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 50,537 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHURLAKE | Tue May 26, 2020 | Actor who played Dagwood Bumstead in film, radio and TV | Neville Fogarty |
| ATHLETICS | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | One side in the Bay Bridge Series rivalry | Raymond C. Young |
| BABYDIAPER | Thu Sep 1, 2011 | It may be hard to change | Joel Fagliano |
| BEHAPPY | Tue May 14, 2024 | "Cheer up!" | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| CRAMIN | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Add with force | John Hawksley |
| DIEDOUT | Tue Jun 28, 2016 | Went extinct | Alex Vratsanos |
| EPICNOVEL | Thu Oct 2, 2008 | "War and Peace," e.g. | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| FEVERISHLY | Sun Feb 11, 2018 | At a frantic pace | Matt Ginsberg |
| FLABBERGAST | Tue Nov 8, 2011 | Bowl over | Scott Atkinson |
| FORTHEBEST | Mon Nov 14, 2005 | Not bad in result | Marjorie Berg |
| GAMIEST | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Most off-tasting | Jim Hyres |
| GODOWNTHEAISLE | Mon Aug 4, 2014 | Get hitched | Joel Fagliano |
| HELICOPTERPARENT | Fri Apr 6, 2018 | Someone who cares too much? | David Steinberg |
| HOLDOPEN | Sat Jun 19, 2021 | Not close | Sophia Maymudes |
| ILLALLOWIT | Thu Jul 1, 2021 | Overruling of an objection | Joe Deeney |
| INABALIN | Sat Aug 3, 2002 | "The Comancheros" actress, 1961 | Patrick Berry |
| JAMESFENIMORECOOPER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Composing caskmaker | Martin Schneider |
| KILLER | Sun Apr 22, 2018 | ___ whale | Ross Trudeau |
| MEDULLARY | Thu Apr 6, 2006 | Relating to bone marrow | Ed Early |
| MEETAT | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | Use as a rendezvous point | John Ewbank |
| ONAPEDESTAL | Wed Feb 17, 2021 | Where idols might be placed | David Harris and Evan Kalish |
| ONSIDEKICK | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | "Now he's got the pizza - but the TV's showing nothing but snow! He quickly gives it an ___ ..." | Patrick Berry |
| OUTOFDOORS | Mon Aug 2, 2004 | Having no entryways? | Holden Baker |
| OVERSAW | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Supervised | Daniel Grinberg |
| PLOTZED | Tue Jun 10, 2025 | Was verklempt | Zachary David Levy |
| PRINCESSDAISY | Mon Nov 28, 1994 | Judith Krantz novel | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| QUAKED | Mon Nov 10, 2014 | Trembled, as with fear | Bruce Haight |
| RIGHTFIELDERS | Wed Jul 5, 2000 | Al Kaline and Roberto Clemente | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SAWTOOTHED | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Like many bread knives | Tim Croce |
| SEMIFINALS | Thu Dec 27, 2012 | FIN | Julian Lim |
| SIUNITS | Mon Mar 18, 2013 | Basic physical measures ... or a hint to 17-, 27-, 48- and 63-Across | Daniel Landman |
| STRUNGUP | Sun Feb 16, 1997 | Hanged | M. Gaffney |
| TEMPED | Mon Apr 17, 2006 | Did fill-in work | Larry Paul |
| THREETOED | Wed Mar 14, 2012 | Like some sloths | Dave Sarpola |
| TORULI | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Insects' antenna sockets | Frank A. Longo |
| TOUCHTYPE | Wed Jun 29, 2005 | Emulate a veteran 11-Down | David Liben-Nowell |
| TVCONSOLE | Fri Nov 14, 2008 | Piece of den furniture | Brad Wilber |
| VOICER | Fri Aug 31, 2001 | One who speaks up | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WARSTORIES | Fri May 18, 2018 | Things traded by veterans | Ryan McCarty |
| YOKEMATE | Fri Mar 9, 2007 | Team member | Randolph Ross |