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 50,664 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXROCCO | Sat Sep 10, 2016 | He played Moe Greene in "The Godfather" | Peter Wentz |
| BADNEWSBEARS | Wed Dec 10, 1997 | 1976 film about Wall Street pessimists, with "The"? | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| BENDINGANELBOW | Mon May 6, 2002 | Having drinks | Peter Gordon |
| BEVEWYVEWYQUIET | Wed Nov 24, 1999 | With 58-Across, a famous Elmer Fuddism | Greg Staples |
| BILLYGRAHAM | Tue Jan 18, 2005 | Evangelist and friend of presidents | Richard Chisholm |
| BIONICEYE | Sun Aug 21, 2016 | Feature of the Six Million Dollar Man | Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen |
| BROWNBREADS | Sun Feb 17, 2019 | Loaves from whole-grain flour | David Kwong |
| BUTTINSKY | Tue Nov 13, 2012 | Busybody | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CATTLETHIEF | Fri Dec 4, 2020 | One who takes stock | Patti Varol and Doug Peterson |
| DATINGUP | Fri Mar 6, 2026 | Seeing someone wealthier, say | Adrian Johnson |
| DICEGAMES | Tue May 7, 1996 | Chuck-a-luck and craps | K. Hodge |
| DONTQUOTEMEONTHIS | Sun Oct 6, 2024 | Mrs. B you'll die when you hear what happened to "me" this summer. | John Kugelman |
| EMBELLISHER | Thu Apr 24, 1997 | Decorator, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| FASTPACE | Sat May 17, 2014 | Gallop | Brad Wilber |
| FLASHIEST | Sun Apr 24, 2016 | Wearing the most bling, say | Kathy Wienberg |
| GOSPELMUSIC | Wed Jan 25, 2012 | What the annual Dove Awards are awarded for | Gareth Bain |
| HAIRLIKE | Fri Aug 15, 2014 | Capillaceous | Jeff Chen |
| HAPPYPILL | Fri Aug 11, 2006 | Upper | Patrick Merrell |
| HEADSHOT | Thu Mar 9, 2023 | *Bio pic | Simeon Seigel |
| HEARACASE | Fri Jan 21, 2011 | Sit on the bench | Pete Mitchell |
| HEATRAYS | Sun Feb 14, 2010 | Weapons in Wells's "The War of the Worlds" | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| HYBRIDENGINES | Mon Dec 24, 2018 | Features of some eco-friendly vehicles | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ISADORAS | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Duncan and others | Manny Nosowsky |
| LAZYSUNDAY | Mon May 30, 2016 | Relaxing time after church, say | David Woolf |
| MBUTTERFLY | Mon Jan 6, 2014 | *1988 Best Play Tony winner inspired by Puccini | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| MOLLYBOLT | Sun Jan 7, 2001 | She's holding things down | Manny Nosowsky |
| NOSENSATION | Sun Oct 18, 1998 | The anesthesiologist's shtick was ___ | David J. Kahn |
| PETULANCE | Sun Aug 6, 2000 | Spoiled brat's display | Manny Nosowsky |
| PREFIX | Wed Nov 25, 2009 | Pro- or con- | Allan E. Parrish |
| REYNA | Sat Apr 30, 2022 | Claudio or Gio, father-and-son players for the U.S. men's national soccer team | Joe DiPietro |
| ROBERTPENNWARREN | Sun Nov 6, 1994 | First U.S. poet laureate | A.J. Santora |
| ROCKEMSOCKEMROBOT | Thu Mar 7, 2019 | Toy boxer in a classic two-player game | Brian Thomas |
| SAPPERS | Sat Apr 5, 1997 | Military trench diggers | Rand H. Burns |
| SPINART | Fri Nov 6, 2020 | Crafts created on a rotating platform | Aimee Lucido |
| STUPES | Fri Jan 25, 2019 | Dummies | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TAKEO | Wed Mar 2, 2005 | 1970's Japanese P.M. ___ Fukuda | James M. Jenista and Dana McLemore |
| THESHADOW | Mon Jan 8, 1996 | Lamont Cranston | N. Steinberg |
| THIRDEYEBLIND | Sun Mar 26, 2023 | Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme | David Karp |
| TRIMMERS | Sat Aug 14, 2010 | Lawn care equipment | John Farmer |
| TRUESTORY | Fri Feb 5, 1999 | "I'm not making that up!" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |