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 50,707 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALERTER | Thu Jun 26, 2014 | Tornado siren, e.g. | Pawel Fludzinski |
| ALPINEGOAT | Thu Aug 6, 2015 | Relative of an ibex | Gary Cee |
| AMERICANELM | Sat Mar 25, 2017 | Species of the Liberty Tree | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| BASQUES | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Europeans who speak a non-Indo-European language | John Kugelman |
| BODING | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Ominous | Mark Diehl |
| CORETTASCOTT | Sat Jul 19, 2025 | Leader before the King? | Erik Agard |
| DOGSHOWJUDGE | Fri Dec 30, 2022 | Toy inspector? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DOWNTHEPIPE | Wed Sep 18, 2019 | How a perfect pitch comes ... or a hint to the missing parts of the shaded answers | John Wrenholt |
| ENDMEN | Thu Apr 2, 2009 | Minstrel show figures | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EXPOW | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | John McCain, for one | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| FENCERAIL | Thu Apr 25, 2013 | Product of Abe Lincoln's wood splitting | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| GEORGIAPEACH | Wed Apr 7, 2021 | Fruit appearing on a Southern license plate | Adrian Johnson |
| IJAMES | Wed Mar 18, 2026 | Pulitzer-winning "Fat Ham" playwright | Adam Vincent |
| INCATRAIL | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Path to Machu Picchu | Michael Schlossberg |
| INVADERS | Sun Sep 4, 2016 | Martians, in "The War of the Worlds" | Tom McCoy |
| KIPLING | Thu May 29, 2025 | Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" | John Kugelman |
| LIBRETTOS | Sat Jan 8, 1994 | Gilbert works | Rand H. Burns |
| LITTHETORCH | Sat May 16, 2015 | Started a movement, metaphorically | Byron Walden |
| LOOSEBALL | Mon Dec 5, 2011 | It's up for grabs on a court | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| MAGENDAVID | Tue Feb 21, 2023 | Name for the star on Israel's flag | Daniel Raymon |
| MAJOREDIN | Mon Oct 29, 2007 | Studied primarily, at college | Fred Piscop |
| MERCYMERCYMERCY | Mon Jul 3, 1995 | Cannonball Adderley tune | Fred Piscop |
| MYCOLOGY | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Science dealing with fungi | Rich Norris |
| PAINTING | Sun Nov 23, 2008 | 25-Across, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| PARALLELPARK | Sun May 25, 2003 | Do part of a driving test | David J. Kahn |
| RIGHTJAB | Sun May 7, 1995 | Part of a combination | Bob Klahn |
| ROMIJN | Wed Jan 9, 2008 | Actress Rebecca of "Ugly Betty" | John Farmer |
| SEAPINE | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Maritime tree | J. Page |
| SIDEEFFECTS | Mon Oct 27, 2025 | Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across | Tarun Krishnamurthy |
| SINGSINTHESHOWER | Thu Feb 19, 2026 | Uses a shampoo bottle as a microphone, perhaps | John Ewbank |
| STEPINSIDE | Wed Nov 26, 2014 | Words of welcome | Michael S. Maurer |
| SUPERNUMERARIES | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Extras | Trip Payne |
| TEAPITCHER | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Vessel that infuses and pours | Daniel Grinberg |
| THATSHIPHASSAILED | Thu Apr 2, 2026 | "Too late to do anything about it now" | Joe Marquez |
| THUMBHOLE | Sun Mar 4, 2012 | Bowling ball feature | David J. Kahn |
| TODOISTOBE | Wed May 11, 2016 | Words from Sartre | Pawel Fludzinski |
| TOVA | Sun Nov 11, 2007 | "L'Shana ___" (Rosh Hashanah greeting) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TRL | Sun Apr 25, 2010 | Bygone daily MTV series, informally | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| USESFOR | Sun Apr 28, 2019 | Employs as | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WHITEROSES | Sat Sep 10, 2005 | Symbols of innocence | David J. Kahn |