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 50,383 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMATEURFOOTBALL | Fri Mar 17, 2017 | Recreational soccer, to Brits | Jacob Stulberg |
| BARTHOLDI | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | Statue of Liberty sculptor | Patrick Berry |
| BOOSTED | Fri Dec 21, 2007 | Stole, slangily | Patrick Berry |
| BUTOFCOURSE | Mon Jan 4, 1999 | "Yes!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| CASCADED | Mon Oct 13, 2003 | Tumbled like a waterfall | Eric Berlin |
| DISTRICT | Sat Sep 21, 2019 | What a representative represents | Joon Pahk and Erik Agard |
| ENCASEMENT | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Means of protecting breakables | Patrick Berry |
| EQUINOXES | Fri Sep 8, 2006 | Season openers? | Lisa Bunker |
| EWGROSS | Tue Dec 24, 2024 | "That's disgusting!" | Sarah Sinclair |
| FADEOUTS | Fri Mar 21, 1997 | Cinematic techniques | Shannon Burns |
| FRONTSEAT | Fri Dec 16, 2005 | Good vantage point | Joe DiPietro |
| GINOS | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | Papa ___ (Northeast pizza chain) | Peter A. Collins |
| HOLDONAMINUTE | Wed Jul 24, 2024 | "Wait!" … or hopeful words while playing a 35-Across? | Shaun Phillips |
| ITLLCOSTYA | Sun Nov 4, 2007 | "You're gonna pay!" | Bob Klahn |
| IYAMWHATIYAM | Sun Jul 13, 2014 | Declaration from Popeye | Tom McCoy |
| LEMONBARS | Tue Feb 8, 2022 | Tart snacks [pressure] | Adam Aaronson, Jack Joshi and Jackson Janes |
| MADEABOOBOO | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Slipped | John Guzzetta |
| MDCL | Sun Jan 7, 1996 | Year in Louis XIV's reign | Eric Albert |
| MENKEN | Fri Nov 28, 2003 | "Beauty and the Beast" score composer Alan | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NAMEGAME | Thu Jan 27, 2022 | 1965 Shirley Ellis hit full of wordplay, with "The" | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| NEGATORS | Sun Dec 26, 2004 | Those reversing | Hal Turner |
| NYCTAXI | Sun May 29, 2011 | One in a line at J.F.K. or La Guardia | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| ODDFELLOWS | Thu Jan 27, 2005 | The Three Link Fraternity | Jim Hyres |
| ONCEI | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | "___ saw a little bird ..." (Mother Goose rhyme) | Derrick Niederman |
| PANCAKEDAY | Sat Mar 8, 2008 | Mardi Gras, in the U.K. | Brad Wilber |
| PLAINBAGEL | Sun Oct 14, 2001 | Deli order | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| POLICEDETECTIVE | Thu May 19, 2016 | End of the quip | Morton J. Mendelson |
| PORTES | Wed Mar 28, 2018 | Doors, in Brest | Peter Gordon |
| PROFESSIONALWRESTLING | Sun Jul 20, 2008 | It's quite different from the high-school variety | Barry C. Silk |
| RADICALMOVEMENT | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Compliment to a composer? | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| REACTSTO | Tue Dec 12, 2017 | Gets excited about, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| SHELVED | Tue Jul 3, 2001 | Put on hold | Randall J. Hartman |
| SNOOPING | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Yenta's habit | Kevin G. Der |
| TAIPING | Sun Mar 2, 2025 | ___ Rebellion (19th-century Chinese conflict) | Adam Wagner |
| THENEWTESTAMENT | Wed Jun 5, 2013 | Work containing 21 epistles | Mark Bickham |
| TREEHUGGING | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Extremely green | Byron Walden |
| UPFORDEBATE | Thu Jul 20, 2023 | Worth discussing, as an issue | Drew Schmenner |
| VENEZUELA | Fri Jun 14, 2013 | Only founding member of OPEC not located in the Mideast | Patrick Berry |
| WHANGED | Fri Apr 9, 2004 | Struck with a resounding blow | Bob Peoples |
| WHITEWINE | Mon Apr 29, 2024 | Chardonnay or pinot grigio, e.g. | Tom Locke |