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 50,683 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOMA | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | Certain constrictor | Charles M. Deber |
| ADINITIUM | Sat Jan 16, 2016 | At the beginning | Sean Dobbin |
| ADVERBIAL | Wed Jul 23, 1997 | Kind of clause | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BARYON | Mon Aug 4, 2008 | Subatomic particle made of three quarks | Oliver Hill |
| BIRETTA | Thu Jul 16, 2015 | Cardinal's cap | Paula Gamache |
| BLUEMAN | Sun Jun 30, 1996 | Off Broadway's___Group | R. Norris |
| CHETATKINS | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | "Read My Licks" guitarist | Frank A. Longo |
| DIDWE | Mon Jul 22, 2024 | "Where ___ go wrong?" | Laura Dershewitz |
| DJMIC | Sat Dec 30, 2023 | Part of a turntablist's headgear, for short | Simeon Seigel |
| EDDO | Sun Jun 29, 1997 | Taro root | David J. Kahn |
| EVENINGTHESCORE | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | Avenging a wrong | Manny Nosowsky |
| FREESOLOED | Fri Dec 19, 2025 | Climbed without ropes | Hemant Mehta |
| FRITZI | Mon Jul 27, 2009 | Nancy's 56-Down in the comics | Allan E. Parrish |
| FRUITLESS | Wed Jan 30, 2019 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues | Emily Carroll |
| HAIRCOLOR | Fri Aug 27, 2004 | Ash, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| HALVED | Sun May 2, 1999 | Like grapefruit for breakfast | Jim Page |
| HITTHEGAS | Wed Sep 8, 2021 | "Hurry up!" to a nitrous oxide user? | Lee Taylor |
| HOSTING | Fri Jan 18, 2019 | Web service | Andrew J. Ries |
| IGETAKICKOUTOFYOU | Sun May 9, 2021 | Mom's comment to her child during prenatal bonding? [Frank Sinatra, 1954] | Brad Wiegmann |
| KIMBAP | Tue Apr 22, 2025 | Korean dish similar to sushi rolls | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MISCHIEF | Wed Sep 22, 2004 | Monkey business | David J. Kahn |
| MONTS | Sat Nov 15, 1997 | Alpes, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
| NEKTON | Sun Nov 24, 1996 | Marine organisms | M. Jacobson |
| ONTHEVERGE | Wed Feb 4, 2026 | Facing an imminent prospect (of) | Hanh Huynh and Ted Mayer |
| PETALAGE | Fri Mar 22, 1996 | Flower's distinguishing feature | F. A. Longo |
| PETSNAKES | Fri Jan 16, 2026 | Some terrarium denizens | Kyle Dolan |
| PICKINGUPSTEAM | Sun Oct 13, 2024 | ... a volume on vapor dynamics? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| PRODUCER | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Film V.I.P. | Eric Berlin |
| RAISESNED | Thu Nov 12, 1998 | Causes trouble, in old-fashioned talk | David J. Kahn |
| REIGATE | Thu Feb 16, 2012 | Market town that's a suburb of London | Jim Page |
| ROBUSTO | Sun Jan 6, 2002 | Strong, in Salerno | Frank A. Longo |
| SANMARTIN | Sat Sep 6, 1997 | National hero of Argentina | Rich Norris |
| SHAOLIN | Wed Oct 1, 2025 | Chinese monastery known for its style of kung fu | Neville Fogarty |
| SPLITTHEJACKPOT | Mon Nov 14, 2011 | What multiple winners of a lottery must do | Mark Feldman |
| STREETTEAM | Sat Jul 8, 2023 | Grass-roots marketing group | Brandon Koppy |
| STRESSLEVEL | Sat Feb 28, 2026 | Pressure gauge? | Adam Levav |
| TINHELMET | Sat Jun 17, 2006 | World War headgear | Robert H. Wolfe |
| WALKEDINARUN | Sun Jul 24, 2011 | Went far too slowly during the 10K? | Kurt Mueller |
| WELCOMESIN | Sun Jan 3, 2016 | Beckons through a portal | David Woolf |
| WINGBEAT | Sun Jan 28, 2007 | A hummingbird has a fast one | Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke |