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 50,587 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACAKE | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Follower of "pat" in Mother Goose | Erik Agard |
| ANDYETHEREWEARE | Wed Sep 1, 2021 | "Nevertheless ... look at our current situation" | Sean Yamada-Hunter |
| ARTISANAL | Sat May 3, 2025 | Made using traditional methods | Michael Lieberman |
| ASPECTRATIO | Sat Sep 20, 2014 | 16:9, say | Erik Agard |
| ATTENTIONSEEKER | Tue Jan 14, 2025 | Publicity hound | Lance Enfinger |
| BACKSTROKE | Tue Apr 16, 2013 | Butterfly alternative | Peter Broda |
| BALATAS | Sun Dec 4, 1994 | Tropical trees used in golf ball manufacture | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BEERFESTS | Sun Jul 12, 2009 | Events that are barrels of fun? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BOOKTITLES | Fri Mar 10, 2023 | Things on spines | Claire Rimkus |
| BRIES | Sat Aug 3, 1996 | French cheeses | A. D. Cover |
| CHEEKBYJOWL | Mon Jan 23, 2012 | Next to one another | Sarah Keller |
| CLOUDATLAS | Wed Aug 13, 2025 | Acclaimed 2004 science fiction work by David Mitchell made into a 2012 film | Jared Cappel |
| COMPETENTLY | Wed Sep 18, 2013 | With skill | Paul Hunsberger |
| CONTRACOSTA | Mon Jul 26, 2010 | County ENE of San Francisco | Janet R. Bender |
| DECKCHAIRS | Thu Dec 2, 2004 | Places to sit on a ship | Patrick Berry |
| DEWBERRIES | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Brambles with edible purple fruit | Trenton Charlson |
| FAIRDEALS | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | Win-win solutions | Randolph Ross |
| FATMAN | Thu May 11, 2000 | Old Dashiell Hammett radio series, with "The" | Peter Abide |
| GIFTOFGAB | Tue Nov 22, 2022 | *Eloquence said to be acquired by kissing the Blarney Stone | Wendy L. Brandes |
| GODPARENTS | Thu Mar 5, 2015 | Participants at many baptisms | Jim Peredo |
| HEYSAILOR | Sat Aug 26, 1995 | Call at port? | Joe DiPietro |
| INCISES | Sat Mar 9, 2002 | Carves | Dana Motley |
| JODYS | Sun May 26, 1996 | Singer Watley et al. | R. Ross |
| KEPTINTOUCH | Fri May 15, 2020 | Wasn't a stranger | Christopher Adams |
| OREDEPOSIT | Tue Apr 17, 2018 | Lode | Wren Schultz |
| OUIMONSIEUR | Mon Dec 19, 2011 | Polite assent in Paris | Richard Chisholm |
| PEIS | Sat Sep 20, 1997 | I. M. and Mario | Bob Klahn |
| PITTTHEELDER | Tue May 29, 2018 | Moniker of an 18th-century British statesman | John Lieb |
| POOLRESOURCES | Tue Feb 15, 2022 | Supplies at a swim meet? | Claire Rimkus |
| POURER | Sat Jun 21, 2025 | Sommelier, e.g. | Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson |
| PULLINHERE | Sat Jul 31, 2004 | Request to a cabby | Byron Walden |
| REDEVELOPED | Thu Jun 5, 2008 | Like land in urban renewal | James Sajdak |
| SECONDCOMMANDMENT | Sat Nov 12, 2016 | Precept about idol worship | David J. Kahn |
| SISIS | Fri Mar 28, 1997 | O.K.s, in Toledo | Jim Page |
| TAKEITIN | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | *Enjoy the moment, say | Simeon Seigel |
| THEUNCONSCIOUS | Thu May 23, 2002 | Origin of 36-Across responses | John Underwood |
| TURNSTOSTONE | Sun May 13, 2007 | *What someone who looks at Medusa does | Jim Page |
| UMHI | Tue Dec 16, 2025 | Tentative greeting | Jason Reich |
| WEATHERBUREAU | Mon Jan 31, 2005 | Forecast maker | Randall J. Hartman |
| WESTMINSTER | Sat Apr 7, 2001 | Home of the Tate Gallery | Trip Payne |