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 50,383 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTASIF | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Pretend | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| BATTLESUITS | Sat Nov 23, 2024 | Full-body armor in science fiction stories | Ryan McCarty |
| CASEINPOINT | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Illustrative example | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| CASTIGATES | Sat Apr 14, 2007 | Dresses down | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CELTICCROSS | Wed Jan 15, 2003 | Irish symbol | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CHAPLAINS | Tue Feb 23, 2010 | Service leaders in the service | Joanne Sullivan |
| CHAPPAQUA | Mon Dec 5, 2022 | Town in Westchester County, N.Y., where the Clintons live | Tracy Gray |
| CHISOX | Mon Mar 23, 2009 | Longtime Comiskey Park team, informally | Randy Sowell |
| CHUCKSTEAK | Wed Apr 14, 2004 | Hurl an entree? | Randolph Ross |
| DEMAGOG | Thu May 13, 2004 | Rabble-rouser: Var. | Patrick Merrell |
| DOGTEAM | Mon Apr 21, 2025 | Sled pullers in the Arctic | Thomas van Geel |
| FACILITATE | Sun Jul 30, 1995 | EEEE | Charles M. Deber |
| GENESAKS | Sat Mar 23, 2002 | "The Odd Couple" director | Adam Cohen |
| GRASSLANDS | Fri Nov 27, 1998 | The Steppes, e.g. | A. J. Santora |
| HEATEDINDOORPOOL | Sun May 29, 2011 | All-weather resort amenity | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| IRAQROUTED | Sun Mar 29, 1998 | February 1991 headline | Robert H. Wolfe |
| ITSTHEPITS | Tue Mar 15, 2022 | "Awful!" ... or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across | Michael Lieberman |
| KEPTQUIETABOUT | Wed Mar 28, 2018 | Didn't speak of, as a touchy subject | Peter Gordon |
| LOUGEHRIG | Wed Sep 6, 1995 | Yankee who played a record 2,130 consecutive games | Peter Gordon |
| MARGINALLY | Sun Jul 6, 2003 | Not by much | Robert H. Wolfe |
| MCCAREY | Sat Nov 19, 2011 | "Going My Way" Best Director winner | Allan E. Parrish |
| MOVEDIN | Fri Mar 24, 1995 | Took up residence | Christopher Hurt |
| MULLIGAN | Wed Sep 16, 2020 | Do-over | Paul Coulter |
| OHTANI | Sat Mar 1, 2025 | M.L.B. M.V.P. with both the Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers | Ryan Judge |
| OPENFRAME | Sun Jan 23, 2000 | Split result, usually | Joe DiPietro |
| PARAMOURS | Thu Jun 10, 2004 | Trysters, perhaps | Paula Gamache |
| PREFECTURE | Thu Mar 18, 1999 | District in Japan | Rand H. Burns |
| PRENATALLY | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Before birth | F. Longo |
| SAVEENERGY | Thu Oct 28, 2004 | Turn off unneeded lights, e.g. | Richard Chisholm |
| SCRUPLE | Thu Feb 16, 2017 | Small moral misgiving | Keith Redwine |
| SLICEOFLIFE | Thu Mar 9, 2017 | Peek into the everyday | Jeremy Newton |
| SPLITLEVELRANCH | Thu Mar 2, 1995 | Bowler's home? | Raymond Hamel |
| SUCHTHAT | Mon May 14, 2012 | So | John Dunn |
| TAKEABACK | Sat Aug 26, 1995 | Surprise | Joe DiPietro |
| TIDELAND | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Beach | Martin Schneider |
| UNSEALED | Thu May 10, 2012 | Opened | Jules P. Markey |
| VEGETABLETALLOW | Thu Dec 14, 2000 | Soapmaking substance | Peter Gordon |
| VOTEFOR | Sat Sep 18, 2004 | Select | Bob Peoples |
| WAVELENGTHS | Fri Sep 14, 2018 | Differences between colors | John Guzzetta |
| YOUVEGOTTHIS | Sat Nov 20, 2021 | Encouraging words | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |