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 51,133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACEDEUCE | Fri Nov 15, 2013 | Good hand holding in Omaha Hi-Lo | David Woolf |
| BEAVERHAT | Sun Apr 11, 2021 | Frontiersman's headgear | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| BITONAL | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Using two musical keys | Jim Page |
| BUTTES | Sun Jul 8, 2001 | Isolated locales | Michael S. Maurer |
| CANTWIN | Fri Jun 14, 2019 | "It's no use" | Caitlin Reid |
| CERTITUDE | Sun Oct 25, 2015 | You can't predict the weather with this | Bill Zais |
| CHAINEMAIL | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | Certain Internet hoax | David Steinberg |
| CHOCOLATECHIP | Tue Jul 11, 2006 | Treat variety #3 | Karen M. Tracey |
| CLASSIFIEDADS | Wed Feb 2, 2005 | What the paranoid C.I.A. publicist did? | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon |
| COMMONAREA | Sat Mar 1, 2025 | Lobby, e.g. | Ryan Judge |
| CREMATES | Sat Mar 20, 2010 | Burns up | Joe Krozel |
| DIMINUTIVE | Sun Aug 12, 2018 | Tiny | Ross Trudeau |
| FEELSILL | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Goes green, maybe | Peter Gordon |
| FLYNT | Sun Dec 8, 2024 | Larry ___, founder of Hustler magazine | John Kugelman |
| GLT | Sun Mar 27, 1994 | Gold in color: Abbr. | Jeanette K. Brill |
| GRIZZLEDVETERAN | Wed Jul 21, 2021 | Old pro | Alex Vratsanos |
| GROWINGUP | Fri Oct 15, 2021 | "Losing some illusions ... perhaps to acquire others," per Virginia Woolf | Ashton Anderson |
| HAMMIEST | Sun Dec 31, 2006 | Most broad? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| IRISHSTEW | Mon Nov 1, 2021 | Traditional St. Patrick's Day dish | Fiona Taylor |
| LOWBALLS | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | Deliberately underestimates | Sam Trabucco |
| LUMPINTHETHROAT | Tue Jan 5, 1999 | Liability for 34-Across? | Lyell Rodieck |
| MARIECLAIRE | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | Magazine with "Maison" and "Enfants" spinoffs | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| MENDICANT | Sun Mar 28, 2010 | Beggar | Ed Sessa |
| ONTHERECORD | Mon Jun 19, 1995 | Official | Gregory E. Paul |
| PREDIAL | Sun Aug 1, 2021 | Relating to land, old-style | Matthew Stock |
| PRETTILY | Sun Mar 30, 1997 | With grace | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PROGNOSTICATION | Tue Nov 5, 1996 | Forecast | Jeremiah Farrell |
| PRYER | Mon Mar 29, 1999 | Snoop | Bill Ballard |
| REARERS | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Parents, e.g. | Alex Vratsanos |
| REIS | Fri Jul 22, 1994 | Old Portuguese coins | Raymond Hamel |
| SEVENCENT | Fri Jul 11, 2014 | Like a 1938 Andrew Jackson stamp | Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming |
| SPOKESMAN | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Employee needed by a bicycle manufacturer? | Trip Payne |
| STANDDOWN | Tue Jan 2, 2024 | Cease fighting [Opposite of 61-Across?] | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| SYMBIOTIC | Tue Sep 5, 2023 | Mutually beneficial ... or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle | Alan Siegel |
| TACKSUP | Sat Oct 31, 1998 | Puts on the board | Joe DiPietro |
| THEGIVINGTREE | Sun Sep 15, 2024 | Logbook? | Aimee Lucido |
| THISISJEOPARDY | Sun Jun 9, 2024 | Classic game show intro | Zachary Schiff |
| TNIA | Fri Nov 7, 2025 | "The Fall of the House of Usher" actress ___ Miller | Kelly Morenus |
| TONGUELASH | Tue May 23, 2017 | Dress down | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TRIUMVIR | Sat Jun 17, 2000 | Ancient magistrate | Rich Norris |