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 50,392 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTOHORNS | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Instruments also known as mellophones | Patrick Berry |
| ALUMNIMAGS | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Popular pubs for college grads | Kameron Austin Collins |
| APACHEAN | Sun Apr 10, 2005 | Like the Navajo language | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOWLERHAT | Tue Jun 21, 2022 | Headgear for Laurel or Hardy | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| CABALIST | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Mystical scholar | Martin Schneider |
| CASQUE | Sun Feb 14, 2021 | Medieval helmet | Lisa Bunker |
| DJKHALED | Tue Mar 19, 2019 | Singer with the 2010 3x platinum single "All I Do Is Win" [10,11] | Daniel Larsen |
| EMONO | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | See 81-Across | Natan Last |
| ENIGMATOLOGY | Sat Jul 1, 2023 | Study of riddles | Ben Tolkin |
| EYEBLEACH | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | Slangy "treatment" for a disturbing visual | Byron Walden |
| FLOORSIT | Fri Mar 16, 2018 | Puts the pedal to the metal | Robyn Weintraub |
| GAMESTOP | Tue Feb 8, 2022 | Big retailer of Nintendo and Xbox products | Adam Aaronson, Jack Joshi and Jackson Janes |
| GROVESOFACADEME | Sat Apr 13, 2013 | Ivory tower setting | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| GUTTED | Sun Feb 18, 2018 | Left only the exterior of | Elizabeth A. Long |
| HEADLINER | Fri Mar 22, 2024 | Festival closing act | Mansi Kothari and Erik Agard |
| HIDALGOS | Fri Nov 6, 1998 | Lesser Spanish noblemen | Bob Klahn |
| IDOLIZER | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | More than an admirer | Maura B. Jacobson |
| JACUZZIPARTY | Thu Aug 18, 2022 | Hot tub shindig | Adam Wagner |
| LAUTNER | Fri Sep 19, 2014 | Taylor of "Twilight" | Finn Vigeland |
| LEMONSAUCE | Fri Jul 22, 2022 | Tangy-and-sweet dessert topping | David Steinberg |
| LYNLEY | Sun Dec 16, 2012 | Inspector in Elizabeth George mysteries | Matt Ginsberg |
| PAVINGSTONE | Sun Dec 5, 1993 | Granolith | Manny Nosowsky |
| PEACHPIE | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Popular dessert in Georgia | Jeremy Newton |
| PYEDOGS | Sat Apr 12, 2014 | Stray mongrels | Mel Rosen |
| REDRESSING | Sat Nov 11, 1995 | Giving indemnification | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| REDSTARTS | Wed Jun 9, 2010 | Boldly patterned warblers ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 50- and 59-Across | Gary Whitehead |
| ROUGHNECK | Wed Mar 31, 2004 | Rowdy sort | Randy Sowell |
| SILKBOXERS | Sat Oct 3, 2020 | Some pricey undergarments | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| SISSYBAR | Sat Mar 9, 2013 | Bicycle support, informally | David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk |
| SLAVETRADE | Fri May 23, 2003 | It was outlawed in the 19th century | Dave Tuller |
| SOAPPAD | Thu Mar 30, 2023 | Brillo offering | Adam Wagner and Brooke Husic |
| SODABATHS | Tue Sep 11, 2012 | Soothing soaks | Kenneth Leeser |
| SPINROOMS | Sun Oct 12, 2025 | Postdebate areas | Michael Schlossberg |
| STARGELL | Thu Feb 1, 1996 | Former Pirate slugger Willie | L. Sidway |
| STAYSANE | Sat Jul 30, 2022 | Keep it together | Lance Enfinger |
| SWORDLILY | Wed Dec 9, 2009 | Gladiolus | Peter A. Collins |
| TAKEACUT | Mon Apr 9, 2018 | Get 10%-15%, say | Erik Agard |
| THELORDSPRAYER | Sun Aug 17, 1997 | Hose-wielding serf, perhaps? | Cathy Millhauser |
| VANISHINGCOIN | Sun Aug 13, 2017 | Magic trick performed at 78-Down | Eric Berlin |
| YOUDOTOO | Thu Jan 16, 2014 | "I'm not the only one!" | Elizabeth A. Long |