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 51,034 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABTEST | Sun Sep 4, 2022 | Marketing experiment comparing two variants | Tracy Gray |
| AKIRAKUROSAWA | Fri Mar 5, 2021 | "Stray Dog" director, 1949 | Sridhar Bhagavathula |
| AWAREOF | Sat May 17, 2003 | Onto | Bob Peoples |
| BEEFCHOWMEIN | Mon Oct 13, 2008 | Faux Chinese dish | Anthony J. Salvia |
| BEERKOOZIE | Fri Nov 12, 2021 | Covering for a cold one | Patrick John Duggan |
| BENDTHERULES | Tue Jul 25, 2006 | Take liberties | Anne Garellick |
| BOOMERANGS | Thu Dec 17, 2020 | Items that are hard to throw away? | Kathryn Ladner |
| CHALAMET | Wed Nov 16, 2022 | Timothée of "Beautiful Boy" and "Dune" | John Hawksley |
| COMMODES | Wed Mar 31, 2021 | Going places? | Trenton Charlson |
| DIECASTS | Sun Jul 14, 2024 | Forms from a mold | Jeff Chen |
| EAGLESWINGS | Sun Dec 13, 2015 | They're seen spread on the back of a quarter | Tracy Gray and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| EHOWARDHUNT | Tue Jun 18, 1996 | "Nixon" character | E. C. Gorski |
| EYEPOPPERS | Fri Dec 28, 2018 | Things that amaze | David Steinberg |
| FACEPLATES | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Surrounders of light switches | Mark Feldman |
| FIRSTRUN | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | New in theaters | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| GOESOFF | Wed Jun 28, 2006 | Explodes | Myles Callum |
| HEAVYSNOW | Sun Aug 4, 2024 | Terrible TV reception? | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| HIDDENCHARGES | Tue Nov 9, 2004 | Invoice surprises | Robert Dillman |
| IMESSAGE | Tue Aug 15, 2023 | It shows up as a blue speech bubble | Malaika Handa |
| IMESSEDUP | Thu Nov 21, 2024 | "That's on me" | Katie Hoody |
| ISLANDHOPPING | Thu Jan 25, 2018 | Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ITSHOPELESS | Wed Mar 7, 2018 | "I give up" | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| JARLOOSE | Thu Mar 14, 2019 | Manage to detach by hitting | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| JUVENILE | Wed Oct 17, 2018 | Minor | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| NEEDSHELP | Fri May 31, 2019 | Can't do it alone | Sam Ezersky |
| NICEMOVE | Sat Apr 28, 2018 | "Good going!" | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| NONPOLAR | Sat May 4, 1996 | Temperate, e.g. | B. Klahn |
| PONYKEGS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Quarter-barrel containers of beer | Rafael Musa |
| PRENATALLY | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Before birth | F. Longo |
| RATROD | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Custom car built with old parts and a shabby aesthetic | Garrett Chalfin |
| REMINISCES | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Chats at a high-school reunion, maybe | Patrick Berry |
| SOLIDI | Sun Jan 25, 1998 | Gold coins of ancient Rome | Dave Tuller |
| SOLOMONNORTHUP | Tue Jan 9, 2024 | Abolitionist who wrote "Twelve Years a Slave" | Adam Wagner |
| TAPSINTO | Sun Jan 21, 2007 | Accesses | Patrick Berry |
| TATTIER | Thu Dec 23, 2021 | More ragged | Stephen McCarthy |
| TEASEDOUT | Thu Mar 21, 2019 | Elicited with difficulty | Christopher Adams |
| UPANDQUIT | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | Abruptly resign | Byron Walden |
| WALKSATIGHTROPE | Mon Dec 13, 1999 | Takes risks | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| WECAMEINPEACE | Tue Jul 21, 2009 | With 55-Across, message left by 28-Across for future explorers | Donna S. Levin |
| YOUREKIDDINGME | Mon Nov 10, 2014 | "No way!" | Bruce Haight |