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 51,037 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABROGATOR | Sat Oct 28, 2017 | Official with the power to annul laws | Roland Huget |
| ASLIM | Wed Oct 8, 1997 | "There's ___ chance of that" | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| AUTONYM | Tue Mar 16, 2021 | Name of self-identification, as "Deutsche" for "Germans" | Lindsey Hobbs |
| BEAUTYSHOP | Mon May 13, 2013 | Salon | Allan E. Parrish |
| CLYM | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | ___Yeobright (Hardy's native) | R. Norris |
| CORWIN | Sun Dec 9, 2001 | N.F.L.'s ___ Brown | Cathy Millhauser |
| CRACKEDPEPPER | Tue Jul 22, 2003 | Mistreated spice? | Steven Kahn |
| DECKEDOUT | Tue Jul 1, 2008 | Dressed to the nines | Ken Bessette |
| DODGEBALL | Mon Jun 5, 2017 | Common game in a school gym | Paul Coulter |
| FRISSON | Sun Apr 2, 2017 | Shudder of emotion | Jerry Miccolis |
| FRONTROWSEATS | Fri Apr 23, 2021 | Ones best in show? | Robyn Weintraub |
| GENERALGAGE | Tue Jul 4, 2006 | British military governor in the American Revolution | Ed Early |
| GETSHORTCHANGED | Mon Jan 30, 1995 | Be cheated | Ernie Furtado |
| GLAMOURPOSE | Sat Sep 4, 2010 | Stance in a fashion magazine | Mark Diehl |
| GOINGATIT | Tue Jan 30, 1996 | Brawling | M. Skolsky |
| HIGHCHOLESTEROL | Tue Jan 4, 1994 | Eventual bonus? | David A. Rosen |
| HOWWASITOKNOW | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Response deflecting blame | Timothy Polin |
| HUTMENT | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | Group of rude dwellings | Patrick Berry |
| INFUSEWITH | Fri Aug 27, 2010 | Give the flavor of | Corey Rubin |
| IRISHPOTATO | Fri Sep 23, 2005 | Part of an underground spring crop | Levi Denham |
| LAYINGITONTHICK | Fri Jul 18, 2025 | Going overboard with the praise | Kelly Morenus |
| LEVERAGES | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Deploys to one's advantage | Byron Walden |
| MAILCHIMP | Sat Oct 23, 2021 | Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo | Sam Ezersky |
| MALORYS | Sun Jul 18, 1999 | ___ "Le Morte d'Arthur" | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| NAILEDUP | Thu Apr 19, 2012 | Like horseshoes on barn doors | Sean Dobbin |
| OXONIANS | Thu Apr 22, 2004 | Clinton and Blair, for two | Daniel C. Bryant |
| PIRATEBAY | Sat Nov 13, 2021 | Notorious online hub for illegal file sharing, with "The" | Adam Aaronson |
| PITFALLS | Fri Jul 16, 2021 | Hidden dangers | Sophia Maymudes and Kyra Wilson |
| PROJECTED | Sun Apr 30, 2000 | Thrust | Cathy Millhauser |
| PULLINGAFASTONE | Fri Dec 8, 2006 | Shark's activity | Harvey Estes |
| RINGALARMBELLS | Tue Feb 15, 2022 | Security alerts at a boxing match? | Claire Rimkus |
| RITACOOLIDGE | Sun Feb 14, 1999 | Pop singer known as "The Delta Lady" | Elizabeth Gorski |
| ROYALFAMILY | Sat Aug 3, 2013 | Court group | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| SAWNOFFSHOTGUN | Sun Apr 30, 2006 | Concealable weapon | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SPOONSOUT | Tue Sep 23, 2025 | *Serves, as soup or ice cream | Jacob Stulberg |
| STELLARPARALLAX | Fri Dec 16, 2011 | Effect used to measure astronomical distances | Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk |
| TENDAY | Wed Mar 19, 2014 | Like some short-term N.B.A. contracts | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| TRANSLATED | Thu Aug 11, 2022 | Like the second word in 17-, 24-, 37-/40-, 38- and 50-Across vis-à-vis the first word | David Tuffs |
| ULTRAHD | Fri Aug 9, 2019 | 4K | John Guzzetta |
| USEDFURNITURE | Wed Feb 5, 2020 | Some garage sale goods ... or what the answers at 15-, 19-, 33-, 41- and 62-Across have done? | Ross Trudeau |