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 50,135 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFOOLPROOFWAY | Thu Oct 7, 1999 | Query, part 2 | Kelly Clark |
| ANTAEUS | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | "Invincible" victim of Hercules | R. M. Hopkins |
| BECKETT | Sat Mar 7, 2009 | "Krapp's Last Tape" playwright | Joe Krozel |
| BLADED | Tue Sep 9, 2003 | Like propellers | Robert Zimmerman |
| BLADEII | Wed Jan 30, 2013 | 2002 sequel starring Wesley Snipes | Will Nediger |
| BLETCHLEYPARK | Thu Jun 8, 2023 | English site of W.W. II code-breaking | Philip Koski |
| BRINGTO | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | Revive | Patrick Berry |
| CLYDESDALE | Thu Jan 9, 2025 | Charlie horse | David P. Williams |
| DALL | Sat Sep 3, 1994 | "The Corn Is Green" Oscar nominee | Raymond Hamel |
| FORENSICANALYST | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | Detective in a lab | Jeff Chen |
| FREAKSHOW | Sat Dec 30, 1995 | Wacky exhibition | Joe DiPietro |
| GOTOLDER | Fri Oct 14, 2005 | Aged | Michael Shteyman |
| GROWLERS | Thu Jan 26, 2023 | Beer containers | Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez |
| HELLHOLES | Sat Apr 5, 2025 | Absolutely awful places | Rafael Musa |
| IMSOCONFUSED | Fri May 10, 2024 | "None of this makes any sense!" | Jesse Cohn |
| JAMESIV | Sun Jul 30, 2017 | Last Scottish king to die in battle | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| LEGLIFT | Sun Aug 25, 2024 | Core exercise done lying down | John Kugelman |
| LESLIEHOPE | Sun Jun 13, 2021 | "24" and "Suits" actress, born in Halifax | Stephen McCarthy |
| LOOKINGUP | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Showing promise | Scott Earl |
| MONKEYSAROUND | Tue Jan 30, 2001 | Plays in a zoo? | David J. Kahn |
| MOONRAKER | Sun Oct 17, 1999 | 1979 James Bond movie | Bob and Sharon Klahn |
| MOTIONDENIED | Tue Sep 21, 2021 | A little tied up at the moment? | Daniel Okulitch |
| NEUTRONS | Fri Aug 29, 1997 | Atomic bits | Mark Diehl |
| ORKANS | Sun Mar 21, 1999 | Natives of Mork's home planet | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| PANAMAHAT | Sat Feb 28, 2015 | Summer suit accessory | Barry C. Silk |
| PHOEBUS | Wed Sep 24, 1997 | Apollo as god of the sun | Wayne Robert Williams |
| ROYALALBERTHALL | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | London landmark | Frank A. Longo |
| SOLIDGROUND | Mon Aug 3, 2020 | Firm place to plant your feet | Eric Bornstein |
| SONGSTER | Sun Feb 27, 2005 | Air producer | Mike Torch |
| SOYOU | Sun Dec 6, 2020 | "... or ___ think!" | Tony Orbach |
| SQUIRRELINGAWAY | Mon Nov 14, 2016 | Storing for future use | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SWISHER | Fri Nov 15, 2024 | Tech journalist Kara | Alina Abidi |
| TABARET | Wed Oct 30, 1996 | Upholstery fabric | A. D. Cover |
| THEGAMEISAFOOT | Mon Jul 5, 2010 | Sherlock Holmes phrase, when on a case | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| THESEINE | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Quai D'Orsay setting | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| THEUSUALSUSPECTS | Thu May 13, 2021 | "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" [1995] | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| UNDERPRESSURE | Mon Feb 17, 2025 | 1981 hit by Queen and David Bowie | Kate Hawkins and Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| VINORDINAIRE | Wed May 12, 2021 | Inexpensive table wine | Tracy Gray |
| WASTEDPOTENTIAL | Fri Oct 11, 2024 | Underachiever's issue | Billy Bratton |
| YOGH | Sun May 31, 1998 | Middle English letter | Cathy Millhauser |