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 51,064 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGELEYES | Sun Apr 18, 2021 | The titular bad guy in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | Johan Vass |
| ATKINSDIET | Sat Apr 27, 2019 | Early 2000s low-carb fad | Joe Deeney |
| BEMYLOVE | Sun Feb 14, 2016 | 1951 #1 Mario Lanza hit with lyrics written by 36-Down | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| BIGHORN | Fri Jan 26, 2007 | Yellowstone feeder | Mike Nothnagel |
| BLUEBELL | Wed May 6, 2026 | Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named | James Mattina |
| CASHINS | Sun Apr 23, 2000 | Redemptions | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CHROMIUM | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Major export of Albania and South Africa | Manny Nosowsky |
| CLOMPED | Tue Apr 5, 2022 | Walked heavily | Bruce Haight |
| COMBUSTION | Thu Mar 3, 2005 | It may be spontaneous | Byron Walden |
| CRUSHEDON | Thu Aug 29, 2024 | Had a thing for | Simeon Seigel |
| DEADENDJOB | Mon Aug 23, 2010 | Work that offers no chance for advancement | Oliver Hill |
| DELETEKEY | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | What takes all types? | Sid Sivakumar |
| EHH | Sun May 10, 2026 | Hesitant reply | Rachel Fabi and Adam Wagner |
| ENCASH | Sat Jun 12, 2010 | Convert at Barclays, say | Joe DiPietro |
| EYRES | Sun Dec 12, 1993 | A Bronte heroine's family | Cathy Millhauser |
| GONEAT | Sun Mar 12, 2006 | Attacked | Daniel C. Bryant |
| HANGGLIDES | Thu Jan 18, 2024 | Soars near the shore, maybe | Jon Michnovicz and Carl Michnovicz |
| INTURMOIL | Sun Jun 13, 2021 | Agitated | Stephen McCarthy |
| KREMLININC | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Detractors' epithet for the Putin regime | Kameron Austin Collins |
| LIGHTWEIGHT | Sat Aug 7, 2021 | Insubstantial | Adam Aaronson |
| LWOW | Tue Mar 28, 1995 | Former Polish city | Christopher Page |
| MANUALLABOR | Mon Jul 13, 2009 | Ditch digging, e.g. | C. W. Stewart |
| MONOGRAM | Thu Apr 10, 2014 | Feature of some stationery | David Steinberg |
| NUEVOLEON | Tue May 1, 2018 | Mexican state that touches Texas | Jacob Stulberg |
| OVERPASSED | Sun Nov 14, 2010 | Went beyond | Patrick Berry |
| PARLAYED | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Increased into something much more valuable | Brandon Koppy |
| PRESSPOUND | Tue Sep 7, 2021 | Last step in telephone instructions, often | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PRISONBARS | Sun Nov 20, 2016 | Bad thing to be behind | Ed Sessa |
| RAINDANCES | Sat Mar 4, 2000 | Dry measures? | Rich Norris |
| SHORTWINTERS | Tue Apr 5, 2016 | Climate features of equatorial countries | Dan Schoenholz |
| SOLVEACROSSWORD | Wed Jul 28, 2010 | See 17-Across | Howard Baker |
| STAGBEETLE | Sat Aug 27, 2005 | Bug in a famous Dürer watercolor | Byron Walden |
| TANNERS | Fri Dec 21, 2007 | Their work stinks | Patrick Berry |
| THECOLTS | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | A.F.C. South squad | Sid Sivakumar |
| THESOUTHPOLE | Sun May 1, 2011 | *Destination of 1911 | Xan Vongsathorn |
| TSWIZZLE | Sat Feb 17, 2024 | Nickname for Time's 2023 Person of the Year | Spencer Leach and Jem Burch |
| UNJILTED | Tue Apr 26, 1994 | Not left in the lurch | David Ellis Dickerson |
| VEINLESS | Sun Aug 4, 1996 | Lacking ore, as a mountain | D. Tuller |
| WIRELESSCHARGER | Fri Jan 14, 2022 | Modern source of juice | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| WYNTON | Fri Dec 21, 2007 | One of the Marsalis brothers | Patrick Berry |