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 51,134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPHALTTILE | Sat Nov 20, 2010 | Flooring option | Joe DiPietro |
| ATTHEEARTHSCORE | Sun Dec 19, 2010 | 1914 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in an underground land | Kevin G. Der |
| BEARDOIL | Sat May 20, 2023 | Muttonchops moisturizer | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| BEATRIXPOTTER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Scrawling ceramicist | Martin Schneider |
| BILLYJOEL | Mon Jan 10, 2022 | Singer/songwriter nicknamed "Piano Man" | Lynn Lempel |
| CELLPHONETOWERS | Sat Aug 29, 2009 | Some coverage providers | Doug Peterson |
| CETACEAN | Sat Sep 1, 2012 | Air-breathing swimmer | Tim Croce |
| CLOSEDPRIMARIES | Fri Aug 25, 2006 | They have party restrictions | David Levinson Wilk |
| COHESIVELY | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | In a unified manner | Thomas W. Schier |
| DUKEOFWELLINGTON | Fri Jun 29, 2018 | Napoleon's foe at Waterloo | David Steinberg |
| FACEBOOKBUTTONS | Mon Jul 13, 2015 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| FUZZYDICE | Fri Apr 19, 2002 | Some drivers' hang-ups? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GIDDINESS | Sun Sep 21, 2025 | Gleeful feeling | Adrianne Baik |
| HIPSTERCRED | Fri Apr 5, 2019 | Bona fides from fellow cool people | Ryan McCarty |
| HOLOCENE | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Recent epoch | F. Longo |
| HOUSEOFBOURBON | Tue Dec 20, 2016 | French royal line | Timothy Polin |
| HULLABALLOO | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | Stink | Bob Peoples |
| HYPOTHESES | Sat Jan 16, 1999 | Assumptions | Rich Norris |
| ITSNOTPLUGGEDIN | Wed Jun 20, 2001 | Famous last words | Jay Sullivan |
| KINSHASA | Sun Jul 5, 2015 | Capital on the Congo | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LOWPOST | Mon Mar 25, 2019 | Area of a basketball court near the basket | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| NOTAFRAID | Sat Nov 20, 2021 | Fearless | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| PEACHEMOJI | Sat Sep 21, 2024 | Butt text? | David Karp |
| REPOSSESSEDAUTO | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Memo about Stephen King's "Christine"? | Jeremy Newton |
| RIDEAWAY | Sun Aug 4, 2024 | Gallop off, say | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| SERVESYOURIGHT | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Merits at least a 20% tip? | Joe DiPietro |
| SKILLETS | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | Omelet holders | Kevin G. Der |
| SMOOTHFABRIC | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | 6-Across near Indianapolis? | Charles M. Deber |
| STRUNGOUT | Tue Mar 21, 2006 | Debilitated from drugs or alcohol | Levi Denham |
| TARTLY | Sat Feb 22, 2025 | How criticism of a pastry chef might be delivered? | Rose Conlon |
| THECRITIC | Fri Apr 13, 2001 | Animated series starring Jon Lovitz | Joe DiPietro |
| THEMISSINGLINK | Sun Aug 30, 2009 | AR--CL- | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| THROGSNECK | Sat Jan 27, 2007 | Neighborhood in the Bronx | Karen M. Tracey |
| TWISTOFLEMON | Wed Aug 7, 2013 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue | Erik Wennstrom |
| TWOTIMING | Mon Feb 19, 2024 | *Unfaithful to, as a lover | Adam Wagner |
| UNADVISED | Thu Mar 17, 2016 | Without consideration | David Woolf |
| UPREAR | Tue Aug 19, 2014 | Erect | Sam Buchbinder |
| VALIDID | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | T.S.A. requirement | Mark Diehl |
| VESUVIUS | Thu Nov 17, 2022 | Mount that inspired the song "Funiculì, Funiculà" | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman |
| WEATHERBEATEN | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Like oceanfront houses, often | Manny Nosowsky |