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 50,702 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFLANDON | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | Sufferer of a crushing defeat in 1936 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| APAREJO | Sat Feb 12, 1994 | Mexican packsaddle | Rand H. Burns |
| BOMBARD | Sat Sep 9, 1995 | Pepper | Daniel R. Stark |
| CARPENTERANT | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | One might crawl out of the woodwork | Ryan McCarty |
| CLINGINGVINE | Fri Mar 15, 1996 | Not the independent sort | A. J. Santora |
| COMEOFAGE | Wed Sep 17, 2014 | Reach adulthood | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| COMPOS | Sun Nov 17, 2002 | Sane, briefly | Richard and Judith Martin |
| DAMPENED | Tue Jun 29, 2010 | Made less intense | Peter A. Collins |
| DAVES | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Dr. Seuss's "Too Many ___" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DVDRECORDER | Mon Oct 27, 2014 | TV hookup option ... or what you are by solving this puzzle? | Stanley Newman |
| EDUCTOR | Sat Jan 28, 2006 | Jet pump for fluid withdrawal | Dana Motley |
| ELSAMAXWELL | Tue Jun 29, 1999 | Old-time journalist-socialite | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| EOLIANHARP | Sat Sep 1, 2007 | Music maker "played" by the wind | Karen M. Tracey |
| FRANCISCOFRANCO | Tue Mar 10, 2020 | Dictator following the Spanish Civil War | David J. Kahn |
| GODIS | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | "As ___ my witness" | Randolph Ross |
| GREATGATSBY | Tue Apr 10, 2007 | Excellent novel title character! | Kevan Choset |
| HASITINFOR | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | Plans to get back at | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HINGIS | Sun Oct 30, 2011 | 1997 winner of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open | Andrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer |
| HOROL | Sun Oct 30, 2005 | Watchmaker's sci. | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| HOTTOPICS | Fri Aug 20, 2021 | Everyone's talking about them | Randolph Ross |
| LARYNXES | Sun Mar 9, 2014 | Talking points? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LEETREVINO | Mon Jul 25, 1994 | Two-time U.S. Open golf champion | Albert J. Klaus |
| LIEUNDEROATH | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Perjure oneself ... or what can be found six times in this puzzle | Joe DiPietro |
| MAKESACHARGE | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | "But wait! Amex Card ___!" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| MGMSTUDIOS | Sat May 11, 2002 | Group under the sign of Leo | Mark Diehl |
| MINIFIG | Mon Aug 11, 2025 | Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal | Rebecca Goldstein |
| PEDAGOG | Sun Aug 3, 2008 | Teacher: Var. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| PERSONALLOAN | Mon Jul 13, 2009 | Money borrowed from a friend, e.g. | C. W. Stewart |
| REAIRED | Thu Aug 13, 2020 | Ran again | Jon Olsen |
| RECENTLY | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Of late | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| ROBERTPENNWARREN | Sun Nov 6, 1994 | First U.S. poet laureate | A.J. Santora |
| ROSINED | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Like a pitcher's bag | J. Page |
| SCREWPINE | Thu Jan 4, 1996 | Twisty-leafed tree | F. & L. Sabin |
| SUCHTHAT | Mon May 14, 2012 | So | John Dunn |
| SWEEPERS | Sat Apr 30, 2016 | They clean up well | Mark Diehl |
| SWEETENUP | Fri Jul 12, 2019 | Make nice to in a manipulative way | Evan Kalish |
| TAPESTRIES | Sun Mar 3, 2002 | The Met's "Hunt of the Unicorn" and others | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TASTING | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | With 37-Down, restaurant offering with many small dishes | Steven Ginzburg |
| UNBOLTS | Sun May 30, 1999 | Releases | Cathy Millhauser |
| WIDOWED | Tue Oct 22, 1996 | Bereaved, in a way | E. Quigley |