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 50,507 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABYDOLLS | Fri Aug 18, 2017 | Toys that may open and close their eyes | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BABYSNOOKS | Tue Nov 15, 2005 | Fanny Brice radio character | Sarah Keller |
| BASEBALLTEAM | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Nine | Kevin G. Der |
| CAVORTED | Thu Jan 11, 2007 | Made merry | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| CHUCKYEAGER | Mon Feb 3, 2014 | First pilot to travel faster than the speed of sound | Sean Dobbin |
| COMPLETELY | Sun Mar 27, 2016 | Hook, line and sinker | Patrick Blindauer |
| DOCTOROFLAWS | Sun May 22, 1994 | Salinger's initial occupation? | Randolph Ross |
| DOREMIFASOLLATIDOTILASOLFAMIREDO | Thu Jun 9, 2005 | Piano exercise for beginners | David J. Kahn |
| EMERYBOARD | Sat Sep 27, 2025 | Digital file? | Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson |
| FAIRHAIREDCHILD | Tue Feb 7, 2012 | One who's favorably looked upon | Mike Buckley |
| FEEBLEST | Sun Dec 28, 2025 | Least hale | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FEELSUPTOIT | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Is ready for the task | Byron Walden |
| FISHBOWLS | Sat Apr 18, 2009 | They lack private parts | Byron Walden |
| FORALLTIME | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | In perpetuum | Ryan McCarty |
| FREONS | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | Some refrigerants | Byron Walden |
| INCIDENTAL | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Fortuitous | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INDISTRESS | Sun Jan 27, 2002 | Requiring a rescue | Patrick Berry |
| INKBOTTLE | Fri Jun 5, 2020 | Quaint stationery shop item | John Wrenholt |
| INTELLIGENTLIFE | Thu Jan 2, 2003 | Focus of an interplanetary search | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JULESVERNE | Thu May 5, 2016 | Whom Unesco lists as the world's second most translated author, after Agatha Christie | David Poole |
| LONGEDFOR | Wed Nov 13, 2024 | Strongly desired | Todd Gross |
| LUCIS | Sat Nov 27, 2004 | Anno ___ (in the Year of Light) | Byron Walden |
| MESHTOP | Thu Nov 5, 2020 | See-through garment | Jeremy Newton |
| MISSEDTHECUT | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | "I was in a serious relationship with a hippie, but he ..." | Brad Wiegmann |
| NATHANIELHAWTHORNE | Sun Jul 1, 2012 | Novelist who was 65-Across (1804) | Dan Schoenholz |
| NEUTRALLANGUAGE | Mon Mar 6, 2006 | Esperanto, for some | Jack McInturff |
| ONCOMING | Sat Jun 10, 2000 | Like some traffic | Glenton Petgrave |
| PADEREWSKI | Wed Jul 30, 1997 | Pianist born in Kurilovka, Poland | John D. Leavy |
| PERFORATION | Wed Sep 11, 2019 | Ace in the hole? | Ned White |
| PERSIANGULF | Fri Jan 11, 2013 | A lot of oil moves through it | Ian Livengood |
| PROXIES | Sat Apr 28, 2018 | Stand-ins | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| RAPGROUPS | Fri Jul 18, 2014 | Public Enemy and others | Ian Livengood |
| RUSHJOBS | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | They're done on the fly | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| SCURRYAWAY | Sun Jan 8, 2017 | Hoopster Steph not playing at home? | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
| SHEWOLF | Thu Feb 9, 2012 | Suckler of Romulus and Remus | Kevin G. Der |
| SLIPOFF | Tue Oct 10, 2000 | Remove, as shoes | Frances Hansen |
| SWEETIES | Fri Jan 5, 2001 | Cupcakes | Nelson Hardy |
| TOLDON | Sat Aug 27, 2005 | Didn't cover for | Byron Walden |
| TRUELOVES | Thu Jul 17, 2014 | Soul mates | Alan Arbesfeld |
| UNREQUITED | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Like some love | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |