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 50,702 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALITTLEGIVEANDTAKE | Sun Jul 20, 2014 | See instructions | Eric Berlin |
| BAKEACAKE | Tue May 9, 2017 | Prepare for someone's birthday, perhaps | Peter A. Collins |
| BETTYHUTTON | Tue May 17, 2011 | "The Greatest Show on Earth" co-star, 1952 | John Farmer |
| BOYLESLAW | Sat Aug 26, 2017 | PV = k, to a physicist | Peter Wentz |
| BUSFARE | Mon Feb 21, 2011 | Money for a trip across town, say | Ed Sessa |
| BUTTNAKED | Sat Aug 2, 2014 | Completely bare | Kristian House |
| BYANDLARGE | Sat Oct 23, 2004 | Generally | James E. Buell |
| CATEYED | Sun Feb 24, 2013 | Capable of seeing in the dark | Joe DiPietro |
| CHELAE | Fri Jan 27, 1995 | Pincers | Chuck Deodene |
| CYBERMONDAY | Fri Jul 8, 2016 | Follower of 1-Across on the calendar | Barry C. Silk |
| DABLL | Fri Jul 1, 2011 | "A little ___ do ya" (1950s-'60s slogan) | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| DANDLES | Fri Apr 13, 2007 | Moves gently up and down | Patrick Berry |
| EVANGELISTS | Sat Sep 27, 1997 | Elmer Gantry and others | Matt Gaffney |
| FELLON | Thu Jul 17, 1997 | Attacked | Wayne Robert Williams |
| FLOWING | Sun Sep 5, 1999 | Smooth | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FOXYLADY | Fri Jan 6, 2012 | 1967 hit with the lyric "You know you're a cute little heartbreaker" | David Steinberg |
| HONCHOS | Sun Jul 22, 2018 | Top dogs | Patrick Merrell |
| JAMESFFIXX | Sat Nov 22, 1997 | Best-selling author of 1978 | Matt Gaffney |
| LAIDITON | Sun Jul 8, 2007 | Buttered someone up big-time | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| LISPERS | Fri Jul 2, 1999 | Sylvester and others | Randolph Ross |
| MOONGOD | Sat May 18, 2013 | Chandra, in Hindu belief | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MUTTONCHOP | Mon May 13, 2024 | Cut of meat that lent its name to a facial hairstyle | Jeremy Newton |
| MYSTICPIZZA | Tue Apr 4, 2023 | 1988 rom-com set in a New England restaurant | Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson |
| NUCLEARWAR | Wed Nov 22, 2006 | *Topic for a doomsayer | Edward Alch |
| OBVIOUS | Sun Feb 10, 2002 | Hardly subtle | Harvey Estes & Nancy Salomon |
| OLOR | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Swan genus | Bryant White |
| OSMO | Thu Oct 29, 2020 | Odor: Prefix | Kurt Weller |
| PATELLAS | Fri Oct 23, 2009 | Tibia neighbors | Barry C. Silk |
| PENLIGHTS | Fri Jul 8, 2022 | Pocket-size medical tools | Kyle Dolan |
| RESTAINS | Wed Jan 12, 2011 | Puts a new finish on | Jim Hilger |
| SATSCORES | Sat May 13, 2023 | Important figures on H.S. transcripts | Spencer Leach |
| SPEEDBALL | Fri Feb 16, 2018 | Dangerous cocktail | David Steinberg |
| STARSTUDDED | Wed Jul 9, 2014 | Like the Oscars ... or the answers to this puzzle's seven asterisked clues? | Bruce Haight |
| TABLING | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | Putting aside temporarily | Patrick Berry |
| TENDAYWAR | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | 1991 conflict between Slovenia and Yugoslavia | Byron Walden |
| UNDERWATER | Sat Aug 7, 2004 | Masks are worn here | Patrick Berry |
| UNIDOS | Mon Sep 11, 2023 | Los Estados ___ (The U.S., in Spanish) | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| WELLLADIDAH | Sat Dec 20, 2025 | "Aren't we all hoity-toity?!" | Robert S. Gard |
| WESHALLOVERCOME | Mon Jan 16, 1995 | Song sung by M.L.K. and others | Walter Covell |
| WOULDNTYOUAGREE | Fri Jan 8, 2021 | "Right?" | Evan Kalish |