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 50,711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTHEBAT | Sun Apr 1, 2018 | Like a fictional Casey | Sam Ezersky |
| BANANAPIE | Sat Aug 12, 2017 | Fruity dessert | Kameron Austin Collins |
| BUMMINGAROUND | Fri Sep 26, 2014 | Spending time unprofitably | Patrick Berry |
| CANTERED | Sun Jul 26, 2015 | Loped | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| CASTAWAYS | Fri Jan 28, 2011 | Some island dwellers | Kevin G. Der |
| COMMUNE | Sun Dec 16, 2012 | Be at one (with) | Matt Ginsberg |
| COUNTRYCODE | Mon Jul 16, 2018 | Start of an overseas telephone number | Erik Agard |
| CRENSHAW | Thu Dec 26, 1996 | 1995 Masters Tournament winner | R. H. Burns |
| CUSSES | Sun Sep 7, 2014 | Ornery sorts | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| DETECTORS | Sun Oct 21, 2007 | Sensors | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DOTOO | Tue Jul 22, 2025 | Playground comeback to "You have no idea!" | Jeremy Newton |
| DRUNKATHON | Sun Sep 8, 2019 | Prolonged period of excessive imbibing | Joe DiPietro |
| EBER | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Hairstylist José | Trip Payne |
| EDUCATEDGUESSES | Wed Dec 3, 1997 | Suppositions | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GRAINOFTRUTH | Sun Nov 26, 2000 | Minuscule intangible? | Patrick Berry |
| HALFREST | Wed Dec 8, 1999 | Rectangular score marking | Fred Piscop |
| HOOKEY | Sat Jul 31, 2004 | Something to play | Byron Walden |
| HOPEDFOR | Tue Aug 26, 2014 | Desired | Victor Fleming |
| INU | Wed Feb 23, 2022 | Shiba ___ (dog breed) | Rose Conlon |
| KEYDETS | Sun Jan 16, 2011 | V.M.I. athletes | Joon Pahk |
| LIFEEXPECTANCY | Thu Mar 29, 2018 | It's longer for women than it is for men | Claire Muscat and David Steinberg |
| MADELINE | Thu Feb 13, 2014 | Title girl in a children's book series set in Paris | Daniel Landman |
| MOORHENS | Sat Jun 4, 2005 | Endangered wetland fowl | Byron Walden |
| NOTLOOKINGSOHOT | Tue Jul 28, 2009 | "Doubtful" | Tony Orbach |
| PICKEDUPTHECAR | Wed Mar 23, 1994 | Performed a Herculean feat #3 | Cathy Millhauser |
| POA | Sat Mar 21, 2015 | Bluegrass genus | Frederick J. Healy |
| PUDDLEJUMPERS | Fri Mar 17, 2006 | Short-hop specialists | John Farmer |
| PUNKERS | Sun Oct 25, 2009 | Some Warped Tour attendees | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| QUITEAFEW | Mon Sep 3, 2012 | Many ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 34-, 40- and 46-Across | C. W. Stewart |
| ROTIFER | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Microscopic animal that swims with whirling cilia | Byron Walden |
| ROUNDEYED | Wed Dec 10, 2014 | Full of innocent wonder | Tom McCoy |
| SAKIS | Sun Feb 12, 2012 | Sushi bar servings: Var. | Kurt Mueller |
| SERIESFINALE | Sat Feb 6, 2016 | Pilot's opposite | David Steinberg |
| SMITHERS | Sat Jul 1, 2017 | "The Simpsons" sycophant | David Phillips |
| THECHOSEN | Sun Aug 12, 2007 | Chaim Potok novel | Cathy Millhauser |
| VIVAZAPATA | Tue Jan 29, 2013 | *1952 Marlon Brando film | David Steinberg |
| VOXPOPULIVOXDEI | Sat Apr 6, 2002 | Alcuin's assertion to Charlemagne | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WALKBY | Wed Aug 7, 2002 | Not stop for, in a way | Randolph Ross |
| WHATARETHEODDS | Sun Feb 24, 2019 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues | Erik Agard |
| WIDEOUT | Sun Jan 21, 2024 | Football receiver | John Westwig |