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 50,259 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEADED | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Like sweat and some moccasins | Jeremy Newton |
| BLACKMAIL | Sun Jun 24, 2001 | Supreme letters (1937-71) | Randolph Ross |
| CHANGESHISMIND | Wed Dec 29, 1999 | Quip, part 2 | Robert O. Dillman |
| CHRISTINE | Sun Dec 2, 2007 | 1983 Stephen King thriller | Seth A. Abel |
| CLATTERY | Wed Oct 30, 2002 | Like a bucket of bolts | Kumar Balani |
| COOLEDOFF | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Chilled | Joe DiPietro |
| CRUSTIER | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | More curmudgeonly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DANCEHALL | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | Setting for the swing set? | Raymond C. Young |
| ENTERTAINER | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | Classic tune used as an ice cream truck jingle, with "The" | Ryan Judge |
| FALLA | Wed May 1, 1996 | Spanish composer Manuel de___ | F. Piscop |
| GLUTTED | Fri Dec 28, 2001 | Gave too much | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOTHAMMERED | Sun Apr 9, 2006 | Nails | Paula Gamache |
| HEARTOFDIXIE | Thu Feb 14, 2008 | Alabama nickname | David J. Kahn |
| HITTINGTHEWALL | Mon Sep 10, 2001 | Out of gas | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| HONEYHONEY | Fri Sep 14, 2018 | 1974 Abba hit | John Guzzetta |
| INBADODOR | Sun Aug 21, 1994 | Out of favor | Ted Fulton |
| IRISHTEA | Sun Jul 9, 2023 | McEntee's product | Christina Iverson |
| KINKAJOU | Sat Jul 18, 1998 | Raccoon relative | Rich Norris |
| KOALABEARS | Fri Sep 12, 2008 | Furry folivores | Natan Last |
| LOGGINGINTO | Mon Jul 1, 2019 | Accessing, as a password-restricted website | Damon Gulczynski |
| MATHTESTS | Sat Apr 23, 2022 | They've got their own problems | Matthew Stock |
| METAMORPHOSI | Wed Sep 4, 2002 | Short change? | Eric Berlin |
| MOVEYOURTAIL | Tue Feb 11, 2003 | "Hurry up!" to a person assigning spies? | Myles Callum |
| MYOSIN | Sun Jun 3, 2007 | Common muscle protein | Kelsey Blakley |
| NECKRUBS | Sat Dec 7, 2024 | Parts of some massages | Luke K. Schreiber |
| ONESTEPATATIME | Fri Sep 23, 2022 | Not in bounds? | Erik Agard |
| PAREO | Wed Jan 12, 2011 | Tahitian-style wraparound skirt | Jim Hilger |
| PFLUG | Sat Sep 11, 2010 | "Candid Camera" co-host Jo Ann | Brad Wilber |
| PIANOBENCH | Thu Sep 12, 2024 | Spot to store sheet music | Parker Higgins |
| PLANESEAT | Sun May 5, 2024 | Window, e.g. | Daniel Bodily |
| SAILSALONG | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | Proceeds breezily | Paolo Pasco |
| SAMPECKINPAH | Thu Nov 12, 2015 | "The Wild Bunch" director | David Kwong |
| SCRATCHTHAT | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | "Never mind" | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| SIXPACKBEZIQUE | Thu Dec 10, 1998 | Game played with 192 cards | Peter Gordon |
| SKIPSBAIL | Tue Jun 13, 1995 | Flees after release | Trip Payne |
| SOILURE | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Stain | Brad Wilber |
| THEGREENGREENGRASSOFHOME | Sun Mar 17, 1996 | Tom Jones sang this in 1967 | Peter O'Gordon |
| TINTEDGLASS | Sat Aug 18, 2007 | Auto option | Jim Page |
| WATERMARK | Sat Jul 6, 2024 | Something that fades into the background | Evans Clinchy |
| WILDHONEY | Wed May 21, 2025 | "That's unbelievable, love!" | Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan |