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 51,141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCENTWALL | Fri May 10, 2024 | Pop of color for an interior designer | Jesse Cohn |
| ACCOMPLI | Thu Mar 30, 1995 | Fait _____ | Rich Norris |
| ACTSALONE | Fri Sep 14, 2007 | Doesn't support a conspiracy theory? | John Farmer |
| APCARTER | Sat Mar 25, 2006 | Patriarch of the "First Family of Country Music" | Byron Walden |
| BALLISTA | Sat Sep 4, 2021 | Ancient siege weapon for launching stones | Byron Walden |
| BEERFRIDGE | Fri Mar 3, 2023 | Bud's place, perhaps | Eric Warren |
| BYRE | Sun Oct 6, 1996 | Yorkshire cow shed | R. Max Hopkins |
| CABLET | Mon Aug 23, 1999 | Nautical rope | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| DONTSLOUCH | Tue Apr 29, 2025 | Instruction to improve posture | Gene Louise De Vera |
| DOYOUREALLYMEANTHAT | Sun Mar 4, 2012 | Her husband asked "...?" | David J. Kahn |
| FELTITCHY | Wed Sep 12, 2007 | Suffered from an allergy, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| GIFTTAG | Sun Jun 16, 2013 | Present need? | Mel Rosen |
| HIPTOBESQUARE | Wed Nov 21, 2001 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit | M. Francis Vuolo |
| INDURAIN | Mon Jul 29, 2002 | Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel | Peter Gordon |
| JASONFOX | Fri Oct 30, 2020 | 10-year-old boy of comics with glasses and blond hair | Trenton Charlson |
| LETHIM | Thu Dec 25, 2025 | "He has my permission" | Sam Ezersky |
| LETSWRAPTHISUP | Tue Oct 24, 2023 | Breakup line from a mummy? | Daniel Grinberg |
| LIBRIS | Thu May 19, 2011 | Ex ___ | Paula Gamache |
| LOWMASS | Tue Jan 3, 2006 | Catholic rite that lacks singing | Lynn Lempel |
| LUSTFORLIFE | Tue Oct 25, 2005 | Van Gogh biography | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| MADSCENE | Sat Oct 28, 2000 | "Lucia di Lammermoor" feature | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MARZIPANS | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | Almond confections | Byron Walden |
| MASONDIXONLINE | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | It's north of the South | Finn Vigeland |
| MEATBALLSUB | Fri Aug 21, 2026 | Italian hero? | Adryel W. Robles Ojeda |
| NOTCOMPLETELYHONEST | Sun Aug 16, 2026 | FRAN_ | Sam Brody |
| OLSONS | Fri Sep 29, 1995 | Baseball's Gregg et al. | Manny Nosowsky |
| PAKULA | Sun Apr 26, 2020 | Alan who directed "All the President's Men" | Royce Ferguson |
| ROJAS | Sun Nov 9, 2025 | M.L.B. shortstop Miguel | Amie Walker |
| SETSMILE | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Fixed beam? | Manny Nosowsky |
| SHEEREST | Thu May 30, 1996 | Most gossamery | N. S. Wizer |
| SHEETPANS | Fri Aug 8, 2025 | Surfaces for making cookies | Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock |
| SHOOTBLANKS | Tue Jul 12, 1994 | Bluff, with a gun | Charles Arnold |
| SHUFFLEOFFTO | Tue Apr 4, 2006 | " Buffalo" | Robert Dillman |
| SKYGOD | Tue Apr 26, 1994 | Zeus or Jupiter, e.g. | David Ellis Dickerson |
| SONYXPERIA | Thu Jul 6, 2017 | Line of Japanese smartphones | Erik Agard |
| SQUIRRELBAFFLE | Sat May 21, 2011 | Bird feeder protector | Barry C. Silk |
| UPSHOTS | Wed Mar 23, 1994 | Results | Cathy Millhauser |
| WENTDOWNTHETUBE | Mon Dec 7, 2020 | Traveled by subway? | Barbara Lin |
| WHITISH | Thu Oct 9, 1997 | Milky | Cathy Millhauser |
| WIZKHALIFA | Sun Apr 28, 2024 | Rapper who shares part of his name with the world's tallest building | Mike Ellison |