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 50,921 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECAUSEICAN | Fri Jul 17, 2015 | "Reason" that doesn't explain anything | Paolo Pasco |
| BITTORRENTS | Sat Sep 7, 2024 | Methods for sharing pirated material | David P. Williams |
| CANONIZING | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | Putting on a pedestal | Patrick Berry |
| COMMOTION | Thu Jan 19, 2012 | *Turmoil | Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller |
| DEDO | Sun Jun 16, 1996 | Finger: Sp. | N. N. Joline |
| DIMINISH | Tue Nov 26, 1996 | Reduce in size | S. Spadaccini |
| DRYUP | Tue Sep 5, 1995 | Evaporate | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| ENCRYPTS | Fri Jun 17, 2005 | Disguises, in a way | Manny Nosowsky |
| EVADNE | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Daughter of Poseidon who was the ancestor of a prophetic clan | Derrick Niederman |
| FAIRTOMIDDLING | Tue May 18, 2004 | Passable | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FALLA | Wed May 1, 1996 | Spanish composer Manuel de___ | F. Piscop |
| FLICKER | Thu Oct 28, 2021 | Black-and-white movie effect | Alan Massengill |
| FULFILL | Fri Apr 11, 2008 | Carry out | Manny Nosowsky |
| GLOWINTHEDARK | Sat Jul 4, 2015 | Like some rave accessories | Sam Ezersky |
| HADANEARMISS | Sat Jun 20, 1998 | Failed as a corn farmer? | Cathy Millhauser |
| HAIRLINES | Fri Feb 15, 2008 | Newspaper column separators | Patrick Berry |
| HIGHGEAR | Thu Sep 12, 2002 | You may kick into it | Peter Abide |
| HIHONEY | Mon Aug 11, 2025 | Warm greeting to a spouse or partner | Rebecca Goldstein |
| HOLYCANNOLI | Sun Apr 19, 2026 | "Mamma mia!" | Michael Lieberman |
| INKING | Fri Aug 16, 2019 | Giving a tattoo | Ori Brian |
| IOERROR | Thu Oct 16, 2025 | Certain Windows hard drive malfunction | Kareem Ayas |
| JOTTER | Fri May 1, 2015 | Notepad user | David Steinberg |
| KAHANE | Wed Mar 28, 2018 | Rabbi Meir who served in the Knesset | Peter Gordon |
| KENTCIGARETTES | Sun May 17, 2020 | R. J. Reynolds product that once sponsored "The Dick Van Dyke Show" | Byron Walden |
| KNOCKWURST | Sun Feb 23, 2003 | Criticize links? | Nancy Salomon |
| LEOPOLDBLOOM | Wed Jun 16, 2004 | Hero in "Ulysses" | Paula Gamache |
| LORDSHIP | Sun Feb 24, 2008 | Term of respect abroad | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| LTILES | Sun Sep 17, 2006 | Letter-shaped tesserae | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NETRESULTS | Wed Jan 15, 2003 | Bottom line | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| OLDLINESTATE | Mon Jan 30, 2012 | Maryland's nickname | Francesco Trogu |
| PAOLOVERONESE | Sat May 17, 2014 | Italian artist with the largest painting in the Louvre | Brad Wilber |
| PETODORS | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Certain Febreze targets | Byron Walden |
| PICTUREFRAME | Tue Mar 12, 2002 | Oil container #3 | Sarah Keller |
| PLUMTOMATO | Tue Jul 4, 2017 | Common ingredient in pasta sauce | Mangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SHOVELREADY | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Past the approval stage, in construction slang | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| SOLOSHOT | Fri Apr 24, 2020 | Homer with one R.B.I., in baseball lingo | John Guzzetta |
| TESCO | Tue Oct 7, 2025 | Major British grocery chain | Corry Cropper |
| THEDAB | Thu Oct 18, 2018 | American dance move that, for whatever reason, is illegal in Saudi Arabia | Erik Agard |
| TWICESHY | Wed Oct 8, 1997 | Bitten before? | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| TWOSTRIPER | Sun Jan 29, 2017 | Lieutenant, informally | Jim Hyres and David Steinberg |