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 50,775 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANOKA | Wed Dec 6, 2000 | Minneapolis suburb | Mel Taub (and crossword class) |
| BADNAME | Mon Feb 19, 2024 | Tarnished reputation | Adam Wagner |
| BANJOES | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | They're plucked | Matt Gaffney |
| BEDSTAND | Sat Feb 9, 2008 | Night table | Shannon Burns |
| BIGWHEELS | Tue Feb 17, 2004 | What 17-, 28- and 48-Across were, so to speak | Bob Frank and Nancy Salomon |
| BILKERS | Sun Nov 20, 2005 | Swindlers | Patrick Merrell |
| BLAE | Sat May 14, 1994 | Slate-colored, in Scotland | Rand H. Burns |
| BOUVIER | Wed Jul 28, 2004 | See 17-Across | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| CAPRISUN | Thu Jan 26, 2023 | Big name in juice pouches | Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez |
| CATALINAISLAND | Sat Dec 25, 2010 | Santa ___ | Stanley Newman |
| CECILY | Mon Mar 17, 2025 | With 41-Across, former "S.N.L." regular who played Gemma and Cathy Anne | Kathy Lowden |
| CEREALAISLES | Wed Apr 16, 2025 | Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down | Kathy Bloomer |
| COORSLIGHT | Wed Oct 6, 2021 | Brand with a snow-covered mountain on its label | Jules Markey |
| DONTIKNOWYOU | Wed Jul 31, 1996 | Pickup line | J. Schmalzbach |
| DRYMARTINIS | Sat Jul 9, 2005 | Clear orders | Patrick Berry |
| FOOTLESS | Sun Sep 4, 1994 | Lacking support | Wayne Robert Williams |
| GLASSWALL | Tue Mar 10, 2009 | See-through partition | Thomas Takaro |
| HUNGARIGHT | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 103-Across | Patrick Berry |
| IDIDMYBEST | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Statement after a valiant attempt | Peter A. Collins |
| IWANTTO | Tue Dec 27, 2011 | "Count me in!" | John Dunn |
| JUGGLE | Sun Sep 23, 2007 | What multitaskers do with things | David Levinson Wilk |
| KILEY | Fri Dec 30, 2016 | Richard who won a Tony for playing Don Quixote | Patrick Berry |
| LAWBOOK | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Compendium of case reports | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| MEDFLY | Sun Apr 6, 2003 | Citrus-damaging insect | Joe DiPietro |
| NOISETTE | Sun Mar 4, 2018 | Lean fillet, as of lamb | Byron Walden |
| OILCLOTHS | Fri Jul 22, 1994 | Shelf coverings | Raymond Hamel |
| PEOPLES | Sat Jul 28, 2007 | Races | Manny Nosowsky |
| PIGGED | Sun Aug 5, 2007 | Overate, with "out" | Caroline Leong |
| QUESODIP | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | Cheesy appetizer with chips | Tracy Gray |
| SCHUYLERSISTERS | Sat Jun 17, 2017 | Sibling trio in "Hamilton" | Ryan McCarty |
| SEANPAUL | Sat Mar 2, 2024 | Rapper/singer with the 2005 hit "Temperature" | Natan Last |
| SHUTINS | Fri Aug 6, 2010 | They're home 24/7 | Patrick Berry |
| SUPERMOONS | Wed Jun 11, 2025 | Celestial phenomena observed at perigees | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| TABLELAND | Tue May 22, 2012 | Plateau | Kyle T. Dolan |
| TAKEATRIP | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | Vacation | Patrick Berry |
| THREEMASTEDSHIP | Fri Aug 8, 1997 | Bark, generally | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Bob Klahn |
| TRUCKLE | Sat Sep 9, 2000 | Bow (to) | Dana Motley |
| UNDERTHERADAR | Thu Aug 22, 2002 | Like a "M*A*S*H" character's soles? | Cathy Millhauser |
| VIDALIAONION | Wed May 12, 2021 | Georgia's official vegetable | Tracy Gray |
| WIDERECEIVER | Mon Jun 9, 2014 | T e l e p h o n e h a n d s e t | Tom McCoy |