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 50,738 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARDMORE | Sun Jan 8, 1995 | Philly suburb | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BACKWARDS | Wed Feb 2, 2022 | See 18-Across | Meredith Colton Hazy |
| BIGTICKETITEM | Sat Jan 20, 2018 | One taking a lot of credit, maybe? | Alex Vratsanos |
| BODESWELL | Sun Dec 20, 2015 | Shows promise | Peter Wentz |
| BODYHEAT | Mon Aug 18, 2008 | *1981 film starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner | Paula Gamache |
| BULGUR | Fri Dec 26, 2025 | Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh | Andrew Spooner |
| CALEDONIA | Fri Jun 29, 2012 | Scotland, to poets | Patrick Berry |
| CARIBBEANSEA | Fri Aug 15, 2014 | One end of the [circled letters], which opened on 8/15/1914 | Jeff Chen |
| CONCEDED | Thu Jun 6, 2013 | Accepted defeat | James Tuttle |
| DECORATING | Fri May 26, 1995 | Interior work | Randolph Ross |
| DXCV | Sun Jan 1, 2012 | Late sixth-century year | Patrick Berry |
| FISHOIL | Thu Jun 23, 2011 | Fatty acid source | Ian Livengood |
| GOLLYGEE | Sun Jun 3, 2007 | "Leave it to Beaver" catchphrase | Kelsey Blakley |
| GORO | Sat Apr 27, 1996 | Cio-Cio-San's marriage broker | F. Hansen |
| HEMMING | Tue Aug 20, 2013 | Fixing, as the bottom of a skirt | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| INDRIBSANDDRABS | Fri Nov 30, 2012 | Little by little | Gary Cee |
| JUSTAVERAGELOOKING | Sun Feb 6, 2011 | However, this man was balding, gray-haired and ... | David J. Kahn |
| KEEPSONICE | Sun Jun 3, 2001 | Has ready | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| LALLYGAG | Sun Apr 25, 1999 | Loaf | Joe DiPietro |
| LEADINGARTICLES | Sat Jun 21, 2008 | Front-of-magazine pieces | Tyler Lewis Hinman |
| LIABLETO | Thu Aug 1, 1996 | So inclined | B. Lubbers |
| MAJORBARBARA | Sun Dec 10, 2000 | 1905 Shaw play | Rich Norris |
| MAKEPASSES | Mon Aug 13, 2018 | Succeed on the gridiron ... or invite a slap in the face | Lynn Lempel |
| MARATHONDANCERS | Tue Nov 26, 2024 | Participants in an endurance competition set to music | Killian Olson |
| MELTINONESMOUTH | Mon Mar 14, 2011 | What M&M's do | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MXIV | Sun Jul 3, 2005 | 1014, in history | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NODONT | Mon Sep 24, 2018 | "Stop, I beg you!" | Michael Black |
| OFFEREDUP | Sun Feb 17, 2002 | Sacrificed | Joe DiPietro |
| PARALLELLINES | Fri Jun 4, 1999 | They never meet | John Wolting |
| PEEWEEERWIN | Thu Dec 26, 2002 | Jazz trumpeter of the Big Band era | Cathy Millhauser |
| PROFITEERED | Wed Jan 2, 2008 | Made a killing, say | Patrick Blindauer |
| ROADERS | Fri Oct 21, 2011 | Off-___ (sturdy bikes) | Patrick Berry |
| SPINTHEWHEEL | Mon Feb 7, 2005 | Roulette instruction | Gordon Seaberg |
| STUDFARM | Sun May 24, 2015 | Breeding ground | Kevin G. Der |
| SUBPART | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Fraction of a fraction | Patrick Berry |
| TEENMOVIE | Sun Oct 24, 2021 | Genre for "Booksmart" and "Clueless" | Katie Hale |
| TOTHEMOON | Sun Aug 12, 2007 | Ralph Kramden catchphrase on old TV ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | Cathy Millhauser |
| TUNGO | Sun Apr 3, 1994 | Miniature kangaroo of Australia | Ernie Furtado |
| UNCRATE | Thu Aug 22, 2002 | Open, as shipped goods | Cathy Millhauser |
| WATCHTHISSPACE | Thu Jan 31, 2002 | Billboard line | Bruce F. Adams |