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 50,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGGRAVATE | Sun Jan 3, 2010 | Worsen | Jeremy Newton |
| BADINVESTMENTS | Wed Dec 15, 2021 | Speculations that don't pay off | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| BASESEVEN | Fri Jan 19, 2001 | In which 49 is 100 | Joe DiPietro |
| BBSHOT | Fri Oct 20, 2017 | Small ammo | Peter Wentz |
| BOSTONCREAMPIES | Sat Jan 29, 2000 | Layered desserts | Rich Norris |
| CARBONOFFSET | Tue Mar 30, 2021 | Compensating reduction of greenhouse gas emissions | Alex Rosen and Brad Wilber |
| CASCADED | Mon Oct 13, 2003 | Tumbled like a waterfall | Eric Berlin |
| COOLDUDES | Fri Sep 4, 2020 | Hipsters | Brian Thomas |
| DOESNTCONCERNME | Tue Mar 6, 2012 | "So what?!" | Wesley Johnson |
| DONDRAPER | Sat Jul 6, 2024 | TV character who said "What you call 'love' was invented by guys like me to sell nylons" | Evans Clinchy |
| DROPDEAD | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | "Go to Hades!" | Sam Trabucco |
| EATONS | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | ___ Corrasable Bond (old typing paper) | Charles Deber |
| FANTASYSPORTS | Wed Aug 24, 2016 | Field of DraftKings and FanDuel ... or 18-, 23-, 52- and 58-Across? | Matthew Sewell |
| FIENDING | Fri May 31, 2024 | Hankering, slangily | Aidan Deshong |
| HARLEYDAVIDSON | Wed Dec 30, 2009 | Company with the stock ticker symbol HOG | Adam Cohen |
| HOMEVIDEOS | Thu Nov 5, 2015 | Many camcorder recordings | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| HOUSEOFGOD | Sun Jun 8, 2025 | Church | John Kugelman |
| ILLEGALUSEOFTHEHANDS | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Guy gets grabby on first date; ref penalizes him for ... | Patrick Berry |
| INVERTOR | Thu Sep 13, 2001 | Muscle that turns a limb inward | Robert H. Wolfe |
| JFKJR | Fri Oct 31, 1997 | Celeb often seen in supermarket tabs | Matt Gaffney |
| LEFTRIGHT | Wed Feb 28, 2018 | When repeated, marching orders? | Peter A. Collins |
| LENTENROSE | Tue Sep 26, 2000 | One who blossoms in spring? | Bill Ballard |
| MANUALTRANSMISSION | Thu May 16, 2013 | Clutch performer? | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan |
| NEURITIS | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Possible cause of slow reflexes | Frank A. Longo |
| NIKOLAS | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | Greek prince ___ Cassadine, longtime "General Hospital" character | Joe DiPietro |
| ORDAINED | Sun Jan 6, 2019 | Like priests | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PALESHERRY | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Amontillado, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| PATCHEDUP | Sun Oct 4, 1998 | Settled, as a quarrel | Frank Longo |
| PETROLS | Sun Feb 2, 1997 | They're dispensed in litres | R. Silvestri |
| SENIORMOMENTS | Fri Dec 8, 2023 | What old memories often cause | Robert Logan |
| SETRATES | Sun Sep 23, 2018 | Established figures? | Andrew Zhou |
| SPREADTHEWEALTH | Wed Mar 31, 2010 | Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters | Chuck Deodene |
| SUFFICES | Fri Oct 6, 2006 | Will do | Nancy Joline |
| TALKINGTOMYSELF | Tue Feb 7, 2006 | "Just mumbling" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TEABREAK | Wed Jul 16, 2025 | Worker's timeout in Westminster … or something tucked between this puzzle's shaded squares? | Jasin Cekinmez |
| THEMORETHEMERRIER | Sun Jan 3, 1999 | Two's company, three's a crowd, but also... | Randolph Ross |
| TYMURRAY | Sun Feb 6, 2011 | Nine-time world champion rodeo cowboy | David J. Kahn |
| VASCODAGAMA | Mon May 20, 2013 | First explorer to sail directly from Europe to India | Tim Croce |
| WAKEFOREST | Mon Feb 7, 2011 | University in Winston-Salem, N.C. | Lynn Lempel |
| WILDASS | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | Equus africanus, for one | Sam Ezersky |