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 50,584 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDIN | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Act to retain one's property at auction | Joe Krozel |
| BLACKLAGOON | Tue Dec 27, 2011 | 1954 monster film setting | John Dunn |
| BLEWIN | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Showed up | Joe DiPietro |
| BODYSLAM | Wed May 19, 2004 | Wrestling throw | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BRASSBAND | Tue Jul 20, 1999 | Parade staple | Joy L. Wouk |
| BRITTLEST | Sat Feb 18, 1995 | Least likely to bend | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| BUSHVGORE | Sat Dec 5, 2009 | 2000 Supreme Court case hinging on the 14th Amendment | Brad Wilber |
| DILUVIANS | Sun Aug 29, 2004 | See 37-Down | Manny Nosowsky |
| DISSENTINGOPINION | Sun Jun 18, 2023 | "Being contrarian is fun!" | Joe DiPietro |
| DUMBSTRUCK | Mon Apr 27, 2015 | Left speechless | Johanna Fenimore |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Thu Jul 9, 2009 | RIFTS? | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| GUTENACHT | Sat Aug 3, 2002 | Parting words in Würzburg | Patrick Berry |
| HOLLOWS | Sun Nov 12, 2000 | Cavities | Joe DiPietro |
| HOTELMANAGER | Wed Oct 20, 2010 | Hilton head, e.g. | Finn Vigeland |
| HOWARDS | Sat Jan 24, 2009 | "___ End" | Mark Diehl |
| IRISHMOSS | Sat Mar 15, 2014 | Seaweed used in home brewing | Ed Sessa |
| JOAQUIN | Thu Nov 28, 2019 | With 40-Down, Oscar-nominated player of 17-Across | Timothy Polin |
| JOBPOSTING | Wed Nov 5, 2025 | LinkedIn link | Chad Hazen and Jeff Chen |
| JOEKIDD | Sun Sep 16, 2012 | 1972 Eastwood western | David Steinberg and Barry Haldiman |
| LEGENDARY | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Absolutely epic | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LIKEIT | Wed Mar 16, 1994 | "I _____ Like That" (60's hit) | Fred Piscop |
| MACEDON | Sun Apr 14, 2024 | Philip II of ___, father of Alexander the Great | John Rippe and Jeff Chen |
| MADEINCHINA | Sat Feb 6, 2016 | Ubiquitous label | David Steinberg |
| MAILDROP | Mon Mar 31, 2008 | *Secret communication location | Jeff Armstrong |
| MARXANDLENIN | Tue Jul 5, 2016 | Red giants | Jules Markey |
| OFTENTIMES | Fri Mar 16, 2001 | Quite a bit | Manny Nosowsky |
| PERCAPITAINCOME | Thu Jan 6, 2011 | *Average national earnings | Mike Nothnagel |
| PLAYMOBIL | Wed Feb 26, 2020 | Toy brand with plastic figures | Francis Heaney |
| PRATING | Sun Aug 10, 1997 | Babbling | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| REALLOVE | Sat Jun 8, 1996 | 1989 Jody Watley hit | M. Shenk |
| REDSABLE | Fri Feb 8, 2002 | Expensive fur | Manny Nosowsky |
| SIDEWAY | Tue Apr 12, 1994 | Not a main route | Ernie Furtado |
| SILKSTOCKING | Tue Nov 28, 2000 | Well-to-do | Richard Hughes |
| STANDGUARD | Fri Jan 2, 2004 | Watch | Sherry O. Blackard |
| STEPFATHERS | Thu Oct 23, 2008 | Ones joining the family | Patrick Blindauer |
| TAKEILL | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Catch something | Patrick Berry |
| THATSNOTTRUE | Wed Jun 5, 2013 | "False!" | Mark Bickham |
| TOUCHPAD | Sat Jun 23, 2018 | Microsoft Surface surface | Byron Walden |
| WAREHOUSEOUTLET | Mon Sep 27, 1999 | Shoppers' mecca #2 | Ed Early |
| WITHOUTAHOME | Wed May 23, 2001 | Like a street urchin | Alan Arbesfeld |