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 50,597 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKACK | Tue Jun 10, 1997 | Antiaircraft fire | Fred Piscop |
| ALTOON | Sun Sep 19, 2021 | Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the New York Jets Ring of Honor | Peter Gordon |
| ASHLEYOLSEN | Thu Jul 3, 2014 | "It Takes Two" co-star | Luke Vaughn |
| BANDEDANTEATERS | Fri Jan 31, 2014 | Numbats | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| BECHDELTEST | Sat May 20, 2017 | Metric for gauging female representation in works of fiction | Paolo Pasco and David Steinberg |
| BEEFTEAS | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Old-fashioned cold remedies | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| BLENDEDFAMILY | Thu Apr 1, 2021 | 64-/65-Across and others | Sam Ezersky |
| BONEASH | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | Material in some china | Kevin G. Der |
| CABLETV | Sun Jul 21, 1996 | Lifetime domain | D. Niles |
| CATHODES | Sun Feb 16, 2020 | Some battery ends | Sam Ezersky |
| COMPETENTLY | Wed Sep 18, 2013 | With skill | Paul Hunsberger |
| DRUGCZAR | Sat May 16, 2015 | Highest officer in his field, ironically | Byron Walden |
| DUCKING | Thu Nov 4, 2004 | Avoiding spitballs, say | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EMPTYSPACES | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | *Voids | Kareem Ayas |
| EXPRESSMAIL | Wed Jul 8, 1998 | Alternative to special delivery | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| GOTONTO | Sun Feb 15, 2015 | Mounted | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| LOVERSQUARREL | Fri Jun 24, 2022 | Cause of a breakup | Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel |
| MARINEONE | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | It lands on the White House's South Lawn | Brad Wiegmann |
| MATHTEACHER | Thu May 5, 2022 | Someone well versed in this puzzle's theme | Adam Wagner |
| MUSICALNOTATION | Thu Jan 29, 2009 | See 66-Across | Barry C. Silk |
| NAPED | Sun Sep 2, 2007 | Red-___ sapsucker | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| NOTLOOKINGSOHOT | Tue Jul 28, 2009 | "Doubtful" | Tony Orbach |
| ORDOCS | Sun Jul 20, 2025 | Sawbones, in brief | Michael Schlossberg |
| POTBROWNIE | Sat Apr 30, 2022 | Delectable made with grass | Joe DiPietro |
| PRESSPOUND | Tue Sep 7, 2021 | Last step in telephone instructions, often | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| RAPEE | Fri Jul 14, 2000 | See 17-Across | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| READINESS | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Inclination | A. J. Santora |
| RESPECTER | Thu Feb 16, 2012 | Obeyer, as of laws | Jim Page |
| SCOREAHIT | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | Make the Billboard charts, say | Jeff Chen |
| SUBWAYS | Fri Aug 1, 1997 | Tubes | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| SUNDANCEKID | Wed Apr 26, 2000 | 1969 Redford role | A. J. Santora |
| TEAMUPON | Fri Sep 9, 2022 | Tackle together | Brandon Koppy |
| THECOMETS | Thu Jan 19, 2017 | Bill Haley's backup band | Jacob Stulberg |
| TOTOIV | Sat Nov 6, 2010 | Triple-platinum 1982 album with the #1 hit "Africa" | Brad Wilber |
| TWIDDLE | Wed Apr 9, 2025 | Apt rhyme for "fiddle" | Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein |
| WALUIGI | Sat Aug 9, 2025 | Purple-hatted Nintendo character | Aidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam |
| WATERHOLE | Sat Sep 3, 2011 | Gathering place for animals | Peter Wentz |
| WINDOWMANNEQUIN | Thu Jul 9, 1998 | And still another dummy | Norman S. Wizer |
| YOUOK | Fri Nov 9, 2007 | Concerned query | Henry Hook |
| YOUREONMUTE | Thu Dec 14, 2023 | Oft-used phrase during Zoom meetings ... or the reason for the misunderstandings at 17-, 26-, 50- and 60-Across? | Esha Datta |