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 50,472 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGOAT | Mon Jun 10, 2019 | "Could you, would you, with ___?" (Dr. Seuss line) | Brad Wilber |
| ARRIDEXTRADRY | Tue Jul 29, 1997 | Secret competitor | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BLITZKRIEGBOP | Wed Jun 7, 2017 | Classic 1976 Ramones song that begins "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" | Timothy Polin |
| BRONTES | Thu May 12, 2022 | Noted literary sisters | Ross Trudeau |
| CALLINGINTOQUESTION | Sun Dec 16, 2018 | Casting doubt on | Sam Ezersky |
| CATCHMEIFYOUCAN | Sun Sep 24, 2017 | "Try not to miss Bangor and Lewiston"? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CLAMBER | Thu Oct 11, 2018 | Scale awkwardly, with "up" | Johanna Fenimore and Jeff Chen |
| CONEOFSILENCE | Sat Mar 5, 2022 | Fictional device in which to convey secret information | Nam Jin Yoon |
| DARKASNIGHT | Tue Feb 14, 2006 | Pitch-black | Kevan Choset |
| DRFUMANCHU | Mon Jan 27, 2020 | *Sinister genius in a series of Sax Rohmer novels | Timothy Polin |
| EXPOSITION | Tue Oct 17, 2006 | Executive at American Motors or Enron, e.g.? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FIFTEENMEN | Wed Apr 24, 2013 | Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" | Clive Probert |
| FOXES | Sat Jan 5, 2008 | Babes | Paula Gamache |
| GATTACA | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Dystopian sci-fi film of 1997 | Kate Hawkins |
| GEOLOCATION | Thu Aug 22, 2024 | GOBI DESERT | Brad Wiegmann |
| GEORGESSEURAT | Tue Jun 25, 2019 | Artist who created the painting hidden in this puzzle | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| GRANULATEDSUGAR | Fri Jan 14, 2000 | Baking ingredient, maybe | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| GRIMALKIN | Mon May 5, 2003 | Old female tabby | Mel Taub |
| LIONKING | Sat Jul 16, 2016 | Simba sobriquet | Byron Walden |
| MAKELIGHT | Fri Mar 1, 1996 | Belittle, with "of" | Charles E. Gersch |
| MANNERED | Sun Apr 4, 2021 | Word with mild or well | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson |
| MASSENET | Wed Feb 16, 2005 | "Le Cid" composer | Richard Silvestri |
| MEASURETWICECUTONCE | Sun Oct 12, 2025 | Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle | Michael Schlossberg |
| MICD | Sat Jan 2, 2021 | "___ Up" (N.F.L. feature with in-game dialogue) | Joe Deeney |
| POSTERITY | Fri Jul 9, 2010 | "Few can be induced to labor exclusively for ___": Abraham Lincoln | Patrick Berry |
| REACHABLE | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Not on the highest shelf | Frank A. Longo |
| RENOWNS | Sun Feb 11, 2024 | Acclaims | Peter Koetters |
| RICOCASEK | Fri May 27, 2016 | Lead singer for the Cars | Damon Gulczynski |
| RNDS | Thu Oct 27, 2016 | Boxing segments: Abbr. | Milo Beckman |
| SCATTERSHOT | Fri Jul 6, 2018 | Lacking focus | Robyn Weintraub |
| SOMALIPIRATES | Fri Mar 28, 2014 | Hijackers who captured 38-Across | David J. Kahn |
| SUAVER | Thu Apr 24, 1997 | More urbane | David J. Kahn |
| SUPERBOWLHALFTIME | Thu Feb 26, 2015 | Occasion for a much-hyped performance | Caleb Emmons |
| SURMISED | Sun Dec 11, 1994 | Engaged in conjecture | Wayne Robert Williams |
| THERUB | Sun Jan 9, 1994 | Dreaming, to Hamlet? | Mel Rosen |
| TRUSSER | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | One tying up a turkey, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| VEALRIB | Sat May 5, 2012 | Steak or chop choice | Ned White |
| VISIGOTH | Thu May 28, 2020 | Moor's foe in the early eighth century | Tracy Bennett |
| WHICHISWHICH | Mon May 12, 2008 | Question when you can't tell two things apart | Randall J. Hartman |
| YOUNEVERKNOW | Fri Sep 16, 2022 | "It could happen" | Juliana Tringali Golden |