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 50,596 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIELLE | Sat Oct 9, 2004 | Actress Dombasle of French film | Byron Walden |
| BILOBA | Sun Apr 20, 2025 | Ginkgo ___ (tree species) | Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett |
| BLINDMICE | Mon Aug 20, 2007 | Trio on the run | Lynn Lempel |
| BOOZEUP | Fri Jun 4, 2010 | Brit's bender | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CHICAGOBULL | Tue Feb 24, 2004 | Michael Jordan, for years | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CHIPANDDALE | Sun May 7, 2023 | Acorn-loving duo | Will Nediger |
| COANCHOR | Sun Sep 18, 1994 | Chung or Rather, e.g. | Merl Reagle |
| DISBELIEVE | Fri May 3, 2013 | Not accept | David Kwong |
| ENERGYVAMPIRE | Mon Aug 7, 2023 | "Monster" who drains people emotionally | Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness |
| FULLSISTER | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Sharer of both parents | Robert H. Wolfe |
| HALLOWEENII | Sat Jan 19, 2019 | Film with the tagline "The nightmare isn't over!" | Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco |
| HASASMOKE | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Lights up | Jeremy Newton |
| HEREFORDSHIRE | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Former western English county | Jim Page |
| INDIEGOGO | Sat Jul 13, 2019 | Alternative to Kickstarter | David Steinberg |
| INTHELEAST | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | One bit | Kevin G. Der |
| INTHEPAST | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| JACKANAPES | Sat Oct 25, 2008 | Whippersnapper | Karen M. Tracey |
| JAZZIEST | Sat Feb 3, 1996 | Flashy in the extreme | W. R. Williams |
| JEMELEHILL | Mon Jun 1, 2020 | Award-winning sports journalist who went from ESPN to The Atlantic | Erik Agard |
| LEONARDNIMOY | Mon May 25, 2020 | Mr. Spock player | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas |
| LOVEALL | Wed Jan 30, 2019 | Score at the start of a set | Emily Carroll |
| MISDIRECTED | Wed Jun 16, 2021 | Led astray ... or like the films at 19-, 25-, 40- and 57-Across? | Finn Vigeland |
| MYITSLATE | Mon Nov 18, 2019 | Comment made when itching to leave a dull party | Alan Arbesfeld |
| NOTFUNNY | Wed Apr 20, 2005 | "I don't appreciate the humor" | Joe DiPietro |
| ONEUNDER | Sun Mar 18, 2018 | Birdie | Daniel Raymon |
| OVERBURDEN | Tue Nov 28, 2006 | Pile too much on | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PANZEROTTI | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | Fried turnovers from southern Italy | Byron Walden |
| PRETAMANGER | Mon May 6, 2019 | Sandwich chain whose name is French for "ready to eat" | Peter Gordon |
| PRODUCER | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Film V.I.P. | Eric Berlin |
| RATESATEN | Sat Mar 1, 2025 | Deems perfect, perhaps | Ryan Judge |
| RIGHTTURNONRED | Thu Jun 19, 2003 | It's illegal at some intersections | Randolph Ross |
| SAIDOKTO | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Accepted | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |
| SCARESTHEHECK | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Makes a fraidy-cat (out of) | Raymond C. Young |
| STOODFAST | Tue Aug 7, 2012 | Didn't compromise | Mike Buckley |
| STUFFEDSOLE | Mon Nov 18, 2002 | Surf serving #4 | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| TALKEDABOUT | Tue Apr 28, 1998 | Discussed | Manny Nosowsky |
| TASTEMAKERS | Mon Aug 22, 2016 | Influential sorts ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-Across | Emily Carroll |
| THEDIETOFWORMS | Fri Feb 25, 2011 | 16th-century assembly | Henry Hook |
| TOEOFFROG | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Ingredient in a witches' brew | Joe Krozel |
| UPPERBOUND | Sat Nov 22, 2025 | End of a set, in mathematics | Blake Slonecker |