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 50,702 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTSOFGOD | Fri Apr 13, 2001 | Floods and such | Joe DiPietro |
| ALBERTOGONZALES | Mon Jul 12, 2021 | Attorney general under George W. Bush | Kevin Christian |
| ALFREDMOLINA | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Film star who played 26-Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ALLWE | Mon Jun 18, 2012 | "For ___ know ..." | Peter A. Collins |
| AQUARIUM | Sat May 19, 2012 | School house? | Patrick Berry |
| BALLADES | Tue Oct 8, 1996 | Chopin compositions | E. C. Gorski |
| BIGENCHILADA | Mon Apr 16, 2012 | Influential sort | Lynn Lempel |
| BILLYCONN | Tue Sep 13, 2011 | Boxer who almost upset Joe Louis in 1941 | Patrick McIntyre |
| BODYTEMPERATURE | Thu Oct 19, 2000 | In this, a "." is a "point" | Patrick Jordan |
| BRAINSURGEONS | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Flourishes around monsoon events | Jeff Chen |
| BYGONEERA | Sat Nov 20, 2010 | Time past | Joe DiPietro |
| CAPECODBAY | Sat Feb 25, 2017 | Giovanni da Verrazano discovery of 1524 | Mark Diehl |
| DOGOWNER | Tue Sep 11, 2018 | One registering with the American Kennel Club | Timothy Polin |
| DOOMSDAYMACHINE | Fri May 16, 2025 | Mad scientist's creation | August Lee-Kovach |
| DOROTHYDIX | Sun Apr 14, 1996 | Her advice column debuted in 1896 | Henry Hook |
| DRUGWAR | Sun May 18, 2025 | Crisis involving cartels | Garrett Chalfin |
| EGOSAVING | Mon Nov 15, 1999 | Helping to avoid humiliation | Nick Grivas |
| FACEDTHEDAY | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Got up and at 'em | Paul Coulter |
| FOURIRON | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | It has a smaller degree of loft than a mashie | Bob Klahn |
| FRUITLESS | Wed Jan 30, 2019 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues | Emily Carroll |
| ITGETSBETTER | Thu Nov 21, 2013 | [ ] | Jules P. Markey |
| LONELYHEARTSCLUB | Thu Apr 15, 2004 | Lovelorn group | Manny Nosowsky |
| MAYONNAISE | Mon Sep 2, 2013 | Condiment that can remove crayon marks | Jim Peredo |
| NATHANAELWEST | Sat Jun 3, 1995 | "The Day of the Locust" author | Bob Klahn |
| ONCASSETTE | Fri Mar 3, 2023 | How many 1970s-'80s movies were released | Eric Warren |
| PANGLOSS | Fri Aug 6, 2004 | Optimist in "Candide" | Bob Peoples |
| PREHISTORICPERIODS | Sun Mar 30, 2025 | ... Ancient | Simeon Seigel |
| RATKANGAROO | Tue Aug 16, 1994 | Aussie hopper | Wayne Robert Williams |
| REDBREAST | Wed Nov 6, 1996 | Robin | M. E. Skolsky |
| REDGRANITE | Wed Apr 13, 2011 | Wisconsin's state rock | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ROMAIN | Wed May 12, 2010 | 1915 Literature Nobelist ___ Rolland | Pete Muller |
| SALESTAXES | Sat May 24, 2025 | Charges that vary between states | Gene Louise De Vera |
| SCRIBED | Fri Feb 20, 2009 | Wrote | Paula Gamache |
| SIZETWO | Tue May 24, 2016 | Petite dress specification | Jonathan Gersch |
| STARBURSTS | Tue Feb 14, 2023 | Colorful chewable candies | Ella Dershowitz |
| TOOLING | Sun Feb 21, 1999 | Factory machinery | Fred Piscop |
| TRACII | Thu Sep 26, 2002 | Razor brand | Manny Nosowsky |
| TWINGES | Sat Jan 7, 2017 | Small stabs | Roland Huget |
| YUMAN | Sun May 5, 1996 | Arizona native | D. J. Kahn |
| ZIPGUN | Sun Nov 12, 2000 | Homemade pistol | Joe DiPietro |