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 50,061 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASFRESHASADAISY | Tue Sep 11, 2018 | Full of energy and enthusiasm | Timothy Polin |
| BANANAOIL | Thu Oct 20, 2011 | Insincere flattery, in slang | Patrick Berry |
| BARDOTFILM | Thu Apr 20, 2000 | "...And God Created Woman," e.g. | Nelson Hardy |
| BEDLAMP | Tue Apr 27, 2010 | It's found on a nightstand | Oliver Hill |
| BEETLEBAILEY | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | Walker's strip | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BEYOU | Mon Aug 2, 1999 | "It Had to ___" | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| BORMAN | Wed Jun 10, 2009 | Apollo astronaut Frank | Richard Silvestri |
| BRONTOSAUR | Thu Feb 10, 2005 | Jurassic giant | Frank Longo |
| BRUSHEDUP | Fri Sep 1, 2000 | Reviewed | Joe DiPietro |
| BUGGEDOUT | Sun Aug 18, 2002 | Headed for the hills | Michael Ashley |
| BUNSOFSTEEL | Mon Jan 7, 2013 | Hit 1980s exercise video | Jim Peredo |
| CIRCLERS | Mon Jan 2, 2006 | Vultures, at times | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| CREWMATES | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins | Mark Diehl |
| CUTONESLOSSES | Fri Apr 16, 1999 | Bailed out, in a manner of speaking | John Wolting |
| DAWNOFTHEDEAD | Sat Nov 24, 2012 | 1978 sequel set in a shopping mall | Josh Knapp |
| DONDIEGO | Thu Nov 20, 2014 | With 37-Down, real name of 44-Down | Timothy Polin |
| DUCKINTO | Mon May 30, 2005 | Enter quickly | Lynn Lempel |
| EXPANSIONSLOT | Sun Oct 28, 2001 | S L O T | Michael Ashley |
| EYEBALLING | Thu Apr 12, 2007 | Scoping out | Jim Page |
| GUESSINGGAME | Wed Jul 18, 2001 | Charades, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HIGHFLIERS | Sat Jul 31, 2004 | Jet-setters | Byron Walden |
| HORSEOPERAS | Sun Dec 14, 2003 | Western-themed films | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ICONA | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | "I Love It" duo ___ Pop | Sam Trabucco |
| ISEND | Sun Oct 25, 2015 | "Where should ___ the check?" | Bill Zais |
| ISOLD | Fri Oct 26, 2012 | "... despise not thy mother when she ___": Proverbs 23:22 | Peter A. Collins |
| MONEYSAVERS | Sat Aug 19, 2023 | Coupons, e.g. | David P. Williams |
| ONTHECLOCK | Fri Sep 7, 2018 | Getting paid, say | Josh Knapp |
| PACKINGSLIPS | Sun Oct 15, 2006 | Job for a lingerie salesclerk? | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon |
| PASSEDBY | Thu Apr 1, 2021 | Overlooked | Sam Ezersky |
| PENSACOLA | Thu Feb 26, 2015 | Southern city that calls itself "America's First Settlement" (1559) | Caleb Emmons |
| SACAGAWEA | Sun Feb 6, 2005 | $1 | Joel Kaplow |
| SENATEROSTERS | Sun Oct 10, 2004 | Groups of 100 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SPOKESDUCK | Fri Jan 21, 2011 | Aflac ad figure, facetiously | Pete Mitchell |
| TAKEAPENNYLEAVEAPENNY | Sun Jan 5, 2025 | Sign on a tray at a cash register … or a hint to entering 32-Across | Kareem Ayas |
| THEPOWEROFLOVE | Sun Jan 16, 2022 | x0 (#1, 1985) | Derrick Niederman |
| TUMBLEDRY | Sat Sep 12, 2009 | Not leave on the line? | Barry C. Silk |
| VINIER | Sun Jul 7, 2002 | More junglelike | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| VSHAPED | Sun Jul 12, 2020 | Notch-like | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| WEDNESDAYS | Fri May 21, 1999 | When "Dynasty" aired | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| XCOORDINATE | Fri Oct 12, 2007 | Abscissa | Mike Nothnagel |