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 50,758 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADBADLEROYBROWN | Sun Mar 26, 2017 | 1973 #1 hit for Jim Croce | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| BALDPATE | Fri Sep 7, 2018 | Chrome dome, so to speak | Josh Knapp |
| BELLYFAT | Sun Nov 26, 2023 | Gut | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman |
| BISTATE | Sat Aug 18, 2001 | Like some port authorities | Rich Norris |
| BROKENFIELD | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | SA LL Y | F. & L. Sabin |
| BRUSHASIDE | Fri Mar 14, 2025 | Coolly disregard | Brandon Koppy |
| BUYOFF | Wed Jan 6, 2010 | Bribe | Julian Lim |
| COSLEEPER | Sat Sep 27, 2025 | Alternative to a crib | Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson |
| DAI | Sun Jul 4, 2010 | Bao ___ (former Vietnamese emperor) | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| DORATI | Sun Sep 6, 1998 | Conductor Antal ___ | Rich Norris |
| DROPSET | Thu May 14, 2009 | Weight training unit | David J. Kahn |
| EMBAY | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | Enclose in a recess | Joe Krozel |
| EXPIRED | Sun Jul 23, 2006 | No longer good | Fred Piscop |
| FLAREGUNS | Mon Sep 5, 2016 | Distress signal producers | Tracy Gray |
| GOINCIRCLES | Sun Jun 10, 2012 | *Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? | Xan Vongsathorn |
| GRADEONE | Wed Jul 30, 2014 | Elementary start | Jean O'Conor |
| GUTFLORA | Tue Aug 27, 2024 | Micro-organisms in the digestive tract | Julia Hoepner |
| HELPOUT | Thu Aug 6, 2015 | Pitch in | Gary Cee |
| INTAKEVALVE | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Car engine component | Andrew Zhou |
| INTERCHANGEABLE | Thu Mar 28, 2024 | Like the parts of this puzzle's toy, as depicted throughout the grid | Dominic Grillo |
| JENNER | Tue Jul 19, 2011 | Bruce who won the 1976 Olympic decathlon | Mark Feldman |
| JOSIP | Fri May 21, 2010 | Marshal Tito's first name | Patrick Berry |
| LEADIER | Thu Aug 4, 1994 | More sluggish | Jim Page |
| LIVABLE | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | Decent, as accommodations | RIchard Hughes |
| MARYAM | Thu Jan 18, 1996 | Actress d'Abo | C. Deodene |
| MARYHADALITTLELAMB | Sun Dec 15, 2024 | Classic nursery rhyme | David Kwong |
| MEATTORNADO | Tue Dec 3, 2024 | Fictional burrito on "Parks and Recreation" that "literally killed a guy last year" | Henry Lin-David |
| ONTHEPODIUM | Mon Apr 9, 2001 | Champion's place | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| PAINTERS | Tue Jul 31, 2018 | Professionals who put on coats for work | David Woolf |
| PAWNPROMOTION | Sat Aug 22, 2020 | What it takes to become a queen? | Trenton Charlson |
| PLOWMEN | Sun Jan 29, 2006 | Farm workers | Rich Norris |
| PULLEDOUT | Thu Feb 1, 1996 | Withdrawn | L. Sidway |
| QUEERING | Sun Oct 15, 2000 | Ruining, as a deal | Patrick Berry |
| SALESQUOTATION | Sun May 2, 2010 | "$100 per dozen plus shipping," e.g.? | Kelsey Blakley |
| SHOEADDICTS | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Ones with wedge issues? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SPAYING | Sun Apr 7, 2002 | Vet's job | Nancy Salomon |
| STAYSOFF | Sun Dec 25, 2005 | Doesn't touch again | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| THEABSURD | Sat Apr 21, 2007 | See 29-Across | Byron Walden |
| UNDEVIATING | Fri Aug 22, 2025 | Steadfast | Gia Bosko |
| WHOLEREST | Sat Apr 11, 2020 | Rectangle on a staff | Erik Agard and Wyna Liu |