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 50,910 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASLEWOF | Sun Sep 5, 2021 | Countless | Grant Thackray |
| ATNOPOINT | Tue Sep 20, 2022 | Not even once | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| AUSTINTEXAS | Sat Jun 4, 2005 | Capital on the Colorado | Byron Walden |
| BARRYBONDS | Tue Nov 23, 2021 | M.L.B. record-holder for most career home runs | Eric Bornstein |
| BEASSURED | Fri Feb 19, 2010 | Encouraging statement start | Victor Fleming |
| BLEEPCENSOR | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Curse remover | Sam Trabucco |
| BLOWYOURMIND | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | What magicians strive to do | Sam Ezersky |
| CENSORBAR | Wed Apr 30, 2025 | Alternative to a blur or pixelation | Adam Vincent |
| CRANBERRYBOG | Sat Jun 14, 2014 | Many a Cape Cod locale | Alex Vratsanos |
| CRIMERING | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Ones making a racket? | Garrett Chalfin |
| DASHBOARDS | Sat May 7, 1994 | Instrument panels | Bryant White |
| DEEPPOCKET | Sun Dec 29, 2013 | Having a ton of money to draw on | Joel Fagliano |
| EQUATORIALGUINEA | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Only African nation where Spanish is an official language | Adrian Johnson |
| ESPOUSAL | Sat Jul 24, 2010 | Advocacy | David J. Kahn |
| FORENSICANALYST | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | Detective in a lab | Jeff Chen |
| FRONTPAGENEWS | Sun Jan 19, 2020 | Big story | Victor Barocas |
| GETSRIDOF | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | Deep-sixes | Andy Kravis |
| GIRLFROMIPANEMA | Sat Aug 4, 2007 | The "she" in the lyric "And when she passes, I smile" | Byron Walden |
| GLASSCEILING | Fri Nov 9, 2018 | Breaking it might be cause for celebration | Robyn Weintraub |
| HADABIT | Wed Apr 23, 2008 | Ate, but not much | Stephen Edward Anderson |
| HOTENOUGHFORYOU | Fri Jan 6, 2006 | August comment | David Levinson Wilk |
| IHOPETOGOD | Fri Mar 27, 2020 | "Fingers and toes crossed ..." | Kyle Dolan |
| LEGOF | Sun Jun 17, 2001 | ___-mutton | David J. Kahn |
| LOANING | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | Advancing | Jeff Chen |
| MADONNAS | Fri Feb 15, 2013 | Paintings often including an infant | Tom Heilman |
| MORTIER | Sun Oct 19, 1997 | Old French headdress | David J. Kahn |
| ONECELLED | Fri Feb 18, 2011 | Like early life | Patrick Berry |
| ONEINFOUR | Sat May 9, 2015 | Chance of getting heads on two consecutive coin flips | Kristian House |
| PASSFAILCLASS | Mon Jun 25, 2007 | Course option | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| REFUDIATE | Fri Apr 29, 2011 | 2010 coinage meaning "to reject" | David Quarfoot |
| RETURNERS | Wed Aug 21, 2002 | Many 12/26 store visitors | Joel Kaplow |
| SKIPASSES | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | They're sported while going on a run | Kevin G. Der |
| SPRINKLE | Fri May 31, 2019 | Light shower | Sam Ezersky |
| TAKESXRAYS | Fri Mar 12, 2010 | Gets under someone's skin? | Tim Croce |
| TRIESHARDER | Fri Dec 10, 2004 | Redoubles one's efforts | Frank Longo |
| TRUK | Thu Jan 26, 2012 | W.W. II Pacific battle site | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WATERBIRDS | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | Egrets and herons | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WESTILLLOVEYOU | Mon Jun 23, 2008 | Words to a second runner-up | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer |
| WHEELINTHESKY | Mon Oct 7, 2013 | 1978 hit by Journey | Amy Johnson |
| YOUANDME | Sun Aug 30, 2009 | Us | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |