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 51,027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYPAPI | Thu Jan 8, 2026 | Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!" | Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang |
| BIRMINGHAMBLITZ | Wed Dec 9, 2015 | Luftwaffe attack on the British Midlands, 1940-43 | Jacob Stulberg |
| BODEWELL | Fri May 1, 2020 | Show promise | Trenton Charlson |
| BULLETHOLE | Tue Mar 4, 2003 | Bit of forensic evidence | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CADE | Sun Apr 19, 1998 | Suffix with motor | Rich Norris |
| CARPAYMENT | Sat May 21, 2022 | Rolls dough, perhaps? | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| CHANTEUSE | Sun Jun 23, 2002 | Singer in a boîte | Eric Berlin |
| CLARIFIEDBUTTER | Wed Feb 2, 2005 | What the lexicographer/dairy expert did? | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon |
| DOLLARDAY | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Merchandising event | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DOROTHYLAMOUR | Tue Jun 23, 2015 | The film's co-star | Jules P. Markey |
| DUCKINTO | Mon May 30, 2005 | Enter quickly | Lynn Lempel |
| EDGARDEGAS | Fri Jul 19, 2002 | "Women Ironing" artist | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EINSTEINIAN | Thu May 11, 2023 | Like some concepts in theoretical physics | Sheldon Polonsky |
| FRAMEWORK | Sat May 2, 2026 | Supporting structure | Hannah Slovut-Einertson |
| FRUSTRATEDNOEND | Mon Jan 6, 1997 | Disoriented | S. L. Robbins |
| GOANDSEE | Wed Feb 26, 2020 | "Check it out ... I'll wait here" | Francis Heaney |
| GOOGLY | Fri Aug 24, 2018 | ___ eyes | Roland Huget |
| HALVED | Sun May 2, 1999 | Like grapefruit for breakfast | Jim Page |
| HORRORMOVIE | Sat Mar 25, 2017 | "Frankenstein," e.g. | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| HORSESMOUTH | Tue Nov 12, 2024 | From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-Across | Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee |
| JUNKMEN | Fri Feb 11, 2000 | Sanford and son | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LEFTKEY | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | It moves a cursor back | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| LIGHTVERSE | Wed May 14, 2025 | Playful poetry | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| MISSJAPAN | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Tokyo beauty, maybe | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| NEEDISAYMORE | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | "Heard enough?" | Byron Walden |
| OPERAHATS | Sat Oct 27, 2012 | Some magicians' gear | Joon Pahk |
| ORTHODOXY | Fri Jun 16, 2006 | What most people believe | Alan Olschwang |
| PRETERITS | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | Past tenses | Randolph Ross |
| SALVERS | Sun Oct 8, 1995 | Trays | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| SIXSHOOTERS | Sat May 28, 2022 | Staples of old westerns | Joseph Greenbaum |
| SMOKING | Sat Aug 11, 2012 | Really hot | Josh Knapp |
| SMUGGLING | Mon Nov 3, 1997 | Customs officer's concern | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| STEADMAN | Sun May 13, 2007 | British composer Robert | Jim Page |
| STRAWBERRY | Wed Mar 11, 2015 | Kool-Aid flavor | David Steinberg |
| STRIKESUPATUNE | Wed Nov 15, 2006 | Begins to play | David Benkof |
| TAILCOATED | Sat Mar 6, 1999 | In formal wear | Fred Piscop |
| TEARSOPEN | Tue Oct 28, 2008 | Unwraps in a hurry | Allan E. Parrish |
| TRACKDOWN | Sat Sep 21, 2019 | Obtain with difficulty | Joon Pahk and Erik Agard |
| WAREHOUSEOUTLET | Mon Sep 27, 1999 | Shoppers' mecca #2 | Ed Early |
| WEREHOME | Mon Jul 4, 2022 | Comment while pulling into the driveway | Bruce Haight |