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 51,195 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARONPAUL | Mon Dec 27, 2021 | *Three-time Emmy winner for "Breaking Bad" | Adam Aaronson |
| AFOAM | Sun Dec 17, 1995 | Frothy | Dean Niles |
| AMNIONS | Fri Jun 12, 1998 | Embryonic membranes | Matt Gaffney |
| BEEHONEY | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Natural sweetener | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BIHAC | Sun Feb 25, 1996 | Formerly besieged Bosnian town | D. Niles |
| BPICTURE | Thu Mar 31, 2022 | Low-budget feature | Oliver Roeder |
| BRASSBANDS | Wed Jun 17, 1998 | They toot their own horns | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BREAKTHEHOUSE | Sun Jan 8, 2006 | The demolitions expert tried to | Michael Ashley |
| BUMPSETSPIKE | Wed Jan 8, 2025 | Common volleyball combo ... or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together | Laura Dershewitz |
| CORNERS | Sun Jun 8, 2003 | Turns quickly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EVENNUMBERS | Wed Jul 4, 2018 | Identifications on left-hand pages, traditionally [the Bible] | Freddie Cheng |
| FLUXCAPACITOR | Sat Mar 25, 2023 | Tech for time travel in "Back to the Future" | Robyn Weintraub |
| FOURQUARTERTIME | Wed Apr 12, 2006 | Marches may be written in it | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FRIARY | Sun Feb 26, 2012 | Brother's place | Daniel A. Finan |
| FROGKICK | Tue Jun 9, 2020 | Breaststroke move | Freddie Cheng |
| GREENCARDS | Fri Jun 20, 2003 | Work necessities, for some | Bob Peoples |
| HANIF | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | "A Little Devil in America" writer Abdurraqib | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| HINKY | Sun Apr 28, 2024 | Suspicious, informally | Mike Ellison |
| HOMESLICE | Sat Sep 3, 2016 | Buddy from the block | Damon Gulczynski |
| HOUSEHOLDER | Mon Feb 7, 2000 | Census taker's target | Gregory E. Paul |
| KARAOKEMACHINES | Fri Nov 7, 2008 | Self-contained music equipment | Kevin G. Der |
| LAMPSHADES | Sat Sep 12, 2026 | Light décor | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman |
| LEGROPE | Thu Feb 9, 2017 | Surfer's tether | Ross Trudeau |
| LYSIN | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Certain antibody | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OTISREDDING | Mon Mar 27, 2000 | Soul singer from California? | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| OUIDAS | Tue Dec 27, 1994 | "A Dog of Flanders" author et al. | Ernie Furtado |
| PIGTAILS | Sat Jun 18, 2005 | Queues in salons | Sherry O. Blackard |
| PIZZAPIES | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Certain party deliveries | Peter Wentz |
| POUFED | Sun Nov 2, 1997 | Not flat, as hair | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| POURIN | Mon Feb 18, 2008 | Enter en masse | Lynn Lempel |
| REBUILT | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Put back up | Francis Heaney |
| ROMPERROOM | Mon Jun 4, 2007 | Classic kids' show | Steve Kahn |
| SENSORYOVERLOAD | Fri Sep 28, 2012 | Potential downside of the information age | Ed Sessa |
| SEXSCANDAL | Sat Jul 15, 2017 | Celebrity affair, maybe | Zachary Spitz |
| SIMPLESIGNATURE | Thu May 24, 2001 | X | William I. Johnston |
| SNITCHED | Thu Mar 12, 2009 | Sang | David Chapus |
| SOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM | Sun Jan 18, 2026 | "Don't look at me for help" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme | Rena Cohen |
| THENFALLCAESAR | Thu Sep 9, 1999 | Julius's last words | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| VEGANISM | Fri May 2, 1997 | Omission of all animal products from the diet | Matthew L. Jones |
| VERVES | Sun Dec 1, 2002 | Panaches | David J. Kahn |