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 50,996 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AREYOUSINCERE | Wed Mar 16, 2005 | "No kidding!?" | Holden Baker |
| BEYHIVE | Tue Oct 1, 2019 | Fans of singer Knowles, collectively | Erik Agard |
| BORROWTROUBLE | Tue Mar 21, 2000 | Wake sleeping dogs, so to speak | Nick Grivas |
| BULGES | Mon Aug 22, 2022 | Sticks out | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CHAPLAINS | Tue Feb 23, 2010 | Service leaders in the service | Joanne Sullivan |
| COWPALACE | Tue Jun 30, 2009 | *Bay Area concert venue | Steve Dobis |
| CUREDMEAT | Thu May 6, 2021 | Pancetta or prosciutto | Ed Sessa |
| EIGHTAD | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Year that Augustus exiled Ovid | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ELEVATION | Tue Aug 1, 2000 | One mile, for Denver | Randall J. Hartman |
| ETRURIANS | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Tuscan ancients | Byron Walden |
| FLENSER | Wed May 1, 1996 | Blubber stripper | F. Piscop |
| FUHGEDABOUDIT | Tue Aug 7, 2007 | "Not on your life!" | Daniel Kantor |
| GLENNCLOSE | Tue Aug 28, 2018 | Portrayer of Cruella de Vil in 1996's "101 Dalmatians" | Brian Thomas |
| GUILTYPLEASURES | Mon Aug 24, 1998 | Rich desserts and soap operas, say | Alan Jay Weiss |
| HOPELESSTASK | Tue Nov 3, 1998 | It's a waste of time | Ed Early |
| HORSIE | Sun Jun 14, 2026 | Kid-friendly rocker? | John Kugelman |
| ICYROADS | Mon Apr 16, 2018 | Winter driving hazards | David Woolf |
| INSOMEMEASURE | Fri Dec 28, 2001 | To a degree | Manny Nosowsky |
| JACANA | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | Long-toed aquatic bird | Bryant White |
| LASSOER | Sat Nov 8, 2014 | One pulling a calf, say | Barry C. Silk |
| MATHISNT | Wed May 27, 2015 | Calculus disappears | Jim Quinlan |
| MOSEYALONG | Mon Dec 26, 2011 | Amble | Gary Cee |
| NOOUT | Sun Apr 24, 2022 | Like a situation at the start of an inning | Sam Ezersky |
| NOTTHATBAD | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Pretty good | Manny Nosowsky |
| PARTEDHAIR | Sat Apr 24, 1999 | Locks around a line | Joe DiPietro |
| PHL | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Keystone State airport code | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| PHONECHARGERS | Mon Nov 1, 2021 | Things modern travelers pack | Fiona Taylor |
| PROMPOSAL | Sun Apr 19, 2026 | Elaborate invitation from a senior, maybe | Michael Lieberman |
| QUESTAFTER | Sun Jun 8, 2008 | Pursue | Will Nediger |
| SINKSTOANEWLOW | Mon Sep 15, 1997 | Declines, as a plumber? | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| SLYSTALLONE | Thu Aug 13, 2020 | Actor with a "Rocky" performance, familiarly | Jon Olsen |
| SONICDEPTHFINDER | Fri Apr 6, 2018 | It sends waves through waves | David Steinberg |
| SPACEISLIMITED | Tue Nov 30, 2004 | See 37-Across | Joan Yanofsky |
| SPICERUBS | Thu Nov 20, 2025 | Dry seasons? | Adam Wagner |
| SPINYEEL | Wed Nov 20, 2019 | Long fish with a row of barbs | Erik Agard |
| SUCCUMBS | Thu Apr 14, 2005 | Yields | David Murchie |
| TALKSTRAIGHT | Sun Sep 5, 2021 | Be completely candid | Grant Thackray |
| THINKERS | Wed Oct 10, 2001 | Academic types | Richard Chisholm |
| TOMPKINS | Fri Sep 17, 1999 | Monroe's Veep | Patrick D. Berry |
| ZIGGED | Wed May 14, 2014 | Did part of a slalom path | Victor Barocas |