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 50,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACERBATED | Sat Dec 30, 1995 | Made sour | Joe DiPietro |
| ARCHANGELS | Sat Feb 22, 2014 | High spirits? | Evan Birnholz |
| ARION | Mon Jul 18, 1994 | Greek poet saved by a dolphin | Wayne Robert Williams |
| BEEFCAKES | Wed Jun 3, 2015 | Hunky guys | Herre Schouwerwou |
| CAMPOS | Mon Sep 26, 1994 | South American plains | Sidney L. Robbins |
| CARTRAILER | Fri Jan 16, 2026 | One might help you hitch a ride | Kyle Dolan |
| CASUALTY | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Kind of insurance | R. Norris |
| COMPENDIUM | Sun Jul 15, 2001 | Digest | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COMPETENT | Tue Apr 21, 2020 | Capable | Andrew Kingsley |
| DAYCARES | Sun May 14, 2023 | Toddler drop-off locales | Sid Sivakumar |
| DIMOUTS | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Tactical reductions in lighting, as during W.W. II | John Westwig |
| EXPRESSLINE | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Supermarket time-saver | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FOURSQUARED | Sat Sep 10, 2005 | 16 | David J. Kahn |
| GEARTEETH | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | They're often engaged in engineering | Michael Lieberman |
| HUECO | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | Texas-New Mexico range | Charles E. Gersch |
| JAMESFIXX | Wed May 18, 2005 | "The Complete Book of Running" author | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KAKA | Sun Jun 14, 2009 | One-named Brazilian soccer star in the 2008 Time 100 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LAMAZECLASS | Sat Sep 10, 2022 | Recommended labor practice | Kameron Austin Collins |
| MENWORKING | Tue Jul 26, 2011 | [Orange] | Michael Black |
| MYDOGSKIP | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | Kevin Bacon film of 2000 | Joe DiPietro |
| NEWISSUES | Sun Feb 1, 1998 | "At 5 P.M. the Philatelic Society will discuss some ___" | Merl Reagle |
| OCEANAUTS | Fri May 30, 2008 | Sealab inhabitants | Natan Last |
| ORGANO | Sun Jul 27, 2003 | Prefix with genesis | Michael Grudzielanek |
| RIBALDRY | Fri Mar 16, 2001 | Risquéness | Manny Nosowsky |
| ROVING | Sat Feb 9, 2002 | Not specifically assigned | Rich Norris |
| SMOOTHENS | Fri Oct 25, 2002 | Works with a plane | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STRENGTHENS | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | Reinforces | Bob Peoples |
| SUBSTANDARD | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Meat, lettuce, cheese and tomato in a foot-long bun? | Patrick Merrell |
| SUNBURN | Sun Apr 17, 2016 | Result of overexposure? | Howard Barkin |
| TEAREDUP | Thu May 8, 2003 | Got suddenly sad | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THUMBINDEX | Thu Oct 23, 2025 | Set of notches in a dictionary | Aimee Lucido |
| TIERING | Wed May 28, 2008 | Arranging in rows | C. W. Stewart |
| TOMPOSTON | Thu May 22, 2008 | *"Newhart" actor | Richard Silvestri |
| TOODARNHOT | Wed Apr 10, 2019 | Cole Porter song from "Kiss Me, Kate" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| UNHERDED | Sun Apr 17, 1994 | Given free range, as cattle | R. M. Hopkins |
| WACKILY | Sat Apr 23, 1994 | In a silly fashion | Manny Nosowsky |
| WELLDRIVEN | Sat Jun 8, 2002 | Right down the fairway | Fred Piscop |
| WHATDOIKNOW | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | "You're asking me?" | Patrick Merrell |
| WISDOMOFTHECROWD | Thu Mar 23, 2023 | Collective opinion | David Kwong |
| WORKCREWS | Mon Nov 12, 2012 | Chain gangs, e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |