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 50,960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEAUTIFULMIND | Tue Feb 26, 2002 | 2001 50-Across nominee | Peter Gordon |
| ATOOL | Tue Nov 9, 2010 | "You're such ___" (teen put-down) | Daniel A. Finan |
| BALLEDUPFIST | Mon Jan 22, 2001 | Pugilist's weapon | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| BELTRAN | Sat Apr 18, 2009 | 1999 A.L. Rookie of the Year Carlos | Byron Walden |
| BLANKCD | Wed Jun 16, 2021 | Item needed for burning, once | Finn Vigeland |
| BROWED | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Black-___ albatross | Byron Walden |
| BUENOSAIRESARGENTINA | Sun Dec 15, 2024 | Capital on the Río de la Plata | David Kwong |
| CLARENCEDARROW | Sun Dec 21, 2025 | Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial | David Kwong |
| DOGTAIL | Fri Sep 27, 2002 | It may be chased by its owner | Michael Shteyman |
| DOOHICKEYS | Sun Jul 18, 1999 | Gizmos | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DREAMLOVER | Sat Jul 16, 2022 | "Someone to comfort and hold me," in a #1 Mariah Carey hit | Kameron Austin Collins |
| FUSILS | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | Flintlock muskets | Martin Schneider |
| GODHEAD | Sat Nov 4, 2000 | Divinity | Rich Norris |
| HADKITTENS | Sat Nov 1, 2003 | Got really upset | Bob Peoples |
| HAWKINS | Sat Jan 3, 2009 | "Treasure Island" hero | Peter Wentz |
| KEEPTHECHANGE | Fri Nov 3, 2023 | Tip line? | Robyn Weintraub |
| LEOVIII | Fri Nov 14, 2014 | 10th-century pope | Joe Krozel |
| MADSCIENTIST | Fri Mar 29, 2013 | Cackling loon with a white coat | Josh Knapp |
| OUTRIDE | Sun Mar 23, 2008 | Defeat in a derby | Robert W. Harris |
| PIRATEEARRINGS | Wed May 24, 2006 | Start of a sign in a costume store | Adam G. Perl |
| PLATOSCAVE | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Ancient allegory paralleled in the plot of "The Matrix" | John Guzzetta |
| POLTERGEISTS | Wed Jul 25, 2018 | Things that go bump in the night | Emily Carroll |
| QUEEREST | Mon Jul 21, 2003 | Most odd | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| RUBSIN | Wed Sep 14, 1994 | Emphasizes, as an embarrassing error | Harvey Estes |
| SHOWERBATH | Thu Aug 8, 2024 | Hybrid fixture with a tub and nozzle | Christopher Youngs |
| SNOWOWL | Sun Mar 11, 2012 | Northern bird | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| SOLARNEWYEAR | Tue Apr 4, 2000 | Indian observance of April 13 | D. J. DeChristopher |
| STEPCUT | Fri Mar 27, 2009 | Diamond-shaping choice | Paula Gamache |
| STRASSER | Sat Oct 7, 2000 | "Casablanca" villain | Chuck Menning |
| SWUNGBY | Fri Mar 27, 2009 | Detoured to pay a visit along the way | Paula Gamache |
| TEABASKET | Fri Jul 1, 2005 | Picnic container in Britain | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| THELOVEBUG | Thu May 18, 2023 | First film appearance of Herbie, a sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle | Kiran Pandey |
| THEREFRIGERATOR | Fri Nov 24, 1995 | End of quip | Bob Klahn |
| TROPHYWIFE | Mon Jul 16, 2012 | Husband's status symbol, possibly | Randall J. Hartman |
| TROUBADOUR | Fri Nov 20, 2020 | Love poet of old | Kameron Austin Collins |
| UNEDGED | Sat Jul 25, 2020 | Boundaryless | Royce Ferguson |
| VITALIZED | Fri Apr 23, 1999 | Charged | Harvey Estes |
| WARBLY | Wed Feb 15, 2023 | Like a songbird | Sean Ziebarth |
| WILLIAMFAULKNER | Tue Aug 8, 2000 | See 20- and 57-Across | Joy L. Wouk |
| YBOR | Wed Aug 25, 2010 | ___ City (Tampa neighborhood) | Clive Probert |