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 50,640 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALESELLERS | Thu Dec 22, 2016 | Taverns and such | Mark MacLachlan |
| ALLEYES | Mon May 30, 2005 | Spellbound | Lynn Lempel |
| ANTIPOLICE | Thu Aug 21, 1997 | Unable to stand the heat? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ARTSCENES | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | Cultural draws for New York and Los Angeles | Sid Sivakumar |
| ASTROBOY | Sat Nov 21, 2020 | Titular android of early anime cartoons | Sam Ezersky |
| BEINGBAD | Fri Aug 16, 1996 | Misbehavior | M. Gaffney |
| BITAT | Thu Jun 20, 2013 | Tried to nip | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CDV | Sun May 14, 2017 | 405, to Flavius | Will Nediger |
| CHESNEY | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Country singer Kenny | Dan Feyer |
| CRISPIN | Sun Nov 14, 1999 | Patron saint of shoemakers | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| CUBBYHOLE | Mon Aug 9, 2004 | Cramped space | M. Francis Vuolo |
| DEFUNCT | Thu Apr 18, 2024 | Bygone | David Kwong |
| DIFFERENCEOFOPINION | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | It's what ﹣ you think | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| DOLOMITES | Wed Mar 14, 2007 | Italian range | Peter A. Collins |
| ETAMIN | Fri Mar 12, 1999 | Brightest star in Draco | A. J. Santora |
| FAIRISLE | Fri Jan 23, 2015 | Shetland sweater style | Ed Sessa |
| FARFEL | Sun Jul 27, 2014 | Small pellets of noodle dough in Jewish cuisine | Randolph Ross |
| FOOLISHNESS | Sun Nov 28, 2004 | Stupidity | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GORGEON | Thu Jun 16, 2016 | Eat in excess | Timothy Polin |
| HARBURG | Sat Jul 9, 2005 | See 53-Down | Patrick Berry |
| HOYEON | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | ___ Jung, "Squid Game" actress | Ryan McCarty |
| KIWIJUICE | Thu Feb 2, 2006 | Exotic green mixer | Byron Walden |
| KORUNAS | Thu May 5, 2022 | Units on Czech checks | Adam Wagner |
| LADYANDTHETRAMP | Tue May 2, 2000 | 1955 Disney classic | Manny Nosowsky |
| LUGWRENCH | Mon Apr 19, 1999 | Trunk item | Gregory E. Paul |
| MALLSANTAS | Sun Aug 25, 2024 | Seasonal workers in suits | John Kugelman |
| MATUTINAL | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Of the morning | Mark Feldman |
| MUSICALSYLLABLES | Thu Jun 9, 2005 | Components of 38-Across | David J. Kahn |
| OBLIGATION | Wed Sep 19, 2001 | A must-do | Steven Dorfman |
| PILOTED | Sun Mar 23, 2008 | Flew | Robert W. Harris |
| SEAPIGS | Fri Dec 13, 1996 | Porpoises | J. Page |
| SNOOZER | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | One in the arms of Morpheus | Frank Longo |
| SOLOPERFORMANCE | Fri Dec 1, 2000 | Something for one to do | Bob Klahn |
| SWANDIVES | Sat Dec 6, 2014 | Elegant pool maneuvers | Josh Knapp |
| SWATTEAM | Fri Mar 25, 2011 | Help in a dangerous situation | Mike Nothnagel |
| TRAE | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | All-Star point guard Young | Peter Gordon |
| VARI | Sat Mar 12, 1994 | Diverse: Prefix | Rand H. Burns |
| WATERGATEBURGLARS | Sun Jul 16, 2023 | 1970s-era sneakers? | Michael Schlossberg |
| WINNOWED | Tue Jul 16, 2024 | Slowly whittled down | Kelly Richardson |
| WYCHELM | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | Common British Isles shader | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |