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 50,012 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADCOUNCIL | Sat Jun 1, 2019 | Group working on P.S.A. campaigns | Ari Richter |
| BIGFOOTS | Thu Dec 17, 1998 | Yeti-like creatures | David J. Kahn |
| BLUEHOLES | Sun Feb 16, 2025 | Deep, dark ocean caverns | John Kugelman |
| BRONZEMEDALLIST | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | Brit who gets an award for showing? | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BUNGHOLES | Thu Oct 27, 1994 | Cask openings | Fred Piscop |
| CALIFORNIASUITE | Wed Aug 8, 2001 | Neil Simon four-skit comedy ... or an apt title for this puzzle | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| COIFFURE | Sun Mar 19, 2006 | Do | Michael Shteyman |
| CRIBBAGEMARKER | Thu Sep 24, 2020 | Pea, e.g. | Trenton Charlson |
| DEVILFISH | Mon Oct 10, 2016 | Undersea animal with a monstrous name | Patrick Merrell |
| DIRECTLINK | Sat Jan 8, 2005 | Nonstop connection | David Levinson Wilk |
| DIRTBIKES | Tue Jul 22, 2014 | Off-road two-wheelers | Joel Fagliano |
| FILMIER | Sat Aug 22, 1998 | More delicate | David J. Kahn |
| FRUITLESS | Wed Jan 30, 2019 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues | Emily Carroll |
| GANGSTERRAP | Wed Dec 6, 2006 | Hip-hop subgenre | Levi Denham |
| GSTAR | Sun Apr 24, 2011 | Our sun's type | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| HOWCANIRESIST | Fri May 2, 2025 | "Is that an amazing offer or what?" | Robyn Weintraub |
| JUMPUPANDDOWN | Thu Jul 29, 2004 | "Simon says pretend you're on a trampoline" | Patrick Merrell |
| LABOURCANDIDATE | Mon Sep 4, 1995 | British runner | Richard Thomas |
| LARGEPIZZA | Mon May 31, 2021 | Circular food item that may come in a 16" square box | Michael Lieberman |
| LASTMONTH | Sun Sep 11, 2022 | A few weeks ago, probably | Derrick Niederman |
| MAYFIRST | Sun Dec 8, 2002 | Noted parade day | Peter Gordon |
| NATKINGCOLE | Mon Dec 5, 2011 | "Ramblin' Rose" singer, 1962 | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| NEWDEALER | Sun May 2, 2021 | Supporter of Roosevelt's agenda | Dan Schoenholz |
| NORTHSOUTH | Sun Jun 3, 2001 | How some interstates run | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| OMIGOD | Thu Aug 22, 2019 | Often-abbreviated outburst | Emily Carroll |
| ONESKI | Thu Feb 16, 2023 | A daredevil may hit the slopes with it | Kevin Patterson |
| OPENSWIDE | Sat Apr 7, 2018 | Prepares for a drill? | Mark Diehl |
| PEONES | Sun Jul 25, 1999 | Bullfight attendants | Charles M. Deber |
| PICTUREGALLERY | Sun May 8, 2005 | Hanging site [Buick] | Jim Page |
| PIGMENT | Thu Jan 12, 2023 | Something cephalopods control for camouflage | Grant Thackray |
| PINELLAS | Sun May 13, 2001 | ___ Park, Fla. | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| ROOTLESS | Mon Sep 4, 2023 | Forever wandering | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SIDETRACKS | Fri Jan 24, 2020 | Diverts | Scott Earl |
| SPANDRELS | Sat Jun 20, 2015 | Architectural features above arches | Kyle T. Dolan |
| STEEPSIDED | Fri Oct 16, 1998 | Like cliffs | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SYRETTES | Fri Mar 3, 1995 | Medicine injectors | Chuck Deodene |
| TRELLISES | Thu Aug 13, 1998 | Lattices around an island? | A. J. Santora |
| VCMONEY | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Some start-up funding, in brief | Sam Ezersky |
| WHATSOPERADOC | Thu Apr 25, 2013 | Classic cartoon in which "Kill da wabbit" is sung to a Wagner tune | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| YEAHDUDE | Sat Nov 18, 2017 | "Sure thing, bro!" | Sam Trabucco |