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 50,504 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDNOT | Sun May 16, 2010 | Excepting | Matt Ginsberg |
| BECHET | Sat Jun 15, 2013 | Saxophone great Sidney | Ned White |
| BRERS | Sat Dec 11, 2010 | Backwoods sibs | Paula Gamache |
| CAREERBEST | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | High on the job? | John Guzzetta |
| CATSUITS | Sat Jan 12, 2013 | Wear for some superheroines | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| COMICSANS | Sat Dec 8, 2018 | Informal font | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| CORSAIR | Sat Dec 22, 2012 | Pirate | Tim Croce |
| CYLON | Fri Jan 22, 2021 | Robotic adversary in "Battlestar Galactica" | Daniel Larsen |
| DEFUSED | Tue Dec 9, 2025 | Neutralized, as an explosive situation | Kate Hawkins |
| DONTBEEVIL | Fri Nov 22, 2024 | Google's former motto | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| DOREMIFASOLLATIDOTILASOLFAMIREDO | Thu Jun 9, 2005 | Piano exercise for beginners | David J. Kahn |
| DRAWLED | Sat Jun 13, 1998 | Spoke "We-e-ell"? | Richard Silvestri |
| DUSTBUSTER | Fri Jul 27, 2007 | Black & Decker offering | John R. Conrad |
| ENDSONASOURNOTE | Sat Mar 7, 2009 | Doesn't get wrapped up well? | Joe Krozel |
| FARANDWIDE | Sun Jul 12, 2009 | All over | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GALLEYSLAVE | Thu Jun 26, 2008 | "Ben-Hur" extra | David J. Kahn |
| GOINSIDE | Sun May 15, 2011 | Leave the outdoors | Cathy Allis |
| GROMYKO | Sun Mar 13, 2011 | Soviet foreign affairs minister during the Cuban missile crisis | Patrick Berry |
| HELLOTHERE | Fri Oct 18, 1996 | "Greetings!" | M. Gaffney |
| HOWLER | Thu Feb 16, 2012 | Screwup | Jim Page |
| LENDLEASE | Tue Sep 29, 2009 | War aid program passed by Congress in 1941 | Paula Gamache |
| LESSSURE | Tue Oct 31, 2000 | More skittish | Bill Zais |
| LOSTTIME | Fri May 21, 2010 | Something to make up for | Patrick Berry |
| LOWBROWHUMOR | Sun Jan 26, 2003 | Slapstick, e.g. | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| NAMENONAMES | Sat Nov 12, 2022 | Refuse to squeal | Billy Bratton |
| PRECHEW | Sun Feb 24, 2019 | Make easier to eat, as an infant's food | Erik Agard |
| RECORDDEALS | Fri Sep 9, 2022 | Dreams for aspiring bands | Brandon Koppy |
| SEEITNOW | Sat Sep 20, 1997 | Pioneering 50's news program | Bob Klahn |
| SETSONFIRE | Sat Jun 27, 2009 | Lights | Trip Payne |
| SHANYU | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | Villain in 1998's "Mulan" | Sam Ezersky |
| SIZESEVEN | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | It's smallish, dresswise | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SNOWYEGRET | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | Bird whose feathers were once prized by milliners | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SOFACOVERS | Sat Jul 5, 2025 | Some stain preventers | Tracy Bennett |
| STEERTO | Sun Jun 8, 2025 | Point in the direction of | John Kugelman |
| STEPTO | Sat Dec 11, 2021 | Confront, in slang | Hal Moore |
| STRIPING | Sun Dec 15, 2019 | Pattern on a barber pole | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| TARGETAREAS | Wed Nov 3, 2021 | Places to focus on | Dan Harris |
| TOADFISH | Sat Jan 23, 2010 | Grunting, slimy-skinned swimmer | Karen M. Tracey |
| TOEBEAN | Sun Mar 6, 2022 | Pink pad on a paw, in slang | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| TOHIT | Thu Jul 10, 1997 | In French it's frapper | Matt Gaffney |