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 50,763 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRSOFT | Sat Feb 25, 2017 | Sport similar to paintball | Mark Diehl |
| ALBERTSON | Tue Apr 8, 1997 | TV/film actor Jack | Fred Piscop |
| ALPHABETSONGS | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Educational musical pieces for kindergarteners | Anna Shechtman |
| ASSISTANCE | Tue Sep 18, 2007 | See 32-Across | Chuck Deodene |
| ATLANTICSALMON | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | Seafood entree | David J. Kahn |
| AUTHORLESS | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Anonymous | R. Norris |
| BADJUJU | Fri Dec 16, 2022 | Fallout from a hex, perhaps | Kameron Austin Collins |
| CHOPCHOP | Sun Jan 29, 2012 | Lickety-split | Ian Livengood |
| CROSTIC | Wed Mar 16, 1994 | Double-_____ (puzzle type) | Fred Piscop |
| CUTSTHELINE | Sun Jun 4, 2000 | Releases, as a fish | Martin Schneider |
| CYBORGS | Wed Oct 11, 2006 | Sci-fi beings | Jack McInturff |
| DEADWOOD | Thu Jun 14, 2012 | Nonessentials | Tracy Gray |
| DIAZEPAM | Sat Jun 9, 2007 | Valium, generically | Karen M. Tracey |
| DIFFERENCEOFOPINIONS | Sun May 23, 2021 | "That was great!" - "No, it stunk!" | Jennifer Nebergall |
| DISHRAGS | Sun Mar 8, 1998 | Kitchen cloths | Richard Silvestri |
| EAGERNESS | Wed Aug 29, 2018 | Zeal | Alex Bajcz |
| EYESRIGHT | Sat May 14, 2005 | Marching order | Bob Peoples |
| FACECREAMS | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Some cosmetics | Mark Feldman |
| GOESUPANDDOWN | Sun Feb 22, 2015 | What each group of shaded words in this puzzle does | Patrick Berry |
| HUMANCANNONBALL | Sat Feb 22, 2025 | Big shot performer? | Rose Conlon |
| IMNOTSURE | Wed May 24, 2017 | "Maybe ask someone else" | Michael Hawkins |
| INUNDATED | Fri Feb 28, 1997 | Swamped | Bob Klahn |
| JACKAL | Wed Apr 7, 2010 | Follower who does the dirty work | Richard Silvestri |
| LUT | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | Iranian desert | R. M. Hopkins |
| MANICS | Thu Oct 17, 1996 | Hyperactive ones | J. R. Conrad |
| MLKDAY | Thu May 29, 2025 | Fed. observance since 1986 | John Kugelman |
| ONAHIGHNOTE | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | See 40-Across | Byron Walden |
| ONEPLAYER | Fri Jun 26, 2015 | Like solitaire games | Erin Rhode |
| PLAYEDHOOKY | Sun Dec 15, 2013 | [See above] | Jeff Chen |
| REALTER | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Make further modifications to | Frank Longo |
| RIDESHERD | Sat Feb 7, 2004 | Oversees, with "on" | David J. Kahn |
| SCRAPEDBY | Fri May 21, 2010 | Made ends meet somehow | Patrick Berry |
| SECRETES | Wed May 16, 2012 | Generates, as fluids | Kevin Adamick |
| SLOWDANCED | Tue Mar 24, 2026 | Swayed to the music, say | Killian Olson |
| STOODOVER | Mon Sep 23, 2013 | Watched protectively | Susan Gelfand |
| SWANSEA | Sun Apr 18, 2004 | Dylan Thomas's birthplace, in Wales | Richard Chisholm |
| TESTATRIX | Fri Nov 21, 2003 | Willful woman? | David Ainslie Macleod |
| THEMIRACLES | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" singers | Frank A. Longo |
| TIETACKS | Thu Jan 6, 2000 | Haberdashers' items | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| WHATDISAY | Tue Jan 7, 2025 | "You believe me now?" | Dana Edwards |