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 50,389 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABYE | Sun Dec 26, 1993 | Rock-___ -baby | Tom Underhill |
| AGOOF | Tue Dec 26, 1995 | Make ___ (err) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| BEYONDALLDOUBT | Sun Apr 28, 2019 | BAD words? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BYNER | Tue Feb 25, 1997 | Sketch comic John | Gregory E. Paul |
| CANINEUNIT | Fri Nov 30, 2018 | Employer of some shepherds | Robyn Weintraub |
| CHITTER | Sat Apr 19, 2003 | Bird talk | Manny Nosowsky |
| COMETOTHETABLE | Mon Nov 12, 2018 | Show up for negotiations ... or a hint for 20-, 33- and 42-Across | Kathy Bloomer |
| CONTRAPTION | Mon Dec 21, 2015 | Unnamed object #1 | Bruce Haight |
| CULTURED | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Man-made | Mark Diehl |
| DIDDLYSQUAT | Mon Jul 9, 2018 | What the exercise regimen in 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across is worth? | John Lampkin |
| DIVERSIONS | Tue Sep 12, 2017 | 501 renditions? | Bruce Haight |
| DOLBY | Fri Aug 26, 2022 | Surround sound pioneer | Robert Logan |
| EBONITES | Wed May 7, 2003 | Hard rubbers | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FOLLICLE | Fri Feb 28, 2025 | Hair-raising thing? | Michael Lieberman |
| HEXADS | Fri Oct 28, 2005 | Series of six | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ISOMETRIC | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | Static, as an exercise | Joel Fagliano |
| KODIAKBROWNBEAR | Fri Oct 12, 2012 | Huge snagger of salmon | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| LARGENT | Fri Sep 7, 2007 | Pro Football Hall-of-Famer-turned-congressman Steve | Barry C. Silk |
| LOSEAPOINT | Fri Nov 4, 1994 | Get penalized, in some games | Matt Jones |
| LUNULA | Fri Feb 16, 1996 | Fingernail crescent | M. Nosowsky |
| MAKINGANIMPACT | Sun May 18, 2025 | Casting a total brat in the school play? | Garrett Chalfin |
| MOHAWKRIVER | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | Schenectady is on it | David J. Kahn |
| MORIBUND | Fri Dec 15, 2006 | Stagnant | Levi Denham |
| NINETEENFIFTY | Sun May 16, 2021 | When the first "Peanuts" comic appeared | Joe DiPietro |
| NINETIMESOUTOFTEN | Sun Jun 29, 2025 | Apt clue for the circled letters | Mike Hobin |
| NOBODYSHOME | Sat Oct 12, 2013 | Vacancy clause? | John Farmer |
| OFMICEANDMEN | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | 1937 Steinbeck novella | Jeremy Newton |
| PUMPSLIPPER | Thu Aug 10, 2006 | Clumsy gas station attendant? | Todd McClary |
| SALAMANCA | Sat Jul 18, 2015 | Spanish city that's home to the country's oldest university | Joe Krozel |
| SAPHO | Thu Sep 17, 2009 | Massenet opera based on a Daudet novel | Arthur Schulman |
| SHARPSHOOTER | Mon Dec 6, 2010 | Annie Oakley, for one | Richard Chisholm |
| SHOEHORNING | Sat Sep 12, 2020 | Putting in a tight spot | Ryan McCarty |
| SHORTSHORTS | Fri Nov 3, 2023 | Cheeky attire? | Robyn Weintraub |
| SNAPJUDGMENT | Wed Oct 10, 2012 | On-the-spot appraisal | Pete Muller |
| SWITCHBACK | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | *Zigzag trail up a mountain | Bob Klahn |
| TAKINGTHEFIFTH | Tue Mar 21, 1995 | Refusing to testify | Harvey Estes |
| TAMMIES | Sat Jun 9, 2001 | Glazed fabrics | Rich Norris |
| TELEPHONECALLS | Sat Mar 26, 1994 | Some pages | Randolph Ross |
| TIPPYTOE | Wed Jun 12, 2002 | What a child may stand on | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| VICEPRESIDENT | Sun Apr 11, 2004 | #2 on a ticket | Patrick Merrell |