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 50,653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFARS | Sat Jan 22, 2000 | ___ and the Issas (former French territory) | David J. Kahn |
| ALINING | Sun Jun 15, 2014 | Truing: Var. | Tony Orbach |
| ALLSTARCAST | Fri Jan 30, 2026 | Feature of a big-budget feature, perhaps | Robyn Weintraub |
| BISCOTTO | Sat Sep 22, 2007 | One use for anise | Mark Diehl |
| BLUNDERERS | Sun May 7, 2023 | Ones making mistakes | Will Nediger |
| BODING | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Ominous | Mark Diehl |
| BOLDSTATEMENT | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | Assertion | Daniel A. Finan |
| BOTTLEDUPANGER | Sun Jul 4, 2021 | Evil genie's emotion? | Howard Barkin |
| CAPRICORN | Fri Aug 19, 2011 | One born on Christmas Day | Patrick Berry |
| CARTOONLIKE | Fri Mar 4, 2016 | Rather caricatured | Evans Clinchy |
| CARYATIDS | Sun Feb 20, 2022 | Architectural columns in the form of sculpted female figures | Victor Barocas |
| DRUMSOUT | Sat Oct 8, 2022 | Forces to leave | Kyle Dolan |
| EMUOIL | Sun May 25, 2025 | Wellness product derived from an Australian bird | Dylan Schiff |
| FLYOFFTHEWALL | Sun Oct 16, 2005 | Extra-base hit, probably? | Con Pederson |
| FRANZEN | Sat Jul 6, 2024 | Author of 2001's "The Corrections" | Evans Clinchy |
| FUSEBOXES | Mon Feb 20, 2023 | Electrical panels found in older homes ... or what 18-, 24-, 35- and 53-Across do (regarding each half of each answer)? | Emily Carroll |
| GLOWWORMS | Tue May 24, 2016 | Luminescent larvae | Jonathan Gersch |
| HAVASU | Sun Nov 7, 2010 | Lake ___ City, Ariz. | Will Nediger |
| HICKHOP | Wed Dec 6, 2023 | Hybrid genre of country and 33-Across, pejoratively | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| HOWDYEDO | Fri Sep 10, 2010 | Hayseed's greeting | Peter Wentz |
| IAMISAID | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | 1971 Neil Diamond hit | Sherry O. Blackard |
| IMACPROS | Sun Sep 17, 2023 | Bygone Apple desktops | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| INDULGENCES | Tue Oct 31, 2017 | Practice condemned in the "Ninety-Five Theses" | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| INOCULA | Sat Sep 4, 2004 | They come in shots | Patrick Berry |
| MADEMINCEMEATOF | Fri Oct 25, 2013 | Wiped the floor with | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MONKEYTRIAL | Tue Sep 23, 2003 | Celebrated legal event of 1925 | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| NONETOOSOON | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | In the nick of time | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| PACKEDHOUSE | Sat Feb 5, 2022 | Result of selling out | Kameron Austin Collins |
| PEACHEMOJI | Sat Sep 21, 2024 | Butt text? | David Karp |
| PRESOAKED | Sun Oct 5, 2014 | Like many a stain before washing | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| RIOMUNI | Fri Aug 7, 1998 | Mainland Equatorial Guinea | Frank Longo |
| SCAPULAS | Thu Jan 21, 2010 | Shoulder blades | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SHIVERED | Sat Jan 16, 2016 | Had a chilling effect? | Sean Dobbin |
| SHONDARHIMES | Mon Sep 12, 2022 | Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" ... or, when said aloud, a hint to the starts of 20-, 30 and 45-Across | Michael Lieberman |
| SOLEHEIR | Fri Aug 13, 2021 | Person who is willfully alone? | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| STOCKEXCHANGES | Fri Apr 3, 2015 | Trading places | Patrick Berry |
| TOMGIRL | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Gender nonconformist | David Woolf |
| TRIPLEOVERTIME | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-Down | Michael Shteyman |
| UNSTOPPABLE | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Like a juggernaut | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VAMPISH | Sat Mar 26, 2005 | Like Betty Boop | Ed Early |