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 50,612 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATMIDDAY | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | When the sun is directly overhead | Natan Last |
| BAHAMAMAMAMIX | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | Aid for making a tiki bar cocktail | Alex Bajcz |
| BERNOULLI | Tue Nov 13, 2018 | Mathematician Daniel after whom a principle is named | John Ciolfi |
| CALENDARYEAR | Mon Feb 3, 2014 | January 1 to December 31 | Sean Dobbin |
| CALLOUT | Sat Aug 11, 2001 | Yell | David J. Kahn |
| CONTRAPTIONS | Sun Jan 30, 2022 | Rube Goldberg machines, e.g. | Ross Trudeau |
| CUBREPORTER | Wed Nov 8, 2000 | News newbie | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DEEPPURPLE | Wed Apr 8, 2009 | Group with the 1968 hit "Hush" | Joey Weissbrot |
| DROPPERS | Thu Nov 4, 2010 | Small doses may come in them | Mike Nothnagel |
| FIRELIGHT | Thu Mar 13, 2025 | Burning glow | Rich Proulx and Simeon Seigel |
| FISHBOWLS | Sat Apr 18, 2009 | They lack private parts | Byron Walden |
| GREENINJUDGMENT | Tue Feb 15, 1994 | "My salad days when I was _____": Shakespeare | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| HIGHDIVE | Thu Jan 8, 2026 | Nonverbal "well done" | Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang |
| HORSEFEATHERS | Wed Jun 7, 1995 | Bunk | Martin Schneider |
| HOUSEVOTES | Wed Sep 27, 2006 | Congressional Record info | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| JUNOT | Thu Jan 9, 2020 | Spanish boy's name related to the sixth month of the year | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LOCOMOTION | Sun Feb 11, 2018 | Fuss about "The West Wing" actor Rob? | Matt Ginsberg |
| LOGGINGINTO | Mon Jul 1, 2019 | Accessing, as a password-restricted website | Damon Gulczynski |
| ORNAMENTS | Fri Apr 19, 2002 | Bulbs, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OVERWITHHELD | Sat Feb 10, 2001 | Due a refund, in a way | Rich Norris |
| PARTSDEPARTMENT | Mon Oct 10, 2022 | Place in an auto dealership to pick up wiper blades or spark plugs | Byron Walden |
| PENUMBRAE | Sun Jun 1, 1997 | Shadowy places | Randolph Ross |
| PLATYPUSES | Thu Oct 15, 2020 | Web-footed mammals | Lindsey Hobbs |
| POOKA | Sun Sep 25, 1994 | Sprite of Irish folklore | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PUNCHINGIN | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | About to start the workday, say | Kyle Dolan |
| RASES | Fri May 3, 2013 | Demolishes, in Devon | David Kwong |
| SALPARADISE | Tue Apr 12, 2011 | Protagonist in Kerouac's "On the Road" | Barry C. Silk |
| SCRUMPTIOUS | Mon Aug 23, 2004 | "Dee-licious!" | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| SECTIONED | Sun Oct 23, 2022 | Partitioned | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| SEEDING | Wed Mar 15, 2023 | Playoff ranking | Michael B. Berg |
| SIEMENS | Sat Apr 15, 2023 | Company with longtime links to Westinghouse | Kameron Austin Collins |
| THEALPS | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Home to Blofeld's lair in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" | Byron Walden |
| THELORDSPRAYER | Sun Aug 17, 1997 | Hose-wielding serf, perhaps? | Cathy Millhauser |
| TINDERBIO | Sat Jan 17, 2026 | Where someone's height may be stretched? | Adam Aaronson |
| TITLING | Sat Jul 21, 2007 | Calling | Raymond C. Young |
| TRAVERSING | Tue Nov 23, 1993 | Getting across | Lois Sidway |
| TVGAMESHOW | Wed Feb 16, 2011 | "Twenty-One" | Michael Barnhart |
| VAGUEIDEA | Sat Jun 18, 2022 | Inkling | Brooke Husic |
| WIPEDRY | Wed Jun 28, 2006 | Use a towel on | Myles Callum |
| YUCA | Sat Aug 24, 2024 | ___ fries (South American side) | Ryan McCarty |