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 50,712 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCREDITS | Fri Aug 5, 2005 | Certifies | David Ainslie Macleod |
| ACTOFLYING | Sun May 11, 1997 | Prevarication | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| AGEDNESS | Sun Feb 9, 2003 | Senescence | David J. Kahn |
| ALMIGHTYDOLLAR | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Jack regarded as an object of devotion | Barry C. Silk |
| BARRYLEVINSON | Thu Apr 8, 1999 | Noted director who acted in 43-Across with 35-Across | David J. Kahn |
| BERMUDAS | Wed Sep 4, 1996 | Cut-off 55-Across? | N. S. Ross |
| BOUNCES | Thu May 30, 2002 | Ejects | Peter Gordon |
| CIGARASH | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Cuban remnant | Mark Diehl |
| DETOXDIET | Sat Dec 8, 2018 | Cleansing ritual | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| ELECTEES | Sat Jul 31, 1999 | The chosen | Fred Piscop |
| ESCAPECLAUSE | Mon Oct 21, 2013 | Stipulation that frees one of liability | Gary Cee |
| FIFTHELEMENT | Mon Nov 23, 2015 | 1997 Bruce Willis sci-fi film, with "The" | Parker Lewis |
| HIGHDIVE | Thu Jan 8, 2026 | Nonverbal "well done" | Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang |
| HUGHLAURIE | Thu May 15, 2014 | "House" star | John Lieb |
| JIMMYCARTER | Sun Nov 24, 2002 | Crowbar schlepper? | Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein |
| KICKBOXING | Fri May 22, 2020 | Relative of karate | Hal Moore |
| LITTLEORPHANANNIE | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Last seen with a red-haired girl. If found, call ___ [see 119-Across] | Matthew Sewell |
| MALTESES | Mon Oct 10, 2022 | White dogs, or bluish-gray cats | Byron Walden |
| MECCANS | Sun Oct 20, 1996 | Holy City populace | R. Ross |
| MEGATONIC | Sun Oct 5, 2003 | Gigantic gin mixer? | Richard Silvestri |
| MINORITE | Sat Jul 16, 2011 | Follower of St. Francis | Patrick Berry |
| MUDGUARD | Wed Mar 12, 2008 | Curved motorcycle part | Larry Shearer |
| MUSICOFTHEHEART | Tue Jul 30, 2002 | 1999 Meryl Streep movie | Sherry O. Blackard |
| NANDA | Sun Aug 21, 1994 | _____ Devi (second-highest peak in India) | Ted Fulton |
| NAPPA | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | Soft leather used in wallets, whose name derives from a place in California | Byron Walden |
| OAKED | Wed Jul 6, 2016 | Stored in certain wood barrels, as 65-Across | David Woolf |
| PICKSAT | Sat Apr 28, 2007 | Barely eats | Sherry O. Blackard |
| PLATEARMOR | Sun Dec 30, 2012 | Heavy-duty protection | Steve Savoy |
| PURSUES | Wed Feb 14, 2018 | Goes after | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| RAMIMALEK | Sat Apr 28, 2018 | 2016 Emmy-winning lead actor for "Mr. Robot" | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| ROCKIN | Mon Dec 24, 2007 | Brenda Lee's "___ Around the Christmas Tree" | Mark Sherwood |
| SAWAS | Fri Sep 10, 2021 | Perceived to be | Adrian Kabigting |
| SECCOS | Thu Jul 13, 1995 | Some murals | A.J. Santora |
| SIDETRIPS | Tue Mar 26, 2002 | Tours within tours | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| SUGARCONE | Sat Aug 28, 2010 | Alternative to a cup | Xan Vongsathorn |
| TADLINCOLN | Sat Jun 21, 2014 | Onetime White House resident with a cleft palate | Brad Wilber and Byron Walden |
| THEMICEWILLPLAY | Mon Apr 10, 1995 | See 17 Across | Sidney L. Robbins |
| WALKTOFIRSTBASE | Thu Jul 11, 2013 | What four balls may let you do | Henry Hook |
| WAYSTATION | Tue Oct 12, 2004 | Minor railroad stop | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| WELLDRILL | Tue Oct 1, 2019 | Device for tapping groundwater | Erik Agard |