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 50,531 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIBOHPHOBIA | Wed May 4, 2011 | Jocular term for fear of palindromes | Jeff Chen |
| ANDERSONS | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | "Father Knows Best" family | Byron Walden |
| BAROMETERS | Sun Jun 9, 1996 | Instruments with aneroid cells (italicized) | M. Gaffney |
| BESTSUIT | Sat Mar 16, 2013 | Dress-to-impress attire | Julian Lim |
| BLURTEDOUT | Sat Apr 29, 2023 | Let slip | David Steinberg |
| BRONZY | Sat Mar 13, 1999 | Nicely sun-tanned | David J. Kahn |
| CHEESECAKEPHOTO | Wed Jan 24, 2007 | Provocative pic | Gary Steinmehl |
| CLAMSCASINO | Tue Dec 29, 1998 | Gambling locale for the taciturn? | Susan Harrington Smith |
| CLIMAXES | Wed Jul 25, 2007 | Punch lines, e.g. | Ed Early |
| COMEATME | Sat Nov 2, 2019 | "You wanna fight, bro?!" | Paolo Pasco and Erik Agard |
| DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN | Sun Mar 9, 2025 | Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948 | Michael Schlossberg |
| ENDOWMENT | Wed Mar 4, 2009 | College asset | C. W. Stewart |
| ERICHMARIA | Wed Mar 13, 1996 | First two of a novelist | W. R. Williams |
| EVILOMENS | Sun Oct 20, 2019 | Dark forebodings | Natan Last |
| KENDOLL | Sun Oct 26, 2025 | Toy with "barista" and "dog trainer" versions | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| KRISTIYAMAGUCHI | Sat Aug 22, 2009 | Olympic gold medalist who was a "Dancing With the Stars" champion | Karen M. Tracey |
| MAKEWORK | Fri Mar 29, 2002 | Some pointless exercises | Kevin Hagen |
| MILKERS | Tue Nov 18, 1997 | Dairy workers | Peter Gordon |
| NINJASTARS | Fri Dec 8, 2017 | Throwable weapons used by assassins | Paolo Pasco |
| NOEXCUSE | Sun Jul 25, 2021 | "That's just unacceptable" | Chandi Deitmer |
| PATTERNED | Sat Apr 12, 1997 | Like tattersall | Bob Klahn |
| PONZISCHEMER | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Icon | Michael J. Doran |
| POSTHOLE | Thu Nov 4, 2010 | Fence builder's starting point | Mike Nothnagel |
| PRESSGANG | Wed Jul 6, 2005 | Group forcing men into military service | Raymond Hamel |
| REDORANGEYELLOWGREENBLUEINDIGOVIOLET | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | After-shower scene | Peter Gordon |
| RIDESIDESADDLE | Thu Jan 27, 2022 | Go on horseback à la Lady Godiva | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| ROMANY | Sun Jan 2, 1994 | Gypsy | Brian G. Tyler |
| ROUNDSTEAK | Mon Dec 25, 1995 | Cut of beef | Sidney L. Robbins |
| STAGEACT | Thu Sep 28, 2023 | Talent show performance, say | Ricky Cruz |
| STARSHAKE | Fri Feb 19, 1999 | Timber defect extending from the middle outward | Dana Motley |
| STORMOUT | Wed Jun 22, 2016 | Leave in a huff | Fred Piscop |
| SUPERSTORE | Sat Aug 20, 2016 | One-stop shopping spot | Mark Diehl |
| TEARIER | Tue Jun 9, 2020 | More obviously sad | Freddie Cheng |
| THEOKCORRAL | Wed Oct 11, 2017 | See 28-Down ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled answers? | David J. Kahn |
| TIGHTENDS | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Tersely edited epilogues? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| VOLKSWAGENDASHER | Tue Feb 21, 2023 | 1970s auto that shares part of its name with one of Santa's reindeer | Daniel Raymon |
| WHYISIT | Sun Mar 2, 2025 | Line of questioning? | Adam Wagner |
| WINDOWSONTHEWORLD | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | Bill Gates's favorite restaurant | Maura B. Jacobson |
| WIRESPOKE | Sat Nov 13, 2010 | Kind of wheel | Mark Diehl |
| XSHAPED | Mon Dec 26, 2022 | Like old-fashioned railroad crossing signs | Kurt Weller |