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 51,114 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHURWYNNE | Sat Dec 21, 2013 | Creator of the first crossword | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| BARRELCHESTED | Tue Nov 17, 1998 | Like some tenors | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| CASINOFLOOR | Tue Mar 15, 2022 | Locale for baccarat or roulette | Michael Lieberman |
| CATSUITS | Sat Jan 12, 2013 | Wear for some superheroines | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| COGITATES | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | Works the old bean | Byron Walden |
| COUPLESCOSTUME | Fri Sep 12, 2025 | Idea for a pair of trick-or-treaters | Joe Marquez |
| DEMONETIZE | Sat Oct 7, 2023 | Punish, in a way, as a YouTube creator | Alex Vratsanos |
| DISPLEASED | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Frowning | Eric Berlin |
| DIVULGER | Sat May 7, 1994 | Stool pigeon | Bryant White |
| DOESTHETRICK | Wed Nov 22, 2000 | Works perfectly | Fred Piscop |
| DOMINATES | Sat Nov 3, 2012 | Is clearly #1 | Milo Beckman |
| EMONO | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | See 81-Across | Natan Last |
| ENROLLEES | Sun Aug 28, 2022 | Matriculation group | Ori Brian |
| ESKIMODOGS | Sun Apr 22, 2012 | They're mushed | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| GANNETS | Sat Aug 8, 2015 | Plunge-diving seabirds | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HABS | Sun Jul 7, 1996 | Montreal skaters, in the sports pages | R. H. Wolfe |
| HEISTED | Thu Jun 9, 2022 | Did a job on | Dan Ziring |
| HIDDENMIKE | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | Bug | David Steinberg |
| KAFTAN | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | Garment of the Middle East | Sam Buchbinder |
| MAFIOSOS | Sun Mar 22, 2026 | Family members | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MAKEITMAKESENSE | Fri Jun 5, 2026 | "Can anyone explain this?!" | Kelly Morenus |
| NAILBITER | Sat Aug 27, 2011 | Very close game, e.g. | Ashton Anderson |
| NOSEBLEEDS | Sat Nov 9, 2024 | Stadium section | Chandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| PARISIANS | Thu Feb 5, 2015 | French capitalists? | Mike Buckley |
| RAPTLY | Sun May 22, 2016 | With full attention | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| REKNOT | Mon Aug 22, 2011 | Tie again, as a necktie | Milo Beckman |
| REVESTS | Fri Dec 27, 1996 | Places in control again | B. White |
| REWATCHED | Sat Sep 25, 2021 | Like favorite films, typically | Adam Simon Levine |
| ROBBERIES | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Heists | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| ROLEMODELS | Sat Jul 1, 2017 | Paragons | David Phillips |
| RUNAWAYJURY | Mon Oct 21, 2013 | John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novel | Gary Cee |
| SOULTRAINLINE | Sat Jul 11, 2020 | Longtime dance feature on TV beginning in 1971 | Kameron Austin Collins |
| TABOURET | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | Backless stool | Tracy Gray |
| TACKLINGDUMMIES | Sun Oct 13, 2024 | ... a D.I.Y. manual on other D.I.Y. manuals? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| TOOCLOSETOCALL | Thu Aug 22, 2013 | Extremely tight | Stu Ockman |
| TOPKICK | Sat Mar 25, 1995 | First sergeant, in military slang | Walter Webb |
| TRIPLEIPA | Wed Jul 21, 2021 | Super-hoppy craft brew | Alex Vratsanos |
| TRUNKSHOW | Tue May 14, 2024 | Traveling fashion sale featuring the work of a specific designer | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| UPANDUP | Sat Mar 18, 2017 | Honest or respectable course | Roland Huget |
| WEIRDEDOUT | Sat Feb 8, 2020 | Getting a strange vibe | Hemant Mehta |