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 51,054 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMATEURASTRONOMER | Sun Dec 19, 2010 | Many an avid observer of a 125-Across | Kevin G. Der |
| ARYE | Sun Sep 29, 1996 | Ex-"Ellen" actor Gross | M. Reagle |
| BARROOMBRAWL | Sun Feb 20, 2011 | Classic western slugfest | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BUFFYSUMMERS | Mon Mar 8, 2010 | Vampire slayer of film and TV | Stanley Newman |
| CATCONDO | Thu Oct 27, 2022 | Item of feline furniture | Barbara Lin |
| CHATBOTS | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Some customer service agents nowadays | Blake Slonecker |
| CHOCOLATEMALT | Sat Sep 14, 2024 | Soda shop purchase | Christina Iverson |
| CREAMEDCORN | Tue Jul 22, 2003 | Mistreated vegetable? | Steven Kahn |
| DISAPPEAR | Fri Mar 18, 2022 | Dematerialize | Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic |
| DONCHEADLE | Sun Dec 10, 2017 | "Traffic" actor, 2000 | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| EASESOUT | Tue Sep 8, 1998 | Removes gently | Nancy Salomon |
| EOLITHIC | Fri Dec 10, 2021 | Period at the beginning of the Stone Age | Joe DiPietro |
| EXITBANQUO | Fri Apr 26, 1996 | "Macbeth" stage direction | W. Johnson |
| FEATHERTICK | Wed Apr 23, 2003 | Sound from a 17- or 34-Across? | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| FIRSTGENERATION | Fri Mar 22, 2024 | Newly immigrated, say | Mansi Kothari and Erik Agard |
| HARDATIT | Wed Dec 7, 2016 | Working diligently | David Steinberg |
| HIGHANDOUTSIDE | Sun Apr 26, 1998 | Plastered at a picnic? | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| IAMNOTACROOK | Thu Sep 21, 2023 | Infamous presidential denial | Dan Caprera |
| ILIKEITLIKETHAT | Sat Sep 25, 2010 | 1965 top 10 hit for the Dave Clark Five | Patrick Berry |
| IMPORTQUOTA | Sun Apr 19, 2015 | Certain trade barrier | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ISTHATAYESORANO | Fri Dec 6, 2024 | "Sorry, can you clarify your answer?" | Robyn Weintraub |
| JAWING | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Gossiping | Byron Walden |
| KWANS | Sun Oct 10, 2004 | Skater Michelle's family | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LANDMASS | Sun Aug 3, 2008 | Australia, e.g. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| PANCHOS | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Mexico's Villa and others | Derrick Niederman |
| QAEDA | Thu Mar 29, 2018 | An end to terrorism? | Claire Muscat and David Steinberg |
| RALPHKINER | Fri Aug 26, 2005 | Pirate legend | Joe DiPietro |
| RUBBERSOUL | Fri May 4, 2012 | Follower of "Help!" | Barry C. Silk |
| SASSERS | Sun Nov 7, 2004 | Impertinent types | Con Pederson |
| SETDOWN | Wed Sep 26, 2007 | Lay | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| SLIMIEST | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Most vile | Harvey Estes |
| SOLDATALOSS | Wed Oct 25, 2017 | Bailed out on some stock, say | Jules P. Markey |
| SOYOUSAY | Sat Jan 29, 2022 | "A likely story" | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid |
| SPARSELY | Sun Jan 2, 1994 | Thinly | Brian G. Tyler |
| THEPOUND | Mon Aug 12, 2019 | Where stray animals are taken | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| TRUCKSTOP | Fri Dec 28, 2001 | Semi-service station | Manny Nosowsky |
| UPTOAPOINT | Wed Jul 28, 2021 | Somewhat | Alex Rosen and Brad Wilber |
| WAVELENGTH | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | See image | Martin Schneider |
| WHIPPOORWILL | Tue Mar 28, 1995 | Nocturnal bird with an onomatopoeic name | Christopher Page |
| WRESTLINGRING | Thu May 12, 2016 | Stage for Hulk Hogan | James Tuttle |