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 50,472 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIENENCOUNTER | Sat May 10, 2025 | First contact | Shaun Phillips |
| AMERICANIZE | Tue Nov 14, 2000 | Convert to McDonald's, the Gap, etc. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| APPOLLS | Sun Sep 1, 2019 | Sources of weekly N.C.A.A. rankings | Finn Vigeland |
| AREWEOKAY | Sat Jul 6, 2024 | "Everything good between us?" | Evans Clinchy |
| CARHOOD | Sun Sep 28, 2025 | Spot for an ornament | Rich Katz |
| COITUS | Wed Sep 11, 2024 | Sex | Barbara Lin |
| DAIKONRADISH | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | Root vegetable in Asian cuisine | Sam Ezersky |
| FORS | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Ones voting yes | B. White |
| GARDENHOSE | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | Typically green tube | Patrick Berry |
| GOGETTERS | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | Type-A types | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| GUILDER | Thu Sep 8, 1994 | Dutch coin | Daniel R. Stark |
| HOMINIES | Wed Sep 29, 1999 | Hulled corn preparations | Patrick D. Berry |
| IMBROGLIOS | Mon May 31, 2010 | Confused situations | Oliver Hill |
| INFORMON | Thu Jan 29, 2004 | Sell out, in a way | David J. Kahn |
| JACKOLANTERNS | Fri Oct 28, 1994 | Lightheaded ones? | Bryant White |
| LITTLEBIT | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | *Smidgen | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| LOVESONG | Wed May 4, 2011 | Serenade, e.g. | Jeff Chen |
| LOWDIVE | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Beginner's pool feat | Manny Nosowsky |
| MADEAMOVE | Fri Aug 26, 2011 | Played | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MAGMAS | Sat May 24, 1997 | Igneous rock sources | Rich Norris |
| MRBELVEDERE | Tue May 9, 1995 | Clifton Webb film role | Gregory E. Paul |
| NAVELGAZES | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Is way too introspective | John Guzzetta |
| PARISIANS | Thu Feb 5, 2015 | French capitalists? | Mike Buckley |
| PHOTOAPPS | Sat Dec 25, 2021 | Things you might snap on, nowadays | Johan Vass |
| PLAYMEORTRADEME | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | Benchwarmer's plea | Peter A. Collins |
| SADSIGHT | Thu Mar 10, 2022 | Cause for pity | John Westwig |
| SETTOMUSIC | Sun Apr 15, 2018 | Soundtrack for a brawl? | Alex Bajcz |
| SKIPARKA | Sat Aug 16, 2008 | Protection for someone on the run? | Byron Walden |
| SMALLTIMER | Sat Aug 25, 2007 | Insignificant sort | Myles Callum |
| SMOOSH | Sat Nov 7, 2020 | Flatten like a bug | Kameron Austin Collins and Paolo Pasco |
| SPARRER | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | Boxer at practice | Christopher Page |
| STATISTIC | Mon Aug 13, 2007 | Earned run average, e.g. | Andrew Ries |
| STELLARCLASSIFICATION | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Compliment to a taxonomist? | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| SWEETPEAS | Sat Jun 22, 2024 | Plants used in early genetics experiments | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| THATDOGDONTHUNT | Sat Jan 6, 2024 | "Bad plan!," in Southern slang | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao |
| WALLMAP | Sat Aug 25, 2018 | Common classroom adornment | Sam Ezersky |
| WENTBARHOPPING | Thu Aug 4, 2011 | Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? | David J. Kahn |
| WHITEYONTHEMOON | Fri Apr 28, 2023 | Gil Scott-Heron poem inspired by 1969 events | Malaika Handa and Erik Agard |
| YELLOWPINE | Fri Apr 7, 1995 | Good wood for floors | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| YOUBLOCKHEAD | Thu Jun 24, 2021 | Lucy van Pelt's frequent outburst to Charlie Brown ... or how to fill some squares in this puzzle? | Danny Lawson |