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 50,547 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERMEN | Mon Aug 14, 2006 | Municipal lawmakers | Gene Newman |
| BEDDING | Sat Dec 10, 2011 | Straw in a stable | Corey Rubin |
| BIGDAY | Wed Jul 10, 2019 | One's marriage or graduation | David J. Kahn |
| BRERBEAR | Thu Oct 30, 2003 | Uncle Remus character | Patrick Berry |
| BYRE | Sun Oct 6, 1996 | Yorkshire cow shed | R. Max Hopkins |
| CALLEDOUTATFIRST | Sun Jul 24, 2011 | Yelled initially? | Kurt Mueller |
| CEORLS | Sat Sep 27, 1997 | Anglo-Saxon freemen | Matt Gaffney |
| CLOSEON | Fri Aug 5, 2011 | Seal, as a deal | Barry Silk |
| COMPUWARE | Fri Jul 24, 2015 | Big name in the mainframe business | Patrick Berry |
| DANGLES | Wed Apr 13, 1994 | Hangs like an earring | Jim Page |
| DARKSECRET | Fri May 9, 2008 | Potential reputation ruiner | Jim Page |
| DESTROYS | Thu Aug 7, 2003 | Totals | Patrick Berry |
| DISPENSARY | Wed Nov 10, 2021 | Pharmacist's workplace in a hospital | Max Chen Lauring and Benjamin Chen Lauring |
| DRYSENSEOFHUMOR | Sun Feb 4, 2018 | A person skilled at deadpan has one | David Levinson Wilk |
| DUCKFOOTED | Wed Jul 22, 1998 | Like Chaplin's walk | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| DYANCANNON | Thu Mar 29, 2007 | Walter Matthau's love interest in "Out to Sea" | David J. Kahn |
| FIRESUPON | Fri Dec 30, 2011 | Shoots at | Mike Nothnagel |
| FUNKRAP | Sat Feb 29, 2020 | Bass-heavy hybrid music genre | Andrew J. Ries |
| GOTWORSE | Thu Dec 8, 2011 | Went downhill | Daniel A. Finan |
| GRAINS | Sun Feb 11, 2024 | Food pyramid group | Peter Koetters |
| HOPESFOR | Wed Sep 29, 1999 | Wishes | Patrick D. Berry |
| ILLTURNTHISCARAROUND | Sun Sep 18, 2022 | Mechanic's go-to parenting phrase? | Katie Hale |
| KENDI | Sat Oct 21, 2023 | Ibram X. ___, author of "How to Be an Antiracist" | Kelly Morenus |
| LEXEMES | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | Units in linguistics | Ricky Cruz |
| MACLAINE | Sun Mar 8, 2020 | Best Actress Oscar winner between Streep and Field | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| METLIFESTADIUM | Sun Oct 22, 2017 | Facebook Status: "Nosebleed seats - but home-field advantage! GO GIANTS!!!" | Tracy Gray |
| NOHTHEATER | Sat Jan 10, 2026 | Art form featuring performers in kishin (demon) and okina (old man) masks | Kameron Austin Collins |
| PLAYPHONETAG | Fri Jul 21, 2023 | Exchange rings? | Robyn Weintraub |
| POOLERS | Fri Oct 16, 1998 | Joint-stock company owners | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ROADER | Sat Apr 20, 2019 | Middle-of-the- ___ | Kevin Adamick |
| SAVABLE | Sun Feb 27, 2000 | Like sinners, to preachers | Harvey Estes |
| SAWER | Wed Aug 14, 1996 | Woodcutter | G. E. Sykes |
| SEVERELY | Fri May 6, 2011 | Hard | Natan Last |
| SOLARPOWER | Fri Jul 5, 2024 | Green juice? | Trent H. Evans |
| SOUTANE | Sun Feb 18, 1996 | Close-fitting clerical garment | Norma Steinberg |
| SUPERFOODS | Tue Mar 7, 2023 | Avocados, eggs and berries, in adspeak | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| TAXHAVENS | Fri May 22, 2020 | Island shelters? | Hal Moore |
| TWINSONS | Fri Aug 26, 2011 | Romulus and Remus, to Rhea Silvia | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| UNGRATEFUL | Sun Jun 20, 2004 | Thankless | Manny Nosowsky |
| WOREDOWN | Fri Feb 18, 2022 | Nagged and nagged and nagged | Aimee Lucido |