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 50,620 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEKEGS | Thu Sep 9, 2021 | They may be iced for a hoppy birthday party | Billy Bratton |
| AROACE | Sun Nov 9, 2025 | Like someone who experiences little to no amorous and sexual attraction, for short | Amie Walker |
| BABYPROOF | Tue May 21, 2024 | Make safer, in a way ... or what the starts of 17-, 27-, 38- and 52-Across might be? | Zachary David Levy |
| BASEJUMP | Sat Apr 19, 2025 | Go off a cliff, maybe | Alex Tomlinson |
| BELLROPE | Sun Oct 30, 2005 | Prop for Quasimodo | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| BRITISHHUMOR | Thu Jun 22, 2023 | Feature of "Monty Python" and "Peep Show" | Michael Baker and Jeff Chen |
| BROKETHERECORD | Wed Jan 9, 2013 | Did or didn't surpass a D.J.'s mark for accident-free days? | David Ben-Merre |
| CHANGESTHEWORLD | Tue May 21, 2019 | Has a huge impact ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | Evan Kalish |
| CHICKENCHOWMEIN | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | La Choy product | Paula Gamache |
| CONDUCTOR | Mon Jan 1, 2024 | Official on a train ... or for an orchestra | Harry Zheng |
| CONIES | Sun Aug 13, 2017 | Furs from rabbits | Eric Berlin |
| DIDNTSLEEPAWINK | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Tossed all night | Manny Nosowsky |
| FENESTRA | Sun Sep 13, 2020 | Small anatomical opening, as in a bone | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| FLOODWATER | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Corps of Engineers concern | John R. Conrad |
| FRIARSCLUB | Tue Mar 25, 2025 | Locale famous for roasts | Bob Benson |
| GEORGEMCOHAN | Sun Oct 6, 2019 | ↓ American composer and lyricist | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| GETOFFONTHERIGHTFOOT | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Dextropodophiles ... | Joe Deeney |
| HIGHON | Fri Jul 5, 2002 | Enthusiastic about | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOLLYHUNTER | Tue Mar 19, 1996 | "The Piano" player | P. Jordan |
| IMPERMEABLE | Sat Oct 30, 2004 | Hard | Byron Walden |
| INACCURATE | Fri Nov 12, 2021 | Off the mark | Patrick John Duggan |
| JOHNNYDEPP | Tue Mar 3, 2015 | He played one of the lead roles in the film version of 50-/55-Across | Kristian House |
| KEYMAN | Sun Jul 18, 1999 | Essential company figure | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| LEAVEYOURNUMBER | Thu Sep 8, 2005 | Instruction on a record executive's answering machine message? | Ben Tausig |
| NASCENCY | Sat Aug 3, 1996 | Early development | A. D. Cover |
| ORSOITSEEMS | Fri Dec 22, 2023 | "... apparently" | Brooke Husic and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| OUIDAS | Tue Dec 27, 1994 | "A Dog of Flanders" author et al. | Ernie Furtado |
| REALESTATETAXES | Sat Dec 31, 2011 | They're often placed on parcels | Joe Krozel |
| REAPTHEBENEFITS | Fri Nov 24, 2006 | Enjoy perks | Dave Mackey |
| REDSTATER | Sat Aug 5, 2006 | Many a conservative | Trip Payne |
| ROBLES | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Paso ___, Calif. | Joe Krozel |
| ROUSH | Sun Jan 27, 2008 | Baseball Hall-of-Famer Edd | Mike Nothnagel |
| RUFFIANS | Sun Apr 26, 1998 | Brutes | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| SPLASHDOWN | Thu Jul 3, 2014 | Landing for many an Apollo mission | Luke Vaughn |
| STRIKEUPTHEBAND | Mon Mar 7, 1994 | 1930 Gershwin musical | Alex K. Justin |
| SWITZER | Sat Apr 11, 2009 | Child actor Carl who played Alfalfa | Karen M. Tracey |
| VOLETS | Sun Jun 25, 1995 | Triptych side panels | Frances Hansen |
| WALKMAN | Fri Jul 13, 2007 | Sony debut of 1979 | Manny Nosowsky |
| WHENLIFEBEGINS | Sun Mar 9, 1997 | Forty? | June Boggs |
| WILDHONEY | Wed May 21, 2025 | "That's unbelievable, love!" | Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan |