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 50,812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOLADE | Sat Jan 15, 1994 | Cheer | Manny Nosowsky |
| BOATPEOPLE | Tue Nov 9, 1999 | Theme of this puzzle | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BRANGELINA | Thu Mar 12, 2026 | Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s | Joe Marquez |
| BRIANSIPE | Sat Nov 2, 1996 | 1980 N.F.L. Player of the Year | J. DiPietro |
| CALLINGINTOQUESTION | Sun Dec 16, 2018 | Casting doubt on | Sam Ezersky |
| CODIFIED | Mon Jan 25, 2010 | Systematized, as laws | Holden Baker |
| CRABBED | Fri Oct 17, 1997 | Found fault with | Alan Jay Weiss |
| CRITICISM | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | "You did it all wrong!," e.g. | Joe Hansen |
| DIAMETERS | Sun Jul 10, 1994 | Crossing lines | Alvin Chase |
| DORMITORY | Sun Apr 7, 2013 | College student's place | Matt Ginsberg |
| DROPNETS | Fri Mar 12, 2004 | Fishing aids | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ENATES | Sun May 22, 1994 | Mother's kin | Randolph Ross |
| FALSELASHES | Wed Sep 15, 2021 | Batter's additions? | Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau |
| FALSESTARTS | Wed Apr 19, 2006 | Reasons to begin a race over and a hint to 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| FINANCECHARGE | Wed Nov 26, 1997 | Extra added detraction? | Nancy Schuster |
| GLOBALECONOMY | Fri Feb 26, 2021 | Capital of every country? | Chuck Deodene |
| HAYFORKS | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Pitchers on a farm | Eric Warren |
| HEADDRESSES | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Coiffures | Alfio Micci |
| HELLOMARYLOU | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | "Greetings, Ms. Retton!" | Gary Cee |
| HISOLDSELF | Thu Feb 15, 2007 | What a man making a comeback may get back to | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| HOMECOMPUTER | Mon Jan 19, 2009 | Telecommuter's need | Tracey Snyder |
| INFORMALITY | Fri Sep 30, 2005 | Lack of starch | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| KEITHBISHOP | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Religious Bronco center? | Raymond Hamel |
| MARKSMAN | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | Good-looking guy? | Sam Ezersky |
| MEDULLAS | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | Hindmost brain parts | Eric Berlin |
| MINIGLASSES | Thu Jun 14, 2007 | Parts of dollhouse dinner table settings? | Donna Hoke Kahwaty |
| NEAPOLITANDANCE | Mon Jul 23, 2001 | "Swan Lake" piece | Ethan Cooper |
| NICESAVE | Sat Jan 9, 2021 | Sarcastic response to backpedaling | Trenton Charlson |
| NOWIKNOWMYABCS | Thu Mar 29, 2012 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across | Milo Beckman |
| PEARLYWHITES | Tue Apr 21, 2020 | *Teeth, slangily | Andrew Kingsley |
| PLUMPED | Sat Sep 7, 2002 | Made ready for market, as chickens | Patrick Berry |
| SOMETHINGROTTEN | Sat Jun 18, 1994 | What Hamlet sensed | Randolph Ross |
| STILLERANDMEARA | Sat Aug 15, 2009 | They appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 36 times | Matt Ginsberg |
| SUSPENDER | Thu Dec 27, 2001 | Buy-one-get-one-free item? | Patrick Berry |
| SYLVIASYMS | Tue Dec 4, 2018 | Nightclub singer who was given the nickname "Buddha" by Frank Sinatra | Peter Gordon |
| TABLECLOTH | Fri Jun 21, 2013 | Dinner spread | Michael Sharp |
| TAKEOFFS | Tue Aug 5, 2003 | Mimics' work | D. J. DeChristopher |
| WALKEDONTHEMOON | Wed Jul 20, 2005 | What 20- and 50-Across did on July 20, 1969 | Roy Leban |
| WREAKING | Sat Apr 20, 2024 | Bringing about | Garrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley |
| ZOOEXHIBIT | Sat Mar 22, 2014 | One often behind bars | Greg Johnson |