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 50,640 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALICEMARBLE | Tue Mar 9, 2004 | Women's tennis immortal | Sarah Keller |
| COMELAST | Sat May 3, 2014 | Trail | Sam Ezersky |
| ETHNICITY | Sat Feb 12, 2022 | Bit of census data | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| FAMOUSPOTATOES | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Phrase on ID tags | Peter Gordon |
| FATTENUP | Tue Apr 22, 2008 | Add some meat to the bones | Nancy Salomon |
| FORMULAIC | Fri Feb 7, 2025 | Unoriginal, as a plot | Kelly Morenus |
| FRANKMERRIWELL | Thu Jul 2, 1998 | Hero of many old dime novels | Pat M. Hugel |
| GOUPINSMOKE | Thu Jul 28, 2011 | Fizzle | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HEARTBREAKER | Thu Feb 14, 2008 | Jilter | David J. Kahn |
| INAPOTHER | Fri Feb 29, 2008 | Agitated | Patrick Berry |
| INDEXCARD | Sat Feb 12, 2000 | Speaker's prop | Dave Tuller |
| INDUCTEES | Sat Dec 23, 2017 | They're called up | Matthew Sewell |
| KNURLS | Wed Oct 10, 2007 | Thumbscrew ridges | Robert Zimmerman |
| LINOTYPE | Thu Dec 11, 1997 | Mergenthaler patent of 1884 | Trip Payne |
| LOCKHORNSWITH | Tue Nov 17, 1998 | Oppose | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| MAKESTHEMOSTOF | Sun Oct 22, 2006 | Utilizes fully | Harvey Estes |
| MARGINALLY | Sun Jul 6, 2003 | Not by much | Robert H. Wolfe |
| MASTERCONTROLLER | Fri Jun 29, 2018 | Overseer of all other systems | David Steinberg |
| MIGHTYAPHRODITE | Mon Dec 3, 2007 | 1995 Woody Allen comedy | Harvey Estes |
| MINUTEMARK | Fri Oct 5, 2007 | Watch notch | Lynn Lempel |
| OLDMANANDTHESEA | Thu May 6, 2004 | Hemingway novel, with "The" | Kevan Choset |
| ONEBELOWPAR | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | *Where to find para in the dictionary | Randolph Ross |
| PALAZZOS | Wed Jun 22, 1994 | Women's wide-legged pants | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| RAWPOWER | Fri Aug 23, 2002 | Brute strength | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RELIGIOUSFAST | Tue Jul 3, 2007 | Ramadan observance | Norma Johnson |
| RIGIDITY | Sun Feb 25, 2001 | Firmness | Greg Staples |
| RUSHWEEK | Mon Aug 22, 2016 | Important time at a fraternity or sorority | Emily Carroll |
| SAILSALONG | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | Proceeds breezily | Paolo Pasco |
| SKATERATS | Sun Dec 21, 2025 | Regulars at parks with ramps, informally | David Kwong |
| SLOBBERED | Fri Jan 21, 2011 | Acted like a baby, in a way | Pete Mitchell |
| SOULSEARCH | Fri Apr 30, 2021 | Look inward | Kate Hawkins |
| THEODOREREX | Sat Apr 14, 2012 | 2001 presidential biography by Edmund Morris | Mark Diehl |
| TRICERATOPS | Mon Apr 4, 2022 | Dinosaur whose name means "three-horned face" | Derek J. Angell |
| TVAUDIENCE | Fri May 17, 2002 | Major advertising target | Joe DiPietro |
| TYDBOL | Wed Apr 28, 2010 | Popular bathroom cleaner | Andrea Carla Michaels and Peter L. Stein |
| UNITEDWAY | Wed Jul 9, 1997 | Popular charity | Chuck Deodene |
| VALENS | Sun Apr 1, 2007 | Singer in the 1958 movie "Go, Johnny, Go!" | Paula Gamache |
| VEGETABLESTOCK | Sat May 2, 2020 | Healthy soup base | Paolo Pasco |
| WHITEGOLD | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Alloy that resembles platinum | John Duschatko |
| YUMAN | Sun May 5, 1996 | Arizona native | D. J. Kahn |