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 50,626 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDAPINCHOFSALT | Wed Sep 1, 2010 | Cooking instruction hinting at this puzzle's theme? | Michael Torch |
| BRIDGETJONESSDIARY | Sun Oct 2, 2005 | 1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger | Randolph Ross |
| CANONRY | Sat May 2, 2009 | Church office | Peter A. Collins |
| CARHOOD | Sun Sep 28, 2025 | Spot for an ornament | Rich Katz |
| CHANCETHERAPPER | Sat Dec 23, 2017 | Hip-hop performer who was 2016's Best New Artist Grammy winner | Matthew Sewell |
| CNNNEWSHEADLINE | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | Something delivered by Jake Tapper or Anderson Cooper | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| DANIELBOONE | Thu Oct 31, 1996 | Wilderness Road traveler | L. Sidway |
| EARCLIPS | Sun May 29, 2022 | Piercing-free bijouterie | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| FAULTLESS | Sun Feb 4, 1996 | Compliment for Steffi Graf? | D. J. Kahn |
| FLOORTILES | Fri Apr 8, 2005 | Decoration at public baths | Manny Nosowsky |
| FREDS | Wed Aug 10, 1994 | Bandleader Waring et al. | Ernie Furtado |
| FUMET | Mon Oct 21, 2013 | Strong, seasoned stock, in cookery | Gary Cee |
| GOINGTO | Fri Jun 17, 2005 | Attending | Manny Nosowsky |
| GROUPHUGS | Tue Nov 4, 2014 | Many "Family Feud" celebrations | Joel Fagliano |
| HRAPBROWN | Wed Oct 23, 1996 | Black activist of the 60's | R. Norris |
| INSECTIVORE | Fri Apr 28, 2023 | One eating a lot of wings | Malaika Handa and Erik Agard |
| JUSTATAD | Fri Jun 11, 2010 | Not much | John Dunn |
| KILTIES | Sat Oct 18, 2003 | Highlanders, e.g. | Myles Callum |
| LINIMENTS | Fri Jun 23, 1995 | Sports doctors' supplies | Manny Nosowsky |
| MESSENGERRNA | Fri Mar 16, 2007 | Microscopic code carrier | Eric Berlin |
| MOSEISLEY | Wed Oct 26, 2022 | "Wretched hive of scum and villainy," per Obi-Wan Kenobi | Simeon Seigel |
| NAVYYARD | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Cruiser repair site | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| ONTHELASTDAY | Fri Jan 10, 2020 | When some contest entries are submitted, just in time | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PRAISEGOD | Sat Mar 17, 2012 | Hands-in-the-air phrase | David Quarfoot |
| ROARIN | Wed Apr 20, 2016 | Enter with much commotion | Tom McCoy |
| SADFACES | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Clowns sometimes put them on | Frank Longo |
| SOMETHINGCAMEUP | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Explanation for a sudden change of plans | Kate Hawkins |
| SPRINKLERHEAD | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Part of a fire safety system | Andrew Zhou |
| STANGETZ | Fri May 18, 2007 | Musician known as "the Sound" | David Quarfoot |
| STARDATES | Wed Nov 19, 2025 | Times noted in Captain Kirk's logs | Jeremy Newton |
| STOPDEAD | Fri Feb 6, 2026 | Suddenly conk out | Geoffrey Schorkopf and Rafael Musa |
| TECTUM | Sun Apr 27, 1997 | Dorsal part of the midbrain | Matt Gaffney |
| THATSNEAT | Sat Oct 19, 2024 | "Cool trick" | August Miller |
| THEPRINCEOFTIDES | Sun Feb 22, 2026 | Moses Parting the Red Sea | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| THUMBNAILS | Tue Jun 20, 2023 | Compact images on a desktop | Aimee Lucido |
| TRADITION | Thu Oct 6, 2022 | How things have always been done | Simeon Seigel |
| TROUBLEAHEAD | Mon Mar 9, 2015 | Ominous outlook | Debbie Ellerin |
| WHATTIMEISIT | Fri Apr 19, 1996 | Question from 34-Across | A. Micci |
| WHERESPOPPA | Thu Jun 12, 1997 | 1970 George Segal movie | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| YOURFLYISOPEN | Sat Feb 20, 2010 | Exposure warning? | Paula Gamache |