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 51,180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEYANCY | Sun Nov 9, 2003 | Suspended state: Var. | Patrick Berry |
| AGESPOTS | Sun Jan 26, 2025 | Visible signs of maturity | Rich Proulx |
| ANYTHINGYOUWANT | Sat Jun 3, 2023 | "Don't hold back, it's my treat!" | John Westwig |
| ATLANTICSALMON | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | Seafood entree | David J. Kahn |
| AUGERED | Tue Sep 20, 1994 | Bored | Christopher Page |
| BADTO | Tue Mar 2, 2010 | Go from ___ worse | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BEEFADOBO | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Filipino meat dish | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BIDENS | Sun Sep 30, 2012 | Vice-presidential family | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming |
| CAREERCRIMINALS | Sat Mar 17, 2018 | Those prone to recidivism | Roland Huget |
| CATSGAME | Mon May 31, 2021 | Tie in tic-tac-toe | Michael Lieberman |
| CENTERSOFATTENTION | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | What egotists want to be | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CRENELED | Fri Nov 10, 2006 | Having gaps in the top, as a castle wall | Lynn Lempel |
| DANNYBONADUCE | Tue Jul 15, 2025 | Player of the middle son on TV's "The Partridge Family" | Daniel Britt |
| ELECTEES | Sat Jul 31, 1999 | The chosen | Fred Piscop |
| ENCOIL | Mon May 16, 1994 | Make into a spiral | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| GOOGLEPLAY | Fri Nov 17, 2017 | Android app store | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| GOTABREAK | Fri Sep 30, 1994 | Finally had some luck | Matt Gaffney |
| GRANDMAMOSES | Thu Mar 23, 2000 | American rural life painter | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| HIGHHEELS | Thu Aug 12, 2021 | Grate pains? | Jake Halperin |
| IGOTYA | Sat Feb 20, 2021 | Jeering words after a prank | Ali Gascoigne |
| IMAGINER | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | Idea person | Kevin G. Der |
| INDONESIAN | Sat Apr 20, 2013 | Like Barack Obama's early schoolmates | David Steinberg |
| JOININMARRIAGE | Wed Aug 25, 2004 | [See instructions] | Richard Silvestri |
| LARAJEAN | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | ___ Covey, heroine of the hit book/film series "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" | Sam Ezersky |
| LOADINGZONE | Thu Mar 13, 2003 | You can't park here | David J. Kahn |
| PAWNBROKER | Wed Jan 3, 2007 | Occupation with an unsavory reputation | Kim Seidl |
| POIRES | Thu Jan 19, 1995 | Pears, in Paris | Bryant White |
| PREAKNESS | Sat May 2, 2009 | Part of the 23-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| RIGHTONRIGHTON | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | "Ni-i-ice!" | Kameron Austin Collins |
| ROCKIN | Mon Dec 24, 2007 | Brenda Lee's "___ Around the Christmas Tree" | Mark Sherwood |
| SETTINGSUNS | Fri Aug 4, 2006 | Sights before nights | Manny Nosowsky |
| SPIKEDHAIR | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Locks up? | Myles Callum |
| STANDINGWATER | Thu May 14, 2026 | Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes | Simeon Seigel |
| STEEPISH | Thu Dec 4, 1997 | Rather high | Eileen Lexau |
| TALARIA | Sat Aug 30, 2014 | Mercury's winged sandals | David Steinberg |
| THEDIE | Wed Apr 23, 2014 | What is cast, in a saying | David J. Kahn |
| THROWITHOME | Thu Aug 7, 2008 | Plea from the plate | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| TONEDITDOWN | Wed Dec 9, 2020 | Stopped being so loud | Owen Travis and Jeff Chen |
| WICHITA | Sun Jan 17, 1999 | Glen Campbell title city | Cathy Millhauser |
| WILDMANOFBORNEO | Wed Sep 18, 1996 | Barnum & Bailey circus fake | D. J. Kahn |