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 50,596 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIONMOVIE | Fri May 9, 2008 | One might have a stunt double | Jim Page |
| AMNIONS | Fri Jun 12, 1998 | Embryonic membranes | Matt Gaffney |
| BEADER | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | Certain craft hobbyist | Byron Walden |
| BORDERTOWN | Sun Jan 27, 2008 | Laredo or Nuevo Laredo | Mike Nothnagel |
| BOSTONREDSOX | Wed Aug 17, 2022 | Team that broke the "Curse of the Bambino" in 2004 [69-Across!] | Michael Paleos |
| BRAINFART | Fri Feb 18, 2022 | Mental goof | Aimee Lucido |
| BUFFSUP | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Polishes | Josh Knapp |
| BYPASSES | Sun Aug 6, 2023 | Goes around | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| CHILDPROOF | Tue Aug 13, 2019 | Safe for youngsters | Lynn Lempel |
| CITRONS | Thu Jun 4, 2009 | Lemonlike fruit | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| CODDLEDEGGS | Sun Jun 28, 1998 | The mama's boy ordered ___ | Fred Piscop |
| DAPPLED | Thu Jan 4, 1996 | Spotted | F. & L. Sabin |
| DECADENCE | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Characteristic of a wild time or a coming decline | Kameron Austin Collins |
| DONTRUSHME | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | "Relax, I'm almost finished" | Sid Sivakumar |
| DUNZO | Wed Nov 19, 2025 | Finito or kaput | Jeremy Newton |
| ESIGNING | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Remote indication of approval | John Hawksley |
| FEATHEREDGE | Sun Feb 15, 2026 | Photo-editing technique used to create a smooth transition | Michael Lieberman and Rebecca Goldstein |
| FULLTILT | Sun Oct 5, 2014 | All out | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| HEARTENING | Fri Feb 14, 1997 | Cheery | J. R. Conrad |
| IMWITHSTUPID | Tue Apr 17, 2012 | [See note] | Milo Beckman |
| KRYPTONISOTOPE | Wed Dec 1, 2004 | The length of a meter is based precisely on the amount of light emitted from this | Roy Leban |
| LIMBODANCE | Tue Apr 16, 2013 | Caribbean party event | Peter Broda |
| LOBSTERROLL | Mon Sep 9, 2024 | Sandwich specialty of Maine | Tim D'Alfonso |
| MARIOPARTY | Sat Jun 19, 2021 | Nintendo offering with more than 10 installments | Sophia Maymudes |
| NAZCA | Sat Sep 27, 2025 | ___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs) | Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson |
| NOWVOYAGER | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | 1942 Bette Davis film | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| OHIOVALLEY | Tue Apr 10, 2012 | Wheeling, Cincinnati and Louisville are in it | Gregory Philip Butler |
| ONEOUTOFTEN | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | What a bad lead-off hitter frequently produces? | Trip Payne |
| PAINTING | Sun Nov 23, 2008 | 25-Across, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| PICKOFF | Sun Oct 16, 2011 | Nab, as a base runner | Joel Fagliano |
| REDRESSERS | Fri May 12, 1995 | Robin Hood et al. | Rich Norris |
| SIMMONS | Thu May 2, 2002 | Beautyrest company | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| SLACKEST | Sun Oct 26, 2014 | Least taut | Caleb Emmons |
| STANDNEXTTO | Sat Dec 10, 2016 | Rub elbows with, say | Byron Walden |
| SUPERVHS | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Enhanced tape format released in 1987 | Byron Walden |
| TETRAGRAM | Sun Dec 14, 2014 | Any four-letter word | Jim Peredo |
| THESACK | Fri Jan 6, 2006 | It's often hit at night | David Levinson Wilk |
| TRUESUP | Sun Apr 25, 2021 | Aligns, in a wood shop | Jeremy Newton |
| WHITEBOARD | Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Surface for a dry-erase marker | Jean O'Conor |
| WILLIAMHURT | Sun Nov 16, 2014 | Oscar winner who would make a lousy anesthesiologist? | Andrew J. Ries |