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 50,540 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGOOF | Tue Dec 26, 1995 | Make ____ (err) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| AHUFF | Thu Feb 17, 2022 | Leave in ___ | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| BIGENCHILADA | Mon Apr 16, 2012 | Influential sort | Lynn Lempel |
| BINGER | Fri Jul 19, 2002 | Problem drinker | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BLOWDRYERS | Wed Dec 9, 2009 | They're usually aimed at heads | Peter A. Collins |
| BOWDOIN | Thu Dec 13, 2018 | College in Brunswick, Me. | John Westwig |
| BREEZINESS | Sun Dec 8, 2019 | Carefree quality | Emily Carroll |
| BURSTERS | Sat Jun 30, 2001 | They can't take the pressure | Frank Longo |
| CHICAGOBULLS | Sun Mar 23, 2014 | United Center team | Ian Livengood |
| CLACTON | Sat Sep 23, 1995 | Essex resort | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| COMATE | Sun Jul 26, 1998 | Partner, redundantly | Richard Silvestri |
| COMPACTCARS | Thu May 3, 2018 | Easy-to-park vehicles ... or what can be found four times in this puzzle | Emily Carroll |
| CRONUS | Thu Dec 1, 2005 | Titan dethroned by his son | Randolph Ross |
| DIGITALDATA | Fri Oct 13, 2017 | Bits of information? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DOESDONUTS | Fri Nov 10, 2023 | Drives around in circles, perhaps | Kate Hawkins |
| FENCEPOSTS | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | Stakes in the grass? | Sam Ezersky |
| HOPALONG | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Gabby was his sidekick | Henry Hook |
| ITSABIRD | Thu Sep 12, 2013 | Remark about the end of 18-Across | Ian Livengood |
| JEREZ | Sat Nov 14, 1998 | Spanish wine town | Matt Gaffney |
| KEOKUK | Wed May 24, 2000 | Sauk war chief [Iowa] | Chuck Deodene |
| LADOLCEVITA | Sat Jan 23, 2021 | Classic film that gave us the term "paparazzi" | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| LASCAUX | Sat Aug 9, 2014 | French locale of prehistoric cave paintings | Josh Knapp |
| MARKETINGDIRECTOR | Sun Nov 22, 2009 | #7: Grocery store owner? | Patrick Merrell |
| MARRIEDWITHKIDS | Sat May 24, 2008 | Like a family man | Charles Barasch |
| NBADYNASTY | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | Boston in the '60s or Chicago in the '90s, e.g. | Byron Walden |
| ORCHESTRAPIT | Wed Apr 8, 2015 | Conductor's place | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| POTALE | Sat May 19, 2001 | Residue left after alcohol has been distilled | Dana Motley |
| PREDAWN | Sat Jul 12, 1997 | Early | Richard Silvestri |
| RAILPASS | Thu May 28, 2015 | Rends + word of regret = commuter's purchase | Jeff Chen |
| REBALLOT | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Take another vote | F. Longo |
| REDSTATER | Sat Aug 5, 2006 | Many a conservative | Trip Payne |
| RESPUN | Sat Feb 25, 2006 | Like the "Wheel of Fortune" wheel, again and again | Henry Hook |
| RIDDLEMETHIS | Sat Aug 30, 2025 | Lead-in to a puzzling question | Maddy Ziegler |
| SAWASLIGHTLOSS | Sun Apr 9, 2006 | Diet centers | Paula Gamache |
| SENDAWAY | Sat Apr 23, 2016 | Exile | Paolo Pasco |
| STEALSUPON | Sun Jan 26, 2025 | Approaches furtively | Rich Proulx |
| TASSES | Sun Jun 13, 2004 | Scottish drinking cups | Richard Silvestri |
| VOLTAMPERE | Tue Jan 29, 2013 | Watt's equivalent | David Steinberg |
| WILLIES | Sun Aug 26, 2012 | Acute uneasiness, with "the" | Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson |
| XOXOX | Tue May 24, 2011 | Complimentary close | Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels |