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 50,408 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTSALONE | Fri Sep 14, 2007 | Doesn't support a conspiracy theory? | John Farmer |
| AMANAPLANACANALPANAMA | Sun Jan 12, 2014 | *Fab "backward-gram" à la "Sam, aha! Bahamas!" | Andrew Chaikin |
| BECOMEANGRY | Thu Oct 26, 2006 | See 1-Down | Todd McClary and Dave Tuller |
| COFFEEURN | Sat Apr 23, 2022 | Joe carter? | Matthew Stock |
| DELEGATEE | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | Task recipient | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| DIESELELECTRIC | Sat Nov 30, 2002 | Like some locomotives | Jim Page |
| ECAR | Wed Sep 18, 2013 | Green vehicle, briefly | Paul Hunsberger |
| EYEBLACK | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Football player's application | Joanne Sullivan |
| GAUZY | Tue Sep 28, 2021 | Like many bridal veils | Meghan Morris |
| GOOGLEHOME | Sat Jun 15, 2019 | Voice-activated smart speaker introduced in 2016 | Ryan McCarty |
| GROENING | Fri Aug 12, 2011 | Creator of "The Simpsons" | Julian Lim |
| HIGHAS | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | 98 and 99, typically | Byron Walden |
| HITCOUNTER | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Website feature resembling an odometer | Natan Last |
| HUEANDCRY | Mon Apr 29, 2024 | Public uproar ... or a phonetic hint to the two words in 17-, 28- and 48-Across? | Tom Locke |
| HYPEUP | Fri Apr 9, 2021 | Ballyhoo | Jamey Smith |
| INSTAGRAMMER | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | *Certain photo poster | Andrew Zhou |
| INTHEHEIGHTS | Fri Apr 2, 2021 | Tony-winning musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda during his second year of college | Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes |
| JOSEJIMENEZ | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | He pitched a no-hitter in 1999 | Will Nediger |
| KICKEDIN | Fri May 19, 2017 | Started to work | Matthew Sewell |
| LURCHES | Sat Jan 26, 2008 | Reels | Karen M. Tracey |
| MELIKE | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Informal approval | Matt Ginsberg |
| MINORPROBLEM | Wed Jan 8, 2025 | Hiccup | Laura Dershewitz |
| MONSOONSEASON | Tue Sep 16, 2014 | June to September, in India | Gary Cee |
| MOTHERDUCK | Thu Mar 22, 2018 | One with a lot of followers? | Ross Trudeau |
| NEWSDESKS | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | Anchors' locales | Peter Wentz |
| NOMAKEUPMAKEUP | Fri Feb 24, 2023 | Discreet look? | Margaret Seikel and Sophia Maymudes |
| OBAMABIDEN | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonants | Sam Buchbinder |
| OUTOFTOUCH | Sat Jan 7, 2023 | Living under a rock, say | Adam Aaronson |
| PADDEDENVELOPE | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Protective mailer | Paula Gamache |
| PLOWSINTO | Sun Apr 16, 2017 | Collides hard with | Timothy Polin |
| POTALE | Sat May 19, 2001 | Residue left after alcohol has been distilled | Dana Motley |
| SHOOTINGRANGE | Thu Aug 15, 2002 | Photo session at a farm? | Manny Nosowsky |
| SLIMIEST | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Most vile | Harvey Estes |
| SOTHEBY | Wed Apr 15, 2015 | Auction house eponym | Joel Fagliano |
| TACOBARS | Fri Jun 16, 2023 | Shell stations? | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| TRUNKING | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | Link aggregation, in computing | Derrick Niederman |
| TUESDAYSCHILD | Sun Sep 3, 1995 | One full of grace | Ernie Furtado |
| UNNEAR | Sun May 8, 1994 | Not close, once | Ralph G. Beaman |
| VAULTING | Thu May 10, 2018 | Springing over | Caitlin Reid |
| WAYNEMANOR | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Fictional home with a secret basement | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |