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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTDUMB | Sat Jul 26, 2025 | Play the fool | Adam Levav |
| ALLOCATOR | Fri Apr 16, 2004 | Budgeter, in a way | Ed Early |
| AVOIDER | Wed Jun 22, 1994 | Dodger | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| BRION | Fri Mar 9, 2007 | Singer/film composer Jon | Randolph Ross |
| BUTTES | Sun Jul 8, 2001 | Isolated locales | Michael S. Maurer |
| BYCOMMONCONSENT | Fri Jun 4, 1999 | With all members agreeing | John Wolting |
| CALMDOWN | Mon Feb 11, 2019 | "Chill out!" | Howard Barkin |
| CELLOSUITES | Thu May 28, 2015 | Hits hard + famed spokescow = some Bach compositions | Jeff Chen |
| CHARLIERICH | Tue Jan 21, 1997 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" singer | T. W. Schier |
| CREWMATE | Sat Dec 7, 2019 | Other hand | Kevin G. Der and Erik Agard |
| DUCKLEGGED | Tue Nov 18, 1997 | Like one's fun house mirror image, maybe | Peter Gordon |
| EASTWIND | Wed Nov 22, 2017 | Eurus, in Greek mythology | Timothy Polin |
| GEODESICDOME | Fri Apr 19, 2019 | Epcot's Spaceship Earth, architecturally | Caleb Madison |
| GESSOES | Fri Jul 14, 2006 | Plaster preparations | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GETSFAR | Sun Nov 22, 1998 | Makes a lot of progress | Nelson Hardy |
| GIVENTHEAXE | Tue Aug 13, 1996 | Fired, as a firefighter? | R. Hughes |
| HATTREES | Sun Mar 24, 2019 | They might hold derbies | Trenton Charlson |
| HONEYPIE | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Amore from the Beatles, 1968 | D. Niles |
| IMSTILLHERE | Tue Mar 22, 2005 | Song from 57-Across | David J. Kahn |
| IRIDESCES | Wed Jun 9, 2021 | Glistens with shimmering colors | Byron Walden |
| LOSEONESMARBLES | Fri Mar 28, 2014 | Go mad | David J. Kahn |
| MADEITWEIRD | Sat May 23, 2020 | Held eye contact for too long, say | Wyna Liu and Erik Agard |
| MCMILLAN | Fri Aug 6, 2021 | Longtime N.B.A. head coach Nate | Seth A. Abel |
| MORALIST | Tue Dec 30, 1997 | Holier-than-thou type | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NEATVODKA | Sat Jul 5, 2025 | It's a straight shot | Tracy Bennett |
| ONEFLAT | Fri Oct 26, 2007 | What the key of D minor has | David Quarfoot |
| ORGANICCHEMISTRY | Sun May 13, 2018 | Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods? | Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard |
| PCBOARD | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | Etched computer component | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PLACETOSLEEP | Tue Jun 1, 2010 | BED | Sarah Keller |
| PURECHANCE | Thu Jan 21, 2021 | Outcome of a coin flip, e.g. | Daniel Mauer |
| SCARPIA | Sun Dec 19, 2004 | "Tosca" villain | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| SILENTBUTLER | Tue Dec 11, 2001 | Busboy's receptacle | A. J. Santora |
| SOLVENTS | Sat Oct 24, 2015 | Nail polish removers, e.g. | Andrew Zhou |
| STEPPINGSTONES | Wed Dec 24, 2003 | Means of advancement | Steve Jones |
| SYNGMANRHEE | Sat Jun 1, 1996 | President who was a Princeton graduate | B. Klahn |
| THREEPART | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Like the names at 33-, 51-, 61-, 73-, 93-, 101- and 120-Across | Derrick Niederman |
| TURNSUP | Mon Feb 6, 2017 | Appears after being lost | Andy Hinz |
| UNFAMILIAR | Mon Jul 16, 2018 | Alien | Erik Agard |
| WASHINGTONZOO | Fri Mar 13, 2020 | Home for some famous 17-Acrosses, informally | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| WOJTYLA | Sat May 11, 2013 | John Paul II, originally | Matt Ginsberg |