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 50,960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACUTEARTHRITIS | Tue Oct 22, 2013 | Reason to see a rheumatologist | Kevan Choset |
| ALOHABOWL | Fri Apr 21, 2000 | The University of Washington won the first one in 1982 | Mark Diehl |
| ANTIRACIST | Fri Nov 14, 2025 | "How to Be an ___" (book by Ibram X. Kendi) | Malaika Handa |
| BABALU | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | Ricky Ricardo's signature song | Peter Wentz |
| BILLMAHER | Thu Apr 2, 2020 | TV host once with an "Explaining Jokes to Idiots" segment | Evan Mahnken |
| BUMPINTHEROAD | Thu Jul 11, 2024 | Minor setback ... or a hint to entering 16-, 24-, 44- and 52-Across | Mat Shelden |
| CALKED | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Filled in holes | Bette Sue Cohen |
| CANARYISLANDS | Tue Oct 30, 2001 | Las Palmas locale | Barbara Olson |
| CHANGEABLE | Thu Jul 14, 1994 | Fickle | Daniel R. Stark |
| DELARENTA | Fri Nov 10, 2017 | Dominican fashion designer's last name ... | Patrick Berry |
| DIDNTBATANEYE | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Showed no emotion | N. N. Joline |
| DONLEVY | Sun Dec 24, 1995 | Brian of "Beau Geste" | Frances Hansen |
| DWARFSTAR | Tue May 26, 2026 | A little sun? | Brad Lively |
| EVACUATIONPLANE | Fri Oct 18, 2002 | Stranded person's wish | Manny Nosowsky |
| FIDELIS | Wed May 22, 2019 | "Semper ___" (Marine Corps motto) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FITUP | Mon Oct 3, 2011 | Equip | Stanley Newman |
| FORFEITS | Thu Jul 19, 2001 | Loses the right to | Marjorie Richter |
| FULLOFSURPRISES | Sat Aug 21, 2021 | Unpredictable | Joseph Greenbaum |
| HAVENER | Sun May 29, 2005 | New ___ (certain Nutmegger) | Frank Longo |
| ICHDIEN | Thu Apr 22, 2004 | Motto of the Prince of Wales | Daniel C. Bryant |
| IFEELYA | Thu Nov 27, 2025 | "That's relatable" | Alexander Liebeskind |
| LETITBLEED | Fri May 16, 2014 | 1969 Rolling Stones album | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MAGICREALISM | Tue Apr 15, 2025 | Genre for Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" | Per Bykodorov |
| MAILSITIN | Fri Nov 3, 2000 | Performs halfheartedly, slangily | Joe DiPietro |
| MALLEABLE | Sun Jul 23, 2006 | Like pure gold | Fred Piscop |
| MUSTACHEWAX | Sat Dec 23, 2017 | Male grooming aid | Matthew Sewell |
| NIHILISTIC | Mon Aug 12, 2013 | *Believing in nothing | Daniel Raymon |
| POLOADS | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Spots for some shirts | Joe DiPietro |
| POWERPACK | Sat Aug 19, 2006 | Electrical converter | Bob Peoples |
| SENDINTHECLOWNS | Mon Dec 22, 2003 | Song from Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" | Joy C. Frank |
| SHAMMY | Sat Jun 24, 1995 | Buffer, in a way | Bob & Sharon Klahn |
| SMARTSET | Fri Nov 29, 2002 | Sophisticates | Patrick Berry |
| SPALKO | Thu Sep 25, 2014 | Villain in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" | Alex Vratsanos |
| SPEAKSOF | Sun Sep 12, 2004 | Talks about | Patrick Berry |
| SWINGSETS | Fri Aug 29, 2025 | Places where it's OK to push someone at school | Jesse Cohn |
| THANKSBUTNOTHANKS | Thu Apr 2, 2026 | Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer | Joe Marquez |
| THEAUDACITY | Tue Feb 18, 2025 | "Seriously?!" | Erik Agard |
| TORNADOTRACKING | Fri Sep 27, 2019 | Activity for a storm chaser | Jack Mowat |
| VESTIGES | Mon Oct 8, 2001 | Remnants | Monica Krausse |
| WRITEINVOTE | Fri Feb 4, 2005 | "None of the above," essentially | Robert Bridges |