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 50,430 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUTYTIPS | Tue Nov 5, 2019 | Advice much seen in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen | John Guzzetta |
| BEEBEARD | Thu Feb 21, 2013 | Apiarist's facial display | Paul Hunsberger |
| BOBBYDARIN | Tue Aug 21, 2018 | 1950s-'60s teen idol who sang "Dream Lover" and "Splish Splash" | John Lieb and Andrea Yañes |
| BUICKS | Sun Dec 21, 2014 | Regal and Encore | Joel Fagliano |
| DEFINITEMAYBE | Fri Mar 11, 2022 | Noncommittal committal | Robyn Weintraub |
| EARTIPS | Thu May 14, 2009 | Elf costume add-ons, maybe | David J. Kahn |
| ENDSWELL | Fri Oct 11, 2019 | Concludes neatly | Andy Kravis |
| EXCHEQUERS | Tue Feb 15, 1994 | National treasuries | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| GHETTOBLASTER | Fri Sep 30, 2016 | Source of break-dancing beats | James Mulhern |
| GRAHAME | Fri Jan 17, 2025 | Kenneth who wrote "The Wind in the Willows" | Willa Angel Chen Miller |
| HALFVOLLEYED | Fri Jan 9, 2015 | Made a speedy return? | Patrick Berry |
| INQUISITOR | Thu May 28, 2009 | One in search of heretics | Gary Cee |
| IRREGARDLESS | Thu Aug 6, 2009 | *No matter | Dan Naddor |
| JACKSONPOLLOCK | Wed Nov 1, 1995 | Abstract Expressionism pioneer | D. J. DeChristopher |
| LATINROOT | Thu Mar 20, 2025 | The word "aquarium" has one | Daniel Grinberg |
| LAVINIA | Fri Dec 9, 2011 | Second wife of Aeneas | Patrick Berry |
| MARMALADESKIES | Tue Jun 11, 2024 | *Meteorological description in a Beatles song | Chloe Revery |
| MEXICANHATDANCE | Fri Sep 30, 2022 | Performance with a sombrero | David Karp |
| MULTIPLE | Fri Sep 24, 2021 | More than a few | Stella Zawistowski |
| NOTESAPP | Sat Jun 29, 2024 | Modern medium for jotting things down | Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa |
| PARTYHOP | Mon May 9, 2016 | Go from one social gathering to another | Dan Schoenholz |
| PATENTEE | Thu Jun 26, 2025 | Bell for the telephone, for one | Simeon Seigel |
| PORTLIEST | Fri Oct 27, 2006 | Superlatively stout | Lisa Bunker |
| PUSSYFOOTS | Mon Dec 2, 2024 | Tiptoes, as around a touchy subject | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian |
| PUTSTHEKIBOSHON | Sat Aug 10, 2013 | Vetoes | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| REMOTEPOSSIBILITY | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Memo about why to buy an air purifier? | Jeremy Newton |
| RETURNRECEIPT | Sun Jan 23, 2000 | Mailer's request | Joe DiPietro |
| REVERSEPHONELOOKUP | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Method for identifying mystery callers | Tracy Gray |
| SOFTTOUCH | Mon Nov 19, 2007 | One who'll easily lend money for a hard-luck story | Lynn Lempel |
| STENCHES | Sat Feb 24, 1996 | Dump outputs | M. Shenk |
| SURGEON | Wed Dec 4, 2002 | Walter Reed, e.g. | Richard Hughes |
| TBARLIFT | Tue Nov 7, 2023 | *Skier's support | Kevin Curry and Daniel Bodily |
| THERUB | Sun Jan 9, 1994 | Dreaming, to Hamlet? | Mel Rosen |
| TORECAP | Sat May 27, 2023 | "So we're all on the same page ... " | Samuel Smalley |
| TREEORNAMENT | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | 91-/100-Across, often | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TRUSSER | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | One tying up a turkey, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TURNAWAY | Tue Feb 17, 2004 | Refuse admission to | Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon |
| TVPERSONALITY | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Bad occupation for Bashful? | Adam Fromm |
| WENTOUTTHEWINDOW | Thu Aug 24, 2023 | Suddenly fell through, as a plan | Robin Yu |
| WILDIMAGINATION | Fri Oct 3, 2003 | Producer of stories like you wouldn't believe | Manny Nosowsky |