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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNIEGETYOURGUN | Thu Mar 25, 1999 | Broadway premiere of 1946 | David J. Kahn |
| BAKEDCAKES | Wed Oct 8, 2008 | Prepared some desserts | Peter A. Collins |
| BLUDGEON | Tue Feb 20, 2018 | Beat badly | Joel Fagliano |
| BLUEBERRY | Sun Nov 9, 2014 | Common muffin flavor | Tom McCoy |
| BOTTLED | Wed Feb 12, 2020 | Alternative to canned | Rich Proulx |
| BOTTOMROUND | Thu Oct 21, 2010 | Butcher's roast cut | Dan Naddor |
| BREAKINGTHROUGH | Sat Jun 14, 2003 | With 56-Across, successful like Jackie Robinson [and a hint for 22-, 35- and 49-Across] | Manny Nosowsky |
| CAPECOLONY | Fri Jan 20, 1995 | The British seized it in 1795 | Manny Nosowsky |
| CLIOAWARD | Sun May 30, 2021 | Honor named for a Greek goddess | Adam Wagner |
| COMESON | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Begins airing | Frank A. Longo |
| CONTACTUS | Wed Aug 4, 2021 | Line at the top or bottom of a website [1997, 2019] | Brandon Koppy |
| CONVOY | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Travel group | Andrew J. Ries |
| CRENEL | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Opening in a battlement | Paul Coulter |
| DRONEBEES | Sat Mar 29, 2014 | They often land next to queens | Barry C. Silk |
| ELFUDGE | Sun Jun 5, 2022 | Keebler cookie with shortbread and chocolate | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| EMMETTKELLY | Tue Dec 8, 1998 | Memorable Big Top star born 12/8/1898 | Frances Hansen |
| ENDOFDECEMBER | Sun Jul 12, 2009 | *Week after Christmas | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HUNGERSFOR | Sat May 10, 2025 | Wants, and then some | Shaun Phillips |
| INTERMIX | Thu Dec 7, 2006 | Mingle | Kelly Clark |
| LASERCUTS | Sun Jul 16, 2023 | Engraves with a machine | Michael Schlossberg |
| LIFETIMEBANS | Sun Apr 5, 2026 | Our cable channel is devoted to censorship! | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| LIPSYNCS | Wed Jan 15, 2014 | Pretends to be singing | Bernice Gordon |
| LOOMEDOVER | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | Was a major, if invisible, presence at | Lily Silverstein |
| LUCYIMHOME | Sat May 4, 2024 | Iconic line on 1950s TV | Jacob McDermott |
| MALPAIS | Sat Dec 6, 1997 | Area of barren lava flows, in the Southwest | David J. Kahn |
| NOTUPTOSPEED | Sun Nov 12, 1995 | Doing poorly at the marathon | Randolph Ross |
| OLIVERMELLORS | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Randolph Ross |
| PANTOMIMEQUIZ | Thu Sep 19, 2019 | 1949 (first winner) | David Kwong |
| POUNDON | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | Hammer | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| REMOTEWORKERS | Sat Feb 14, 2026 | Ones no longer in office? | David Karp |
| REWARDER | Wed Sep 24, 2003 | One offering encouragement | Sheldon Benardo |
| SECCOS | Thu Jul 13, 1995 | Some murals | A.J. Santora |
| THEBRONXZOO | Fri Sep 28, 2001 | Place to find alligators in New York City | Peter Gordon |
| THEDABARA | Mon Nov 5, 2001 | 58-Across player in 1917 | Jenny Gutbezahl |
| TRIPLEOVERTIME | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-Down | Michael Shteyman |
| UNCLAIMED | Tue Jul 11, 2000 | Like some airport luggage | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon |
| UNPAIRED | Tue Oct 8, 2019 | Matchless | Ross Trudeau |
| USAIRFORCE | Fri Jan 5, 2007 | Falcon's home | Paula Gamache |
| WHOSWE | Sun Feb 2, 2020 | "Don't include me in this!" | Brian Herrick and Christopher Adams |
| YOULOOKFAB | Sat Jan 10, 2026 | "What a darling outfit!" | Kameron Austin Collins |