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 50,206 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLEWASIEREISAWELBA | Wed May 4, 2011 | Phrase inspired by Napoleon | Jeff Chen |
| ASIANPEAR | Sat Jun 8, 2013 | Crisp salad ingredient from across the Pacific | David Quarfoot |
| BACKTOSCHOOL | Tue May 8, 2018 | Like some August sales | Ori Brian |
| COMPUTERCRASH | Tue Jun 7, 2022 | What the "spinning beach ball of death" might indicate | Carly Schuna |
| CREEPIEST | Fri Aug 2, 2002 | Most spine-chilling | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DARFUR | Wed Feb 11, 2015 | Region next to Chad | Will Treece |
| DECILES | Sat Jan 8, 2022 | Tenths, in statistics | Freddie Cheng |
| DUCKANDCOVER | Sun Jul 22, 2001 | Raw materials for a feather pillow? | Patrick Berry |
| ENDOWMENTS | Sat Aug 6, 2022 | University stores | Byron Walden |
| FALSEPANEL | Wed May 2, 2018 | Something you might secretly push in a 24-Down | Bryant White |
| FEDERER | Sat Sep 6, 2014 | Completer of a career Grand Slam in 2009 | James Mulhern |
| FLAGBEARER | Wed Mar 13, 2013 | Certain marcher in a parade | Joe DiPietro |
| FOOTBALLFIELD | Sun Nov 5, 2006 | Flag ___ Day | Derrick Niederman |
| GRIFFITH | Wed May 18, 2011 | D. W. ___ Award, honor for 58-/46-Across for lifetime achievement | David J. Kahn |
| HIGHJACKING | Sun Apr 22, 2001 | Monster truck driver changes flat tire, gets charged with ... | Patrick Berry |
| HIGHNOTES | Fri Feb 28, 2014 | They soar at the opera | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| INTERCELLULAR | Sun May 8, 2005 | Like electrical signals in the body [Toyota] | Jim Page |
| ISNTITEXCITING | Wed Jul 22, 2020 | "Are you as jazzed as I am?" | Peter A. Collins |
| JACKET | Thu Oct 9, 2014 | - | Joel Fagliano |
| JUNCTURE | Mon Jun 4, 2001 | Critical point | Patrick Jordan |
| KOBOLD | Tue Nov 17, 1998 | German goblin | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| LENTENROSE | Tue Sep 26, 2000 | One who blossoms in spring? | Bill Ballard |
| MELISSAMCCARTHY | Fri Dec 9, 2016 | Player of Molly on "Mike & Molly" | David Phillips |
| NARROWGAP | Sat May 27, 2023 | Spelunker's challenge | Samuel Smalley |
| NEWAMSTERDAM | Tue Apr 21, 1998 | Settlement of 1624 | Fred Piscop |
| NIGHTVISION | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | What some goggles provide | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| OILRICH | Fri Aug 8, 2014 | Like Saudi Arabia | Bruce Haight |
| OWENMEANY | Fri Dec 15, 2000 | Irving title character | Joe DiPietro |
| PALTZ | Sun May 9, 2010 | New ___, N.Y. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PHONECASES | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | If EPSON & CHASE merged and became an electronics accessories company, they would sell ___ | Michael Lieberman |
| RUNTHROUGH | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | [See circled letters] | Timothy Polin |
| SHOOKUP | Fri Jun 20, 2025 | In a state | Adrianne Baik |
| STALLSOUT | Fri Dec 22, 2017 | Stops, as an engine | Sam Trabucco |
| SUNBURNT | Tue Aug 22, 2023 | Tanned and then some | Jay Silverman |
| TRAFALGARSQUARE | Mon Dec 27, 1993 | Lord Nelson site | Joel Davajan |
| ULTRASUEDE | Sat Dec 28, 1996 | Synthetic fabric | N. Joline |
| UPSTROKE | Thu Jul 11, 2024 | Certain calligraphy mark | Mat Shelden |
| WHOLOVESYOU | Wed Nov 7, 2001 | 1975 Four Seasons hit | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WIDGEONS | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | Mallard cousins | Randolph Ross |
| WITHES | Sun Mar 5, 1995 | Tough, flexible twigs | A.J. Santora |