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 50,507 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMISHBUGGY | Fri Jun 27, 2008 | Sight in Lancaster County, Pa. | Brad Wilber |
| ANGELUS | Sat Nov 26, 2005 | Christian devotion | Rich Norris |
| BARBIEDREAMHOUSE | Sat Jun 21, 2025 | Crib for a doll | Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson |
| BOBANDRAY | Wed Jun 18, 2008 | Old spoofing duo | Adam Fromm |
| BOWKNOTS | Fri Mar 6, 1998 | Double loops | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CAUSEWAY | Sun Nov 29, 2009 | Florida Keys connector | Will Nediger |
| DNAPROFILE | Sat Dec 12, 2020 | What shows what you're made of? | Sid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic |
| DOUBLESAWBUCK | Tue Oct 9, 2012 | 20-, 27- and 43-Across locale, in slang | John Guzzetta |
| DULLPAIN | Sat Dec 5, 2020 | Slight headache, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ELIHUYALE | Sat Aug 6, 2016 | For whom the Collegiate School was renamed in 1718 | David Phillips |
| FELTTIPPEN | Fri Aug 17, 2012 | What a drawer may hold | Peter Wentz |
| FORTHEMOSTPART | Sun Jul 28, 2019 | Generally speaking | Christopher Adams |
| HOSPITALSTAY | Thu Oct 10, 2019 | Requirement after a surgery, perhaps | Tracy Gray |
| HUTTWO | Sun Oct 6, 2002 | Quarterback's call | Myles Callum |
| ITSHANDLED | Sat Oct 16, 2021 | Catchphrase for Olivia Pope on "Scandal" | Caitlin Reid and Erik Agard |
| JEFFREYS | Tue Oct 24, 1995 | Anne of TV's "Topper" | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| LATEFEES | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | Slowpokes' fines | Kevin G. Der |
| LEARNINGCURVES | Sun Oct 13, 2024 | ... a step-by-step guide for throwing breaking balls? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| LIKEASISTER | Sat Jun 16, 2001 | One way to love someone | Dana Motley |
| MEASURINGCUP | Wed Jul 30, 2014 | Undergarment fitting device? | Jean O'Conor |
| MENDA | Sat Mar 23, 2002 | The Bee Gees' "How Can You ___ Broken Heart" | Adam Cohen |
| MISTERNICEGUY | Tue Dec 29, 2009 | *One who's often doing favors | Peter A. Collins |
| MYDEARSIR | Fri May 19, 2017 | Old-fashioned letter opener | Matthew Sewell |
| NAZCALINES | Sat Apr 20, 2024 | Mysterious ancient geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert | Garrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley |
| PICKSIX | Mon Apr 3, 2023 | Football interception leading to a touchdown, colloquially | David Distenfeld |
| PULLBOAT | Sun Oct 18, 1998 | Log-towing barge | David J. Kahn |
| PUPTENTS | Wed Feb 6, 2002 | Soldiers pitch them | Joe DiPietro |
| RAVINGS | Sun Dec 2, 2012 | Lunatics' outbursts | Steven E. Atwood |
| RENEGOTIATE | Fri Jul 8, 2005 | Return to the table, perhaps | Eric Berlin |
| ROSAR | Sun Jan 9, 2005 | Buddy of 1940's baseball | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RUNJESSERUN | Tue Nov 29, 2005 | 1984 campaign slogan | Adam Cohen |
| SEEAGHOST | Fri Sep 5, 2008 | Get spooked, maybe | Kevin G. Der |
| SMASHIN | Sun Jan 21, 2024 | Break, as a window | John Westwig |
| SPORTSCASTS | Sat Jun 30, 2001 | Game shows? | Frank Longo |
| STEVENCANYON | Sun Jun 1, 1997 | Funnies flier | Randolph Ross |
| SUCKEDUP | Tue Oct 2, 2012 | Was obsequious, informally | Ethan Cooper |
| SUZANNEVEGA | Fri Jun 20, 2008 | 1990 Grammy winner for her album "Days of Open Hand" | Mike Nothnagel |
| TALKAT | Fri Mar 29, 2024 | Lecture | Jake Bunch |
| TOASKYLARK | Sun Aug 7, 1994 | Shelley work | Dean Niles |
| WORLDSERIESGAME | Wed Oct 7, 2009 | See 57-Across | Tim Wescott |