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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAKOTAFANNING | Wed Jul 24, 2013 | "Charlotte's Web" actress on a hot day? | Erik Wennstrom |
| DECISIONPOINTS | Wed Jun 14, 2017 | 2010 Bush autobiography | Andrew Zhou |
| DRINKATHON | Thu Dec 28, 2017 | Affair for bingers | Gary Larson |
| EDMS | Sat Jan 28, 2006 | Teachers' degs. | Dana Motley |
| ELUANT | Fri Feb 7, 2003 | Chemist's extracting solvent | Michael Shteyman |
| EXTOLLS | Wed Jul 27, 1994 | Praises: Var. | Nancy Joline |
| FOODIES | Wed Jan 14, 2009 | Zagat's readers, informally | Oliver Hill |
| FUCHSIAS | Wed Oct 3, 2018 | Purplish-red flowers | Jennifer Nutt |
| GETSTHEBALLROLLING | Sun Aug 18, 2019 | Kicks things off | David Steinberg |
| GOTABREAK | Fri Sep 30, 1994 | Finally had some luck | Matt Gaffney |
| GUILTYPLEASURES | Mon Aug 24, 1998 | Rich desserts and soap operas, say | Alan Jay Weiss |
| INTERMEZZI | Wed Feb 16, 1994 | Light entertainments | John Greenman |
| INVESTOR | Sun Jan 16, 1994 | Wall Street figure | Ernst Theimer |
| ITAINT | Sun Apr 27, 1997 | "If ___ broke..." | Matt Gaffney |
| JSHAPED | Fri Feb 6, 2015 | Like many hooks | Kyle Mahowald |
| KENTUCKYCOLONEL | Fri Jul 17, 2009 | Honorary title bestowed on Bill Clinton, Muhammad Ali and Mae West | Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk |
| LEADSTHEWITNESS | Sat Aug 9, 1997 | Does a legal no-no | Raymond Hamel |
| LIMEHOUSE | Sun Mar 5, 2000 | "___ Blues" (1924 Paul Whiteman hit) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| LITTLERHODY | Tue Feb 23, 2016 | Another nickname for the Ocean State | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LONGIES | Fri Dec 26, 2014 | Winter underwear, informally | Patrick Berry |
| LOWBATTERY | Sat Aug 20, 2022 | Plight of the 1%? | Hemant Mehta |
| MAPLETREE | Sun Jan 25, 2015 | "Whirlybird" source | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MINIMALISTS | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Composer Philip Glass and others | Francis Heaney |
| MISHITS | Sun Apr 21, 2002 | Bad strokes | Trip Payne |
| MISTSOFAVALON | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | 2001 Anjelica Huston miniseries, with "The" | Kevin G. Der |
| PENCILSHARPENERS | Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Little shavers at school? | Timothy Polin |
| POSTBOX | Fri Sep 30, 2011 | London letter getter | Joe Krozel |
| PROVOSTS | Thu Aug 26, 2010 | College bigwigs | Henry Hook |
| RADIOPLAY | Fri Aug 14, 2015 | 1938's "The War of the Worlds," e.g. | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| RICKROLL | Sun Oct 19, 2014 | Pull a classic Internet prank on | David Phillips |
| RYANREYNOLDS | Wed Apr 21, 2021 | Star of the "Deadpool" films | Brandon Koppy |
| SEDIMENTAL | Sat Sep 22, 2001 | Of a bank deposit? | Jim Page |
| SENDUPS | Sat May 24, 2003 | Some "S.N.L." sketches | Rich Norris |
| SQUIRTS | Sat May 19, 2007 | WD-40 applications | Byron Walden |
| TAMING | Sun May 3, 2015 | Petruchio's task vis-à-vis Katharina | Dan Schoenholz |
| THESEVENSAMURAI | Sat Nov 15, 2003 | 1954 Akira Kurosawa classic | Patrick Berry |
| TIMESUP | Wed Nov 22, 2017 | "Pencils down!" | Timothy Polin |
| TVGAME | Sat Dec 24, 2005 | It may be blacked out | Byron Walden |
| WILDHORSES | Sat Jun 7, 2003 | Ones not broken | Sherry O. Blackard |
| YOUCANTWINTHEMALL | Sun Oct 6, 2024 | OMG can you believe it! We won the mall!!! | John Kugelman |