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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIONPLAN | Tue Feb 16, 2016 | Aid in accomplishing a goal | Ron and Nancy Byron |
| AMERICAFIRST | Fri Jul 4, 2008 | 1916 work by 28-Across | John Underwood |
| ARABLEADER | Tue Feb 25, 2014 | EMIR | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen |
| ATWITCH | Fri Jul 1, 1994 | Moving jerkily | Mel Taub |
| COMPUTERMONITOR | Fri Dec 4, 2015 | One showing resolution? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CRUSHHARD | Fri May 13, 2022 | Be superinfatuated with someone | Brooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon |
| DEEPVOICE | Tue Feb 6, 2018 | Bass, e.g. | Bruce Haight |
| EASEON | Sun Jan 8, 2017 | Press lightly, as the brakes | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
| EMILIANOZAPATA | Tue Jun 14, 2016 | Mexican revolutionary | Tracy Gray |
| EXTENDING | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | Like many suitcase handles | John Ewbank |
| FALLASLEEP | Sat Aug 9, 2014 | Drop off | Josh Knapp |
| FLEDGED | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | Having feathers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FLYINGHORSE | Mon Jul 4, 2011 | TriStar picture? | Paul Johnson |
| GENERATIONALPHA | Sat May 22, 2021 | Ones born beginning in the early 2010s | Sid Sivakumar and Matthew Stock |
| JAMMEDUP | Thu Dec 5, 2002 | No longer feeding, as a photocopier | Joe DiPietro |
| JVSOCCER | Sat Mar 14, 2020 | Activity for kids out for kicks? | Peter Wentz |
| KISSINGER | Thu Feb 19, 2004 | 1973 Peace Nobelist | Alfio Micci (1918-2004) |
| KLONDIKEBARS | Tue Feb 14, 2023 | Chocolate-coated ice cream treats | Ella Dershowitz |
| LAVINIA | Fri Dec 9, 2011 | Second wife of Aeneas | Patrick Berry |
| LECHEROUS | Tue Jun 5, 2018 | Goatish | Peter Gordon |
| LIPSMACKING | Tue Aug 24, 1999 | Delectable | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LOWPOINTS | Sun Nov 28, 2021 | Least enjoyable parts | Jeff Kremer |
| MOSTACTIVE | Sat Mar 24, 2007 | Stock report heading | Rich Norris |
| MOTORHOMES | Sat Jun 28, 2014 | Campers' relatives | Josh Knapp |
| ONESTEPUP | Fri Aug 6, 2010 | Bruce Springsteen ballad | Patrick Berry |
| PETSAT | Fri May 6, 2022 | Took care of a dog or cat, maybe | Aaron Ullman |
| PUFFPIECES | Sun Jun 2, 2019 | Stoner movies? | Erik Agard |
| PUSHPOP | Sun Dec 8, 2024 | Candy that resembles a tube of lipstick | John Kugelman |
| REATTACKS | Fri Nov 7, 2003 | Charges anew | Jim Page |
| REINTER | Fri Mar 26, 2004 | Lay elsewhere | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| RETURNTOOZ | Sat Jan 3, 2004 | 1985 sequel to a classic 1939 film | James M. and James C. Jenista |
| RIOTPOLICE | Tue Aug 29, 2017 | Anarchy queller | Adam G. Perl |
| ROOKISH | Fri Jan 14, 1994 | Like a swindler | Eric Albert |
| SIXWAYSTOSUNDAY | Mon Jan 16, 2017 | Completely ... with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47-Across | John Wrenholt |
| SPIDERNEST | Wed Sep 6, 2006 | Queen's place, in fiction | Manny Nosowsky |
| UNAMERICAN | Thu Mar 5, 2015 | Hating baseball and apple pie? | Jim Peredo |
| VCMONEY | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Some start-up funding, in brief | Sam Ezersky |
| VOODOOMAGIC | Tue Nov 25, 2025 | Sorcery commonly associated with Haiti and New Orleans | John Ewbank |
| WINDGUST | Fri Jul 9, 2004 | It may raise the roof | David Liben-Nowell |
| WOREDOWN | Fri Feb 18, 2022 | Nagged and nagged and nagged | Aimee Lucido |