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 50,422 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALITTLEGIVEANDTAKE | Sun Jul 20, 2014 | See instructions | Eric Berlin |
| ARKINS | Sun Dec 14, 1997 | Alan and Adam | Nancy Salomon |
| ARMIE | Fri Jan 24, 2020 | Actor Hammer of "The Social Network" | Scott Earl |
| BALLSUP | Thu May 31, 2001 | Muddles | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BIOFUEL | Sat Mar 26, 2022 | Algae, at times | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| BITONAL | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Using two musical keys | Jim Page |
| COHESIVE | Tue May 18, 1999 | Unified | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| CROSSWORDSOLVER | Sat Feb 13, 2010 | You, e.g. | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| CURTAINROD | Wed Apr 8, 2009 | It may be over a window | Joey Weissbrot |
| DEQUATRE | Thu Aug 18, 1994 | Pas _____ (dance for four) | A.J. Santora |
| DUESENBERG | Sat Jan 8, 1994 | See 18-Across | Rand H. Burns |
| FILMSPLICER | Wed Aug 4, 2021 | Editing device suggested by 17-, 23-, 33- and 46-Across? | Brandon Koppy |
| FITTO | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | ___ be tied | Kevin G. Der |
| GIVESPERMISSION | Wed Oct 25, 2017 | Allows | Jules P. Markey |
| HEXAPODS | Fri Dec 23, 2011 | Insects | Patrick Berry |
| HITSTHEROOF | Mon Jun 12, 2023 | Explodes in anger | Alice Liang |
| IMMOLATED | Tue Oct 6, 2009 | Burned ceremonially | Matt Ginsberg |
| ITSADONEDEAL | Sat Sep 14, 2024 | "No backing out now" | Christina Iverson |
| LEHARS | Sun Sep 22, 1996 | "Paganini" composer Franz et al. | C. Millhauser |
| MENSHEALTH | Wed May 29, 2024 | Magazine with cover exclamations like "Bigger Biceps!" | Jeanne Breen and Jeff Chen |
| MICROCODE | Sat Mar 11, 1995 | Detailed computer instructions | Nancy Joline |
| MIKEPENCE | Wed Oct 28, 2020 | Frequent "S.N.L." role for Beck Bennett | Peter Gordon |
| MYDEARWATSON | Tue Apr 25, 2006 | See 18-Across | Kevan Choset |
| NOODLEHEAD | Tue Aug 14, 2007 | Doofus | C. W. Stewart |
| PRIMEVIDEO | Thu Oct 21, 2021 | Where to find Amazon's streams | Michael Lieberman |
| PUTSONACLINIC | Sun Mar 8, 2020 | Shows how it's done | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| RESERVEDSEAT | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Book it! | Byron Walden |
| ROADBEDS | Sat Apr 20, 1996 | Unpaved surfaces | R. Norris |
| SAULBELLOW | Tue Jul 19, 1994 | 1976 Nobel Prize winner from 40-Across | Christopher Hurt |
| SHOSHONE | Sat Feb 18, 2012 | Sacagawea, for one | Matt Ginsberg |
| SIMONLEGREE | Wed Apr 6, 1994 | Cruel employer | Ed Stein |
| SLOBBERY | Mon Jun 22, 2020 | Like a big dog's lick | Sid Sivakumar |
| SPIRITUALS | Fri Jul 20, 2001 | "Go Down, Moses" and others | Jim Page |
| SPRINGHASSPRUNG | Wed Mar 6, 2019 | Cry when warmer weather returns | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| STOODAPART | Sat Mar 19, 2011 | Distinguished oneself | Joe DiPietro |
| TALENTPOOL | Fri Jul 21, 2023 | Group cultivated by a recruiter | Robyn Weintraub |
| TAROTCARD | Sat Aug 28, 2021 | Divine instrument? | Julian Lim |
| TELMA | Sun Sep 18, 1994 | "Family Matters" actress Hopkins | Merl Reagle |
| THESCORPIONKING | Mon Jul 21, 2003 | "Royal" action film, 2002 | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| UNRELATED | Wed Jun 8, 2005 | Like bush pigs and guinea pigs | Richard Chisholm |