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 50,891 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABANDONEDSHIP | Sun Dec 28, 2014 | Wor____er | Joe Krozel |
| ALLALONG | Sat May 18, 2019 | The whole time | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| BIDIN | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Act to retain one's property at auction | Joe Krozel |
| CAHOOT | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | Partnership | Charles M. Deber |
| CAMPDAVIDACCORDS | Sun Aug 7, 1994 | Carter compact | Dean Niles |
| CARHOOD | Sun Sep 28, 2025 | Spot for an ornament | Rich Katz |
| CHOUX | Wed Oct 19, 2022 | Pastry dough used in crullers and beignets | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| COMPOUNDSENTENCE | Fri Jun 10, 2016 | It has multiple clauses | David Steinberg |
| DISKSPACE | Thu Jul 31, 2014 | You might need a lot of it for your files | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| DISLIKED | Sun May 26, 2024 | Gave a thumbs-down | John Kugelman |
| DISUNITER | Sat Apr 29, 1995 | Alienator | Fred Piscop |
| ENGORGES | Wed Feb 7, 1996 | Gluts | Frank A. Longo |
| ETAMIN | Fri Mar 12, 1999 | Brightest star in Draco | A. J. Santora |
| EXCITATION | Tue Oct 17, 2006 | Bygone award? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FROZENTUNDRA | Mon Jul 11, 2011 | Icy expanse, redundantly | Ellen Leuschner |
| GLOBALWARMING | Mon Apr 22, 2024 | One symptom of climate change | David J. Kahn |
| HHMUNRO | Wed Nov 10, 2010 | Author better known as Saki | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| HOGCALLER | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | Competitor in some county fairs | Byron Walden |
| LABOUROFLOVE | Sun Feb 25, 1996 | Unpaid activity, generally | D. Niles |
| LAXATIVES | Sat Mar 28, 2015 | They're taken to go | David Steinberg |
| LETSERVE | Fri Aug 19, 2022 | It's not your fault | Patrick John Duggan |
| MORPHOSIS | Sun Sep 18, 1994 | Way an organism develops | Merl Reagle |
| MRROPER | Thu Feb 25, 2016 | Landlord on "Three's Company" | Joel Fagliano |
| OUTOFRANGE | Fri Dec 30, 2011 | Nowhere close | Mike Nothnagel |
| PLAXICO | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | The N.F.L.'s ___ Burress | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| PRAYERMATS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | They point toward Mecca while salah is performed | Rafael Musa |
| RAULJULIA | Mon Jun 12, 2017 | He played Gomez in 1991's "The Addams Family" | Dan Margolis |
| RERISEN | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Up again | Trip Payne |
| SHEDD | Sun Apr 30, 2006 | Chicago's ___ Aquarium | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SHOOTYOURSHOT | Sat Mar 16, 2024 | Go for it, slangily | Carly Schuna |
| SKYBOXSEATS | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | High (and high-priced) options for spectators | Evan Birnholz |
| SNAPAPPLE | Sat Jan 1, 2005 | Halloween game of biting fruit dangling on a string | Raymond C. Young |
| SPELLINGBEES | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Where accommodations might give trouble | Alfio Micci |
| STERLINGSILVER | Wed Mar 27, 2002 | Fine flatware | Sarah Keller |
| TECHHUB | Sun Jul 2, 2023 | Silicon Valley, e.g. | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| TICKED | Thu Sep 17, 1998 | Teed off | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TOOKAPIC | Wed Jul 30, 2025 | Got ready to post on Insta, say | Thomas Byrne and Daniel Bodily |
| TURNINGPOINT | Thu Dec 11, 2008 | Crucial moment | Jim Hilger |
| WHATHAPPENSNEXT | Fri Oct 11, 2013 | "And now?" | Peter A. Collins |
| WOODVENEER | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Furniture cover | Patrick Merrell |