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 50,640 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEATAHASTYRETREAT | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Back down | Joe DiPietro |
| CAMELHUMPS | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | These don't hold water | Sam Ezersky |
| CAMPOUT | Mon Dec 1, 2014 | Activity with a tent and s'mores | John Guzzetta |
| CARDCATALOG | Fri May 6, 2016 | Holder of many titles | Julian Lim |
| CHORALGROUP | Tue Jul 23, 2024 | What the ends of 17-, 31-, 37- and 48-Across are, collectively | Sarah Sinclair and Amie Walker |
| CITYSTREETS | Sat Sep 22, 2007 | Locale for most of the New York Marathon | Mark Diehl |
| COMPUWARE | Fri Jul 24, 2015 | Big name in the mainframe business | Patrick Berry |
| CONSTANTNAGGING | Tue Jan 27, 2004 | Pestering, redundantly | Randall J. Hartman |
| DEEPWEB | Sun Dec 7, 2014 | Content that's hard for a search engine to access | Jeff Chen |
| EXACTION | Sun Dec 5, 1993 | Big demand | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXANIMO | Sat Mar 18, 2017 | From the heart, in Latin | Roland Huget |
| GRIMSBY | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | "The Little Mermaid" fellow | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GUNRANGE | Fri Feb 16, 1996 | Duck hunter's scope | M. Nosowsky |
| HIDEONOMO | Sat Mar 25, 2017 | Pitcher who was the 1995 N.L. Rookie of the Year | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| HOBBITVILLAGE | Mon Nov 6, 2023 | Home for Tolkien's Bilbo and Frodo | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| IVYROSE | Sat Mar 24, 2012 | 1957 hit for Perry Como | Barry C. Silk |
| KARLMALDEN | Fri Oct 24, 2008 | Warden player in "Birdman of Alcatraz" | Frederick J. Healy |
| LANCEARMSTRONG | Wed Nov 5, 2008 | Athlete with four ESPY awards | Doug Peterson |
| LASTTHEDISTANCE | Sat Jun 9, 2018 | Not fade | Roland Huget |
| LOWBUDGETFILM | Tue Jun 14, 2011 | Indie studio's offering, maybe | Doug Peterson and Angela Olson Halsted |
| MANEATINGSHARKS | Fri Jul 9, 2010 | Popular sea menaces of film | Patrick Berry |
| MONOGYNY | Tue Nov 3, 2020 | Practice of males mating with one female, but not vice versa, as in bees and ants | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| PAIROFJEANS | Sun Mar 13, 1994 | SIMMONS, STAPLETON | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PETTINGZOO | Sat May 9, 2009 | Place where kids may feed kids | Brad Wilber |
| QUIVERFUL | Sat Sep 27, 2008 | Supply of arrows | Karen M. Tracey |
| RECOMMITS | Wed Mar 4, 2026 | Brings a fresh effort (to) | Wayne Bergman |
| RECORDCROWD | Sat Jul 4, 2015 | Best turnout ever | Sam Ezersky |
| REDEARTH | Sun Feb 1, 2026 | Iron-rich variety of fertile soil | Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman |
| RIVERRAFTS | Wed Jul 11, 2007 | They run rapids | Patrick Merrell |
| RODGERSANDHAMMERSTEIN | Sun Mar 1, 2015 | Duo behind 118-Across | Finn Vigeland |
| SAPLESS | Tue Feb 27, 1996 | Dry, as a plant | J.L. Beatty |
| SHEERTERROR | Fri Nov 5, 1999 | Cause of freezing, perhaps | Mark Diehl |
| SMOKESPOT | Sun May 3, 2015 | Takes part in a joint session? | Dan Schoenholz |
| SOLACING | Thu Jul 18, 1996 | Comforting | W. R. Williams |
| SUPERHORSE | Sun Jun 9, 2013 | Time and Newsweek's cover description of 64-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TBOONEPICKENS | Thu Jul 5, 2007 | *Founder of Mesa Petroleum | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TIMETRIAL | Wed Jul 10, 2024 | Segment of this puzzle's race | Hal Moore |
| WHENTHECATSAWAY | Mon Apr 10, 1995 | With 36 Across, shirker's comment | Sidney L. Robbins |
| WRITEOFF | Mon Apr 18, 2005 | Cancellation of a debt | Robert Dillman |
| WUTANGCLAN | Fri Aug 11, 2017 | Rap group whose name comes from a martial arts film | Hal Moore |