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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFIXED | Thu Nov 16, 2006 | Stuck on | Kevin Donovan |
| ARRIVISTES | Sat Jun 8, 2002 | Social climbers | Fred Piscop |
| BADMEN | Wed Mar 21, 2007 | Outlaws | Ed Early |
| BEEFHOTDOG | Sat Feb 29, 2020 | Frank type | Andrew J. Ries |
| BILLTHECAT | Fri Nov 27, 2020 | "Bloom County" character whose vocabulary consists mostly of "Thbbft!" and "Ack!" | Robyn Weintraub |
| BUNDE | Mon Oct 24, 1994 | German political groups | Sidney L. Robbins |
| CITYEDITOR | Sat Dec 11, 2004 | Metro section honcho | James E. Buell |
| CONRADHILTON | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub" | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| DREAMING | Sun Apr 2, 2000 | Having night vision? | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| DRFRANKENSTEIN | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Famous body builder? | Henry Hook |
| EFILER | Sat Jan 23, 2021 | One going paperless in April, say | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| ENTERTAINER | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | Classic tune used as an ice cream truck jingle, with "The" | Ryan Judge |
| FISHOILS | Tue Nov 29, 2016 | They're rich in omega-3 fatty acids | Jacob Stulberg |
| HEARTPOUNDING | Tue Aug 24, 1999 | Scary | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HELIACAL | Sun Mar 19, 2017 | Relating to the sun | Grant Thackray |
| HUARACHE | Sun Aug 27, 2000 | Mexican sandal | Dana Motley |
| INADEADHEAT | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | Neck and neck | Luke K. Schreiber |
| JELLYBEANS | Wed Oct 30, 2013 | Part of a Halloween dinner? | Joel Fagliano |
| LAPDANCES | Sat Sep 18, 2010 | Bachelor party entertainment | Natan Last, Brown University '12 |
| LIGHTVERSE | Wed May 14, 2025 | Playful poetry | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| LISTINGS | Sat Feb 18, 1995 | TV Guide material | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| LOSESBIG | Sun Sep 26, 2004 | Gets trounced | Joe DiPietro |
| MISERERE | Fri Jul 24, 1998 | The 51st Psalm | Manny Nosowsky |
| MUDSLIDES | Tue Mar 26, 2002 | Malibu menaces | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| PASSEDBY | Thu Apr 1, 2021 | Overlooked | Sam Ezersky |
| POISONIVY | Tue Dec 10, 2019 | Subject of the saying "Leaves of three, let it be" | Eric Berlin |
| REFERRER | Fri Aug 25, 2000 | Doctor, at times | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SACER | Sun Dec 12, 2010 | Holy, to Horace | Karen Young Bonin |
| SATSHIVA | Wed Jul 10, 2024 | Mourned a death, in Judaism | Hal Moore |
| SCUBAMASKS | Mon Feb 5, 2024 | Underwater divers' aids | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| SECONDCLASSMAIL | Fri Jan 14, 2011 | It's now called "Periodicals" | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SEEMSTOME | Sat Jan 26, 2002 | "I think ..." | Mark Diehl |
| SIDELIGHT | Sat Aug 27, 1994 | Secondary attraction | Joy L. Wouk |
| SUNDERANCE | Fri Oct 7, 1994 | Separation | Bryant White |
| THEYOUNGLIONS | Sun Aug 28, 1994 | Irwin Shaw title from Psalms | Randolph Ross |
| TITUSANDRONICUS | Sun Dec 2, 2001 | Tragic Roman of Shakespeare | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| TUPLES | Fri Feb 2, 2024 | N-___ (mathematical sets) | Ryan Judge |
| VOTEDOWN | Wed Sep 13, 2006 | Defeat democratically | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| WHENDOWEEAT | Tue May 21, 2013 | Antsy premeal question | Patrick McIntyre |
| WUTANG | Sun Dec 15, 2024 | ___ Clan, iconic hip-hop group of the 1990s | David Kwong |