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 50,793 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINIUMFOIL | Sun Feb 25, 1996 | Restaurant roll? | D. Niles |
| AVAILABLECREDIT | Sat May 18, 2013 | What you may charge with | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| BIOLABS | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Facilities overseen by the C.D.C. | Jeremy Newton |
| CARACOLE | Sat Jul 6, 2013 | Dressage half-turn | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CARRIEDON | Fri Oct 27, 1995 | Persevered | Mark Diehl |
| CORNERPUB | Wed Dec 24, 2025 | Convenient spot for a pint | Ella Dershowitz |
| ETATISM | Sat Jan 9, 2016 | Belief in a strong central government | Jason Flinn |
| IMSOSCARED | Fri Feb 6, 2026 | Sarcastic reply to a threat | Geoffrey Schorkopf and Rafael Musa |
| INSURRECTIONARY | Fri Sep 4, 2009 | Rebel | Joe Krozel |
| ISMOREORLESSOK | Sun Feb 26, 2006 | Ambiguity ___ | Randolph Ross |
| JAMESKPOLK | Mon Jun 22, 2020 | President between John Tyler and Zachary Taylor | Sid Sivakumar |
| JULYFOURTHBBQS | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Some summer feasts in the U.S. | Jeremy Newton |
| KELCE | Thu Mar 20, 2025 | N.F.L. star Travis | Daniel Grinberg |
| KFED | Sun Jun 16, 2024 | Onetime Britney Spears partner, in the tabloids | Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu |
| LATINAMERICAN | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | Like much of the Western Hemisphere | Andy Kravis |
| LEVERAGES | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Deploys to one's advantage | Byron Walden |
| LIGHTOPERA | Wed Aug 7, 2024 | Many a Gilbert and Sullivan work | Meghan Morris |
| LOGARITHM | Sat Oct 14, 2017 | What turns 1,000 into 3, in base 10 | Sam Ezersky |
| LOOKEDUPON | Fri Jun 15, 2001 | Regarded | Manny Nosowsky |
| LOVEYDOVEY | Mon Aug 28, 1995 | Really affectionate | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MAINROAD | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | Artery | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| MAJORINGIN | Sat Sep 21, 2019 | Reading, to Brits | Joon Pahk and Erik Agard |
| MALLOFAMERICA | Sun Oct 22, 2017 | Facebook Status: "Yes! Retail therapy at the largest shopping spot in the U.S.!" | Tracy Gray |
| MINDMELDS | Sat Mar 22, 2025 | Telepathic connections | Katie Hoody |
| MIXEDUP | Wed Oct 3, 2012 | Screwy in the head | Gary Cee |
| MXLV | Sun Dec 19, 2010 | The year 1045 | Kevin G. Der |
| OUTSTANDING | Sun Feb 25, 2018 | Really impressive | Will Nediger |
| PETSNAKES | Fri Jan 16, 2026 | Some terrarium denizens | Kyle Dolan |
| PUNTRETURN | Mon Dec 30, 2013 | Gridiron runback | David Steinberg |
| REMEASURE | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Size up again? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RIPSNORTERS | Sun Feb 23, 2003 | Criticize angry bulls? | Nancy Salomon |
| SOLIDEST | Sun Apr 4, 2021 | Most reliable | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson |
| SPACIER | Tue May 24, 2022 | More likely to daydream, say | Ella Dershowitz |
| SPRUCEGOOSE | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | Attraction at the Evergreen Aviation Museum | Eric Berlin |
| TAKINGASTAB | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | Trying | Randolph Ross |
| TAPPING | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | Haunted house sound | Steven Ginzburg |
| TIRIAC | Fri Nov 13, 1998 | Ion of tennis | Jim Page |
| TREVIFOUNTAIN | Sun Jan 5, 2025 | Landmark featured in "Roman Holiday" | Kareem Ayas |
| TRICERATOPS | Mon Apr 4, 2022 | Dinosaur whose name means "three-horned face" | Derek J. Angell |
| WINANOSCAR | Sat Jun 16, 2018 | What every actor would probably like to do | Sam Trabucco |