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 50,960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACAKE | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Follower of "pat" in Mother Goose | Erik Agard |
| ALPHABETSONGS | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Educational musical pieces for kindergarteners | Anna Shechtman |
| ARTHURLAKE | Tue May 26, 2020 | Actor who played Dagwood Bumstead in film, radio and TV | Neville Fogarty |
| BACONNUMBER | Tue Nov 29, 2011 | Degrees of separation in a Hollywood parlor game | Aimee Lucido |
| BIOLOGISTS | Sat Aug 13, 1994 | Watson and Crick, for two | Randolph Ross |
| BRANDEIS | Fri Feb 11, 2005 | University in Massachusetts | Manny Nosowsky |
| CAPITALBELTWAY | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | 495 | Barry C. Silk |
| CROSSDRESSING | Wed May 15, 2019 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DANCESWITHWOLVES | Tue Sep 17, 2013 | 1990 Kevin Costner film | Peter A. Collins |
| DIALO | Tue Nov 27, 2012 | Connect with an operator | Peter A. Collins |
| DUENORTH | Mon Jul 25, 2016 | 0 degrees, on a compass | Kevin Christian |
| EDITORIALCOLUMN | Fri Jun 30, 2000 | Newspaper feature | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| EGGMCMUFFINS | Tue Nov 26, 2024 | Sandwiches that kick-started the fast-food breakfast industry | Killian Olson |
| FHOLES | Thu Nov 4, 2010 | Violin cutouts | Mike Nothnagel |
| FLOORPOLISH | Sun Sep 29, 1996 | S. C. Johnson's Future, for one | M. Reagle |
| GUESSTIMATES | Wed Apr 12, 2017 | Ballpark figures | Emily Carroll |
| HAPPINESSISAWARMPUPPY | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Popular proverb from the strip | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| HORSEANDBUGGY | Mon Oct 17, 2005 | Old-fashioned | Gregory E. Paul |
| JACOBY | Sun Oct 2, 1994 | Legendary name in bridge | Frances Hansen |
| JOBSEEKERS | Thu Nov 14, 2024 | Those who apply themselves? | Matthew Faiella |
| MICHELEBACHMANN | Fri Aug 30, 2013 | First female candidate to win the Ames Straw Poll | David Steinberg |
| MIXEDREVIEWS | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | *, *** and *****, say | Sam Trabucco |
| MYTHICAL | Mon May 3, 2010 | Like dragons and centaurs | Susan Gelfand |
| NEATNESSCOUNTS | Thu Jul 11, 2002 | Comment from a handwriting teacher | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NEWSSTORIES | Wed Feb 25, 2009 | Pulitzer Prize entries | Kelly Browder |
| OAKFOREST | Fri May 22, 2026 | Sherwood, e.g. | Gene Louise De Vera |
| PAPERWASP | Fri Jul 8, 2022 | Insect with a delicate nest | Kyle Dolan |
| POWERTOOLS | Fri Feb 17, 2012 | Drills, e.g. | Ian Livengood |
| PUSHES | Tue Nov 26, 1996 | Talks up, so to speak | S. Spadaccini |
| RAISEABIGSTINK | Sun Oct 11, 1998 | Mother someone who's really awful? | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| RECEPTOR | Sun Feb 23, 2003 | Nerve ending | Nancy Salomon |
| ROOMATTHETOP | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | Opening for an aspiring leader | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| SINGLEPLACE | Thu Sep 2, 2004 | With 20- and 55-Across, description of 60-Across | David J. Kahn |
| SPYER | Wed Sep 20, 1995 | Peeping Tom | Randy Sowell |
| SWEARSOFF | Sun May 12, 2019 | Gives up for good | Victor Barocas |
| TVREMOTE | Fri Dec 22, 2006 | Show stopper? | Mike Nothnagel |
| WANTAPIECEOFME | Tue Apr 11, 2023 | Famous fighting words | Taylor Johnson and Jeff Chen |
| WHEREARTTHOU | Tue Oct 25, 2011 | Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | C. W. Stewart |
| WHITECLOUD | Wed Mar 29, 2006 | Iowa leader | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| YOGH | Sun May 31, 1998 | Middle English letter | Cathy Millhauser |