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 50,528 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARONCARTER | Fri Feb 28, 2014 | Singer who's a Backstreet Boy's brother | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ABITSTRANGE | Sat May 23, 2020 | Slightly off | Wyna Liu and Erik Agard |
| ALLANTE | Sat Feb 11, 2012 | Late 1980s Cadillac | Joe Krozel |
| BEARDOWNON | Fri Jul 25, 1997 | Strong-arm | Harvey Estes |
| BOWSERJR | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Young antagonist in Super Mario games | Sam Trabucco |
| CHEATSHEET | Sat Nov 3, 2012 | It may give you a final answer | Milo Beckman |
| COIFED | Sat Mar 20, 1999 | Like salon customers | Chuck Deodene |
| COLLEGESTATION | Wed May 20, 2009 | Texas city ... and a hint to the starts of 21-, 27-, 45- and 56-Across | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| COULTER | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | Author of "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DRAMBUIE | Sun Jan 31, 1999 | Liqueur brand | Manny Nosowsky |
| DROIDRAZR | Sat Nov 22, 2014 | iPhone competitor | David Steinberg |
| FLORENZZIEGFELD | Sat Aug 11, 2007 | Biographical subject of the Best Picture of 1936 | Karen M. Tracey |
| GETSTAKENABACK | Thu Jul 27, 2000 | Shows shock | Joe DiPietro |
| HAPPYEASTER | Tue Aug 7, 2018 | Spring greeting | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| HELLE | Tue Feb 26, 2013 | Figure in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts | Gary Cee |
| HOMEBRED | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | Native | David J. Kahn |
| IMNOTOK | Fri May 15, 2020 | "These feelings have got me pretty down" | Christopher Adams |
| ISNEW | Tue Mar 30, 2010 | "So what else ___?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JIMHENSON | Sat Jan 15, 1994 | He once had a hand in morning TV | Manny Nosowsky |
| MANGERSCENES | Sun Aug 6, 2023 | Christmas displays | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| MASTERCARD | Sun Jun 22, 2008 | TRAILHEAD ___ COUNTERTOP | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| NATHANFIELDER | Mon Mar 25, 2024 | Emma Stone's co-star on Showtime's "The Curse" | Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg |
| OPENSWIM | Sat Jul 17, 2021 | Family time at the pool | Ryan McCarty |
| PANSEAR | Thu Oct 24, 2024 | Cook until a crust forms | Ella Dershowitz |
| PANTOMIMEQUIZ | Thu Sep 19, 2019 | 1949 (first winner) | David Kwong |
| PULPED | Thu Feb 1, 2024 | Like wood prepped for papermaking | Simeon Seigel |
| QANDASESSIONS | Wed Mar 19, 1997 | Informative dialogues | Trip Payne |
| REBOXED | Fri Jun 19, 2020 | Made more secure for shipping, say | Greg Johnson |
| RESISTOR | Sun Jun 30, 2019 | Circuit board component | Emily Carroll |
| SPITTINGIMAGES | Tue Feb 15, 2005 | Ringers | Gene Newman |
| STUDIOSET | Sat Jan 24, 2015 | Sitcom stage, e.g. | Kevin G. Der |
| SYMPATHY | Fri Apr 24, 2009 | What some cards express | Barry C. Silk |
| TATAFORNOW | Mon Feb 28, 2011 | "Till next time!" | Mike Buckley |
| TOJOS | Sat Feb 12, 1994 | W.W. II general and namesakes | Rand H. Burns |
| TRELLISES | Thu Aug 13, 1998 | Lattices around an island? | A. J. Santora |
| UNPOETIC | Sun Sep 23, 2018 | Prosy | Andrew Zhou |
| VEALSTEW | Sat Oct 1, 2005 | Hearty meat dish | Joe DiPietro |
| VICTORIANPERIOD | Thu Mar 10, 2005 | Stuffy stretch | Ed Early |
| XJS | Sun Mar 21, 2004 | Classic Jaguar | Roy Leban |
| YESCHEF | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | Culinary concurrence | Samuel Smalley |