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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABYSSINIAN | Fri Nov 4, 1994 | Brindled cat | Matt Jones |
| ARLEEN | Sat Aug 23, 1997 | Former TV host Sorkin | Rich Norris |
| ASIWASSAYING | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | Post-distraction segue | Robyn Weintraub |
| ATI | Sat Jul 23, 1994 | Philippine native | Randolph Ross |
| BALAYAGE | Fri Aug 5, 2022 | Hair highlighting technique | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| BALLOONPAYMENT | Tue Nov 20, 2012 | Provision for ending many a mortgage | Allan E. Parrish |
| BDS | Sat Jul 12, 2008 | What directors sit on: Abbr. | Myles Callum |
| BLAZINGSADDLES | Mon Jul 17, 2000 | 1974 Mel Brooks comedy | Mitch Komro |
| CHICKFLICKS | Wed Sep 19, 2007 | "Pretty Woman" and "Waiting to Exhale" | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| COMAE | Sun Jan 23, 1994 | Comets' heads | Charles M. Deber |
| CONDONERS | Sun Dec 16, 2001 | Turners of blind eyes | Fred Piscop |
| DISPOSES | Sat May 13, 2006 | Inclines | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DRAGGLES | Sun Jul 31, 1994 | Trails along | Richard Silvestri |
| ETTING | Fri Apr 2, 1999 | Her theme song was "Love Me or Leave Me" | Jim Page |
| FLEECIEST | Sat Jul 8, 2000 | Most like a cumulus cloud | Randolph Ross |
| FUDGESFACTS | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Sugar and cocoa content? | John Kugelman |
| INDWELLS | Sun Jan 26, 1997 | Exists as an activating force | S. Elliott |
| ITSJUSTOK | Wed Apr 9, 2025 | Three-star review of Tulsa? | Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein |
| JIUJITSU | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Practice with locks and pins? | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| LONGGONE | Tue Jun 19, 2001 | Like the dinosaurs | Tyler Hinman |
| LOOKEDTO | Fri Jun 10, 2005 | Relied upon | David Quarfoot |
| LOUISCHEVROLET | Tue Feb 17, 2004 | Auto trailblazer | Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon |
| MUDWRESTLE | Fri Jul 18, 2025 | Fight dirty? | Kelly Morenus |
| NETRESULTS | Wed Jan 15, 2003 | Bottom line | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| OCEANBASIN | Sat Mar 30, 2002 | Wet floor? | Mark Diehl |
| ORYXES | Sat Mar 13, 1999 | African antelopes | David J. Kahn |
| OVERDUBS | Tue Jul 22, 1997 | Recording studio add-ins | Fred Piscop |
| OVERTRADE | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Leave oneself at risk on Wall Street | A. J. Santora |
| PANELVANS | Sun May 27, 2012 | Versatile delivery vehicles | Byron Walden |
| PECKSAT | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | Eats like a bird | Sam Trabucco |
| RANAMUCK | Mon Oct 17, 2011 | Rampaged | Patrick Berry |
| SCOREPADS | Sat Jan 10, 1998 | Game supplies | Mark Diehl |
| SCRUMPTIOUS | Mon Aug 23, 2004 | "Dee-licious!" | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| SNOWSHOES | Sun Oct 31, 2004 | Mukluk attachments | Patrick Merrell |
| STRIPTEASEARTISTS | Sun Mar 7, 2021 | ILLUS_RA_ORS | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen |
| TABLOIDS | Tue Jan 26, 2016 | Papers covered with dirt? | Sam Ezersky |
| VENTRILOQUISTS | Sat Feb 2, 2008 | Seemingly silent types | Natan Last |
| WETLOOK | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | Slick hairstyle | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WHATSPOPPIN | Mon Apr 24, 2023 | Slangy question of greeting ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across | Emily Carroll |
| WOREAWIRE | Fri Apr 26, 2013 | Did some undercover work | Michael Ashley |