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 50,540 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCUSTOM | Thu Feb 24, 2005 | Habituate | Patrick Merrell |
| ACTOFWAR | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Bombing, e.g. | Barry C. Silk |
| ALACRITY | Sun Jun 28, 2020 | Promptness | Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang |
| ARMYLIFE | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Private affairs? | Joe Deeney |
| BLACKBEAR | Thu Feb 16, 2017 | University of Maine mascot | Keith Redwine |
| BOXEDIN | Mon May 16, 1994 | Trapped | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| BRAV | Sun Apr 28, 2002 | Good: Ger. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BROADCASTER | Wed Jul 31, 2024 | Television pro | Jackson Matz and Ben Matz |
| CAPSLOCK | Mon Apr 18, 2016 | KEY USED FOR THIS CLUE | Janice Luttrell |
| CARBOMBS | Sat Mar 19, 2011 | They make vehicles very volatile | Joe DiPietro |
| CHANGEDONESMIND | Mon May 25, 2020 | Decided otherwise ... or a hint to the four sets of circled letters | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas |
| COVERTACTION | Mon Aug 7, 2017 | Secret military operation | Kevin Christian |
| CUDDLED | Wed Jul 17, 2013 | Got very close and comfy | Robyn Weintraub |
| DOGTAGS | Tue Nov 12, 2019 | Soldiers' IDs | Gabrielle Friedman and Jakob Weisblat |
| DOWNWARDFACINGDOG | Thu Apr 28, 2022 | Part of a sun salutation, in yoga | Pao Roy |
| FILLINGSTATION | Mon Jan 11, 2010 | Place to get gas | Ron and Nancy Byron |
| FOOTBRAKE | Sat Jun 28, 1997 | It stops when it's depressed | Bob Klahn |
| HALFTRUTH | Wed Jan 12, 2011 | Deceptive remark | Jim Hilger |
| HUNGERED | Mon Apr 28, 1997 | Yearned (for) | Peter Gordon |
| INTHEEVENT | Tue Dec 9, 2014 | Supposing (that) | Paul Hunsberger |
| LATERISERS | Fri Jul 17, 2009 | Most night owls | Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk |
| LEMONMERINGUEPIE | Fri May 1, 2015 | Tangy dessert | David Steinberg |
| LITTON | Tue Jan 30, 1996 | Electronics giant___Industries | M. Skolsky |
| LORNES | Mon Jun 15, 1998 | TV's Greene and Michaels | Nancy Salomon |
| MMAFIGHTER | Tue Oct 15, 2024 | Modern combat athlete, informally | Lindsay Rosenblum |
| MOONROVER | Mon Nov 28, 2022 | Wheeled vehicle designed to function in low gravity | Chloe Revery |
| NOISIEST | Wed Nov 9, 2011 | Registering the most on the applause-o-meter | Paula Gamache |
| OILSPILL | Tue Aug 28, 2001 | Exxon Valdez mishap | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PEALES | Fri Oct 24, 2008 | Family of 18th- and 19th-century painters | Frederick J. Healy |
| POTHOLDER | Thu Oct 21, 2021 | Help when things are too hot to handle | Michael Lieberman |
| RESETTLEMENT | Sun Aug 18, 2024 | Vital component of the global refugee process | Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger |
| RINGADING | Tue Jul 31, 2012 | Having razzle-dazzle, to a Rat Packer | Michael Sharp |
| SHESMINE | Sun May 19, 2019 | 1984 Steve Perry hit | Natan Last |
| SMOOTHLY | Wed Jul 28, 2004 | Without a hitch | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| SPITSOUT | Sat Aug 9, 2014 | Quickly produces in great quantity | Josh Knapp |
| STEEPHILL | Thu Jun 17, 2004 | Marathoner's challenge | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TENLITTLEINDIANS | Sun Apr 23, 1995 | Agatha Christie mystery | Randolph Ross |
| THAE | Tue Oct 21, 2003 | Those, to Robert Burns | John Underwood |
| THROUPLE | Fri Jul 28, 2023 | Polyamory portmanteau | Rafael Musa and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| TRUELEVEL | Sun May 16, 2010 | Carpenter's standard | Matt Ginsberg |