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 50,681 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGOOF | Tue Dec 26, 1995 | Make ____ (err) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| ANKLEMONITORS | Wed Jun 4, 2025 | Homing devices? | Danna Rosenberg |
| ASLARGE | Sat Jan 19, 2008 | Comparatively bulky | David J. Kahn |
| BIPARTITE | Thu Mar 4, 2004 | Like Congress | Patrick Merrell |
| CHARLESSLAW | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | Principle involving the temperature and density of gases | Randolph Ross |
| DEFILADE | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Fortified position offering protection from enemy fire | David J. Kahn |
| DIGITIZE | Sun Jan 7, 2018 | Scan, in a way | David Steinberg |
| ELION | Thu Aug 11, 2005 | Gertrude ___, 1988 Medicine Nobelist | Michael Shteyman |
| GIVEFAIRWARNING | Fri Mar 7, 2003 | Alert in a sportsmanlike way | Harvey Estes |
| HEARTTOHEARTTALKS | Fri Sep 2, 1994 | Frank conversations | Bryant White |
| HEREOF | Sun Nov 29, 1998 | "...upon receipt ___" | Matt Gaffney |
| HOLYCROSSALASKA | Sun Jan 21, 2001 | RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGE UNDER WAY THROUGHOUT STATE | Con Pederson |
| IMINHERE | Thu Jan 2, 2025 | Possible response to "Where are you?" | Robert Charlton |
| ITSSOEASY | Thu Apr 20, 2023 | 1977 Linda Ronstadt hit | Simeon Seigel |
| JOURNEYS | Sun Jun 27, 2021 | Travels | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| LAYSONTHELINE | Sun Sep 8, 1996 | Puts at risk | R. H. Wolfe |
| MAUMAUS | Sun Apr 18, 1999 | Fierce tribesmen | Frank Longo |
| MELFI | Sun Jan 24, 2016 | Theodore who directed "St. Vincent," 2014 | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MENDICANT | Sun Mar 28, 2010 | Beggar | Ed Sessa |
| MISSBYAMILE | Fri Dec 12, 2008 | Be way off | Mike Nothnagel |
| MOVESINTO | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | Starts occupying | Alan Olschwang |
| NINEDOWNONETOGO | Fri Aug 23, 2002 | "Almost finished," as to a decathlete | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| OUTHIRE | Sat Jul 5, 1997 | Add more staff than | Rich Norris |
| PAPERCARRIAGE | Tue Mar 10, 2015 | Typewriter part | Allan E. Parrish |
| PAPERSOVER | Fri Aug 24, 2001 | Tries to cover up | Manny Nosowsky |
| PEPTALKS | Wed Sep 25, 1996 | Rallying words | R. Norris |
| PETITSFOURS | Thu Jun 1, 2023 | Small, fancy confections | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| PIMPLY | Thu Oct 9, 2008 | Broken out, in a way | Doug Peterson |
| PRESSURING | Wed Dec 11, 2002 | Putting the squeeze on | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PRIORITYSEATING | Tue Oct 23, 2012 | What disabled people are entitled to on a subway | Jules P. Markey |
| PURAVIDA | Fri Mar 6, 2026 | The good life, in Spanish vernacular | Adrian Johnson |
| RAFTING | Sun Dec 2, 2012 | Sport involving paddles | Steven E. Atwood |
| RIGGEDUP | Sat May 7, 2011 | Threw together | Tim Croce |
| SEMIPROATHLETES | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Part-time players | Joe DiPietro |
| SOFI | Sun Nov 16, 2025 | L.A.'s ___ Stadium, site of the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics | Randolph Ross |
| STINKBUG | Thu Jan 15, 2004 | Malodorous pest | Patrick Merrell |
| TARZANOFTHEAPES | Mon Mar 6, 1995 | Jungle dweller | Randall J. Hartman |
| ULANUDE | Sat Aug 8, 2009 | Capital of the Buryat Republic | Karen M. Tracey |
| VOLUMETWO | Tue Dec 29, 2009 | "B," maybe, in an encyclopedia | Peter A. Collins |
| WILLSMITH | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | Player of J in "Men in Black" | Sam Trabucco |