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 51,135 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSWEREDTHEDOOR | Sat Oct 8, 2011 | Responded to some rapping | Tim Croce |
| ANYBODYSGUESS | Thu Dec 4, 2003 | Not definite | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BAMBAM | Thu Sep 3, 2020 | Former pro wrestling star ___ Bigelow | Sid Sivakumar |
| BEERMAKER | Wed Jun 26, 2019 | HEBREWS | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BION | Thu Oct 18, 2007 | One of a series of joint Soviet/U.S. space satellites | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| BUSTOUTLAUGHING | Mon May 19, 2003 | Roar with mirth | Trip Payne |
| CATCHLINE | Mon Aug 18, 2003 | Attention-getter in an ad | Ed Early |
| CITYPLAN | Sun Apr 21, 2019 | Urban layout | Grant Thackray |
| CROWDFUNDING | Sat Jan 4, 2025 | Kickstarter activity | Sam Ezersky |
| CRYHAVOC | Sat Apr 18, 2020 | Warn of disaster | Ryan McCarty |
| DEMOCRATICALLY | Sat Jan 26, 2019 | By popular vote | Grant Thackray |
| DILAPIDATED | Mon Oct 18, 2004 | Rundown | Steve Kahn |
| DOYOURWORST | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | "Go ahead. I'm not scared" | Michael Schlossberg |
| DRFUMANCHU | Mon Jan 27, 2020 | *Sinister genius in a series of Sax Rohmer novels | Timothy Polin |
| FREDCOUPLES | Mon Jan 31, 1994 | P.G.A.'s 1992 leading money winner | Janet R. Bender |
| FREEFROM | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | Not burdened by | Will Nediger |
| GREENIES | Sun Mar 17, 1996 | Amphetamines, in street talk | Peter O'Gordon |
| HALFSOLE | Thu Feb 7, 2002 | Worn part of a shoe | Patrick Berry |
| HANDBRA | Sat Aug 4, 2018 | Makeshift technique for female modesty | Sam Trabucco |
| HYSTERIAS | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | Fits | Byron Walden |
| INTREPIDS | Fri Mar 21, 1997 | Dodge cars | Shannon Burns |
| LASHER | Thu Nov 23, 2006 | 1993 Anne Rice novel | Ari Halpern |
| LATEGREAT | Sun Sep 5, 2021 | Gone-but-not-forgotten | Grant Thackray |
| LIPSMACKING | Tue Aug 24, 1999 | Delectable | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MISTIME | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Do at the wrong moment | Fred Piscop |
| MRATING | Sat Jan 5, 2019 | Classification for violent video games | Andrew Zhou |
| MUSKETRY | Wed Dec 1, 2021 | Skill never performed by 15-Across, oddly enough | Christopher Youngs |
| NAMEBRAND | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Like fashionable apparel | Myles Callum |
| NOVELWRITER | Sun Nov 22, 2009 | Career of the parent who typed up the Career Day schedule? | Patrick Merrell |
| NOWTHEN | Thu May 25, 2023 | "Since that's over with ..." | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin |
| READYROOM | Fri Feb 8, 2019 | Military pilot's waiting area | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| SAMEOLDSONG | Tue Aug 17, 2010 | Tired routine, colloquially | Michael Sharp |
| SCOREAHIT | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | Make the Billboard charts, say | Jeff Chen |
| SEEWHATHAPPENS | Sun Sep 29, 2024 | Let the situation play out | Joe Deeney |
| SILKTREE | Tue May 23, 2006 | Ornamental plant with fernlike foliage | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SMEARING | Thu Mar 15, 2001 | Campaign dirty tricks | Cathy Millhauser |
| STARBUCKSORDERS | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Grande and others | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| TAKESANEUTRALSTANCE | Sun Jun 7, 2009 | Doesn't care either way | Jeremy Newton |
| THESOUTH | Wed Feb 28, 2018 | Lee side | Peter A. Collins |
| TILEGROUT | Mon May 30, 2011 | Bonding material for bathroom floors | Michael Barnhart |