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 51,184 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUIRED | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | With 12-Down, blue cheese and black coffee, typically | Joe Krozel |
| ALIENATTACK | Sun Jan 5, 2014 | Early Coleco hand-held game | Alan DerKazarian |
| ALTAIS | Fri Mar 22, 2002 | Some SW Russians | Randall J. Hartman |
| BATCHEDIT | Tue Feb 13, 2018 | Lived like a single guy | Bruce Haight |
| BELABORS | Fri May 15, 2026 | Harps on | Maddy Ziegler |
| BIONICMEN | Sun Jul 21, 2024 | Certain cyborgs | John Ewbank |
| BROWNDERBY | Tue Jun 11, 1996 | Famed Hollywood eatery, with "the" | G. E. Paul |
| CAIMANS | Sat Nov 24, 2007 | Tropical reptiles | Victor Fleming |
| CALANDO | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Gradually quieting, in music | Henry Hook |
| CHOCOLATECHIP | Tue Jul 11, 2006 | Treat variety #3 | Karen M. Tracey |
| COUSINITT | Fri Jun 1, 2018 | Hirsute character on "The Addams Family" | Andrew J. Ries |
| DERVISH | Sun Mar 20, 1994 | Muslim ascetic | Joel Davajan |
| EXPRESSCONCERNS | Thu Mar 4, 1999 | Overnight mail services? | Cathy Millhauser |
| FENDED | Sat Mar 14, 1998 | Warded (off) | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| GAINEDMOMENTUM | Sun Apr 9, 2006 | Freight trains | Paula Gamache |
| GUNLAP | Thu Feb 5, 2026 | Racer's final go-round | Dario Salvucci |
| HIGHMAINTENANCE | Sat Nov 24, 2018 | Demanding | David Steinberg |
| HOLYARK | Tue Mar 14, 2017 | It stores a synagogue's Torah scrolls | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| IMONLYHUMAN | Sun Jan 4, 2015 | "Nobody's infallible, not even me" | Finn Vigeland |
| INSC | Sun Sep 28, 1997 | Rare book dealer's abbr. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| KEEPAPART | Sat Oct 15, 2016 | Isolate | Mark Diehl |
| LAYSIEGETO | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Beset, as a castle | Mark Diehl |
| LEADAPRON | Tue Jan 23, 2024 | Protective drape for an X-ray | Patrick Maher |
| PANDERSTO | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | Satisfies, as baser instincts | Patrick Berry |
| PEARJUICE | Sat Nov 30, 2019 | Apple cider alternative | Joe Deeney |
| PIONEERED | Fri Apr 7, 1995 | Trailblazed | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| PONCAS | Sun May 31, 2009 | Plains Indians | Kelsey Blakley |
| PSYCHODRAMA | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Form of therapy in which patients act out events from their past | Byron Walden |
| RAINCATSANDDOGS | Thu Jul 15, 2004 | Come down hard | Roy Leban |
| REZAPAHLAVI | Fri Apr 15, 2005 | Shah of Iran, 1941-79 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ROTARYTELEPHONE | Sun Oct 15, 1995 | Communications device | Mel Rosen |
| SAFETYHARNESSES | Fri Dec 20, 1996 | Steeplejacks' equipment | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| SLYTHERINS | Thu Mar 26, 2015 | Draco Malfoy's housemates in the Harry Potter books | Byron Walden |
| SOFTSHOULDERS | Sun Jul 29, 2001 | Road paver's condition? | Michael Ashley |
| STAUBACH | Sun Jan 18, 2015 | QB who led the Cowboys to victories in Super Bowls VI and XII | Joe Krozel |
| TAKINGLIBERTIES | Wed Jul 16, 2008 | Pushing beyond proper limits | Joe Krozel |
| THREESTRIKES | Mon May 10, 2004 | Cause of an out | Joy M. Andrews |
| TOKYOROSE | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | *W.W. II propagandist | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| VEROBEACH | Sun Apr 30, 2000 | Gown that's lost in a Florida town? | Cathy Millhauser |
| WASHINGTONZOO | Fri Mar 13, 2020 | Home for some famous 17-Acrosses, informally | Alex Eaton-Salners |