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 49,834 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGUAFRESCA | Fri Jun 2, 2023 | Taqueria beverage | John Ewbank |
| AMERICANDAD | Fri Oct 13, 2017 | Long-running Fox sitcom | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ANTIBARK | Thu Oct 3, 2024 | Like some dog collars | Rena Cohen |
| BUILDSBRIDGES | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | Practices diplomacy | Jeremy Newton |
| COLDBATH | Sun Aug 16, 2020 | Soothing summer soak | Francis Heaney |
| COURTJESTERS | Sun Mar 17, 2013 | Tennis players who clown around? | J. R. Leopold |
| CUTINS | Thu Nov 23, 2023 | Movie shots that take a closer look | Vasu Seralathan |
| DELOUSED | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | Picked nits | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| DIDNTWORKOUT | Sun Mar 20, 2022 | "So then I dated a fun couch potato, but he ..." | Brad Wiegmann |
| DIGG | Wed Oct 25, 2023 | Online news aggregator founded in 2004 | Aimee Lucido |
| DIGSITES | Fri Apr 22, 2022 | Spots for archaeologists | Daniel Sheremeta |
| DONCHEADLE | Sun Dec 10, 2017 | "Traffic" actor, 2000 | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| DUOMO | Wed Jun 28, 2017 | Cathedral of Florence | David Kwong |
| EBER | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Hairstylist José | Trip Payne |
| FILEAWAY | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Add to the dossier | Frank A. Longo |
| FLIPBOOK | Mon Nov 11, 2013 | Simple means of animation | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FOGGS | Fri Mar 18, 1994 | Noted world traveler and namesakes | Mark Diehl |
| FRITZI | Mon Jul 27, 2009 | Nancy's 56-Down in the comics | Allan E. Parrish |
| GAMGEE | Mon Dec 25, 2023 | Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins | Amie Walker |
| GEOMETRO | Thu Apr 13, 2023 | Onetime auto replaced by the Chevrolet Aveo | Robin Yu |
| GOTAHIT | Thu Nov 7, 2019 | Singled or doubled | Joe DiPietro |
| GUADELOUPE | Fri May 17, 2019 | Caribbean land named by Columbus | Adam Fromm |
| HELDASEANCE | Sat Aug 8, 1998 | Raised one's spirits, perhaps? | Trip Payne |
| HUGOBLACK | Mon May 21, 2007 | Supreme Court justice known for a literalist interpretation of the Bill of Rights | Allan E. Parrish |
| HYS | Sun Sep 8, 1996 | TV/film director Averback et al. | R. H. Wolfe |
| JAMESKPOLK | Mon Jun 22, 2020 | President between John Tyler and Zachary Taylor | Sid Sivakumar |
| KENNYROGERS | Thu Mar 31, 2011 | Yankees hurler (1996 champs) / Solo singer of "Lady" (#1 in 1980) | Jeremy Horwitz and Tyler Hinman |
| MORTISEANDTENON | Fri Sep 13, 1996 | Fitting companions | M. Nosowsky |
| OKAYTHEN | Wed Mar 2, 2022 | "Well, alrighty!" | Dylan Schiff |
| PAIRINGS | Mon Jan 20, 2014 | Matchmaker's match-ups | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PSYCHEDOUT | Tue Apr 10, 2018 | Undermined the confidence of | Alan Arbesfeld |
| RAPGROUPS | Fri Jul 18, 2014 | Public Enemy and others | Ian Livengood |
| SAMUELS | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | A couple of Bible books | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| SIGNER | Sun Jun 18, 2017 | One of 56 in 1776 | Sam Trabucco |
| SOLOPERFORMANCE | Fri Dec 1, 2000 | Something for one to do | Bob Klahn |
| SWORDDANCER | Thu Jun 6, 2019 | Performer with a weapon | Fred Piscop |
| TENDTOEXCESS | Sun Oct 11, 1998 | Mother too much? | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark |
| THEFAM | Sun Jan 23, 2022 | One's kin, casually | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| TRASHMOUTH | Sat Jan 27, 2018 | One spewing obscenities | Mark Diehl |
| VEALRIB | Sat May 5, 2012 | Steak or chop choice | Ned White |