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 50,422 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABYPROOF | Tue May 21, 2024 | Make safer, in a way ... or what the starts of 17-, 27-, 38- and 52-Across might be? | Zachary David Levy |
| BRIGHTLYCOLORED | Thu Jun 30, 2016 | VMB | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| BROOKLYNCYCLONE | Thu Aug 29, 2013 | Minor-leaguer whose team is named after a Coney Island roller coaster | Timothy Polin |
| BROWNBREADS | Sun Feb 17, 2019 | Loaves from whole-grain flour | David Kwong |
| CHUPACHUPS | Tue Nov 11, 2014 | Confectionery brand with a logo designed by Salvador Dalí | James Mulhern |
| CONCEIVE | Sun Apr 15, 2001 | Imagine | Richard Silvestri |
| COVARIANCE | Sat Jun 26, 2004 | Statistical calculation | Byron Walden |
| COVENTRY | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Peeping Tom's home | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| DHARMAS | Fri Dec 14, 2012 | Virtuous behaviors, in Hinduism | Paula Gamache |
| DONTYOUFRET | Wed Sep 1, 2021 | "Come now, it'll be OK" | Sean Yamada-Hunter |
| DOUBLEYELLOWLINE | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | ... something long and painted on a highway | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| DREARIEST | Thu Mar 13, 2003 | Least pleasant, weatherwise | David J. Kahn |
| EVAMENDES | Tue Dec 6, 2022 | "Girl in Progress" star with a line of cosmetics | Ross Trudeau and Wyna Liu |
| FLOORMODEL | Sun Jun 2, 2019 | Item taken out of its packaging before it's sold | Erik Agard |
| FOGGED | Wed Feb 1, 1995 | Confused | Chet Currier |
| FREDERICKSBURG | Tue Aug 9, 1994 | Battle in which Lee defeated Burnside | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| HAIRBALL | Thu Apr 29, 2021 | Kitty litter? | Adam Wagner |
| HAWER | Sun Jun 18, 1995 | One who hesitates | Rich Norris |
| INKYCAPS | Thu Apr 29, 1999 | Choice mushrooms | Adam Cohen |
| INLAIDTILE | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | Part of many an N.Y.C. subway station wall | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| LADYFRIENDS | Sat Apr 24, 2021 | Some boos | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| LANGLEY | Fri May 3, 2002 | NASA research center | William I. Johnston |
| LETTERDROP | Wed Feb 8, 2017 | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues | Ned White |
| NAPKINFOLDING | Sun Dec 20, 2009 | Busboy's assignment | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OFTHEPAST | Fri Dec 16, 2016 | Olden | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| OPENSKIES | Thu Aug 16, 2012 | Like a policy allowing unfettered air traffic | Ethan Cooper |
| POLICEDETECTIVE | Thu May 19, 2016 | End of the quip | Morton J. Mendelson |
| POSTLUDE | Sun Jul 20, 2003 | Musical piece at the end of a church service | Patrick Merrell |
| PRINTISSUE | Sat Jan 20, 2024 | Dead-tree edition | Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock |
| RANHARD | Wed Oct 3, 2012 | Mounted a fierce campaign | Gary Cee |
| RAVEMUSIC | Thu Jun 2, 2016 | Electro house or dubstep | Susan Gelfand |
| REDSHIRTS | Tue Dec 8, 2015 | Holds aside for a year, in college sports | Neville Fogarty |
| REMBRANDTS | Tue Nov 4, 2014 | Band that sang the "Friends" theme song "I'll Be There for You," with "the" | Joel Fagliano |
| SAIDTHEWORD | Sat Oct 1, 1994 | O.K.'d | Bob Klahn |
| SLUGFEST | Sun Jan 31, 2010 | High-scoring baseball game | Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| STROBIC | Sat Jul 8, 1995 | Having a spinning motion | Randolph Ross |
| SUNDAYPUNCH | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Crushing blow | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TIGRES | Thu May 2, 1996 | Paris zoo animals | D. J. Kahn |
| YELLOWFIN | Sun Nov 4, 2012 | Cowardly end in Cannes? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| YELLOWJERSEY | Wed Jul 9, 2003 | Winner's prize, in 20-Across | Patrick Merrell |