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 50,611 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTELS | Thu Sep 23, 1999 | Peasants' cooperatives | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ASAPROCKY | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | Rapper with a role in the 2015 film "Dope" | Erik Agard |
| BADBADLEROYBROWN | Sun Mar 26, 2017 | 1973 #1 hit for Jim Croce | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| BAPTIZER | Tue Nov 11, 1997 | Saint John, for one | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BODYWEIGHT | Wed Dec 16, 2015 | *Class determinant in boxing | Paula Gamache |
| CASTAWAYS | Fri Jan 28, 2011 | Some island dwellers | Kevin G. Der |
| DADOORONRON | Mon Feb 24, 1997 | Top 3 hit of 1963 and 1977 | Derek Allen |
| DANCESTEP | Tue Jun 14, 2016 | Move taught by a choreographer | Tracy Gray |
| DEIFIED | Wed May 4, 2011 | Lionized | Jeff Chen |
| DICEROLL | Thu Oct 16, 2025 | *Risky endeavor, idiomatically | Kareem Ayas |
| DONTHAVEACOW | Tue Nov 15, 2022 | "Just chill!" | Sandy Ganzell |
| DRYSNOW | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | Oxymoronic skiing condition | Sam Trabucco |
| DUCA | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Nobleman above un conte | Frank Longo |
| EXTERNE | Sat Nov 27, 1993 | Nonresident doctor: Var. | Manny Nosowsky |
| FACTORIAL | Sat May 3, 2025 | !, in mathematics | Michael Lieberman |
| FBSTATUS | Wed Mar 4, 2020 | Profile posting, for short | Tracy Gray |
| HANDMIXER | Fri Jul 17, 1998 | Cuisinart precursor | Randolph Ross |
| HOMEMADECOOKIES | Sat Aug 2, 2025 | Bake sale offerings | Robert Logan |
| HOSEDOWNTHEWALK | Thu May 27, 2004 | Wardrobe malfunction on a promenade? | Cathy Millhauser |
| ILLREPUTE | Sat Jul 13, 2024 | Notoriety | Eli Cotham |
| LEFTFIELDER | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Ted Williams was one | Trip Payne |
| LOIRET | Thu Jun 22, 1995 | Orléans department | Cathy Millhauser |
| MANUALLABOR | Mon Jul 13, 2009 | Ditch digging, e.g. | C. W. Stewart |
| MUR | Fri Mar 13, 2020 | Wall: Fr. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ONEROUND | Thu Aug 12, 2004 | Length of a quick fight? | David J. Kahn |
| ORGANICFARM | Mon May 3, 2021 | Natural food producer | Ross Trudeau |
| PORCINI | Sun Jan 6, 2019 | Pricey mushroom | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| POTHEADS | Wed Jan 21, 2026 | Ones with the munchies, maybe | Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz |
| PURITANICAL | Thu Dec 22, 2016 | Prudish | Mark MacLachlan |
| RAGGEDYANDY | Sat Jul 17, 2021 | Inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame five years after his sister | Ryan McCarty |
| ROBERTALTMAN | Fri Oct 6, 2017 | Five-time Best Director nominee who said "All of the best things in my films are mistakes" | Patrick Berry |
| ROOTCROP | Thu Apr 26, 2012 | Turnips, e.g. | Julian Lim |
| RUNABOUTS | Sat Dec 22, 2007 | Roadsters | Harvey Estes |
| SHALLOWS | Sun Nov 25, 2018 | Area near the shore | Joon Pahk |
| STAPLERS | Sun May 9, 2021 | They're used mostly on corners | Brad Wiegmann |
| THEFENCES | Sun Sep 18, 2016 | Home run territory, in lingo | Jeremy Newton |
| WARRIORPRINCESS | Tue Dec 29, 2020 | Xena, notably | Matthew Trout |
| WATERTROUGH | Mon Jun 23, 2003 | Where horses drink | Raymond Hamel |
| WENTDRY | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Lost all liquid resources | Daniel Grinberg |
| WHATEVERTHECOST | Fri Mar 17, 2006 | Sparing no expense | John Farmer |