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 50,246 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTSASIF | Mon Aug 24, 1998 | Pretends | Alan Jay Weiss |
| AHWAZ | Mon May 2, 1994 | Oil city of Iran | James L. Beatty |
| ARRIVER | Sun Jan 27, 2008 | One pulling in | Mike Nothnagel |
| BANQUE | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | Where to get French bread? | Bryant White |
| BEARFUR | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | Material in the hats of Buckingham Palace guards | Byron Walden |
| BIOGRAPHER | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | LIFELINE | David J. Kahn |
| CATALINAISLAND | Sat Dec 25, 2010 | Santa ___ | Stanley Newman |
| CATCHWORD | Fri Jan 24, 1997 | "Cowabunga!" or "23 skiddoo" | D. J. Kahn |
| DOYOUWANTTOBUILDASNOWMAN | Sun Jan 4, 2015 | Title song question in Disney's "Frozen" | Finn Vigeland |
| EIGHTEENTH | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | Grant's position in presidential history | Bob Klahn |
| FORTLARAMIE | Mon Aug 29, 2016 | Historic trading post in 39-Across | David Steinberg |
| FROMLA | Tue Nov 24, 1998 | See 33-Across | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| GETASHOCK | Sat Aug 15, 2020 | Receive surprising news | Joe DiPietro |
| HOULIHAN | Fri May 5, 2017 | Surname of TV's "Hot Lips" | Patrick Berry |
| LUFFS | Sun Jan 9, 1994 | Sails close to the wind | Mel Rosen |
| MONTAIGNE | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | Essayist whose motto was "Que sais-je?" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MOSHES | Tue Sep 11, 2018 | Dances violently | Timothy Polin |
| PASCALSTRIANGLE | Sat Jan 8, 2022 | Number pattern named after a 17th-century French mathematician | Freddie Cheng |
| PETTI | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | ___ di pollo (chicken breasts) | Joe DiPietro |
| PORKADOBO | Sun Dec 10, 2017 | Traditional Filipino dish marinated in vinegar and soy sauce | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| REPASTE | Fri Sep 28, 2001 | Stick over | Peter Gordon |
| ROCKTHEVOTE | Sat Jul 27, 2013 | Election-related nonprofit since 1990 | John Lieb and David Quarfoot |
| SCAPED | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | Flew the coop, old-style | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SICKNESS | Wed May 21, 2025 | Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of school | Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan |
| SIZELIMITATIONS | Mon Dec 16, 2002 | Carry-on bags have them | Jim Hyres |
| SMEARIER | Sat Oct 14, 2000 | More prone to running | Rich Norris |
| SOFARASIKNOW | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | "To the best of my information ..." | Charles E. Gersch |
| STOPORILLSHOOT | Tue Oct 1, 1996 | What the photographer-turned-policeman said | R. J. Hartman |
| SWEAROUT | Thu Mar 21, 1996 | Initiate, as a warrant | H. Estes |
| SWEEPSECONDHAND | Sat Jun 2, 2001 | It's in the same position every minute | Jim Page |
| THELASTMETRO | Sat Apr 25, 2009 | 1980 Truffaut film that won 10 César awards | Brad Wilber |
| THEMENU | Mon Dec 9, 2024 | 2022 dark comedy that satirized haute cuisine | Elliot Caroll |
| TIGHTENED | Sun Dec 30, 2007 | Wound (up) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOMBOSLEY | Mon Mar 8, 2004 | Co-star of 36-Down | Allan E. Parrish |
| TRANSITIONS | Mon Sep 12, 2022 | "So, anyway, ..." and "On that note ...," e.g. | Michael Lieberman |
| TRUSTIER | Mon Dec 15, 2003 | More reliable | Sarah Keller |
| URALRIVER | Fri Mar 12, 2010 | Course in Russian geography? | Tim Croce |
| WEIGHTHEEVIDENCE | Thu May 9, 2024 | Do a judge's job, in old Rome? | Joe DiPietro |
| WRITTENTEST | Thu Oct 12, 2006 | Part of a driver's license procedure | Dave Tuller |
| WRYHUMOR | Thu Oct 10, 2024 | Trademark of deadpan stand-ups | Grant Boroughs |