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 50,584 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLALONG | Sat May 18, 2019 | The whole time | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| ALOPECIA | Sun Jul 4, 2021 | Hair loss | Howard Barkin |
| BADBOUNCE | Sat Oct 24, 2020 | Challenge for an infielder | Byron Walden |
| BECURLS | Sat Nov 19, 1994 | Makes rings in the hair | Brett Blaylock |
| BLUSHPINK | Fri Jul 19, 2019 | Rosy shade of makeup | Peter Wentz |
| BRONZESKIN | Mon Jan 7, 2013 | Result of tanning | Jim Peredo |
| DOUBLEDECKER | Sun May 4, 2014 | Classic London transport | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| DOUNTOOTHERS | Thu Sep 14, 2017 | With 37-Across, start of an ethical rule | John Guzzetta |
| DUCHESSOFCORNWALL | Thu Aug 23, 2018 | Title for Prince Charles's Camilla | Kyle Dolan |
| DUCTTAPED | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | Held together in a makeshift way | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| FARDISTANTPLACE | Thu Mar 5, 2009 | What the Athabaskan word for the beginning of 33-Across means | David J. Kahn |
| FUELER | Wed Oct 12, 1994 | Gas station attendant | Gregory E. Paul |
| GAINST | Sat Dec 17, 1994 | Opposed to, poetically | Chuck Deodene |
| GANGUPON | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Band together against | Scott Earl |
| INAPTLY | Sun Aug 13, 2006 | How 265-pound football Hall-of-Famer Larry Little was named? | Derrick Niederman |
| INSERTCOIN | Mon Apr 22, 2019 | Arcade game instruction before playing | Bruce Haight |
| JEUX | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | ___ d'esprit (witticisms) | Raymond C. Young |
| LASAGNAS | Sun Jul 6, 1997 | Pasta dishes | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LIFESIZED | Mon Dec 1, 2008 | Not reduced, as some illustrations | Eric J. Platt |
| LIONHUNTER | Wed Jun 9, 2021 | Hercules on his first labor, or Hemingway on safari | Byron Walden |
| LOVEINAMIST | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Flower typically given to Neeson? | Trip Payne |
| MADSCENE | Sat Oct 28, 2000 | "Lucia di Lammermoor" feature | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MAGNETOS | Sat Apr 30, 2016 | Alternators in some internal-combustion engines | Mark Diehl |
| MAKEUPEXAM | Fri May 4, 2012 | 38-Down's second chance | Barry C. Silk |
| MISSTHETARGET | Wed Sep 16, 2015 | "Welcome to the mall! Make sure you don't ___" | Joel Fagliano and Finn Vigeland |
| MYHUMPS | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Grammy-winning hit that begins "Whatcha gon' do with all that junk" | Byron Walden |
| NOCTI | Sun Aug 16, 1998 | Night: Prefix | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NONOTES | Fri Oct 18, 2024 | "That was perfect — I don't have any feedback" | Jesse Cohn |
| NOTPICTURED | Sun May 19, 2024 | Caption for an absent student, say | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| NYMPHET | Mon Jul 11, 1994 | Lolita | Sidney L. Robbins |
| OBSESSIONS | Sat Dec 27, 2008 | Hard drives? | Karen M. Tracey |
| OH | Sun May 11, 2014 | "No kidding!" | Peter A. Collins |
| OLDAGEPENSIONER | Fri Sep 5, 2014 | Elderly person on a fixed income | Joe Krozel |
| PUNCHCARDBALLOT | Tue Nov 2, 2004 | Obsolescent election item | Patrick Merrell |
| SKATEKEYS | Sat May 4, 2013 | Quaint toe clamp tighteners | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| SOPORIFIC | Thu Aug 21, 2014 | Sleep-inducing | Jules P. Markey |
| SWINGFORIT | Fri May 3, 2013 | Be hanged after a crime | David Kwong |
| TUMBREL | Fri Sep 9, 1994 | Farmer's tipcart | Bob Klahn |
| WARDRAMA | Wed Nov 23, 2022 | "Patton" or "Platoon" | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock |
| WARTOENDALLWARS | Wed Feb 12, 2020 | Overly optimistic 1910s appellation | Rich Proulx |