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 50,836 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNAMARIA | Sat Oct 20, 2012 | "Carnival!" Tony winner Alberghetti | Ned White |
| APPRAISE | Tue Aug 28, 2001 | Evaluate | Alan Arbesfeld |
| APPROX | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Estimated: Abbr. | Paula Gamache |
| ATOMICNUMBERS | Thu Dec 12, 2019 | What this puzzle's two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BAHHUMBUG | Mon Feb 5, 2001 | Cynic's snort #1 | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| CLOWNAROUND | Tue Feb 25, 2014 | Be a goof | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen |
| CURLBARS | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Bicep builders' accessories | Joe DiPietro |
| DETRACTED | Sun Sep 5, 1999 | Took away (from) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FLINTIER | Sat Mar 10, 2012 | More obdurate | Patrick Berry |
| FLINTMICHIGAN | Mon Mar 22, 2021 | Birthplace of General Motors | Daniel Grinberg |
| FLIPAHOUSE | Sun Dec 14, 2025 | Remodel and resell some real estate | Zachary Edward-Brown and John Kugelman |
| GASHOG | Thu Nov 11, 2021 | Hardly a green vehicle | Mark MacLachlan |
| GAUNTER | Wed Aug 8, 2012 | More haggard | Peter A. Collins |
| GUARDEDOPTIMISM | Sun Jul 4, 2021 | Upbeat sentry's emotion? | Howard Barkin |
| JIPIJAPA | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Panama hat material | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| LEDACHARMEDLIFE | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | The fortunate bracelet maker ... | RIchard Hughes |
| LETTRES | Wed Jul 27, 1994 | Belles -_____ | Nancy Joline |
| MILANOS | Sat Feb 27, 2021 | Some Pepperidge Farm cookies | Yacob Yonas |
| MILITARYOFFICER | Fri Mar 5, 2004 | One may be decorated | Gary Steinmehl |
| MMMDCCCLXXXVIII | Sat Jan 17, 2026 | Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals | Adam Aaronson |
| NONEGOS | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Worlds external to the mind | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| OARIN | Fri Mar 1, 1996 | Stick one's___ (meddle) | Charles E. Gersch |
| OBLIQUEANGLE | Tue May 19, 2015 | It's not right | Allan E. Parrish |
| OUTWEIGH | Sun Feb 7, 2021 | Be more important than | Katie Hale and Christina Iverson |
| PRECISIONS | Fri Mar 7, 1997 | Niceties | Jeff Herrington |
| PRINCEDOM | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | Monaco is one | Patrick Berry |
| QUATORZE | Fri May 24, 2019 | Louis ___ (French king) | Stanley Newman |
| RAPPEDONTHEDOOR | Mon Nov 24, 2003 | Knocked | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| REACHERS | Sat Apr 18, 1998 | Rude ones, at the dinner table | Frank Longo |
| RENAIL | Fri Jul 26, 2013 | Fix, in carpentry | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ROADRACING | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Tour de France activity | Rich Norris |
| SINGLEDECKER | Sun Sep 16, 2001 | <-- | Bill Zais |
| SINGLEGUY | Sun Mar 28, 2010 | Bachelor | Ed Sessa |
| SIPSON | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | Nurses | Barbara Lin |
| SLEEKNESS | Sun Oct 12, 2025 | Aerodynamic quality | Michael Schlossberg |
| SOFAFORT | Tue Oct 28, 2025 | Child's living room hideaway | Adrianne Baik |
| SURGEONGENERALS | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Medical bigwigs | Alex Vratsanos |
| THRACIAN | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Orpheus or Spartacus, by birth | Kevin G. Der |
| TINDERDRY | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Extremely flammable, as vegetation | Sarah Sinclair |
| VIGORS | Fri Apr 7, 2006 | Some old Acuras | Adam Cohen |