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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMATEDGIF | Wed Jul 5, 2017 | Many an internet meme | Jake Halperin |
| BERTHED | Sun Apr 4, 1999 | Tied up at the marina | Richard Silvestri |
| BLAXPLOITATION | Sat Sep 12, 2015 | Genre of the 1970s movies "Foxy Brown" and "Three the Hard Way" | Damon Gulczynski |
| BUMBOAT | Wed May 15, 1996 | Provisions provider, around a harbor | A.J. Santora |
| BYTHEHORNS | Thu Dec 25, 2025 | One way to take a bull | Sam Ezersky |
| CAPTIONS | Thu Jun 15, 2023 | *Descriptive lines under photos | David Harris |
| CATERWAUL | Fri Apr 25, 2014 | Shrill howl | Joel Fagliano |
| CHEATEDON | Mon Jan 18, 2010 | Two-timed | Adam Cohen |
| CHERIS | Fri Feb 25, 1994 | Dear ones | Bob Lubbers |
| COCKEYED | Mon Jun 17, 2013 | Nutty | Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| DITHYRAMB | Sat Apr 20, 1996 | Short, impassioned poem | R. Norris |
| FAILINGS | Tue Sep 23, 2003 | Personal faults | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| FLOODED | Fri Apr 29, 1994 | Overwhelmed | Randolph Ross |
| FOURTEENRED | Wed Oct 3, 2007 | Call in roulette | Robert Dillman |
| GABBY | Mon Apr 29, 2013 | Talkative | C. W. Stewart |
| GIGO | Tue Feb 20, 2007 | Computer acronym about faulty data | Jonathan Gersch |
| GINGERED | Fri Apr 3, 2020 | Livened (up) | Joe Deeney |
| GREAVES | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Shin armor | Michael Schlossberg |
| HOULIHAN | Fri May 5, 2017 | Surname of TV's "Hot Lips" | Patrick Berry |
| LAKEBASS | Thu Oct 19, 2006 | Freshwater catch | Raymond C. Young |
| LAXNESS | Sun Feb 4, 2001 | Inattention | Frank A. Longo |
| LIPSOFWINE | Tue Apr 16, 1996 | 1957 Andy Williams song | G. E. Paul |
| MGMSTUDIOS | Sat May 11, 2002 | Group under the sign of Leo | Mark Diehl |
| MONTMARTRE | Sat Mar 5, 2011 | Area where Dalí, Monet, Picasso and van Gogh all painted | Randolph Ross |
| OEILS | Sat May 22, 1999 | ___-de-boeuf (oval windows) | A. J. Santora |
| OKAYDEAR | Wed Mar 20, 2019 | "As you wish," to a spouse | Erik Agard, Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| POWERGRAB | Sat Jan 2, 2016 | Coup | David Phillips |
| PUTONEOVERON | Mon Aug 29, 2005 | Hoodwink | Sarah Keller |
| REALCREAM | Sun Oct 15, 1995 | Coffee additive | Mel Rosen |
| REMOTEST | Fri Aug 21, 2009 | Least accessible | Patrick Berry |
| SANDFLY | Sun May 28, 2000 | Beach annoyance | Richard Silvestri |
| SEAWARD | Sun Mar 18, 2001 | Where sailors go | Richard Silvestri |
| SPICAS | Sat Dec 16, 1995 | Figure-eight-shaped bandages | Bryant White |
| STATENISLANDFERRY | Thu Nov 2, 2017 | Step 1: A passenger ship since 1817 | Peter Sagal and Mike Selinker |
| SUNDAYS | Thu Oct 6, 1994 | A month of _____ | Richard Silvestri |
| TASTING | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | With 37-Down, restaurant offering with many small dishes | Steven Ginzburg |
| THESULTANOFSWAT | Wed Aug 28, 2013 | Nickname for 1-/67-Across | Erik Agard |
| TRAPDOORSPIDERS | Sun May 29, 2011 | Burrowing arthropods | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| UPFORANYTHING | Tue Mar 21, 2006 | Game | Levi Denham |
| VIBRATED | Tue Jun 8, 2021 | Gave a soundless alert | Christopher Adams |