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 50,504 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVERBIAL | Wed Jul 23, 1997 | Kind of clause | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ALFREDSMITH | Sun Dec 11, 1994 | Presidential also-ran | Wayne Robert Williams |
| ATTHELEAST | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | "If nothing else ..." | Kyle Dolan |
| BAKERIES | Mon Sep 25, 2000 | Pastry shops | Peter Gordon |
| BBQPORKBUN | Sat Jun 24, 2023 | Steamed Chinese snack also called char siu bao | Spencer Leach and Quiara Vasquez |
| BRERRABBIT | Mon Mar 29, 2021 | Children's character who lives in a briar patch | Lynn Lempel |
| BULKY | Tue Jun 3, 2014 | Big and cumbersome | Susan Gelfand |
| CHOCOLATERABBIT | Fri Sep 27, 2019 | Certain Easter candy | Jack Mowat |
| CREATEDAMONSTER | Mon Feb 7, 2022 | Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... or what you did after you filled in the shaded parts of 17-, 23-, 50- and 61-Across? | Rebecca Goldstein |
| CREDITHISTORY | Mon May 5, 2025 | Information for a loan officer | Eric Rollfing |
| CROWDPLEASERS | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Widely popular shows, say | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| DAILEY | Sat Aug 2, 2008 | Dan ___, 1948 Best Actor nominee for "When My Baby Smiles at Me" | Karen M. Tracey |
| DIRTYPOOL | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | *What theaters play | Byron Walden |
| DIVERGENTVIEWS | Thu Sep 5, 1996 | Opinions of Greg Louganis? | C. Millhauser |
| DOGOF | Thu Mar 18, 1999 | "A ___ Flanders" (1959 tear-jerker) | Rand H. Burns |
| DOMINUS | Sat Feb 4, 2017 | "___ vobiscum" ("the Lord be with you") | Patrick Berry |
| DUCHAMP | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Artist and chess player who said "While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists" | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| EMULSIONS | Tue Oct 10, 2017 | Opaque liquids such as milk | Mark MacLachlan |
| FULLSCREEN | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | DVD viewing option | Byron Walden |
| GOINGTOEXTREMES | Tue Jan 27, 1998 | Taking radical action | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOTPACKS | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Muscle relaxers | John Westwig |
| INTHEWIND | Sat Nov 29, 1997 | Imminent | Rich Norris |
| KAZAKH | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Like one side of the Aral Sea | Josh Knapp |
| LUCENCY | Sun May 2, 2004 | Clearness | Derrick Niederman |
| MERCYSEAT | Sat May 22, 2004 | Resting place of God, in the Bible | Mark Diehl |
| MOPHEAD | Sat Feb 11, 2017 | Challenge for a barber | Frederick J. Healy |
| MOUNTSHASTA | Sat Jan 15, 2022 | Locale 60 miles south of the California/Oregon border | Sam Ezersky |
| MOVIEBUFFS | Mon Oct 16, 2023 | Avid fans of cinema ... or a punny description of 17-, 31-, 40- and 47-Across | Michael Lieberman and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MUR | Fri Mar 13, 2020 | Wall: Fr. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| NOTTODAYSATAN | Sat Dec 9, 2023 | Defiant declaration popularized by the drag queen Bianca Del Rio | Doug Peterson and Christina Iverson |
| PARACHUTEJUMPER | Sat Jul 12, 2003 | One taking the plunge | Manny Nosowsky |
| PHIZ | Sun Jan 13, 2008 | Illustrator for Charles Dickens | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| PRESSCORPS | Sun Jul 25, 1999 | Hounding group, often | Charles M. Deber |
| SEMICIRCULAR | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Junk mail a trucker might get? | Patrick Merrell |
| SHEHERHERS | Sat Jun 4, 2022 | Trio in some bios | Scott Earl |
| SILENTMODE | Fri Oct 11, 2024 | Setting indicated by a bell with a slash | Billy Bratton |
| SOMETIMEAGO | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Earlier | Patrick Berry |
| TELLTALEHEART | Tue May 15, 2001 | Poe classic, with "The" | Jon Delfin |
| USCIVILWAR | Sat Mar 24, 2001 | Gen. Hooker fought in it | Mark Diehl |
| VOLKSWAGENJETTA | Sat Sep 17, 2011 | Debut at the 1979 Frankfurt Auto Show | Peter A. Collins |