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 50,246 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 |
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ABEAUTIFULMIND | Tue Feb 26, 2002 | 2001 50-Across nominee | Peter Gordon |
ALANPATON | Sat Nov 9, 2019 | "Cry, the Beloved Country" author | Neil Padrick Wilson |
ALERTNESS | Sat Jun 13, 2009 | Opposite of torpor | Barry C. Silk |
ALEXANDERPORTNOY | Sat Mar 13, 1999 | PHILIP ROTH PROTAGONIST | David J. Kahn |
AVERSIONS | Fri Sep 2, 1994 | Objects of repugnance | Bryant White |
BETAAPPS | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Downloads in the testing phase | Ross Trudeau |
BISONBISON | Sat Apr 1, 2023 | Scientific name for the American bison | Wyna Liu and Joel Fagliano |
BUSTIERS | Wed Aug 15, 2012 | Close-fitting women's garments | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
CHRISTMASEVE | Fri Dec 24, 2010 | Time before the present day? | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
CISCOS | Thu Aug 4, 2005 | Great Lakes swimmers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
DOWNTOTHEWIRE | Sat Oct 26, 2002 | Very close | Rich Norris |
ECHOEY | Thu Apr 25, 2024 | Like like like this clue clue clue ... | Hanh Huynh |
ERGONOMICCHAIR | Fri Aug 17, 2001 | Best seat in the house? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
FLEXION | Sat Feb 25, 2017 | Bodybuilder's pose, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
FREUDIANSLIPS | Sun Sep 15, 1996 | Revealing comments | A. K. Justin |
FRIENDLYREMINDER | Sat Jun 14, 2025 | Gentle nudge | Barbara Lin |
HANGMEN | Fri Jun 7, 1996 | Workers in masks | M. Jones |
HOPONTO | Sun Jun 2, 2013 | Board, as a carousel | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
ITASA | Wed May 31, 2000 | Take ___ sign | M. Francis Vuolo |
JUMPEDTHEGUN | Sat Apr 2, 1994 | Got overeager | Manny Nosowsky |
LASTLETTERS | Sat Apr 4, 2009 | Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues | Matt Ginsberg |
MAINROUTE | Fri Feb 24, 2017 | Artery | Andrew Zhou |
METEORSHOWERS | Fri Oct 6, 2017 | Spectacular rock events? | Patrick Berry |
NODESIRE | Sun Apr 6, 2008 | Zero interest | Daniel C. Bryant |
NOTHINGMUCH | Thu Oct 24, 2019 | ... A small amount | Matt Ginsberg |
NUTSABOUT | Sat Apr 6, 2019 | Enamored of, informally | Ned White |
POLTERGEISTS | Wed Jul 25, 2018 | Things that go bump in the night | Emily Carroll |
PRACTICEROUND | Fri Dec 28, 2001 | Warm-up | Manny Nosowsky |
REDPANDAS | Wed Sep 24, 2025 | Colorful ring-tailed mammals of Asia | Peter A. Collins |
RIGHTFIELD | Mon Aug 30, 2010 | Position for Babe Ruth | Richard Chisholm |
SELBY | Thu Mar 19, 2015 | Actor David of "Dark Shadows" | Todd Gross |
SENATORELECT | Fri Oct 6, 2017 | One with a reserved seat | Patrick Berry |
SEWARDS | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | ___ Folly | Martin Schneider |
TERRIBLEIDEA | Sun Nov 15, 2020 | Many a dare, in hindsight | Caitlin Reid |
TRACEDTO | Sat Mar 20, 2010 | Had a prior link with | Joe Krozel |
TRUESTORY | Fri Feb 5, 1999 | "I'm not making that up!" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
UGLINESS | Sun Mar 21, 2021 | Initial problem for a storied duckling | Julian Kwan |
WEIGHSCALES | Mon Mar 1, 2010 | They measure the tonnage of trucks | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
WHATSIS | Sun Jan 29, 2006 | Thingy | Rich Norris |
YOUI | Tue Nov 11, 2008 | Fats Domino's "It's ___ Love" | Nancy Salomon and Larry Shearer |