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 50,677 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMUL | Sun Feb 13, 2000 | City near the Caspian Sea | Bill Zais |
| BODYBUILDING | Mon Jun 24, 2024 | Weightlifter's pursuit ... or a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues | Anthony V. Grubb |
| BREAKTHROUGH | Sun Jan 18, 2004 | Good for a scientist, bad for a roofer | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| CALLINGBIRDS | Sun Aug 2, 1998 | Yuletide foursome | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CHATBOTS | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Some customer service agents nowadays | Blake Slonecker |
| CONKED | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Rendered unconscious, maybe | Patrick Berry |
| CROPROTATION | Thu Aug 23, 2018 | Common farming technique ... or a hint to solving this puzzle | Kyle Dolan |
| DOREMIFASOLLATIDOTILASOLFAMIREDO | Thu Jun 9, 2005 | Piano exercise for beginners | David J. Kahn |
| ERRANDBOY | Sat Dec 20, 2025 | Dogsbody | Robert S. Gard |
| FEVERISH | Sat Sep 21, 2013 | Superexcited | Tim Croce |
| FLAVOREDSYRUP | Sun Jul 3, 2011 | Ingredient in a 117-Across | Pete Muller |
| HANGSTIGHT | Wed Dec 11, 2024 | Waits patiently | Kathy Bloomer and Jeff Chen |
| HUSHHUSHING | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | Quieting down | A. J. Santora |
| KINDHEARTED | Fri May 5, 1995 | Capable of compassion | Harvey Estes |
| LEADSTHEWITNESS | Sat Aug 9, 1997 | Does a legal no-no | Raymond Hamel |
| LIESWITH | Sat May 20, 2000 | Falls on, as a responsibility | Rich Norris |
| LIGHTHOUSE | Mon Jan 13, 2025 | Aid in preventing a shipwreck | Adam Levav |
| MALARIAPARASITE | Fri Feb 28, 2014 | What a tropical tourist definitely doesn't want to bring home | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MEDFLY | Sun Apr 6, 2003 | Citrus-damaging insect | Joe DiPietro |
| MERRITT | Sat Jan 22, 1994 | Mama on "That's My Mama" | Raymond Hamel |
| ONTHEINSIDE | Sat Jul 15, 2023 | Where spies work | Jeff Chen |
| ORNAMENTING | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Dressing up | John Hawksley |
| PORTOBELLO | Sat Feb 8, 2025 | What a button mushroom becomes when it matures | Alina Abidi |
| PUFFPASTRY | Thu Aug 31, 2006 | Pepperidge Farm offering | Patrick Merrell |
| SEEINGEYE | Thu Jun 19, 2008 | Kind of dog | Joe Krozel |
| SSATS | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Exams required for some prep schools | Derrick Niederman |
| STANDSTALL | Mon Feb 27, 2012 | Exhibits pride | Bill Thompson |
| STAYSAWAY | Mon May 7, 2018 | Doesn't get near | Julie Bérubé |
| STOCKADE | Thu Jan 18, 2018 | Defense fence | Ryan McCarty and Alan Southworth |
| STOPPEDBY | Fri May 2, 2014 | Paid a visit | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STRUCKDUMB | Fri Oct 17, 2014 | Overawed | Michael Ashley |
| SURFERGIRL | Fri Nov 12, 2010 | One "standing by the ocean's roar," in a 1963 song | Barry C. Silk |
| THATSWHATIMEANT | Fri Oct 14, 2005 | "Same thing, really" | Michael Shteyman |
| THEMICEWILLPLAY | Mon Apr 10, 1995 | See 17 Across | Sidney L. Robbins |
| THEREGOESMYBABY | Mon Oct 7, 2013 | 1959 hit by the Drifters | Amy Johnson |
| THEVA | Wed Feb 14, 2024 | Resource for service members, colloquially | Ella Dershowitz |
| UPBRAIDED | Wed Mar 9, 2016 | Took to task | John Guzzetta |
| WEARYOF | Wed Jan 2, 2019 | No longer interested in | Jacob Stulberg |
| WETONWET | Sat Nov 30, 2024 | Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer | Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito |
| ZEROVISIBILITY | Mon Nov 21, 2016 | Driving condition in a blizzard | John Lieb |