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 51,094 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHIEVA | Fri Dec 10, 2004 | 1990's Oldsmobile | Frank Longo |
| ALLBY | Fri Nov 14, 2014 | ___ itself | Joe Krozel |
| BESTFRIENDS | Sun Apr 22, 2012 | Outdo one's buddies? | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| BIGGERTHOMAS | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | Native Son | Randolph Ross |
| BUTTONEDONESLIP | Fri Jan 7, 2000 | Stopped talking | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHAIRYOGA | Fri Feb 8, 2019 | Way to get fit while you sit | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| DARB | Wed Sep 13, 1995 | Real beauty, in old slang | Eileen Lexau |
| DUCHESSOFCORNWALL | Thu Aug 23, 2018 | Title for Prince Charles's Camilla | Kyle Dolan |
| EGGMCMUFFINS | Tue Nov 26, 2024 | Sandwiches that kick-started the fast-food breakfast industry | Killian Olson |
| ENDRESULTS | Tue Apr 1, 2025 | Final outcomes | Sande Milton |
| EPICBATTLE | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Climax of many a fantasy novel | Tom McCoy |
| FANTAST | Sat Apr 19, 2003 | Visionary | Manny Nosowsky |
| FISHERY | Sun May 27, 2007 | Business with net gains? | Patrick Berry |
| FISHINGPOLE | Sun Apr 25, 1999 | "Don't I look fetching in this dress from Warsaw? Huh, huh?" | Joe DiPietro |
| FORKERS | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | Chopsticks eschewers, informally | Will Nediger |
| GUTSILY | Thu Apr 17, 2003 | With a lot of nerve | Eric Berlin |
| HASDOWN | Wed Jun 19, 2024 | Knows by heart | Brad Wiegmann |
| IRUETHEDAY | Fri Oct 4, 2019 | Expression of regret | Matthew Sewell |
| KEEPEROFTHEPEACE | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | Matt Dillon, e.g. | R. Norris |
| KNOWALL | Fri Apr 27, 2001 | One with omniscience | Mark Diehl |
| LADYEVE | Wed Oct 18, 2006 | 1941 Stanwyck/Fonda comedy, with "The" | John Farmer |
| LASTRESORTS | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | Hail Marys, e.g. | Julian Lim |
| METOPE | Sat Dec 9, 2000 | Square space in a frieze | Patrick Berry |
| MIKEPENCE | Wed Oct 28, 2020 | Frequent "S.N.L." role for Beck Bennett | Peter Gordon |
| NONSTOPS | Wed Jun 3, 2009 | Some long flights | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| PAPILLON | Wed Mar 1, 2023 | French for "butterfly" | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| RAKEITIN | Thu Jul 16, 2026 | Roll in dough | Zhou Zhang and Mallory Montgomery |
| RERELEASED | Sat Jun 12, 2021 | Like albums that include bonus tracks, often | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| RESERVEDSEAT | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Book it! | Byron Walden |
| ROCKTHECRADLE | Mon Jun 23, 2014 | MTV competitive reality show featuring children of pop stars | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SCRIMSHAW | Wed May 25, 2022 | Art of bone carving | Christopher Youngs |
| SEROW | Thu May 14, 2009 | Asian goatlike animal | David J. Kahn |
| SKINGRAFT | Wed Aug 31, 2005 | Procedure for a burn victim, perhaps | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SOFTWARECOMPANY | Tue Dec 1, 2020 | *Many a Silicon Valley business | Byron Walden |
| SOMEONEISGETTINGFIRED | Sun May 11, 2025 | "Whoever did this has it coming!" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STARTINGALLOVER | Wed Mar 23, 2016 | *Going back to square one | Alex Boisvert and Jeff Chen |
| SYLVESTERSTALLONE | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | The bartender poured beers for all the action movie stars, including ___ | Peter A. Collins |
| TIGRISRIVER | Sat Sep 1, 2018 | Bisector of the Fertile Crescent | Randolph Ross |
| UNRIGS | Fri Sep 9, 2016 | Strips, as a ship | Kristian House |
| VNECKTSHIRTS | Wed Jun 16, 2010 | Undergarments that show a little of the chest | Joe Krozel |