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 51,102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSTUDENT | Fri Aug 2, 2002 | One who doesn't graduate cum laude | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BUTTIGIEG | Sun Mar 29, 2026 | "Mayor Pete" | Michael and Oliver Schlossberg |
| CHIHUAHUA | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Big-eyed toy | Patrick Berry |
| COLONNA | Wed Aug 13, 2003 | Jerry ___, mustachioed comedian with 8-Across | Charles E. Gersch |
| COVERTACTION | Mon Aug 7, 2017 | Secret military operation | Kevin Christian |
| CUSHION | Wed Feb 22, 1995 | Banquette item | Wayne Robert Williams |
| DANCETUNE | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Jig, e.g. | Brandon Koppy |
| DODGSON | Thu Dec 26, 2024 | Lewis Carroll's real last name, hence Lewis's last name in "Jurassic Park" | Ella Dershowitz |
| DWARFSTAR | Tue May 26, 2026 | A little sun? | Brad Lively |
| ERECTER | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | Raiser | Frank Longo |
| FEASTOFSTPATRICK | Sun Mar 16, 2003 | Parade Day | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FTENS | Thu Nov 24, 2005 | U.S. military planes | Michael Shteyman |
| GENUINEARTICLE | Sun May 16, 2021 | Real deal | Joe DiPietro |
| HOFSTRA | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | New York university that hosted presidential debates in 2008, 2012 and 2016 | Joe Deeney |
| IEAT | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | "I earn that ___": "As You Like It" | Jim Page |
| ISNTITIRONIC | Tue Feb 3, 2009 | Musical question posed by Alanis Morissette, as suggested by 20-, 33- and 40-Across | Katie Yeager |
| JAEGER | Sat Aug 29, 2009 | Bullying seabird | Doug Peterson |
| JUSTASECOND | Fri Aug 23, 2013 | "Be right there" | Ian Livengood |
| KOMEN | Wed Dec 28, 2022 | Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization) | Josh Goodman |
| LIMPETS | Sun Sep 15, 2019 | Marine mollusks that cling to rocks | Andrew Kingsley |
| MDASH | Sun Jan 23, 2011 | *Typography symbol | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| MEATPACKER | Sat Dec 12, 2020 | Profession in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" | Sid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic |
| MEGATONIC | Sun Oct 5, 2003 | Gigantic gin mixer? | Richard Silvestri |
| MISDEALT | Sun Sep 7, 2008 | Passed out in a bad way | Randolph Ross |
| NURSING | Sat Sep 13, 2014 | Like many new mothers | Josh Knapp |
| PARKINGSPACES | Fri Jun 30, 1995 | Metropolitan rarities | Rich Norris |
| PERROT | Sun Jan 20, 2002 | Île-___, Québec | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| POPTRIO | Wed Feb 3, 2021 | Destiny's Child or the Supremes | Yacob Yonas |
| PRONOUNCIATIONS | Thu Aug 6, 2009 | *Ways things are said | Dan Naddor |
| PULLSASTUNT | Mon Dec 27, 2004 | Gets noticed, as an acrobat? | Levi Denham |
| RAIDTHEFRIDGE | Mon Jul 15, 2013 | Get a midnight snack, say | Jeff Chen and Angela Olson Halsted |
| REFINES | Sun Jan 9, 2011 | Purifies | Patrick Berry |
| RURALROUTE | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Part of an address | Rich Norris |
| SCRAPHEAPS | Thu Dec 28, 2000 | Places for spare parts, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| SEDATIVE | Sat May 22, 1999 | Hospital administration | A. J. Santora |
| SKELETOR | Sun Nov 29, 2015 | Archenemy of Mattel's He-Man | Alex Vratsanos |
| SPORTSWRITING | Fri Aug 9, 2002 | Specialized reporting | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| TOREUPTHEROAD | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Burned rubber | Patrick Berry |
| TRAVELCHANNEL | Fri Mar 18, 2016 | "Hotel Impossible" airer | Michael Wiesenberg |
| YOGAINSTRUCTOR | Tue Apr 12, 2022 | Flex job? | Dan Schoenholz |