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 50,566 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTTHREE | Fri Jul 7, 2000 | When "To be or not to be" is recited | M. Francis Vuolo |
| APLACEINTHESUN | Mon Jun 20, 1994 | 1951 movie with 16-Across | Bette Sue Cohen |
| APMUSIC | Thu Oct 27, 2022 | College-level H.S. class with scales and intervals | Barbara Lin |
| BARLINES | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | Additions to a musical staff | Kevin G. Der |
| BIMBOERUPTION | Fri Mar 27, 2009 | Certain sex scandal, in slang | Paula Gamache |
| BOOKREC | Sun Sep 1, 2019 | Suggestion for a reading circle, informally | Finn Vigeland |
| BUSHISM | Mon Dec 14, 2015 | Statement such as "They misunderestimated me" | Timothy Polin |
| CHILICONCARNE | Thu Jun 13, 2002 | Spicy dish (-) | David J. Kahn |
| COFFEEPOT | Thu Jul 31, 2008 | One that's "perky" in the morning | Allan E. Parrish |
| DISACCHARIDE | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | Double sugar / Travel freely? [merger] | Patrick Berry |
| DROVEMAD | Mon May 6, 2013 | Sent up the wall | Joel Fagliano |
| EGGFOOYUNG | Sun Jun 8, 2025 | Chinese restaurant order | John Kugelman |
| EMUEGG | Wed Nov 27, 2019 | Delicate surface for Aboriginal art | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| FLIRTY | Sun Jan 12, 2025 | Like some playful teasing | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| FUNEMPLOYED | Fri Feb 8, 2019 | Between jobs and loving it | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| GAWDS | Mon May 29, 2006 | "Oh, fer ___ sake!" | Alex Boisvert |
| GIGGLY | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Full of snickers | Byron Walden |
| HALFPENNY | Sun Jun 20, 2010 | British coin discontinued in 1984 | Todd Gross and Ashish Vengsarkar |
| HANGINGCHAD | Tue Nov 2, 2004 | Potential problem with 7-Down | Patrick Merrell |
| HARDPRESSED | Mon Aug 11, 2008 | Put-upon | Thomas Heilman |
| IMPEACHES | Sun Aug 11, 2013 | Casts doubt on | Dan Schoenholz |
| INSULTCOMIC | Tue Oct 15, 2024 | One might be found at a roast | Lindsay Rosenblum |
| LETSGETONIT | Sat Mar 2, 2019 | "People, we have work to do!" | Peter A. Collins |
| LIMITONE | Sun Apr 14, 2024 | BEFORE: Coupon stipulation | John Rippe and Jeff Chen |
| LOTSWIFE | Sun Jan 20, 2013 | Biblical figure punished for hindsight? | Yaakov Bendavid |
| MRATING | Sat Jan 5, 2019 | Classification for violent video games | Andrew Zhou |
| NATHANDETROIT | Tue Jul 18, 1995 | "Guys and Dolls" guy | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| OHISTHATSO | Fri Aug 27, 2021 | "Hmm ... really?" | Robyn Weintraub |
| ORANGEPOPSICLES | Sat Mar 21, 2015 | Alternatives to lemon ices | Frederick J. Healy |
| PHFFFT | Sat Nov 17, 2001 | Sound of a dud | Bob Peoples |
| QUEENBEY | Sat Nov 11, 2017 | Pop icon, to members of her "hive" | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| RECIPEFILE | Fri Apr 21, 2000 | Cook's reference | Mark Diehl |
| RICHARDDREYFUSS | Tue Feb 8, 1994 | Lefty actor | Peter Gordon |
| SHOWSOFSTRENGTH | Sun May 1, 1994 | Military moves carrying a warning | Peter Gordon |
| SIRKAY | Fri Aug 1, 2014 | Boorish member of King Arthur's Round Table | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| SKITTLES | Tue Mar 11, 2025 | "Taste the rainbow" candy | Jared Cappel |
| TALKERS | Sun Apr 24, 2016 | Chatty Cathy types | Kathy Wienberg |
| THATTOUCHOFMINK | Mon May 12, 1997 | 1962 Cary Grant/Doris Day movie | Hugh Davis |
| ULTRACOOL | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | Really happening | Andrew Zhou |
| YESTHANKS | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Polite casual assent | Eric Warren |