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 51,167 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRSINAI | Thu Jan 2, 2020 | Tel Aviv-to-Cairo carrier | Ed Sessa |
| BADATTITUDE | Fri Nov 28, 2025 | It's not constructive | Jacob McDermott |
| BADGERS | Tue Mar 19, 1996 | Nags | P. Jordan |
| BANNERDAYS | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | Times when everything goes perfectly | Evan Kalish |
| BEEHONEY | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Natural sweetener | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOXERS | Sun Jan 25, 2009 | Some underwear | Michael Torch |
| DELACROIX | Sat Oct 22, 2011 | "Death of Sardanapalus" painter Eugène | Patrick Berry |
| DIANEARBUS | Sat Sep 4, 1999 | "An Aperture Monograph" photographer | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FIDDLEPLAYERS | Wed Oct 29, 2008 | Country bowers | Steven L. Zisser |
| GOATSBEARD | Tue Jul 29, 2014 | ... for a fall guy? | Timothy Polin |
| GORGEOUS | Sat Feb 4, 2023 | Dazzling | Kate Hawkins |
| HACKMAN | Sat Mar 21, 1998 | Best Actor of 1971 | Rich Norris |
| HANDTOHANDCOMBAT | Thu Oct 9, 2003 | Fierce military action | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HIGHHEELS | Thu Aug 12, 2021 | Grate pains? | Jake Halperin |
| HUMMERS | Sun Jun 8, 2014 | Non-fuel-efficient vehicles | Patrick Berry |
| IMPELLED | Sat Oct 26, 2019 | Drove | Sam Trabucco |
| INFRAREDPICTURE | Sat May 16, 1998 | Shot in the dark | Jim Page |
| LORIC | Fri Jun 28, 1996 | Ending with folk | D. J. Kahn |
| LUDICROUS | Wed Feb 11, 2015 | *"Chicken-n-Beer" rapper, to an overzealous copy editor? | Will Treece |
| MADELINEKAHN | Tue Mar 20, 2001 | Comedic actress who's able? | Peter Abide |
| MOTJUSTE | Fri May 9, 2014 | Perfect expression | James Mulhern |
| OUTRIGGERCANOES | Fri Feb 1, 2008 | They're not easily overturned | Doug Peterson |
| PEEKOUT | Fri Aug 18, 2000 | Look through blinds, say | Patrick D. Berry |
| PHONENETWORK | Sun Dec 8, 2002 | Big company hookup | Peter Gordon |
| POLISHHAM | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | Sandwich filler | A. J. Santora |
| PRESTIGES | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | High reputes | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PUSHFOR | Thu Mar 30, 2000 | Strongly advocate | Randolph Ross |
| ROBERTZIMMERMAN | Tue May 22, 2001 | Bob Dylan, né ___, 5/24/41 | John D. Leavy |
| SEAOFLOVE | Sun Mar 12, 2000 | 1989 Al Pacino movie | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SICSTHEDOGON | Tue Jun 2, 2026 | Gets a pooch to attack | Rich Katz |
| SOLETITGO | Fri Sep 3, 2021 | "In that case, move on!" | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco |
| STANCHER | Sun Feb 11, 2001 | Styptic pencil, e.g. | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| STRUMMING | Sun Feb 10, 2008 | Ukulele activity | Bill Zais |
| SUCCOTASH | Sun Aug 1, 2021 | Side dish at a barbecue | Matthew Stock |
| TIGHTLIPPED | Tue Dec 11, 2001 | Taciturn | A. J. Santora |
| TREASUREHUNT | Sat Nov 23, 2024 | Activity requiring a map | Ryan McCarty |
| TRIPHOP | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | Downtempo electronica genre | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| WARMANDFUZZY | Tue Jul 7, 2026 | Like a feeling of tender happiness ... or how you might feel after reading both halves of the answers to the starred clues? | Brad Lively |
| WEHADADEAL | Sat Apr 18, 2026 | "Hey, no backing out now!" | Jesse Cohn |
| YOUFLATTERME | Sun Jul 2, 2023 | "Stop, I'm blushing!" | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |