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 50,732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADUMP | Sun Apr 16, 2006 | "What ___!" (famed Bette Davis line) | Mike Torch |
| ALMIGHTY | Wed Apr 22, 1998 | Sovereign | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ARBALEST | Fri Apr 30, 1999 | Medieval crossbow | Pat M. Hugel |
| BEAMISH | Thu Apr 8, 2010 | *Smiling radiantly | Matt Ginsberg |
| BEMUSES | Sat May 20, 2006 | Discombobulates | Bob Klahn |
| BIGLOSER | Fri Aug 24, 2018 | Zero | Roland Huget |
| BIKINITAN | Tue Feb 20, 2024 | Evidence of a day at the beach | Robert S. Gard |
| BIRDFOOD | Mon Jan 17, 2011 | Cheep eats? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BLACKVELVET | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | 1990 #1 hit for Alannah Myles | Joanne Sullivan |
| BUSTARHYMES | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | "Pass the Courvoisier" rapper | Byron Walden |
| CAMBRIC | Sun Oct 2, 1994 | Thin white linen fabric | Frances Hansen |
| CAYMANISLANDS | Sat Nov 28, 1998 | George Town is its capital | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| CHEEPERS | Sat Feb 14, 1998 | Chicks | Mark Diehl |
| CORNSALAD | Wed Feb 13, 2008 | Summer side dish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DAISYCHAINS | Sat Jun 28, 2025 | Midsummer head decorations | Jesse Guzman |
| DESKCOPY | Fri Jun 29, 2007 | Teacher's request of a publisher | Mike Nothnagel |
| DOCTRINAL | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | Like matters of orthodoxy | Natan Last |
| FAXERS | Mon Aug 20, 2001 | Modern document senders | Sherry O. Blackard |
| FELICITOUS | Sat Nov 17, 2007 | Apropos | Brad Wilber |
| GIANTANTEATER | Sun May 13, 2007 | *Toothless South American animal | Jim Page |
| HANDITTO | Sun Nov 21, 2010 | Give due credit | Clive Probert |
| INSTAGRAMMER | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | *Certain photo poster | Andrew Zhou |
| LILFOLKS | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Predecessor of the strip | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| LUISFONSI | Tue Jan 21, 2025 | Singer of "Despacito," which has more than eight billion views on YouTube | Dan Caprera |
| MEXICANSTANDOFF | Fri Feb 26, 2010 | Stalemate | Josh Knapp |
| MODERATELYCHALLENGING | Sun Apr 13, 2003 | ... and I am ___ | Charles Deber |
| ONEOUTOFTEN | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | What a bad lead-off hitter frequently produces? | Trip Payne |
| ORDOCS | Sun Jul 20, 2025 | Sawbones, in brief | Michael Schlossberg |
| POLISHJOKE | Tue Nov 27, 2007 | What a comedian might do before going onstage? | Julie Ann Bowling |
| ROBERTFROSTPOEM | Tue Feb 24, 1998 | What 17- and 39-Across is | Bill Ballard |
| ROYALCOURT | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | Place for a king and queen | Jem Burch |
| ROYALISM | Fri Aug 22, 2014 | Monarchial support | Sam Ezersky |
| SILVERSPOON | Thu Sep 16, 2021 | Symbol of privilege | Kevin Patterson |
| SOLDIERANT | Mon Oct 5, 1998 | Queen's subject? | Peter Gordon |
| TOASTPOINTS | Mon Dec 31, 2012 | Triangular pieces of browned bread | Jeffrey Harris |
| TREASURY | Fri Nov 10, 2017 | Cabinet department | Patrick Berry |
| TRIBUTEALBUMS | Mon Nov 28, 2016 | "Bowiemania" and "Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles" | Kristian House |
| VCRTAPES | Fri Aug 14, 2009 | Maxell products | Barry C. Silk |
| WEARTHIN | Fri Feb 11, 2022 | Become harder to bear | Trenton Charlson |
| XLVI | Thu Dec 7, 2000 | Year Plutarch was born | Henry Hook |