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 50,260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAYING | Mon May 26, 1997 | Relieving | Eileen Lexau |
| BEALLANDENDALL | Wed Jan 3, 1996 | Ultimate thing | W. R. Williams |
| BUNNYSUIT | Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Easter costume | Jean O'Conor |
| CONCHA | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Bowl-shaped part of the ear | Joe Krozel |
| COPIOUS | Thu May 2, 2013 | Plentiful | Josh Knapp |
| DANCEPARTY | Fri May 14, 1999 | Rave | Frank Longo |
| DANNYBONADUCE | Tue Jul 15, 2025 | Player of the middle son on TV's "The Partridge Family" | Daniel Britt |
| DARKSPOT | Mon May 26, 2008 | Appearing and disappearing feature on Jupiter | Mark Sherwood |
| DONTJUDGEME | Sat Jan 25, 2020 | Self-conscious person's exclamation | Stella Zawistowski |
| EUROPEANCAPITAL | Sun Jun 9, 1996 | See 23-Across | M. Gaffney |
| FUNFUNFUN | Mon Aug 26, 2024 | Beach Boys hit of 1964 | Zachary David Levy |
| HAMBURGERPATTY | Tue Sep 26, 2000 | Fast-food addict? | Bill Ballard |
| HORNSOLO | Sat Sep 26, 2020 | Bit of jazz improv | Kristian House |
| IFALLTOPIECES | Thu Oct 28, 2021 | Country music standard at zombie karaoke night? | Alan Massengill |
| IGNISFATUUS | Thu Jul 26, 2012 | Will-o'-the-wisp | Joel Fagliano |
| KEEPUPAPPEARANCES | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Maintain the impression of well-being | Tracy Gray |
| LOTINLIFE | Sat Jul 18, 2020 | Kismet | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| MANSPREAD | Thu Aug 30, 2018 | Annoyance from a subway seatmate | Grant Thackray |
| MATURITY | Fri Mar 31, 1995 | Bond's end | Chuck Deodene |
| MILKOFMAGNESIA | Tue May 30, 2017 | Upset stomach remedy [Brontë governess] | Neville Fogarty |
| MISDEEDS | Wed Jan 31, 2007 | Wicked acts | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MORALIST | Tue Dec 30, 1997 | Holier-than-thou type | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NEOJAZZ | Sat Jan 3, 2009 | Hard bop, e.g. | Peter Wentz |
| NOTCLEAR | Fri Nov 22, 2019 | Opaque | Emily Carroll |
| NOTHINGTODO | Thu Oct 9, 2025 | Two moving around each other | Freddie Cheng |
| OFFAT | Sun Dec 26, 2010 | Run ___ the mouth | Darin McDaniel |
| PARTYANIMALS | Wed May 11, 2022 | They're always ready for a good time ... or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across? | Michael Paleos |
| PERTURBS | Fri Sep 9, 2022 | Troubles | Brandon Koppy |
| POLICESERGEANTS | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Constables' superiors | Patrick Berry |
| SAYLESS | Sun Feb 12, 2023 | "You've made your point," slangily | Christina Iverson and Samuel A. Donaldson |
| SCYTHED | Fri Jan 25, 2013 | Reaped, in a way | Joe DiPietro |
| SINEADOCONNOR | Sat Feb 23, 2013 | Dublin-born singer with a 1990 #1 hit | Todd Gross |
| SOLDOFF | Sat Jan 6, 2018 | Liquidated | Peter Wentz |
| TAIKO | Wed Nov 29, 2017 | Japanese drum | Erik Agard |
| TECTUM | Sun Apr 27, 1997 | Dorsal part of the midbrain | Matt Gaffney |
| TEMPORALLOBE | Fri May 21, 2004 | Part of the brain associated with memory | Eric Berlin |
| TOBEISTODO | Wed May 11, 2016 | Words from Socrates | Pawel Fludzinski |
| UNSTOPPED | Mon Aug 23, 1999 | Like a drain after a drain cleaner | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| WELLBEING | Sat Mar 3, 2001 | Health | Fraser Simpson |
| WETMOPS | Tue Jul 25, 2000 | Does a swab's job | Patrick Jordan |