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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHKENAZI | Fri Dec 27, 2013 | Like Albert Einstein, ethnically | Ian Livengood & J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| BASKETCATCH | Sat May 25, 2024 | Outfielder's flashy feat | David P. Williams |
| BERNIECE | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Children's author ___ Rabe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOOSTERBOX | Fri Nov 13, 2009 | Item-concealing shoplifting aid | Dana Motley |
| BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | Sun Jul 23, 2023 | Hit Mach I ... or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle | Chandi Deitmer |
| BUMPINTHEROAD | Thu Jul 11, 2024 | Minor setback ... or a hint to entering 16-, 24-, 44- and 52-Across | Mat Shelden |
| CORONERS | Thu Oct 29, 2009 | Ones examining bodies of evidence? | Joe Krozel |
| DELUDES | Sun Oct 3, 1999 | Bamboozles | Fred Piscop |
| DIALMFORMURDER | Tue Aug 2, 1994 | 1954 Hitchcock hit | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| DIRTIEST | Sun Sep 4, 1994 | Most underhanded | Wayne Robert Williams |
| DOESNTMATTER | Fri Apr 14, 2023 | "Either is fine, honestly" | Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock |
| FLATTENSOUT | Mon Nov 26, 2012 | Pancakes | Ed Sessa |
| FRANCISCAN | Thu Mar 14, 2002 | JunÃpero Serra, for one | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FUNNYHAHA | Mon Mar 10, 2025 | Entertaining, as opposed to disturbing | Patti Varol |
| HASAPOINT | Thu Jun 22, 2006 | Argues sensibly | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| HEYBIGSPENDER | Tue Aug 15, 2000 | Gwen Verdon sang it in 1966 | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| HOMEMOVIES | Sat Jul 9, 2016 | Some juvenile records | Josh Knapp |
| LASTONESTANDING | Sun Jun 17, 2018 | Survivor of an all-out brawl ... or a hint to 23-, 38-, 64- and 87-Across | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| LEAKEY | Wed Nov 20, 1996 | Plumbers' favorite anthropologist? | M. S. Maurer |
| LOOKIELOO | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | A shopper, not a buyer, informally | Jonathan Daly |
| LOVEHATERELATIONSHIPS | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | They involve mixed feelings ... or a hint to four squares in this completed puzzle | Hal Moore |
| MBUTTERFLY | Mon Jan 6, 2014 | *1988 Best Play Tony winner inspired by Puccini | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| MUSICIANS | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | Performers of note? | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| NONEW | Sun Jan 30, 1994 | "_____ taxes" | Alex K. Justin |
| OPPORTUNEMOMENT | Mon Aug 15, 2005 | Best time to act | Lynn Lempel |
| PONYKEGS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Quarter-barrel containers of beer | Rafael Musa |
| PRETTYUP | Sun Nov 3, 2019 | Beautify | Kristian House |
| PULLBOAT | Sun Oct 18, 1998 | Log-towing barge | David J. Kahn |
| REUSEABLE | Fri Jul 25, 2008 | Not intended for just a single application: Var. | John Farmer |
| ROUGHUP | Wed Jul 17, 2024 | Knock around, say | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SEMORDNILAPS | Sat Mar 18, 2023 | Words that form other words when read backward | Ada Nicolle |
| SNIDELYWHIPLASH | Mon Jan 27, 2020 | *Dudley Do-Right's enemy in old TV cartoons | Timothy Polin |
| SULTANOFBRUNEI | Mon Oct 1, 2018 | Monarch renowned for his wealth | Chuck Deodene |
| THURSDAYSGAME | Sun Sep 3, 1995 | Gene Wilder flick | Ernie Furtado |
| TIPPYTOES | Mon Jun 10, 2024 | You might stand on them to reach something | Kareem Ayas |
| TRENCHANT | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | Penetrating | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| WARMEN | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Soldiers | Peter Gordon |
| WATERBALLOONS | Fri Aug 1, 2008 | They often make a splash | Patrick Berry |
| WHOSTHEBOSS | Thu Aug 14, 2025 | ["Let's go with 'Nickname's the Same' for $400"] Bruce Springsteen, Lance Armstrong and Melissa McCarthy in a 2016 comedy | Gene Louise De Vera |
| WRAPSKIRT | Wed Oct 27, 2021 | Sarong, for one | Johanna Fenimore |