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 50,349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASMUCH | Wed Feb 14, 2024 | In the same quantity | Ella Dershowitz |
| BOOTJACK | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | *Tool for removing heavy footwear | Ed Sessa |
| CEREBRALLY | Wed Jan 16, 2013 | In an intellectual manner | Michael David |
| COIMBRA | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Portuguese city with a historic university founded in 1290 | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| COMEANDGO | Fri Jul 30, 2021 | Not last | Eric Bornstein |
| CRIMERING | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Ones making a racket? | Garrett Chalfin |
| EGGCARTON | Thu Aug 30, 2012 | Holder of 31- and 37-Across | Stu Ockman |
| ENIGMAVARIATIONS | Tue May 22, 2012 | Work by Sir Edward Elgar hinted at by this puzzle's shaded squares | Kyle T. Dolan |
| FLIGHTRISK | Wed Jul 5, 2017 | Travel edition of a classic board game? | Jake Halperin |
| FRIS | Wed Sep 26, 2007 | End-of-wk. times | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| GROWLS | Wed Dec 8, 2021 | Speaks brusquely | Philip Koski |
| HEADEDTO | Sat Jan 19, 2019 | Left for | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco |
| HERESHOWTOORDER | Fri Dec 13, 2013 | Line near the end of an infomercial | Gary Cee |
| HEROCOP | Sun Aug 3, 2025 | Kind of protagonist in "Lethal Weapon" or "Die Hard" | Jeremy Newton |
| HOUSEREDS | Fri Jun 13, 2025 | Basic wine list offerings | Evan Mulvihill |
| INNOCENTSABROAD | Wed Apr 16, 1997 | 1869 Twain novel, with "The" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KEEPITTOGETHER | Sun Jul 31, 2016 | Stay cool ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| KITHARA | Sat Oct 28, 2000 | Ancient harplike instrument | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LAKEGEORGE | Wed May 27, 1998 | French and Indian War battle site | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| LETSTAKEITSLOW | Tue Mar 31, 2020 | "We shouldn't rush this" | Christina Iverson and Ross Trudeau |
| MELAMED | Sun Apr 26, 1998 | Talmud Torah teacher | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| MISDIRECTED | Wed Jun 16, 2021 | Led astray ... or like the films at 19-, 25-, 40- and 57-Across? | Finn Vigeland |
| MRSPEACOCK | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | Board game grande dame | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| MUFFINTIN | Fri Jul 9, 2004 | Baking holder | David Liben-Nowell |
| NEVERENDINGSTORY | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | ... FLOOR FLOOR FLOOR ... | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| NEWHIGH | Sun Mar 28, 2010 | Wall Street landmark? | Ed Sessa |
| NEXTDOORNEIGHBOR | Sun May 29, 2011 | Seinfeld vis-à-vis Kramer | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| REDLETTERDAYS | Thu Mar 6, 1997 | High points | Shannon Burns |
| SATURDAYNIGHT | Mon Sep 6, 2010 | Popular date time ... or a phrase that can precede the starts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across | Randall J. Hartman |
| SEAMWELDING | Mon May 13, 2013 | Metal-joining technique | Allan E. Parrish |
| TOTEBOARDS | Fri Nov 17, 1995 | Track fixtures | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| UNDERGROUNDFILM | Mon Feb 5, 2007 | Unlikely showing at a multiplex | Joy C. Frank |
| UPPERRIGHT | Thu Mar 13, 2008 | Northeast, on a map | Alan Arbesfeld |
| VALLEYOFELAH | Tue Aug 9, 2022 | Biblical site for the battle depicted in this puzzle | Bruce Haight |
| WATTLES | Sun Dec 5, 1993 | They hang by the neck | Manny Nosowsky |
| WHOKNOWS | Fri Aug 23, 2024 | "It's anyone's guess" | Taylor Johnson and Rafael Musa |
| WHOLENEWBALLGAME | Tue Jul 13, 2021 | Situation that starts things completely over | Bruce Haight |
| WOREDOWN | Fri Feb 18, 2022 | Nagged and nagged and nagged | Aimee Lucido |
| WORLDWARS | Sun May 22, 1994 | 20th-century events | Randolph Ross |
| YOUALL | Thu Nov 9, 2006 | Term of address in the South | Byron Walden |