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 51,017 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALERTNESS | Sat Jun 13, 2009 | Opposite of torpor | Barry C. Silk |
| ARNOLDPALMERS | Sun Dec 21, 2025 | Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshments | David Kwong |
| BATTENDOWN | Thu Dec 5, 2013 | Secure, in a way | Dan Schoenholz |
| BUMPINTO | Thu Apr 27, 1995 | Meet by chance | Lois Sidway |
| COLDCALLER | Mon Aug 25, 2025 | Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact | Ryan Mathiason |
| COLDFUSION | Fri Sep 22, 2023 | Hypothesized type of nuclear reaction | Rafael Musa and Michael Lieberman |
| COMMISSAR | Fri Sep 30, 1994 | High-up apparatchik | Matt Gaffney |
| CROSSWORDSOLVER | Sat Feb 13, 2010 | You, e.g. | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| DASHEDLINE | Sun Dec 29, 2024 | Indication of where to cut ... or something written five times in this puzzle? | Harry Zheng |
| DIDIASK | Sat Aug 24, 2024 | Snarky reply to some unsolicited advice | Ryan McCarty |
| DURANCEVILE | Sat Jan 25, 2020 | Fancy term for a long prison sentence | Stella Zawistowski |
| EAGERNESS | Wed Aug 29, 2018 | Zeal | Alex Bajcz |
| EXOILER | Fri Aug 27, 1999 | Wayne Gretzky, for one | Joe DiPietro |
| EXPOSITS | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | Sets forth thoroughly | Julian Lim |
| FARRIERS | Thu Apr 17, 2025 | Horseshoe enthusiasts? | Ilan Kolkowitz and Shimon Kolkowitz |
| GOESBEASTMODE | Fri Jun 13, 2025 | Runs wild, in gamer-speak | Evan Mulvihill |
| GOODES | Thu Jun 16, 1994 | Former Philly mayor Wilson et al. | Jim Page |
| GRASPEDATSTRAWS | Fri Mar 15, 1996 | What tots did in the malt shop? | A. J. Santora |
| HOMELANDS | Fri Jan 18, 2008 | Pilgrims leave them | Trip Payne |
| INITIALIZE | Wed Aug 5, 2015 | Format, as a disk | Patrick Berry |
| ISSURETO | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Definitely will | John Duschatko |
| IVYCOVEREDWALLS | Tue Nov 15, 2016 | Unique feature of Wrigley Field | David J. Kahn |
| KEEPSITTOGETHER | Sat Jul 7, 2018 | Doesn't snap | Ryan McCarty |
| LONGTERMPARKING | Fri Mar 30, 2012 | Sign words often accompanied by an airplane symbol | Joe Krozel |
| MAKEMAGIC | Sat Apr 26, 2025 | Do the impossible | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| MARKSOFFTHEPATH | Sun Nov 22, 1998 | He's exploring new terrain | Nelson Hardy |
| MXIV | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | 1014, in history | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OFFDUTYCOPS | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Ones with guns put away | Jim Page |
| ONEFELLSWOOP | Sun Feb 2, 2014 | A single stroke | Dick Shlakman and Jeff Chen |
| POUNDERS | Tue May 29, 2012 | Quarter ___ (McDonald's orders) | Daniel A. Finan |
| ROSEANNECONNER | Sat Oct 29, 2016 | Sitcom mom whose kids were named Becky, Darlene and D.J. | Patrick Berry |
| SAYITAINTSOJOE | Mon Feb 28, 2000 | Plaintive plea in the 1919 Black Sox scandal | Jerry E. Rosman |
| SPLITTINGHEADACHE | Sun Apr 25, 1999 | "You think I'm annoying? Fine, I'm outta here." | Joe DiPietro |
| STANDBESIDE | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | Offer faithful companionship | Frank Longo |
| SWAYBACK | Mon Jun 18, 2007 | Sag on a nag | Randall J. Hartman |
| TENDERMERCY | Mon Sep 18, 2006 | Feature of the Christian God | Dave Tuller |
| THEIDES | Thu Mar 15, 2018 | Date that provides a phonetic hint to four other answers in this puzzle | Joe DiPietro |
| TOAFARETHEEWELL | Sat Aug 3, 2013 | Perfectly | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| UNDOSEND | Thu Jan 27, 2022 | Action after a change of mind | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| WINNIE | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Tony : theater :: ___ : fashion design | Henry Hook |