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 50,584 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACEROUS | Fri Apr 22, 1994 | Hornless | A.J. Santora |
| BABYSPICE | Sat Jun 16, 2012 | Youngest member of a 1990s girl group | Barry C. Silk |
| BABYYODA | Tue Nov 2, 2021 | Nickname for the Mandalorian's charge | Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock |
| BARECHEST | Sat Mar 19, 2022 | Something often seen with trunks | Ryan McCarty |
| BEMIRED | Fri Dec 10, 2010 | Stuck, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BIRDDOGS | Sun Jan 23, 2011 | Pointers | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| BLOODSTREAM | Tue Oct 23, 2007 | Circulatory system flow | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BOBBYDARIN | Tue Aug 21, 2018 | 1950s-'60s teen idol who sang "Dream Lover" and "Splish Splash" | John Lieb and Andrea Yañes |
| BOOBYPRIZE | Mon Jun 9, 2008 | *The worst player wins it | Paula Gamache |
| CBSSPORTS | Sat Sep 22, 2007 | Home of "The NFL Today" | Mark Diehl |
| CITYOFGOD | Thu Aug 9, 2001 | High ground | Patrick Berry |
| COLORMAN | Tue Mar 14, 1995 | Play-by-play announcer's partner | Bob Klahn |
| DETESTING | Sat Nov 25, 2000 | Not being able to stand | Patrick D. Berry |
| EDGARAWARD | Sat Oct 30, 2021 | Mystery prize | Michael Hawkins |
| FLIGHTDECK | Mon Oct 14, 2019 | Where planes land on an aircraft carrier | Gary Cee |
| HANDMEDOWN | Mon Oct 30, 1995 | Not new | Gregory E. Paul |
| HARDTOTELL | Fri Aug 26, 2022 | "I can't say for sure" | Robert Logan |
| HULLED | Sun Sep 22, 2013 | Like much processed wheat | Mike Selinker |
| INGOODFAITH | Thu May 27, 2021 | Looking pretty, as 58-Across would say | Barbara Lin |
| KNEWOF | Thu May 10, 2007 | Was familiar with | Peter A. Collins |
| LATEBELLS | Sat May 27, 2000 | Students should be in class before them | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LOGGEDON | Fri Jul 20, 2018 | Got access, in a way | Robyn Weintraub |
| LONGFELLOW | Wed May 4, 2016 | Author of an 1841 poem that contains the line spelled out by the shaded squares | Jacob Stulberg |
| NICOTINEPATCH | Sun Mar 20, 2016 | Quitting aid, of sorts | Joel Fagliano |
| OHENRYTWIST | Tue May 31, 2016 | Surprise ending, as in "The Gift of the Magi" | Sarah Keller |
| ONENIGHTER | Sat Mar 10, 2012 | Quick affair? | Patrick Berry |
| RAINLESS | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Dry | David J. Kahn |
| REALLOOKER | Sun Nov 19, 2017 | This clue's 110-Across, in terms of attractiveness | Tom McCoy |
| ROSINED | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Like a pitcher's bag | J. Page |
| SHELLSOUT | Fri Jan 31, 2020 | Forks over | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| SHOTTOHELL | Mon Oct 2, 2017 | Utterly ruined, informally | Trenton Charlson |
| SOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM | Sun Jan 18, 2026 | "Don't look at me for help" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme | Rena Cohen |
| TIPIS | Fri Sep 9, 2011 | Plains homes: Var. | Joe Krozel |
| TOADFISH | Sat Jan 23, 2010 | Grunting, slimy-skinned swimmer | Karen M. Tracey |
| TOWLINES | Tue Nov 3, 2009 | Water-skiers' holds | Barry Boone |
| TRIPLELETTERSCORE | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | Scrabble bonus seen six times in this puzzle | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| WATERSOFTENER | Sun Jun 24, 2007 | It might go in a tank | Eric Berlin |
| WITTIER | Sat Nov 16, 1996 | More scintillating | J. Page |
| WORKOUTWELL | Mon Dec 8, 2025 | End successfully | Dan Kammann and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| YEAHIAM | Sun Apr 2, 2023 | "Nah, you're not!" retort | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |