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 50,499 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMANDACROSS | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | "The Puzzled Heart" mystery novelist | Frank Longo |
| BEAMY | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Radiant | Henry Hook |
| BICKER | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | Trade cross words | Byron Walden |
| BOCKS | Sun Feb 28, 1999 | Strong beers | Dave Tuller |
| BREWSUP | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | Creates, as trouble | Patrick Berry |
| CIVILWARGENERAL | Tue Aug 6, 2002 | End of 17-, 23-, 50- or 61-Across | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| COMMENTCAVA | Mon Jul 13, 2015 | "How's it going?," in Paris | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CONGEE | Wed Jan 7, 2026 | Savory rice porridge | Adrianne Baik |
| DELUDES | Sun Oct 3, 1999 | Bamboozles | Fred Piscop |
| DERBYHATS | Fri Feb 12, 2021 | Bowlers | Grant Thackray |
| FACTUM | Wed Nov 28, 2001 | Statement of what's known, in legalese | Fred Piscop |
| FANCYFREE | Thu Oct 11, 2001 | 1944 ballet by 24-Across | Nancy S. Ross |
| FLUXGATE | Thu Jul 10, 2003 | Direction indicator of the earth's magnetic field | Michael Shteyman |
| HADANEARMISS | Sat Jun 20, 1998 | Failed as a corn farmer? | Cathy Millhauser |
| HANDBRA | Sat Aug 4, 2018 | Makeshift technique for female modesty | Sam Trabucco |
| HOMECOMPUTER | Mon Jan 19, 2009 | Telecommuter's need | Tracey Snyder |
| JUMPINTHESHOWER | Mon Jan 15, 2024 | Wash oneself quickly | Peter A. Collins |
| KNOWBYNAME | Mon Jan 11, 2016 | Be familiar with without having met | Howard Barkin |
| KNUCKLED | Thu Oct 24, 2024 | Really got to work, with "down" | Ella Dershowitz |
| LIESDOWN | Fri Nov 29, 2013 | Rests | Ned White |
| NELS | Fri Jul 20, 2012 | Marlon Brando's "I Remember Mama" role | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| OHNONO | Sat May 15, 2021 | "We absolutely aren't doing that!" | Sam Trabucco |
| OSTRACIZE | Thu Jun 9, 2011 | Freeze out | Joon Pahk |
| PEACEKEEPER | Mon Jan 27, 2014 | *One placed between warring parties | James Tuttle |
| POPELEOXI | Sat Oct 1, 2005 | Pontiff for just 26 days in 1605 | Joe DiPietro |
| PRESELECTED | Thu Apr 5, 2012 | Chosen beforehand | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RAISEDONESVOICE | Sat Dec 3, 2016 | Shouted | Jason Flinn |
| RANWITHIT | Thu Jun 29, 2023 | Reacted purposefully when handed "the ball" | Simeon Seigel |
| SKITTERS | Mon Apr 8, 1996 | Runs lightly and rapidly | S. B. Whitten |
| SPILE | Sat May 13, 2017 | Tree-tapping spigot | Jeff Chen |
| STRANGS | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Dos Passos's Annabelle et al. | Jim Page |
| TOPRANKING | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | Number one | Will Nediger |
| TRELLISES | Thu Aug 13, 1998 | Lattices around an island? | A. J. Santora |
| UBAHN | Wed Nov 14, 2018 | German rapid transit system | Sam Trabucco |
| USMAPS | Thu Dec 13, 2018 | Many graphics on election night | John Westwig |
| WESTPORT | Wed Nov 22, 2017 | Affluent Connecticut town | Timothy Polin |
| WHATADOWNER | Sat Mar 11, 2023 | "Bummer!" | Tom Pepper |
| WHISKER | Wed Dec 18, 1996 | Narrow margin of victory | M. W. Perry |
| XENIAOHIO | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | Midwest city in the middle of the I-70/I-71/I-75 triangle | Will Nediger |
| YOUANDME | Sun Aug 30, 2009 | Us | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |