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 50,422 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDICTED | Sun Nov 28, 2021 | Hooked | Jeff Kremer |
| AWHELL | Thu Aug 15, 2024 | "Well, shoot!," more colorfully | Damon Gulczynski |
| BAROFSOAP | Sun Nov 14, 2010 | Fragrant cake | Patrick Berry |
| BARONIAL | Sat Jan 10, 2009 | Style of envelope for greeting cards | Bob Klahn |
| BASEDIN | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | Working out of | Natan Last |
| BICYCLERIDER | Mon Sep 17, 2007 | Bell ringer | Sarah Keller |
| CONTACTPOISONS | Sun Sep 22, 2013 | DDT and others | Mike Selinker |
| CRACKDOWNS | Fri Jul 19, 2002 | Police actions | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CROPSPRAYER | Wed Jul 29, 2009 | Pesticide spreader, e.g. | Tim Wescott |
| CRYABOUT | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Get upset over | Peter A. Collins |
| DESCENDANTS | Fri Jul 24, 2009 | People in a line | Patrick Berry |
| DESIGNERJEANS | Fri Mar 24, 2006 | Fashionable wear | Manny Nosowsky |
| DETUNES | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Fouls up, as a radio receiver | John R. Conrad |
| DIDISTUTTER | Sat Aug 16, 2014 | Rude response to "Excuse me?" | Peter Broda |
| EMPIRESTATEBUILDINGTOUR | Sun Apr 29, 2001 | See 10-Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FAMILYROOM | Fri Oct 10, 2008 | TV station? | Kyle Mahowald |
| GENDERSTUDIES | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | Modern college major | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| HASHESOVER | Fri Feb 20, 2009 | Reviews repeatedly | Paula Gamache |
| HOOPOES | Fri May 30, 1997 | Notoriously malodorous birds | Manny Nosowsky |
| IDLIKESOMEHINTS | Wed Sep 7, 2022 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Wednesday | Ekua Ewool |
| INFERNAL | Thu Feb 20, 2003 | Hellish | Peter Sarrett |
| JOINTHENAVY | Mon Nov 23, 2009 | Head out to sea, say | Ben Pall |
| MENDFENCES | Fri Oct 30, 1998 | Re-establish good relations | Jim Page |
| NINJASTARS | Fri Dec 8, 2017 | Throwable weapons used by assassins | Paolo Pasco |
| NOTABLES | Sun Jul 12, 2015 | Important people | Patrick Berry |
| NYONGO | Tue May 23, 2023 | Actress Lupita | Lee Taylor |
| PEPPERMARTIN | Tue Dec 13, 2005 | Seasoned baseball player? | Roy Leban |
| PRECLUDED | Tue Nov 27, 2007 | Made impossible | Julie Ann Bowling |
| REVERENDSPOONER | Mon Nov 13, 2000 | Famous 52-Across | Peter Gordon |
| ROCOCOS | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Ornamentational styles | Rich Norris |
| SANDBLASTED | Fri Dec 23, 1994 | Cleaned, in a way | Frank A. Longo |
| SPATUBS | Sat Jul 17, 2021 | Whirlpools | Ryan McCarty |
| STABLEMEN | Sun Jun 11, 2006 | Hostlers | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| STATEMAP | Sun Mar 19, 2006 | Road atlas part | Michael Shteyman |
| STAYINGINDOORS | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Not quitting a building supplies specialty? | Rich Norris |
| SWAROVSKI | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | Crystal jewelry company with a swan in its logo | Andrew Zhou |
| TINBADGE | Tue Dec 17, 2013 | *Sheriff's insignia, in old westerns | Paula Gamache |
| TVDETECTIVE | Mon Aug 16, 2010 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
| UHOK | Fri Jul 4, 2025 | "Fine, I guess" | Colin Adams |
| YESBABE | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | "Sure thing, dear" | Sam Ezersky |