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 50,707 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANZACDAY | Sun Jul 21, 2002 | April 25, Down Under | Trip Payne |
| AQUATEEN | Sat May 5, 2012 | Any of three title characters in a long-running Cartoon Network series | Ned White |
| BIODEGRADED | Sat Feb 13, 2016 | Broke down, in a way | Peter Wentz |
| BISECTOR | Fri Nov 6, 1998 | It'll give you an even split | Bob Klahn |
| BLUEEYED | Sat Feb 10, 2001 | Like most Norwegians | Rich Norris |
| BRYCECANYON | Fri Oct 23, 2009 | National park with the Pink Cliffs | Barry C. Silk |
| BUTCHER | Thu Jun 5, 2025 | *Someone who knows how the sausage gets made? | Timothy Gaetz |
| CHINACLOSET | Tue Dec 5, 2000 | Dining room piece | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DIMOUTS | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Tactical reductions in lighting, as during W.W. II | John Westwig |
| EPSOMSALT | Sat Mar 17, 2007 | Hydrotherapy option | John Farmer |
| FISHFORCOMPLIMENTS | Wed Nov 24, 2021 | Self-deprecate, then pause to get a reaction [squeezed] | Brandon Koppy |
| FLASHBULB | Mon Jun 25, 2012 | Aid for night photos, once | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| FUNNELCAKES | Fri Nov 9, 2018 | Fair fare | Robyn Weintraub |
| HARTFORDCONNECTICUT | Sun Oct 24, 1999 | It's known as "Insurance City" | Nancy Salomon |
| HEISTED | Thu Jun 9, 2022 | Did a job on | Dan Ziring |
| HIBERNO | Sat Oct 23, 1999 | ___-English | Frank Longo and Brendan Quigley |
| HOLLEREDAT | Fri Jul 11, 1997 | Upbraided in no uncertain terms | Bob Klahn |
| INDUCT | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | Make a member | Charles M. Deber |
| JUICECLEANSES | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | Some detox diets | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| LOOKOUTPOINT | Wed Feb 4, 2015 | Warning shouted to a lacrosse defenseman? | Julian Lim |
| LOSEONESWAY | Tue Nov 23, 1993 | Go astray | Lois Sidway |
| LOSTPETS | Wed Aug 3, 2022 | What microchips help to find | Daniel Bodily |
| NGUYEN | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Most common family name in Vietnam | David Woolf |
| PAILFUL | Thu Aug 28, 1997 | Jack and Jill's burden | Shannon Burns |
| PHOTOALBUM | Thu Sep 24, 2015 | Where to get in your best shots? | Peter A. Collins |
| PIROUETTES | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | Graceful spins | Gary Larson |
| RABATS | Sun Apr 17, 1994 | Vestlike clerical garments | R. M. Hopkins |
| SETSATARGETDATE | Thu Dec 15, 2005 | Approximates the time of completion | Patrick Merrell |
| SIMONPETER | Fri Sep 7, 2001 | First pope | Manny Nosowsky |
| SOAPBOXDERBY | Tue Apr 9, 2013 | Annual 29-Down since 1934 | Steve Blais |
| SOUNDTHERETREAT | Fri Mar 11, 2011 | Signal withdrawal | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| STIRREDUP | Sun Sep 2, 2001 | Excited | Manny Nosowsky |
| SUPERBOWLXX | Tue May 3, 2011 | Event held on January 26, 1986 | Kevan Choset |
| TODIEUPONAKISS | Thu Sep 9, 1999 | Othello's last words | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| TRAUMATIZE | Fri Feb 9, 2001 | Shock | Nelson Hardy |
| TROCHAIC | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Like some verse | Martin Schneider |
| UPTURNED | Mon Mar 18, 2013 | Like a snob's nose | Daniel Landman |
| YIELDSTO | Sun Dec 19, 1999 | Bows before | Frances Hansen |
| YOUDIRTYRAT | Wed Jul 9, 2025 | Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!" | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| ZONATE | Sat Feb 3, 1996 | Having belts | W. R. Williams |