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 51,191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIBOHPHOBIA | Wed May 4, 2011 | Jocular term for fear of palindromes | Jeff Chen |
| ANDIMOUT | Sat Jul 2, 2016 | "That's it ... too rich for me" | Erin Rhode |
| ASPIRINS | Mon Jun 6, 1994 | Two are often prescribed | Robert Zimmerman |
| CATCHIT | Sun Jun 19, 2005 | Get scolded | Manny Nosowsky |
| CRAMIN | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Add with force | John Hawksley |
| CRASHSCENE | Tue Sep 1, 2015 | Highway investigation site | Michael Torch |
| DIETPILLS | Fri Mar 31, 2023 | Products touted in some email scams | Rich Norris |
| DOMESTICANIMALS | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | Potential pets | Todd Gross and Doug Peterson |
| DUBLINOHIO | Wed Jan 7, 2009 | Host city of golf's Memorial Tournament | William Frank Macreery |
| ECTODERMS | Fri Feb 7, 1997 | Embryological layers | R. Norris |
| EDSHEERAN | Fri Aug 3, 2018 | Singer whose "Thinking Out Loud" won the 2015 Grammy for Song of the Year | David Steinberg |
| FINGERPRINTS | Sun Aug 12, 2001 | They may get a dusting | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| FLAVORFLAV | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | Founding member of Public Enemy known for wearing large clocks around his neck | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| FREIDAPINTO | Tue Nov 21, 2023 | "Slumdog Millionaire" actress | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| GOLDGLOVE | Tue Jan 23, 2024 | Major-league award for fielding prowess | Patrick Maher |
| HOMEPHONE | Sat Jul 24, 2021 | One might be off the hook | Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz |
| KENDRYDEN | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | N.H.L. Hall-of-Famer who played for Montreal | Derrick Niederman |
| KNICKERS | Sun May 22, 2011 | You may get them in a bunch | Bob Klahn |
| KYLOREN | Fri Jun 15, 2018 | "Star Wars" villain | Sam Ezersky |
| LOSSLEADERS | Thu Dec 7, 2017 | Big bargains, maybe | Dan Schoenholz |
| MAKEANOFFER | Mon Aug 1, 2005 | Start a negotiation | Kendall Twigg |
| MANEATINGSHARKS | Fri Jul 9, 2010 | Popular sea menaces of film | Patrick Berry |
| MOONQUAKE | Fri Dec 11, 2020 | Phenomenon discovered by Apollo astronauts | Ari Richter |
| MOUTHWATERING | Thu Sep 7, 1995 | Tempting | Rich Norris |
| ORIONIDS | Fri May 18, 2018 | Annual meteor shower in October | Ryan McCarty |
| PAPHOS | Sat Feb 12, 1994 | Ancient city of Cyprus | Rand H. Burns |
| PLOWMEN | Sun Jan 29, 2006 | Farm workers | Rich Norris |
| REAVES | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Splits, old-style | Frank Longo |
| REELTOREEL | Fri Apr 16, 2010 | Like some projectors | Eric Berlin |
| RETRIALS | Fri Jan 13, 2023 | What follows certain deadlocks | Brad Wiegmann |
| RUBDOWN | Thu Dec 10, 1998 | Post-workout activity | Peter Gordon |
| SEABORNE | Fri Aug 15, 2003 | Like some trade | Jim Page |
| SEATFILLER | Sat Oct 30, 2021 | One paid to be in an audience | Michael Hawkins |
| SIXHIGHSTRAIGHT | Tue Jun 22, 1999 | 24-Across beater | Nancy Salomon |
| STRIKEONESFANCY | Wed Nov 15, 2006 | Appeal to caprice | David Benkof |
| SURFERGIRL | Fri Nov 12, 2010 | One "standing by the ocean's roar," in a 1963 song | Barry C. Silk |
| TEXACOSTAR | Sat Apr 27, 2024 | Company logo derived from a state symbol | Rich Norris |
| THEREABOUT | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Roughly that | David J. Kahn |
| TOEACHHISOWN | Thu Dec 31, 2009 | "Different strokes for different folks" | Frank Longo |
| WEHAVETOMAKETHISQUICK | Sun Aug 3, 2025 | "Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say | Jeremy Newton |