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 50,772 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIENCONTACT | Sun Jul 17, 2016 | ... about the search for extraterrestrial life? | Jerry Miccolis |
| ARTIFICIALTOOTH | Mon May 31, 2004 | Bridge | Gregory E. Paul |
| BADITCH | Mon Dec 24, 2001 | Scratch inducer | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| BARCA | Fri Jul 11, 2014 | Spanish soccer club, for short | Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming |
| BIKING | Wed Nov 6, 2024 | Spinning one's wheels? | Adam Aaronson |
| BOHEMIANRHAPSODY | Thu Jan 25, 2024 | Mercury was in this | Sam Ezersky |
| CARLYSIMON | Sun Oct 22, 2006 | "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" singer, 1974 | Harvey Estes |
| CHICKENCHOWMEIN | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | La Choy product | Paula Gamache |
| CHOCTAWINDIANS | Thu Aug 7, 2008 | Some W.W. I code talkers | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| CIRCLEGRAPH | Thu Apr 26, 2007 | Something never shown in bars | Mike Nothnagel |
| CRANKCALL | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Joke that goes over the line? | Ryan McCarty |
| DALLIED | Sun Oct 22, 2006 | Fooled around | Harvey Estes |
| DINESH | Sat Nov 19, 2022 | Kumail Nanjiani's role on "Silicon Valley" | Benji Goldsmith |
| DISROBING | Fri Sep 17, 2004 | Stripping | Manny Nosowsky |
| DODY | Sun Sep 6, 2009 | Goodman of "Splash" and "Grease" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| EMBARKS | Sun Aug 8, 2010 | Sets off | Pam Klawitter |
| EXMAYOR | Thu May 16, 2013 | Clint Eastwood, for one | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan |
| FLOCKTOGETHER | Mon Mar 30, 2015 | Gather as a group | Bruce Haight |
| FRESHCUT | Fri Dec 15, 2000 | Not wilting, perhaps | Joe DiPietro |
| GREATSUCCESS | Tue Jul 10, 2001 | What 20-, 28- and 43-Across each turned into | Patrick Merrell |
| HARDTASK | Tue Dec 16, 2014 | No easy chore | Joel D. Lafargue |
| HOWWASIT | Sat Nov 18, 2023 | "Did you enjoy yourself?" | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| IMBORED | Sat Jul 28, 2001 | [Yawn] | Rich Norris |
| INHABITABLE | Wed Jun 29, 2022 | Fit to live in | Jared Goudsmit |
| INSCHOOL | Thu Jun 8, 2023 | Like over 40% of all Americans aged 18-24 | Philip Koski |
| LIGHTERTHANAIR | Mon Jun 21, 2021 | Capable of floating, as a balloon | Jacob Stulberg |
| LIGHTONHISFEET | Wed Oct 29, 2025 | What makes Dracula frantically hop around? | John Donegan |
| LUMBEREDIN | Fri Apr 25, 2025 | Entered with heavy, awkward steps | Adrian Johnson |
| NISSANROGUE | Sat Feb 23, 2019 | Best-selling compact S.U.V. introduced in 2007 | Sam Ezersky |
| PARSIMONY | Sat Sep 4, 2021 | Mental or fiscal tightness | Byron Walden |
| PILCROW | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | Paragraph symbol | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| POTPOURRI | Tue Dec 19, 1995 | Mishmash | Marie Heller |
| RECOMMEND | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | Endorse | Daniel A. Finan |
| ROSEWATER | Fri Mar 31, 2000 | Perfume | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| SETSMILE | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Fixed beam? | Manny Nosowsky |
| SLEPTAROUND | Sat May 16, 2015 | Bed-hopped | Byron Walden |
| SODALYE | Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Soap-making solution | Joe DiPietro |
| SWIMMASK | Fri Sep 14, 2001 | Flippers accompaniment | Mark Diehl |
| YVONNES | Wed Mar 15, 2000 | Actress De Carlo and others | Jim Page |
| ZIPMEUP | Sat May 3, 2025 | Request from someone getting dressed | Michael Lieberman |