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 50,800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHBLONDE | Fri Mar 24, 2000 | Hair color | Manny Nosowsky |
| ATTHEPOLLS | Tue Nov 2, 2004 | Where elections are decided | Patrick Merrell |
| BEERSNOB | Tue Oct 24, 2023 | One whose taste buds may not crave Buds | Daniel Grinberg |
| BIALYS | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Polish rolls | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| COIMBRA | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Portuguese city with a historic university founded in 1290 | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| COLLAPSIBLE | Fri Feb 21, 2003 | Like an air-filled lifeboat | Patrick Berry |
| CUTOFFJEANS | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | HARLO and SMAR? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| DISTANTCOUSINS | Tue Mar 30, 1999 | Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, e.g. | Randy Sowell |
| EGGHASH | Fri Jul 19, 2019 | Hearty breakfast dish that includes potatoes | Peter Wentz |
| GUNTRIGGER | Sun Jun 12, 2011 | *It may be found near a barrel | C. W. Stewart |
| HALFTONES | Tue Feb 12, 2002 | Intermediate shades | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOLDYOURHORSES | Mon Oct 13, 1997 | "Just one gosh-darn minute!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| ICEARENA | Fri Feb 13, 2026 | Skating venue | Evan Mulvihill |
| JIMCARREY | Mon Aug 19, 2002 | "Liar Liar" star | Lynn Lempel |
| KINGSET | Sun Feb 20, 2005 | Linens for a large bed | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| KIXX | Sat Sep 6, 2008 | Aptly named Philadelphia indoor soccer team | Barry C. Silk |
| MEANINGWHAT | Sat Apr 15, 2023 | "Your point being ...?" | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NAPTRAPPED | Sat Nov 15, 2025 | Unable to move while holding a sleeping baby, in slang | Kyle Dolan |
| NINETIESKID | Thu Dec 4, 2025 | Three squared + Slide | Stephan Prock and Jeff Chen |
| NOTAWAKE | Tue Jun 14, 2005 | Asleep | Sarah Keller |
| OHMISS | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Call to a waitress | John M. Samson |
| ONACCOUNT | Sun Nov 1, 2020 | Because (of) | Julian Lim |
| ONEHANDEDTYPING | Wed Jul 31, 2013 | See 20- and 34-Across | H. David Goering |
| OPERANTS | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | Those who work | A. J. Santora |
| PRATING | Sun Aug 10, 1997 | Babbling | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PRETERITS | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | Past tenses | Randolph Ross |
| REFLECTOR | Mon Feb 13, 2023 | Shiny bicycle attachment | Eric Rollfing |
| RICKROLLING | Mon Apr 13, 2009 | Widespread Internet prank involving a bait-and-switch link to a music video | Natan Last |
| ROADSALT | Mon May 30, 2016 | Application to highways before a winter storm | David Woolf |
| SEAFOAM | Wed Feb 14, 2024 | Bubbles on a beach | Ella Dershowitz |
| SHOPVAC | Sat Apr 30, 2016 | Woodworker's device, informally | Mark Diehl |
| SIDEWINDER | Thu Oct 7, 2010 | Southwestern rattler | Patrick Blindauer |
| SMUGGER | Sun Nov 13, 2022 | More cocksure | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| THATREMINDSME | Wed Jun 5, 1996 | Phrase accompanying a finger-snap | G. R. Ferguson |
| THATSJUSTTOOBAD | Fri Jul 18, 2025 | "Well, tough!" | Kelly Morenus |
| THEIDES | Thu Mar 15, 2018 | Date that provides a phonetic hint to four other answers in this puzzle | Joe DiPietro |
| VERYWELLTHEN | Sat Apr 25, 2026 | "So that's how it's gonna be, I guess" | Sam Ezersky |
| WEATHERED | Thu Sep 2, 2021 | Roadside restaurant sign | David W. Tuffs |
| WORLDPOWER | Sat Nov 24, 2001 | The United States, notably | Rich Norris |
| YOUKNOWWHO | Fri Jan 16, 2009 | Unnamed individual | Mike Nothnagel |