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 50,609 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLUDEDTO | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | Referenced | Natan Last |
| BASEBALLWALKOUT | Sat Sep 10, 2005 | Why 31-Across didn't happen | David J. Kahn |
| BENIHANA | Fri Jul 11, 2025 | Restaurant chain where chefs make onion volcanoes | James McCarron |
| CENTURYPLANT | Wed Sep 13, 2000 | Agave | Jim Morton |
| CONCERTPIANIST | Sun Sep 9, 2012 | ... and 23-Across: "should be comfortable sitting on the bench" | Kevin G. Der |
| DIDGERIDOOS | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Native Australian winds | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |
| DONVITO | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | Head of the Corleone family | Ryan Judge |
| DRIVEUP | Sat May 30, 2009 | Convenient kind of window | Matt Ginsberg |
| EAGLESCOUTS | Sun Sep 11, 1994 | N.F.L. recruiters? | Louis Sabin |
| EGOCENTRISM | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | Possible alternative title for this puzzle | Eric Berlin |
| ENTERSINTO | Thu Dec 16, 2004 | Starts, as an agreement | Mike Torch |
| EPEEISTS | Tue Aug 4, 2020 | Certain Olympic athletes since 1900 | Jacob Stulberg |
| EXCERPTED | Mon Mar 9, 1998 | Quoted (from) | Randall J. Hartman |
| FLEETSTREET | Sun Mar 5, 2000 | British press, figuratively | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| GETSOME | Fri Sep 24, 2021 | Find satisfaction, slangily | Stella Zawistowski |
| GETSSORE | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Becomes peeved | Eric Berlin |
| GOOGLEDIRECTORY | Fri Sep 24, 2010 | Aid to researching 35-Downs by topic | Mark Diehl |
| HAIRGREASE | Tue Oct 2, 2018 | Pomade? [1968, 1972] | Paul Coulter |
| HARDANDFAST | Tue Sep 29, 2009 | *Inviolable, as rules | Paula Gamache |
| ILLTEMPER | Wed Nov 3, 2021 | Ire | Dan Harris |
| ISOTHERMS | Wed Dec 25, 2019 | Weather map lines relating to temperature | Bruce Haight |
| KISSA | Sun Apr 13, 2008 | "Once You ___ Stranger" (1969 thriller) | Cathy Millhauser |
| LASHEDAT | Sun Apr 20, 1997 | Beat against | Charles M. Deber |
| LETSDRIVE | Tue Aug 22, 2006 | Gives the car keys | Michael J. Doran |
| MADEABOOBOO | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Slipped | John Guzzetta |
| MADEAPLAN | Fri Jun 24, 2011 | Prepared | Milo Beckman |
| MANDYS | Sat Apr 5, 1997 | Actor Patinkin and others | Rand H. Burns |
| MENDACITY | Sat Dec 24, 2011 | Untruthfulness | Ned White |
| NICEGUYSFINISHLAST | Sun Jan 3, 1999 | Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but also... | Randolph Ross |
| NORWEGIANBLUE | Fri Aug 1, 2008 | Fictional parrot type featured in Monty Python's "dead parrot sketch" | Patrick Berry |
| OLNEY | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Cleveland Secretary of State Richard _____ | Raymond Hamel |
| OUTLIERS | Thu Oct 15, 2020 | Malcolm Gladwell best seller that explores the 10,000-hour rule | Lindsey Hobbs |
| PARKSODAM | Sun Oct 16, 2022 | Actress who played "Jessica" in "Parasite" | Paolo Pasco |
| PEDALTOTHEMETAL | Fri Nov 7, 2025 | "Step on it!" | Kelly Morenus |
| PERCHESON | Fri Aug 18, 2000 | Uses as a roost | Patrick D. Berry |
| PLANTER | Wed Apr 24, 1996 | Horticulturist's box | G. Dean |
| RANOFFSOMEMEMOS | Sun Jul 17, 1994 | Back at work Mr. Ridder _____ | Cathy Millhauser |
| ROCKEMSOCKEMROBOT | Thu Mar 7, 2019 | Toy boxer in a classic two-player game | Brian Thomas |
| SEIFERT | Tue Apr 16, 1996 | 49ers coach George | G. E. Paul |
| SWINISH | Tue Aug 11, 2020 | Coarsely ill-mannered | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |