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 50,562 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARONSROD | Fri Jun 18, 1999 | 1922 D. H. Lawrence novel | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ABREASTOF | Tue Dec 10, 2019 | Informed about | Eric Berlin |
| ARIZA | Wed Feb 25, 2015 | Trevor of the N.B.A. | Michael Shteyman |
| ARTICLEVII | Sun May 6, 2012 | End of the main part of the Constitution | Alex Vratsanos |
| AVERAGEGUY | Sat Aug 13, 2022 | Mean dude? | John Westwig |
| BATTINGAVERAGE | Sun Nov 17, 2019 | Baseball skill: C | Randolph Ross |
| BROWNIEPOINT | Wed Jan 24, 2007 | Credit of a sort | Gary Steinmehl |
| CANBE | Thu Apr 12, 2007 | "Now it ___ told" | Jim Page |
| CHAINEDUP | Tue Oct 6, 2009 | Fettered | Matt Ginsberg |
| CHANELIMAN | Mon Sep 6, 2021 | *Runway model famous for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angel | Joshua Rosenblatt |
| COMING | Fri Oct 18, 2019 | Word in many a promotional poster | Jamey Smith |
| CURRICULUMVITAE | Tue May 30, 1995 | Caesar's résumé? | Richard Hughes |
| ENIGMAVARIATIONS | Tue May 22, 2012 | Work by Sir Edward Elgar hinted at by this puzzle's shaded squares | Kyle T. Dolan |
| EXONERATES | Fri May 30, 2008 | Clears | Natan Last |
| EXPEDITIONS | Sun Aug 21, 2016 | Organized hikes | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
| HABOOB | Sat May 25, 2013 | Violent sandstorm | David Steinberg |
| HOTTUNA | Thu Jul 27, 2017 | Blues-rock group that grew out of Jefferson Airplane | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| JILTERS | Sun Feb 16, 2014 | Altar no-shows | Yaakov Bendavid |
| LIBRATHEBALANCE | Sun Jun 20, 2004 | Zodiac sign | Manny Nosowsky |
| MASTO | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | Breast: Prefix | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| MONTMARTRE | Sat Mar 5, 2011 | Area where Dalí, Monet, Picasso and van Gogh all painted | Randolph Ross |
| MOOKIE | Wed Jan 1, 1997 | Former Met Wilson | M. Diehl |
| MRSPOTTS | Sat Apr 24, 2021 | Chip's mother in "Beauty and the Beast" | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| MYSTERYALASKA | Wed Jan 16, 2008 | 1999 Russell Crowe movie | Barry C. Silk |
| NANOTUBE | Sun Sep 17, 2017 | Tiny conductor of heat or electricity | Mark MacLachlan |
| NEEDINGHELP | Sun May 1, 2016 | What rugged individualists seldom admit to | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| ONEANDO | Sun Nov 4, 2007 | Common baseball count | Bob Klahn |
| ONWATER | Sun Nov 11, 2007 | How miracle workers walk | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OUTWORE | Tue Nov 21, 2006 | Lasted longer than | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| PENLIGHTS | Fri Jul 8, 2022 | Pocket-size medical tools | Kyle Dolan |
| PROVERS | Fri Dec 5, 2003 | Many mathematicians | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RECOILLESSRIFLE | Sat Jul 12, 2003 | Lightweight antitank gun | Manny Nosowsky |
| SDCARDS | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | Digital camera memory holders | Paolo Pasco |
| SHWA | Thu Jul 13, 2017 | Common symbol in pronunciation: Var. | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| STATETHEOBVIOUS | Sat May 19, 2007 | Say something to which people reply "Duh!" | Byron Walden |
| TOVAR | Fri Jul 28, 1995 | Cesar of 60's-70's baseball | Rich Norris |
| UNALASKA | Thu Dec 19, 2002 | One of the Aleutian Islands | Patrick Berry |
| WGT | Mon Dec 26, 2011 | Lb. or oz. | Gary Cee |
| WHELAN | Fri Sep 3, 2004 | "Riverdance" composer Bill | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| WHITESOX | Wed Nov 22, 1995 | World Series losers, 1919 | Chuck Deodene |