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 50,383 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELOT | Sun Jun 17, 2012 | Trick-taking game | Kyle T. Dolan |
| BIGARADE | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | Sour orange, in French cuisine | Byron Walden |
| BIGOTED | Sat Nov 3, 2018 | Intolerant | Ryan McCarty |
| CAESARDRESSING | Sat Jul 8, 2023 | Ranch alternative | Brandon Koppy |
| DEVILFISH | Mon Oct 10, 2016 | Undersea animal with a monstrous name | Patrick Merrell |
| DREAMERS | Sat Sep 28, 1996 | They wish | G. R. Ferguson |
| DUKESITOUT | Tue Sep 2, 2025 | Fights | Rena Cohen |
| ELLIEKEMPER | Sat Jun 17, 2017 | Title actress on Netflix's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" | Ryan McCarty |
| EXCISETAX | Fri May 18, 2001 | Whiskey Rebellion impetus | Joe DiPietro |
| GEICOGECKO | Wed Feb 12, 2025 | Lizard mascot with a Cockney accent | Philip Koski |
| GOODGUESS | Mon Aug 23, 2021 | "You were close with that response" | Bruce Haight |
| GORILLAS | Sun Jun 24, 2018 | Thugs | Timothy Polin |
| LOGARITHM | Sat Oct 14, 2017 | What turns 1,000 into 3, in base 10 | Sam Ezersky |
| MISSOULAMONTANA | Fri Nov 8, 1996 | City on the Clark Fork River | M. Gaffney |
| NONESSENTIAL | Sun Jan 28, 1996 | Superfluous | M. W. Perry |
| OCTETTE | Sun Aug 4, 1996 | Mendelssohn work in E-flat major | D. Tuller |
| OHCALCUTTA | Fri Aug 9, 2013 | Broadway musical with two exclamation points in its name | Patrick Berry |
| PADLOCKS | Fri Jun 25, 1999 | Secures, in a way | Matt Gaffney |
| PAINTPOT | Sun Aug 23, 2015 | Acrylic container | Joel Fagliano |
| PERDAY | Thu Mar 31, 2016 | Like some parking garage rates | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| POPTRIO | Wed Feb 3, 2021 | Destiny's Child or the Supremes | Yacob Yonas |
| PROSES | Fri Aug 16, 2013 | Talks tediously | Dana Motley |
| RAREMEAT | Wed Mar 11, 2015 | Something that's just not done at the dinner table? | David Steinberg |
| RESPLENDENT | Sun Aug 21, 2016 | Dazzling | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
| ROCKIT | Fri May 5, 2023 | 1983 Herbie Hancock funk classic | Jacob McDermott |
| RUNTHROUGH | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | [See circled letters] | Timothy Polin |
| SANTAFILOMENA | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Longfellow poem | John M. Samson |
| SCAMMER | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Con artist | Jeremy Newton |
| SMELLSARAT | Sat Aug 16, 2003 | Is suspicious | Manny Nosowsky |
| STANDINAROW | Sat Mar 13, 2010 | Line up | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| TABCOLLAR | Tue Mar 28, 2000 | Feature of some shirts | Fred Piscop |
| TEIDE | Fri Feb 26, 1999 | Pico de ___ (12,000-foot volcano on the Canary Islands) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| THEMENU | Mon Dec 9, 2024 | 2022 dark comedy that satirized haute cuisine | Elliot Caroll |
| TIMUR | Sat Mar 12, 2011 | King of Tartary in "Turandot" | Joon Pahk |
| TOADIER | Sun Aug 19, 2001 | Sycophant | David J. Kahn |
| TRANSPORTS | Thu Aug 22, 2019 | Conveys | Emily Carroll |
| TUNATARTARE | Fri Jan 3, 2020 | Raw fish dish | Will Treece |
| UNMAKES | Sun Sep 27, 2015 | Takes apart | Tom McCoy |
| WASJUDGEANDJURY | Wed Sep 11, 2002 | Had total authority | A. J. Santora |
| WORCESTERSHIRE | Tue Nov 11, 2025 | It's hard to say | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan |