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 50,658 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKKER | Sun Mar 26, 2006 | Televangelist paroled in 1993 | Patrick Berry |
| BEDPOSTS | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Canopy supports, perhaps | Henry Hook |
| BETAAPP | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | Download in progress? | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| BITMAPS | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Alternatives to GIFs | Carter Cobb |
| BLOODHOUND | Tue Feb 17, 2015 | *Relentless pursuer | Bruce Haight |
| BODYENGLISH | Mon Jan 31, 2000 | Twists and turns in a bowling alley | Peter Gordon |
| CATAMARAN | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Twin-hulled vessel | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| CHARACTERACTOR | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | 15-, 26-, 33- or 39-Across, punnily? | Sam Trabucco |
| CUDDLEPUDDLE | Sat Mar 26, 2022 | Horizontal group hug session | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| DAAAAABEARS | Wed Oct 27, 2021 | Classic line from the Superfans sketch on "S.N.L." | Johanna Fenimore |
| DISCOVERER | Thu Nov 27, 2025 | Lucky scientist, perhaps | Alexander Liebeskind |
| EBBOUT | Thu Oct 11, 2018 | Flow away from the shore | Johanna Fenimore and Jeff Chen |
| ELDERWINE | Wed Oct 15, 2014 | *Potent potable in "Arsenic and Old Lace" | David Poole |
| FACEPOWDERS | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Compact things | Mark Feldman |
| HEATHERS | Sun Feb 18, 1996 | 1989 Winona Ryder movie | Norma Steinberg |
| INDUCTEES | Sat Dec 23, 2017 | They're called up | Matthew Sewell |
| INTEGRATEDCIRCUIT | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | ∫ workout routine | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| INTERFERED | Fri Nov 2, 2007 | Committed a sports no-no | Barry C. Silk |
| IRRESOLUTE | Fri Mar 1, 2013 | Waffling | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| JUGULAR | Fri Oct 20, 2000 | Target of a deadly attack | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LAUGHINGFALCONS | Sun May 27, 2012 | Snake predators named for their calls | Byron Walden |
| LETMEJUSTSAY | Fri May 4, 2007 | Remark introducer | Manny Nosowsky |
| LIFTSOUT | Sun Jul 22, 2018 | Removes from a box, say | Patrick Merrell |
| LILALEE | Fri Mar 30, 2001 | Frequent Valentino co-star | Manny Nosowsky |
| LOLAT | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | React to, as an online joke | Paolo Pasco |
| MILKFED | Fri Sep 30, 2005 | Like veal calves | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| MMDDYYYY | Sat Jan 15, 2022 | Date format on digital forms | Sam Ezersky |
| PAYOFFS | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | Bribes | Hal Moore |
| PEDIGREES | Thu May 13, 2021 | Breeders' documents | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| PLANESEAT | Sun May 5, 2024 | Window, e.g. | Daniel Bodily |
| POSTTRUTH | Sat Apr 28, 2018 | Like a world in which objective facts are less important than appeals to emotion and personal belief | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| PRINCETONU | Fri Jun 27, 1997 | Site of the Woodrow Wilson Sch. of Public and Intl. Affairs | Dean Niles |
| ROCKEFELLERCENTER | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Where 148-Across takes place | Jeremy Newton |
| SMOOTHLY | Wed Jul 28, 2004 | Without a hitch | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| SOMEBODY | Fri Aug 9, 2002 | Big shot | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SUNNYSIDEUP | Sun Aug 10, 2014 | *Egg order [the Obamas] | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TAKESAIMAT | Fri Jun 4, 2021 | Sets sights on | Nam Jin Yoon |
| THEBIGSTEAL | Sun Aug 13, 1995 | Base runner's shining moment? (1949) | Nancy Salomon |
| TRIPLEAXEL | Wed Mar 4, 2015 | Eddie Murphy, after 1984, 1987 and 1994? | Jeff Stillman |
| WIGGILY | Wed Jan 25, 2006 | *Gentleman rabbit of children's lit | John Farmer |