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 50,385 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARING | Fri May 16, 2014 | "Give me ___" | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| BEMA | Sun Aug 25, 2002 | Synagogue stage | Randolph Ross |
| CAMELID | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Llama, for one | Erik Agard |
| CAMPUSMAP | Sat Sep 15, 2018 | Admissions might give one away | David Liben-Nowell |
| DOWE | Fri Jun 11, 1999 | "When ___ eat?" | Jim Page |
| EBANK | Mon Aug 2, 2021 | Manage one's account via the internet | Kyra Wilson |
| ENCES | Sun Apr 13, 2003 | Suffixes with depend and differ | Charles Deber |
| ENSTAR | Sun Dec 10, 2006 | Decorate with pointy figures | David J. Kahn |
| ESTIMABLY | Thu Dec 7, 2000 | So as to deserve admiration | Henry Hook |
| FEEDDOOR | Tue Nov 14, 2017 | *Pet cage feature | Jerry Miccolis and Jeff Chen |
| FEWINNUMBER | Mon May 29, 2000 | Not many, redundantly | Randall J. Hartman |
| FORTHEBEST | Mon Nov 14, 2005 | Not bad in result | Marjorie Berg |
| FRIEDONIONS | Wed Mar 16, 2016 | Serving with liver | David J. Kahn |
| FRISKED | Sun Sep 5, 1999 | Checked for heat | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HATCHAPLOT | Sun May 15, 2005 | Conspire | Patrick Berry |
| HAVENOTS | Sat Apr 1, 2017 | The poor | Howard Barkin |
| HONOURS | Sun Nov 19, 2000 | Order of the British Empire and others | Cathy Millhauser |
| HOPPED | Fri Aug 9, 2002 | Exuberant, with "up" | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| HOWLSAT | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | Serenades, as the moon | Michael Schlossberg |
| INFORMER | Mon Feb 1, 1999 | Tattletale | Dorothy Smitonick |
| JAMESFFIXX | Sat Nov 22, 1997 | Best-selling author of 1978 | Matt Gaffney |
| LEAVESTO | Sun Aug 6, 2023 | Lets handle | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| MASKEDAVENGERS | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | 123-Across or 96-Down? | Byron Walden |
| MUSICROLLS | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Calliope filler | Byron Walden |
| OKTO | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | "Are you ___ drive?" | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| OUTRIDE | Sun Mar 23, 2008 | Defeat in a derby | Robert W. Harris |
| POLICEDOGS | Sat Mar 18, 2006 | Manhunt assistants | Patrick Berry |
| REARLOT | Sat Jan 29, 2022 | Parking around back | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid |
| RESTRICTIVE | Fri May 15, 2020 | Opposite of laissez-faire | Christopher Adams |
| RIDEABIKE | Sat Oct 11, 2003 | Pedal, perhaps | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RUNONESMOUTH | Sat Jun 15, 2019 | Go on disparagingly | Ryan McCarty |
| SIDESPINS | Fri Jan 18, 2008 | Rotary motions | Trip Payne |
| SIMONEWEIL | Thu Mar 3, 2005 | "Waiting for God" philosopher | Byron Walden |
| SUPERPOWERS | Tue Jun 16, 2009 | *Countries with big militaries | Paula Gamache |
| TEAMERS | Sat Jul 21, 2007 | Special-___ (football players used only in specific situations) | Raymond C. Young |
| TOILSOVER | Sun Oct 1, 2023 | Labors away at | Jeffrey Lease |
| WATCHES | Wed May 2, 2001 | Sentries' jobs | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| WEIRDEST | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Least normal | Frank Longo |
| WHALEBONES | Sat Feb 15, 2014 | Old collar stiffeners | Julian Lim |
| WORKINGCOUPLES | Sun Sep 23, 2001 | Terkel/Updike book about two-income families? | Randolph Ross |