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 51,032 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLEIII | Fri Oct 12, 2001 | Part of the Constitution covering judicial powers | Manny Nosowsky |
| ASTERO | Sat May 27, 2000 | Star: Prefix | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BABALU | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | Ricky Ricardo's signature song | Peter Wentz |
| BELTOUTASONG | Mon Nov 4, 2024 | Perform karaoke with passion, say | Colin Adams |
| CARLOSTHEJACKAL | Fri Aug 24, 2018 | Real-life villain who was an antagonist in Robert Ludlum's "The Bourne Identity" | Roland Huget |
| CERE | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | Smear with wax, old-style | Paula Gamache |
| CHAMPAGNECOOLER | Tue Mar 3, 2009 | Prison for vintners? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| CLIMBUP | Fri Mar 28, 1997 | Scale | Jim Page |
| CORPUSCHRISTI | Sat Oct 19, 2002 | Catholic observance | Donald E. West |
| COUNTERIRRITANT | Fri Jul 24, 1998 | Distractive annoyance | Manny Nosowsky |
| CUPASOUP | Tue Nov 11, 2014 | Powdered lunch product from Lipton | James Mulhern |
| DINNERETIQUETTE | Wed Oct 6, 2010 | Keeping your elbows off the table, e.g. | Ian Livengood |
| DOGYEAR | Sat Feb 25, 2023 | It's equivalent to over 2,500 human days | Trent H. Evans |
| FIREPOT | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Earthenware container for transporting heat | Ryan McCarty |
| GASFIRE | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Certain stovetop hazard | Kevin G. Der |
| HANDCAMERA | Sat Jul 21, 2007 | Little shooter | Raymond C. Young |
| IUSEDTO | Tue Feb 22, 2000 | Start of a quip | Dorothy E. Donaldson |
| LIKEASISTER | Sat Jun 16, 2001 | One way to love someone | Dana Motley |
| LMNOP | Sun Jan 3, 2010 | Run in "The Alphabet Song" | Jeremy Newton |
| OLDFORM | Tue Aug 2, 2011 | What one might return to after a slump | Albert R. Picallo |
| ONLYATHOUGHTBUT | Tue Dec 9, 2025 | "Feel free to dismiss this idea — however ..." | Kate Hawkins |
| ORANGY | Fri Oct 13, 1995 | Like ocher | Charles E. Gersch |
| OSONG | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | "Sesame Street" tune, with "The" | David J. Kahn |
| OVERONESDEADBODY | Thu Aug 17, 2006 | How the murderer kneels in a whodunit? | Harvey Estes |
| PAYTOILET | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Place to go that requires cash at the door? | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| PERINATAL | Sun Feb 4, 2018 | Around the time of birth | David Levinson Wilk |
| PIGHEADED | Tue Aug 21, 2001 | Obstinate | Sarah Keller |
| POWERPACK | Sat Aug 19, 2006 | Electrical converter | Bob Peoples |
| RAFFLED | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Like some party prizes | Henry Hook |
| REQUEST | Wed Mar 26, 2014 | Radio station listener's call-in, perhaps | Alex Vratsanos |
| REWATER | Sat Jul 25, 1998 | Hose again | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SHAKYCAM | Thu Feb 24, 2022 | Deliberately amateurish filming technique | Jake Halperin |
| STOMPSON | Mon Apr 2, 2007 | Crushes with the feet | Richard Hughes |
| TANNINGBED | Sun Jan 5, 2025 | Place for some light rest? | Kareem Ayas |
| TEAEGGS | Sun Sep 12, 2021 | Savory Chinese snacks | Alex Rosen |
| TRIESTO | Sat Jun 16, 2018 | Hopes, with some effort, that one will | Sam Trabucco |
| TRUSTABLE | Sat Dec 6, 2003 | Not at all shady | Craig Kasper |
| UMBRIAN | Sun Nov 18, 2012 | From Assisi, e.g. | Timothy Polin |
| WALLPLATE | Tue Feb 8, 2005 | Light switch surrounder | Stephen Budiansky |
| WISECRACKED | Tue Sep 5, 2017 | Made snappy comments | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen |