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 51,118 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFAROMEOSPIDER | Fri Dec 28, 2018 | High-end Italian sports car | David Steinberg |
| ANIMALINSTINCTS | Tue Sep 27, 2011 | *Elemental parts of human nature | Peter A. Collins |
| ANTIPERSPIRANT | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | You probably raise your arm for this | Finn Vigeland |
| ATONESFOR | Sun Oct 30, 2022 | Makes right | Addison Snell |
| BARTCONNER | Thu Aug 9, 2012 | 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics | Joe Krozel |
| CALLINGBIRDS | Sun Aug 2, 1998 | Yuletide foursome | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CUDDLEUP | Tue Mar 3, 2015 | Get cozy together | Kristian House |
| CURRICULUM | Wed Aug 19, 2026 | Set of courses offered | Kareem Ayas |
| DETERGES | Mon Mar 5, 2007 | Cleanses | Fred Piscop |
| DRYUP | Tue Sep 5, 1995 | Evaporate | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| EXCEPTAFTERC | Fri May 12, 2006 | See 1-Across | David Quarfoot |
| FLATEARTHERS | Fri Feb 13, 2026 | Ones who don't believe in global revolutions? | Evan Mulvihill |
| GARAGEMAN | Fri Apr 7, 2000 | Service station employee | Richard Silvestri |
| GOANDSEE | Wed Feb 26, 2020 | "Check it out ... I'll wait here" | Francis Heaney |
| GOOSEDOWN | Mon Jun 3, 2019 | *Soft bedding material | Lynn Lempel |
| HARING | Sun Jul 5, 2009 | 1980s street artist Keith | Tony Orbach and Amy Reynaldo |
| HIGHSCORE | Wed Apr 22, 2015 | Arcade achievement | Alex Vratsanos and Sam Ezersky |
| HOCHIMINH | Fri Mar 12, 2021 | Nom de guerre roughly translating to "bringer of light" | Peter Wentz |
| IMAGINEERS | Mon Aug 7, 2023 | Designers of Disney attractions | Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness |
| LATTEN | Thu May 16, 2013 | Thin sheet metal | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan |
| LEADINGARTICLES | Sat Jun 21, 2008 | Front-of-magazine pieces | Tyler Lewis Hinman |
| MICROBE | Thu Jan 23, 1997 | Germ | F. Hansen |
| MILOSFORMAN | Fri Dec 1, 1995 | "Amadeus" director | Manny Nosowsky |
| MODELAIRPLANE | Thu May 11, 2017 | See 27-Down | Timothy Polin |
| NASIM | Wed Apr 19, 2023 | "S.N.L." alum Pedrad | Joe Deeney |
| NETLEASES | Fri Apr 18, 2008 | Certain rental arrangements | Joe DiPietro |
| NOMOREFORME | Sat Jan 1, 2022 | "Can't eat another bite" | Peter Wentz |
| NOTCHING | Fri Dec 21, 2018 | Making a mark of a sort | Peter A. Collins |
| PLEASETAKEASEAT | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Host's invitation | Joe Krozel |
| PLINKS | Sun May 16, 2010 | Xylophone sounds | Matt Ginsberg |
| PRINCEHARRY | Fri Jul 16, 2004 | Noted 2003 Eton graduate | Craig Kasper |
| REPACKAGE | Thu May 8, 2003 | Issue with a new look, maybe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SCRUTINIZES | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | [See circled letters] | Timothy Polin |
| SESAMEPASTE | Sun Jun 14, 2026 | Tahini, essentially | John Kugelman |
| STIFFER | Sat Jun 3, 2017 | More severe | Roland Huget |
| TAKEITONTHECHIN | Mon Apr 18, 2005 | Suffer a serious blow | Robert Dillman |
| THISBEARSREPEATING | Sun Aug 25, 2024 | Pooh-pooh? | John Kugelman |
| UNNECESSARYROUGHNESS | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Fellow forgets to shave before kissing girlfriend; ref cites him for ... | Patrick Berry |
| VIRUSDETECTED | Sun Jan 25, 2026 | "Is that a cough I hear?" | Mark MacLachlan |
| WITHDREW | Fri Sep 16, 1994 | Recalled | Randolph Ross |