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 51,054 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEYES | Mon May 30, 2005 | Spellbound | Lynn Lempel |
| ALLTHEFEELS | Fri May 27, 2022 | Mixed emotions, so to speak | David Distenfeld |
| ANADEARMAS | Tue Dec 6, 2022 | Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out" | Ross Trudeau and Wyna Liu |
| ANHEIRANDASPARE | Fri May 3, 2024 | Phrase that inspired the title of Prince Harry's memoir | Eli Cotham |
| ARMANISUITS | Thu Nov 8, 2012 | Parts of a fashionable "Collezioni" | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| CANCELOUT | Sun Apr 18, 2021 | Impact equally in the opposite direction | Johan Vass |
| CARBARNS | Fri Sep 8, 1995 | Trolley shelters | A.J. Santora |
| CHARMED | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | "___, I'm sure" | Paula Gamache |
| CORNSILK | Wed Nov 20, 2013 | Shucker's debris | Peter A. Collins |
| CRADLES | Sat Nov 11, 1995 | Birthplaces | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CRETONNE | Tue Sep 25, 2001 | Drapery fabric | A. J. Santora |
| GLISSANDI | Fri Mar 29, 2019 | Dramatic musical effects | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| HANDOVERFIST | Mon Jan 23, 2012 | Fast and in large amounts | Sarah Keller |
| HASAROW | Sat Sep 21, 2002 | Argues | Rich Norris |
| HAVEINCOMMON | Fri Oct 9, 1998 | End of the riddle | Cathy Millhauser |
| IMITATIONAL | Sat Jul 13, 2002 | Not original | Randolph Ross |
| IMPOSSIBLECOLOR | Sat Jul 19, 2025 | Stygian blue or reddish-green | Erik Agard |
| INDIANAJONESADVENTURE | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Any story in a certain movie serial or a 75-Down attraction | David J. Kahn |
| INHABITABLE | Wed Jun 29, 2022 | Fit to live in | Jared Goudsmit |
| JIGGLED | Fri Aug 5, 2016 | Moved like a 20-Down | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LEGALOWNER | Fri Nov 26, 2021 | Entitled sort | Kate Hawkins |
| MAURICESENDAK | Tue Dec 16, 2014 | Children's author/illustrator with a National Medal of Arts | Joel D. Lafargue |
| MESSIAHS | Tue Oct 6, 1998 | Saviors | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NIGERIANS | Sat Jun 7, 2003 | Residents of Yorubaland | Sherry O. Blackard |
| ORELS | Thu May 23, 1996 | Pitcher Hershiser et al. | M. E. Brindamour |
| PADDYCHAYEFSKY | Tue Oct 8, 1996 | "Network" satirist | E. C. Gorski |
| POLISHHAM | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | Sandwich filler | A. J. Santora |
| PROPEACE | Sat May 6, 2023 | Like much 1960s activism | Carter Cobb |
| SAVANNAHBANANAS | Sat Jul 11, 2026 | Team sometimes called the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball | Jim Quinlan |
| SEERSUCKER | Wed Feb 26, 2025 | Preppy fabric | Dan Caprera |
| SMALLSCALE | Sat Jul 31, 2004 | Modest | Byron Walden |
| SUCCESSES | Sat Nov 9, 1996 | Hits | F. Longo |
| SWEETBRIAR | Mon Dec 5, 1994 | Virginia women's college | Sidney L. Robbins |
| TEARSHEETS | Sat Sep 28, 2019 | Printing samples | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| THEDIE | Wed Apr 23, 2014 | What is cast, in a saying | David J. Kahn |
| TINGLIER | Thu Oct 2, 2003 | Feeling more pins and needles | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOXS | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | How drunks drink | Patrick Berry |
| VADUZ | Sun Oct 21, 2018 | Capital of Liechtenstein | Finn Vigeland |
| WATERRATS | Wed Aug 22, 2012 | Marsh rodents | Peter A. Collins |
| WEBINARS | Thu Jun 25, 2026 | *Some online courses | Tarun Krishnamurthy |