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 50,548 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMATEURNIGHT | Fri Oct 28, 2022 | Event that might include poetry, but not pros? | Will Nediger |
| BAKINGSTONES | Sun Aug 6, 2023 | Slabs for making pizza or bread | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| BEDPOSTS | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Canopy supports, perhaps | Henry Hook |
| BIGGIE | Thu Nov 25, 2021 | Rapper who had an infamous rivalry with Tupac | Chase Dittrich |
| BIGNO | Wed Nov 1, 2023 | Firm refusal | Steve Weyer |
| BRUSHSTROKE | Mon Jul 17, 2023 | Distinctive effect of paint applied to a canvas | Alexander Liebeskind |
| CALLOFDUTY | Mon May 11, 2015 | Shooter video game franchise | Joe DiPietro |
| CLARES | Thu Mar 20, 1997 | Luce and others | A. J. Santora |
| CLOSINGS | Fri Sep 12, 2003 | Business section info | Sherry O. Blackard |
| EARLDERRBIGGERS | Tue Aug 1, 1995 | "Seven Keys to Baldplate" author | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| ETERNALFLAME | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | Bangles torch song? | Matthew Sewell |
| FALLINGOUT | Thu Jun 6, 2013 | Quarrel ... or a feature of five answers in this puzzle | James Tuttle |
| GADDED | Wed Jan 30, 2013 | Traipsed (about) | Will Nediger |
| GUERILLA | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | Kind of warfare | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| IMSOLD | Wed Jul 29, 2015 | "You've convinced me!" | David J. Lieb |
| ITSACOINCIDENCE | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | "You and your conspiracy theories!" | Byron Walden |
| KARLMALDEN | Fri Oct 24, 2008 | Warden player in "Birdman of Alcatraz" | Frederick J. Healy |
| KNOCKOVER | Fri Dec 23, 2016 | Upset | Robyn Weintraub |
| LAYASIDE | Sun Aug 26, 2007 | Save for later | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| LIPSYNCS | Wed Jan 15, 2014 | Pretends to be singing | Bernice Gordon |
| MAKEAGRANDENTRANCE | Sun May 24, 1998 | Architect's job? | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| OLIVEBREAD | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | Bakery item with a Mediterranean flair | Kyle Dolan |
| PATTIS | Sun Jul 2, 1995 | Singer LaBelle et al. | Alex K. Justin |
| PENURY | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | Destitution | Sam Ezersky |
| PLAINCHANT | Sat Aug 11, 2001 | It's unaccompanied in church | David J. Kahn |
| POISONLADEN | Fri Sep 9, 1994 | Like 33-Across's apple | Bob Klahn |
| POROSITIES | Fri Mar 11, 1994 | Hollowness ratios | A.J. Santora |
| POSNER | Tue May 16, 2023 | Mike with the 2015 hit "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" | Katherine Baicker and Adam Wagner |
| PRETZELBUN | Mon Jul 14, 2025 | Gourmet bread for a hamburger | Christina Iverson |
| ROEDEER | Tue Sep 25, 2018 | Eurasian animals with antlers | Ross Trudeau |
| SCHLEPPED | Wed Jul 29, 2020 | Lugged | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| SEMPERIDEM | Wed Oct 24, 2007 | *Always the same | Patrick Blindauer |
| SEQUINED | Thu Nov 17, 1994 | Glittery, as a gown | Rich Norris |
| SIMPERER | Fri Nov 17, 1995 | Fatuous one | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| STARSHIPS | Fri Jul 12, 2019 | Means of interstellar travel | Evan Kalish |
| TOTHEDOGS | Thu Nov 24, 2011 | Deteriorate | Sharon Delorme |
| TRADEROUTES | Tue Nov 28, 2017 | The Silk Road and others | Andrew J. Ries |
| VESUVIUS | Thu Nov 17, 2022 | Mount that inspired the song "Funiculì, Funiculà" | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| WEIL | Sun Feb 23, 1997 | "On Broadway" co-writer Cynthia | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| WESTERNCLASSICS | Fri Jan 9, 1998 | "Giant" and "Cimarron," e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |