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 51,045 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMIMISSINGSOMETHING | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Question from one who doesn't get it | Frank A. Longo |
| ANAFFAIRTOREMEMBER | Sun Apr 29, 2001 | 1957 film featuring the subject of this puzzle | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ASTOLDTO | Sun Jul 13, 2008 | Part of many an autobiography's author credit | Matt Ginsberg |
| BASSNOTES | Wed Dec 28, 2022 | Lowest pitches in chords | Josh Goodman |
| BEERPULL | Sun Sep 11, 2016 | Tavern tap handle | Ned White and George Barany |
| DIMINUTIVE | Sun Aug 12, 2018 | Tiny | Ross Trudeau |
| DUTCHELMDISEASE | Wed May 28, 1997 | Rot caused by bark beetles | Ed Early |
| EWALLET | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | Apple Pay, e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| FARREMOVED | Thu Sep 4, 2014 | Very distant | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| FLABBERGAST | Tue Nov 8, 2011 | Bowl over | Scott Atkinson |
| FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS | Sun Sep 28, 2025 | Relationship featuring casual intimacy ... or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle | Rich Katz |
| GENIUSATWORK | Thu Apr 12, 2018 | Facetious sign in a lab or office | Jules Markey |
| GONEPRO | Thu May 2, 2024 | Made it to the big leagues | Brandon Koppy |
| JASMINEGUY | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | "A Different World" actress | Byron Walden |
| KENNELS | Mon Mar 29, 2021 | Shelters for shelties | Lynn Lempel |
| KOMEN | Wed Dec 28, 2022 | Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization) | Josh Goodman |
| LETTERSORTING | Thu Nov 17, 2011 | "Stronger title" for this puzzle | Patrick Merrell |
| LOSESSEATS | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Does poorly in Congressional election | R. Ross |
| MAGNETIZED | Sun Mar 22, 2009 | Made more attractive? | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera |
| MALEV | Thu Sep 26, 1996 | Hungarian airline | M. Gaffney |
| MICKEYFINN | Sat Sep 1, 2007 | It'll knock you out after you knock it back | Karen M. Tracey |
| MINERALWATER | Wed Aug 10, 2022 | Drink from a spring | Karen Lurie |
| MIXTEC | Fri Nov 21, 1997 | Indian of southern Mexico | Chuck Deodene |
| MYSTICS | Sun Dec 4, 2005 | Séance holders | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| ONEPUTTED | Sat Mar 24, 2018 | Achieved green efficiency? | Byron Walden |
| ORNETTE | Wed Jan 6, 2016 | Jazz saxophonist Coleman | Jules P. Markey |
| PEUGEOT | Tue Apr 20, 2010 | French carmaker | Paula Gamache |
| PODRACERS | Sat Jun 11, 2022 | Vehicles in "The Phantom Menace" | Sid Sivakumar |
| POLYTHEIST | Sun Dec 12, 2021 | Hindu, for one | Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson |
| PRESOAKED | Sun Oct 5, 2014 | Like many a stain before washing | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| PROCOLHARUM | Tue Aug 24, 2010 | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" group | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| REDSTARS | Fri Sep 3, 1999 | Suns with low surface temperatures | David J. Kahn |
| ROSAMUND | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister" | Rafael Musa |
| SOBFEST | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Big tear-jerker | Byron Walden |
| STEPHENCRANE | Sun Jan 25, 2004 | Author who covered the Spanish-American War for New York newspapers | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| SUNDAYBRUNCH | Mon Aug 28, 2023 | *Weekend occasion for avocado toast and mimosas | Brian Callahan |
| TONITENNILLE | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Half of a pop duo | Alfio Micci |
| TOPSEEDS | Sun Feb 4, 2001 | Best players, usually | Frank A. Longo |
| TYRONES | Sat Feb 15, 1997 | Family in O'Neill dramas | J. Clonick |
| YOUNEVERKNOW | Fri Sep 16, 2022 | "It could happen" | Juliana Tringali Golden |