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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICANTABLOID | Sat Nov 22, 2008 | James Ellroy novel that Time magazine named best fiction book of 1995 | Frank Longo |
| BACKFLIP | Thu Nov 14, 2024 | Move famously performed by figure skater Surya Bonaly at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Matthew Faiella |
| BAVIER | Sun Apr 9, 2017 | Frances who played TV's Aunt Bee | Byron Walden |
| CATCALLS | Fri Dec 9, 2005 | Raspberries | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CORON | Thu Dec 22, 2005 | ___ Bay, Philippines (site of 1944 fighting) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CROSSOVERARTIST | Fri Mar 24, 2023 | Pop star with country roots, say | Blake Slonecker |
| DOITBYTHEBOOK | Fri Mar 21, 2014 | Follow every rule | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DUCKBILLED | Thu Aug 2, 2012 | Platypus-like, in a way | Xan Vongsathorn |
| EIO | Sun Jun 11, 1995 | "Old MacDonald" syllables | Coral Amende |
| FIDELCASTRO | Wed May 1, 1996 | Man with a 36-Across | F. Piscop |
| GOTREST | Sat Jul 18, 2015 | Followed doctors' orders, maybe | Joe Krozel |
| HAVEANOPINIONON | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Think a certain way about | Joe DiPietro |
| HERNAN | Sun Jan 22, 2017 | Conquistador Cortés | Dan Schoenholz |
| HUFFISH | Wed Dec 21, 2022 | Sulky | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| JEANSMART | Mon Mar 17, 2025 | Emmy-winning actress for "Hacks" | Kathy Lowden |
| JILTER | Sun Sep 26, 1999 | "Dear John" letter writer | Randolph Ross |
| LICEY | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Tigres del ___, Dominican team that has won the Caribbean World Series nine times | Raymond C. Young |
| LIGHTHOUSE | Mon Jan 13, 2025 | Aid in preventing a shipwreck | Adam Levav |
| LOWPITCH | Wed Nov 3, 2010 | Fastball in the dirt, say | Tracy Gray |
| MARRIAGEMATERIAL | Sun Aug 21, 2005 | Mr. Right, say | Byron Walden |
| MATURATION | Sun May 11, 2014 | Coming of age | Peter A. Collins |
| MESSING | Sun Nov 5, 2006 | Fooling (around) | Derrick Niederman |
| MOOJUICE | Sat Jan 2, 2021 | Milk, slangily | Joe Deeney |
| NUTCRACKER | Wed Jun 10, 1998 | 1892 Tchaikovsky ballet, with "The" | Nancy S. Ross |
| OPERASTAR | Wed May 14, 2008 | Callas or Sills | Doug Peterson |
| OUCHIES | Sun Aug 2, 2020 | Boo-boos | David Levinson Wilk |
| POLITICS | Sun Sep 29, 2013 | Delicate first-date topic | Norm Guggenbiller |
| REGIMENTS | Sun Sep 15, 2013 | Groups of troops | Joe DiPietro |
| SEATFILLER | Sat Oct 30, 2021 | One paid to be in an audience | Michael Hawkins |
| SHARKTALE | Sun Jul 29, 2012 | 2004 Will Smith animated film | Kevin G. Der |
| SHTICKY | Sat Aug 24, 2024 | Full of gimmicks | Ryan McCarty |
| SPECIALRELATIVITY | Sun May 18, 2008 | Einstein subject | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| STOODUPTO | Thu Feb 11, 2010 | Challenged | Peter A. Collins |
| SUMMERED | Fri Nov 4, 2011 | Visited a vacation house, maybe | Patrick Berry |
| SWABBERS | Wed Feb 21, 1996 | Deck hands | F. & L. Sabin |
| THELAWISAASS | Mon Aug 28, 2017 | Notable (and grammatically incorrect) declaration by Mr. Bumble in "Oliver Twist" | Dan Margolis |
| THEROUNDSONME | Tue Oct 25, 2016 | Offer at a pub ... as suggested by this puzzle's shaded squares | John E. Bennett |
| UNLOOSED | Wed Jan 13, 1999 | Set free | Richard Silvestri |
| UNOBTANIUM | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | Mined compound in the "Avatar" universe | Barbara Lin |
| WASHINGMACHINE | Tue Oct 13, 2015 | Laundromat fixture | Patrick Berry |