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 50,813 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTEDAVIS | Wed Sep 24, 2014 | Actress with the iconic line "What a dump!" | Andy Kravis |
| CAMELCAVALRY | Sat May 17, 2014 | Once-common desert fighting force | Brad Wilber |
| COERCIVE | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Exhibiting some force | Danny J. Rooney |
| DAYPEEP | Fri Apr 17, 2009 | Crack of dawn, old-style | Corey Rubin |
| DENATURED | Mon Nov 23, 1998 | Like alcohol that's unfit for drinking | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DOAHATCHETJOBON | Tue Feb 5, 2002 | Critique roughly and unfairly | Alan J. Weiss |
| DRABEK | Thu Dec 5, 2002 | Cy Young Award winner Doug | Joe DiPietro |
| EELPOUT | Sun Aug 12, 2007 | Elongated marine fish | Cathy Millhauser |
| FLOURBOMB | Sat Jun 15, 2019 | Protest item that leaves a powdery mess | Ryan McCarty |
| FORESTRANGER | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 106-Across | Patrick Berry |
| FRITOPIE | Wed Jun 14, 2017 | Dish featuring corn chips as a main ingredient | Andrew Zhou |
| FROGGY | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | One who "went a-courtin'," in a children's song | Sam Trabucco |
| GIVETHEBUSINESS | Tue Aug 29, 2000 | Scold severely | Peter Gordon |
| IJSSEL | Sat Sep 12, 2015 | Dutch branch of the Rhine | Damon Gulczynski |
| IWONTDOIT | Fri Oct 28, 2016 | "You can't make me!" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| JALEN | Thu Nov 21, 2024 | N.B.A. player-turned-sports analyst Rose | Katie Hoody |
| JEREMYS | Fri Jul 23, 1999 | Irons and others | Joe DiPietro |
| MAHJONG | Wed Jan 21, 2026 | With gossip and beer over Friday's ___ game | Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz |
| MALARKY | Wed Jan 26, 1994 | Bunkum | Kenneth Haxton |
| MANYMORE | Sun Oct 28, 2007 | Frequent end of an anniversary toast | Ben Tausig |
| MUTILATES | Thu Apr 2, 2015 | Tears up | Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin |
| OUCHES | Wed Jan 1, 2003 | Cries of pain | Ed Early |
| PAGERANK | Sat Oct 1, 2011 | Subject of search engine optimization | David Quarfoot |
| PERRINE | Fri Jan 1, 2010 | Valerie of "The Electric Horseman" | Brad Wilber |
| POWCAMP | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Where an M.I.A. might be | Jeremy Newton |
| PRIORATES | Wed Apr 13, 2011 | Monastic offices | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PUMPSGAS | Tue Mar 23, 2021 | Does a service station job | Dan Schoenholz |
| REMOTEPOSSIBILITY | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Memo about why to buy an air purifier? | Jeremy Newton |
| RESTORING | Tue Dec 12, 2017 | Eliminating the effects of wear and tear on, as was done to 38-Across | David J. Kahn |
| SMILEON | Thu Jan 15, 2015 | Shower with good fortune | Herre Schouwerwou |
| SPUMANTE | Thu Jul 8, 2010 | Asti ___ | John Farmer |
| STAYSANE | Sat Jul 30, 2022 | Keep it together | Lance Enfinger |
| THELUXURYOFTIME | Sat Apr 27, 2019 | What one doesn't have in an emergency | Joe Deeney |
| TOREUPTHEROAD | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Burned rubber | Patrick Berry |
| TWOFORTWO | Thu Aug 14, 2025 | A winning scenario in a best-of-three game | Gene Louise De Vera |
| UNEDUCATED | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Ignorant | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| UNITEDARTISTS | Tue May 13, 2008 | Classic film company ... or a description of 17-, 32-, 46- and 65-Across? | Caleb Madison |
| VAY | Sun Jan 15, 2006 | "Oy ___!" | Richard Silvestri |
| VELVETTOUCH | Tue Nov 28, 2000 | 1948 Rosalind Russell film, with "The" | Richard Hughes |
| WITHINEARSHOT | Fri Jul 31, 2009 | Relatively close | Mike Nothnagel |