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 50,873 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIONSTAR | Sun Jun 8, 2025 | Jason Statham or Sylvester Stallone | John Kugelman |
| ALASKATOJOINUNION | Sun Mar 12, 1995 | Headline of #36,683 (Ju1y 1, 1958) | Charles M. Deber |
| ALEASH | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Restrained, after "on" | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| ASMUD | Tue Sep 16, 2008 | Clear ___ (hard to understand) | Michael Langwald |
| BACKWASH | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | *Motion of receding waves | Jonathan Daly |
| BOOMING | Wed Apr 18, 2018 | Taking off, as business | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| BRAHMAS | Fri Oct 28, 2011 | Some rodeo bulls | Tim Croce |
| CANYOUIMAGINE | Sun May 27, 2001 | Start of a quote | Dana Motley |
| CASTESYSTEM | Fri Mar 15, 2019 | Social hierarchy that rejects individualism | Jamey Smith |
| CHOMSKY | Wed Dec 4, 2002 | Linguist Noam | Richard Hughes |
| COVEREDDISHES | Sat Oct 16, 2004 | Potluck array | Dana Motley |
| DEADCENTER | Thu May 10, 2018 | Bull's-eye ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Caitlin Reid |
| DOWNHERE | Sat Sep 13, 2014 | Call from the cellar | Josh Knapp |
| FIRSTPASTTHEPOST | Sun Oct 2, 2016 | Like a simple-majority voting system | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| FRESHOUT | Sat May 24, 2003 | Having just sold the last one | Rich Norris |
| GALILEAN | Sat Apr 7, 2001 | Like Jupiter's four largest moons | Trip Payne |
| GRUELING | Sun May 10, 2015 | Arduous | Jacob Stulberg |
| HAVEALOTTOOFFER | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | What the state gambling board might do to increase sales? | Trip Payne |
| HOPOMYTHUMB | Mon Nov 22, 1993 | Small person | Fred Piscop |
| KRASNER | Sat May 14, 2005 | Abstract Expressionist Lee | Bob Peoples |
| MEDITERRANEAN | Fri Aug 17, 2007 | ___ diet, food plan emphasizing olive oil, fish, fruit, vegetables and red wine | Roger Barkan |
| MEE | Sun May 13, 2001 | English author and editor Arthur ___ | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MEIOSIS | Thu Jun 20, 2024 | Process of cell division | Ella Dershowitz |
| MGMGRANDS | Sat Jul 2, 2005 | Gambling venues in Vegas and Detroit | Sherry O. Blackard |
| PAXIL | Sat Feb 15, 2014 | Prozac alternative | Julian Lim |
| PEELEDOUT | Sun Jul 6, 2025 | Burned rubber | Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry |
| REGATHER | Sun Dec 16, 2007 | Assemble again | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn |
| ROUGHSTART | Thu Jan 12, 2023 | Inauspicious beginning | Grant Thackray |
| SECONDSTORY | Sun Dec 25, 2022 | "Back to Treasure Island," e.g.? | John Martz |
| SENDFORTH | Tue Nov 29, 2016 | Discharge | Jacob Stulberg |
| SGLS | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | Ones: Abbr. | Cathy Millhauser |
| SHREDDEDWHEAT | Wed Feb 5, 2014 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? | Tracy Gray |
| SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS | Thu Jul 23, 2015 | Mouthful from a 1964 song | Timothy Polin |
| SURFTHEWEB | Fri May 17, 2002 | Browse, in a way | Joe DiPietro |
| TABULATE | Tue Aug 24, 2004 | Arrange in columns | Lynn Lempel |
| TAKEARIDE | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | Not go by foot | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THELAMB | Fri Aug 18, 2017 | Epithet for Jesus | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TRANSVAAL | Sun Dec 1, 2002 | Historic region divided in 1994 | David J. Kahn |
| TURNTOMUSH | Fri Jun 27, 2008 | Get all sentimental | Brad Wilber |
| WELLWELL | Thu Jul 8, 2021 | "Look what we have here!" | John Lampkin |