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 50,423 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIPARTISANBILL | Tue Jan 12, 2021 | Legislation often resulting from compromise | Ross Trudeau |
| BREZHNEV | Sat Nov 22, 2014 | SALT signer | David Steinberg |
| CLAPPERS | Thu May 15, 2008 | Bell parts | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COAGULATE | Sun Mar 6, 2011 | Thicken | David Levinson Wilk |
| DANNYAINGE | Tue Feb 5, 2019 | Celtics player-turned-executive | Erik Agard |
| DETHRONES | Tue May 25, 2004 | Removes from power | Richard Chisholm |
| FIRSTSTEP | Fri Dec 13, 2019 | It's a start | Leslie Rogers |
| GOBEFORE | Fri Jul 8, 2016 | Antedate | Barry C. Silk |
| HACKSUP | Fri Jul 6, 2012 | Cuts to pieces | Peter Wentz |
| HEBB | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | "Sunny" singer Bobby | Frank A. Longo |
| HERBIVORE | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | Before midnight: Sloth, e.g. | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |
| HESITATER | Sun Jun 11, 2006 | Lost one? | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| HORSEOPERAS | Sun Dec 14, 2003 | Western-themed films | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HUTTWO | Sun Oct 6, 2002 | Quarterback's call | Myles Callum |
| KINDLYSTEPINSIDE | Sun Sep 26, 2004 | Sign promoting a dance studio's nice moves? | Joe DiPietro |
| MCCANN | Wed Feb 27, 2002 | Broadway producer Liz, Tony winner for "Elephant Man" and "Amadeus" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MEDULLAS | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | Hindmost brain parts | Eric Berlin |
| MSQUAD | Fri Nov 9, 2007 | Lee Marvin TV oldie | Henry Hook |
| NONPUBLIC | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | Private | Byron Walden |
| NUUK | Sat Oct 19, 2024 | Greenland's capital | August Miller |
| OLIVERS | Mon Sep 12, 1994 | Hardy and North | Sidney L. Robbins |
| OPENHANDED | Wed Aug 5, 1998 | Generous | Patrick Jordan |
| PECKSAT | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | Eats like a bird | Sam Trabucco |
| PERSIANCAT | Wed Dec 15, 2021 | Longhaired feline | Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau |
| PRINCEOFWALES | Thu Dec 29, 2016 | Another title for this puzzle's subject | Kevan Choset |
| REANIMATE | Fri Apr 3, 2020 | Help to get back on one's feet? | Joe Deeney |
| RIPPERS | Tue Oct 23, 2012 | Bodice-___ (old-fashioned romance novels) | Jules P. Markey |
| ROCKYPROMONTORY | Sun Jan 7, 2001 | He's got a craggy face | Manny Nosowsky |
| SHERBERT | Sun Dec 19, 2004 | Ice alternative: Var. | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| SHORTED | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | Blew a fuse, say | Ryan Judge |
| SIMULATOR | Tue Jun 29, 2010 | Flight training equipment | Peter A. Collins |
| SOONTOBE | Sun Sep 4, 1994 | Coming | Wayne Robert Williams |
| TAPEMAN | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Surveyor's assistant | David J. Kahn |
| TENDAYWAR | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | 1991 conflict between Slovenia and Yugoslavia | Byron Walden |
| THINKSTWICE | Wed Mar 20, 2002 | Reconsiders | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| UPSHIFT | Wed Oct 13, 2021 | Go into a higher gear | Brianne McManis |
| WEREBACK | Fri May 5, 2023 | Words after a commercial break | Jacob McDermott |
| WHEELINTHESKY | Mon Oct 7, 2013 | 1978 hit by Journey | Amy Johnson |
| WINGED | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | Like Hermes' shoes | Trip Payne |
| WITHOUTEXCEPTION | Thu Nov 19, 1998 | Always, to a cowboy? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |