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 50,704 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIGHTED | Wed Jan 4, 2012 | Came down | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ALLOALLO | Wed Apr 24, 2013 | Repetitive French greeting | Clive Probert |
| BEHOLDER | Mon Apr 25, 2016 | Witness | Betty Keller |
| BIRTHDAYPRESENT | Wed Mar 12, 1997 | Party item | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BROKENHOME | Mon Jun 7, 2010 | Family divided by divorce | Lynn Lempel |
| BUDDYLIST | Tue Mar 30, 2010 | Computer setup to facilitate instant messaging | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CATAWBA | Thu Dec 27, 2018 | Carolina tribe that allied with the colonists in the American Revolution | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| CHOCOLATETHUNDER | Mon Feb 11, 2019 | Nickname for former N.B.A. star Darryl Dawkins | Howard Barkin |
| CHOOCHOO | Tue Dec 2, 2008 | ... a toy train | Matt Ginsberg |
| DILLSEEDS | Fri Mar 29, 2019 | Pickle flavorers | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DORAB | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Wolf herring | John M. Samson |
| DRYDENS | Sat Sep 6, 2003 | ___ "Annus Mirabilis" | David J. Kahn |
| FENCEPOSTS | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | Stakes in the grass? | Sam Ezersky |
| FIRSTDAY | Sun Mar 12, 2000 | Like some covers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FORGINGAHEAD | Sun May 7, 2000 | Doing counterfeit sculpture? | Patrick D. Berry |
| FRAGILEEGOS | Fri Jul 4, 2003 | They're easily bruised | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GAMEBOOTH | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | Setting for balloon darts or a ringtoss | Ryan McCarty |
| HAWING | Sat Oct 15, 2022 | Verbal interruption and hesitation | John Hawksley |
| INSANEASYLUMS | Tue Jan 7, 2014 | Facilities with padded walls | Mark Bickham |
| LIGHTWEIGHT | Sat Aug 7, 2021 | Insubstantial | Adam Aaronson |
| MASCARAS | Wed Aug 3, 1994 | Cosmetic items | Richard Thomas |
| MDCII | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Year in Elizabeth I's reign | Frank A. Longo |
| MONTEGO | Sat Aug 4, 2007 | Former Mercury model | Byron Walden |
| MRSPOTTS | Sat Apr 24, 2021 | Chip's mother in "Beauty and the Beast" | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| NEARSHORE | Thu May 29, 2014 | Littoral | Anna Shechtman |
| PARTOOK | Sat Aug 1, 2009 | Had some | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PRESSSEND | Fri Nov 13, 2020 | Stop tinkering with an email | Sawyer Tabony and Ashton Anderson |
| PROMOTERS | Sat Jan 15, 2005 | Advocates | Ed Early |
| RAMADAINN | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | One of a chain owned by Wyndham | Raymond C. Young |
| REAWAKEN | Wed Jan 27, 1999 | Arouse | Leslie Billig |
| REBUILDS | Thu Oct 14, 1999 | Makes over | Joe DiPietro |
| RELATIVITY | Thu Oct 2, 2014 | Subject explored by 19-Across | David Woolf |
| SEATFILLERS | Sat Sep 8, 2018 | People at a theater who didn't pay for their tickets | Andrew J. Ries |
| SHILLED | Sat Jun 9, 2018 | Shamelessly promoted, with "for" | Roland Huget |
| SIDEWALKSANTA | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | December bell ringer | John M. Samson |
| SKABANDS | Fri Sep 6, 2024 | They often have multiple horns | Adrian Johnson |
| SWEEPSUP | Fri Jun 19, 1998 | Cleans, in a way | A. J. Santora |
| TAKEMORE | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | "Help yourself, there's plenty left!" | Joe Krozel |
| THEORIZE | Sat Apr 8, 2000 | Speculate | Rich Norris |
| WRONGO | Sun Jun 5, 2022 | "You're not right about that!" | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |