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 50,959 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKS | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Comic cries of frustration | David Woolf |
| ALABAMABORDER | Tue Aug 4, 2009 | The Chattahoochee River forms part of it | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BARBRAWL | Sat Dec 26, 2009 | Shots after shots? | Kevin G. Der |
| BOOKREVIEW | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Novel opinion? | Ryan McCarty |
| BOWSERJR | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Young antagonist in Super Mario games | Sam Trabucco |
| CONRADHILTON | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub" | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| DEARABBY | Sun Feb 19, 2012 | Start for someone seeking advice | James F. C. Burns |
| DOUBLEBARFINCH | Sun Sep 12, 1999 | Bird with a severe drinking problem? | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| DRESSDOWNDAYS | Tue Oct 17, 2023 | Casual office occasions | Dominic Grillo |
| EATETH | Fri Aug 30, 2019 | Consumes, biblically | Trent H. Evans |
| EUCHARIST | Sun Mar 29, 2015 | Catholic rite | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FLUX | Tue Jun 19, 2007 | See 61-Across | John Underwood |
| GALLIVANTED | Fri Dec 22, 2017 | Went from place to place | Sam Trabucco |
| GIADA | Mon Apr 18, 2022 | Chef De Laurentiis of the Food Network | Carl Larson |
| GONEASTRAY | Tue Aug 18, 2015 | *Left the flock | Bill Thompson |
| JOHNBROWN | Thu May 22, 2008 | *Harpers Ferry raider | Richard Silvestri |
| LAGRANGE | Tue Apr 29, 2008 | Georgia city or college | Will Nediger |
| LATERGRAM | Tue Nov 17, 2020 | Photo posted days or weeks after it was taken, on social media | Kyle Dolan |
| LIVEDTO | Fri Jun 19, 2009 | Reached the age of | David Levinson Wilk |
| MMXL | Sat Oct 25, 2014 | 100th anniversary of Disney's "Fantasia" | Patrick Blindauer |
| MOORESLAW | Wed Dec 28, 2022 | "Rule" stating that the number of transistors per microchip doubles every two years | Josh Goodman |
| MUSICOFTHEHEART | Tue Jul 30, 2002 | 1999 Meryl Streep movie | Sherry O. Blackard |
| ODIOUSLY | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | In a despicable way | Patrick Berry |
| PETERJACKSON | Sun Feb 24, 2008 | Director (2003), actor (1962) | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PIEDATERRES | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Temporary lodgings: Var. | Bryant White |
| POETI | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | Dante e Boccaccio | Charles M. Deber |
| POLLOCKS | Thu Sep 28, 2023 | Some splattery paintings at MoMA | Ricky Cruz |
| QUESERA | Wed Jan 9, 2002 | Start of a Doris Day song title | Susan Harrington Smith |
| QUESTIONMARK | Wed May 13, 2026 | *Guns N' Roses guitarist | Brian Keller |
| REDLANTERN | Sun May 14, 2023 | Chinese New Year decoration | Sid Sivakumar |
| SACREDBOOK | Sun Feb 14, 2021 | The Quran, for one | Lisa Bunker |
| SCLERAL | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | ___ buckle (eye surgery procedure) | Will Nediger |
| SECONDSTORY | Sun Dec 25, 2022 | "Back to Treasure Island," e.g.? | John Martz |
| SINGLEMALT | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | The confirmed bachelor ordered a ... | Andy Kravis |
| SWIFFER | Sat Feb 10, 2018 | Big name in mops | Finn Vigeland |
| TWADDLING | Thu Jan 28, 2010 | Talking silly | Raymond C. Young |
| VESTITURE | Sun Oct 5, 1997 | Clothing | Derrick Niederman |
| WATERPITCHERS | Thu May 14, 2026 | Things often getting free refills | Simeon Seigel |
| WOODMEN | Fri Feb 15, 2019 | Lumberjacks, e.g. | Wyna Liu |
| YOUVECHANGED | Fri Jun 26, 2020 | "I hardly recognize the person I see" | Robyn Weintraub |