| BUSK | Mon Feb 15, 2021 | Play music in the subway, perhaps | Meconya Alford |
| CHIBA | Sat Dec 7, 2019 | Japanese city on Tokyo Bay | Kevin G. Der and Erik Agard |
| CRUNCHBERRY | Mon May 23, 1994 | Cereal "fruit" | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| DIAMONDCUTTER | Thu May 15, 1997 | Antwerp artisan | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| DININGALFRESCO | Mon Feb 24, 2020 | Having a meal under the stars, e.g. | Jacob Stulberg |
| DISCREET | Sun Feb 8, 2004 | Circumspect | Randolph Ross |
| EDITDOWN | Fri Jul 7, 2023 | Condense, as text | Adrian Johnson |
| ELEPHANTSTRUNKS | Fri May 21, 1999 | African trumpeters | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ENERGYVAMPIRE | Mon Aug 7, 2023 | "Monster" who drains people emotionally | Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness |
| FEROCIOUS | Fri May 1, 2015 | Cutthroat | David Steinberg |
| FINEPOINT | Wed Jan 29, 2020 | Common kind of pen for illustrators | Jeremy Newton |
| FLIPPER | Sun May 28, 2000 | Old TV series set in Coral Key Park | Richard Silvestri |
| GIRDERS | Sun Feb 18, 2007 | Beams | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| HEMOPHILIA | Fri Mar 16, 2018 | Genetic disorder carried by Queen Victoria | Robyn Weintraub |
| HENRYV | Wed Aug 16, 2000 | Work of 1599 | David Levinson Wilk |
| HITASLUMP | Tue Oct 26, 2004 | Go 0-for-20, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HUNTFOR | Sat Sep 20, 2003 | Pursue | Bob Peoples |
| ITALIANSUB | Sat Jul 12, 2025 | Order that might include mortadella and capicola | Katie Hoody |
| JEFFERSONMEMORIAL | Sun Oct 22, 2017 | Facebook Status: "History abounds! Neo-Classical architecture surrounded by gorgeous cherry blossom trees. Next stop ... the White House!" | Tracy Gray |
| KADAR | Thu Jan 8, 2004 | 1950's-60's Hungarian premier János | Michael Shteyman |
| MANSARDS | Sun May 13, 2007 | Victorian roofs | Jim Page |
| MEASURESUP | Wed Apr 17, 1996 | Makes the grade | F. Heaney |
| MELGIBSON | Sun Feb 22, 2009 | "Hamlet" star, 1990 | Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson |
| MMCCC | Tue Jun 23, 2015 | The year 2300 | Jules P. Markey |
| MORTARANDPESTLE | Sat Mar 7, 2009 | Drug combination? | Joe Krozel |
| MOVIEFLOP | Thu Nov 25, 2004 | Turkey, to a critic | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
| SCRAGS | Sun Nov 12, 2000 | Runts | Joe DiPietro |
| SEASONTICKETS | Fri Dec 5, 2025 | Can't-miss purchases? | James McCarron |
| SEASTORMS | Sat Feb 7, 2004 | Hurricane origins | David J. Kahn |
| SHETLAND | Fri Feb 26, 2021 | Northernmost part of the U.K. | Chuck Deodene |
| SNATCHED | Sun Feb 3, 2002 | Kidnapped | Richard Silvestri |
| SWORDDANCER | Thu Jun 6, 2019 | Performer with a weapon | Fred Piscop |
| TAXACT | Thu Jan 24, 2019 | Revenue-raising measure | Stu Ockman |
| THIRDTIMESACHARM | Mon Nov 23, 2015 | Saying about persistence paying off | Parker Lewis |
| TVCHEFS | Sat Aug 6, 2022 | Cooks from the box? | Byron Walden |
| WEEPING | Sun Jun 15, 2025 | Reaction to a tearjerker | Adam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein |