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 50,665 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXVANHALEN | Mon Jul 1, 2019 | Rock drummer whose last name is the same as his band | Damon Gulczynski |
| ALLROADSLEADTOROME | Sun Jul 24, 2022 | Aphorism that's visually depicted five times in this puzzle's grid | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| ANSWERED | Mon Nov 18, 2019 | Got back to | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ATABOUT | Fri Oct 26, 2012 | When it's approximately | Peter A. Collins |
| BEEBEARD | Thu Feb 21, 2013 | Apiarist's facial display | Paul Hunsberger |
| BLANKTILE | Wed Jun 18, 2014 | What you'd need to play 26-, 29-, 43- or 45-Across | Amy Johnson |
| BNATURAL | Fri Aug 3, 2007 | Note offering good advice for life? | Charles Barasch |
| CARBONOFFSETS | Thu May 2, 2019 | Greenhouse gas mitigators | Julie Bérubé |
| DISTANTLY | Sat Jun 13, 1998 | With reserve | Richard Silvestri |
| FLATHEADSCREW | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Fastener that was called 80-Across before a rounded design was implemented | Tom McCoy |
| FORWHATITSWORTH | Tue Dec 9, 2025 | "Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much ..." | Kate Hawkins |
| FZERO | Tue Aug 10, 2021 | Nintendo series with high-speed racers | Anne Grae Martin |
| GLIMPSED | Thu Mar 7, 2002 | Saw | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GONEASTRAY | Tue Aug 18, 2015 | *Left the flock | Bill Thompson |
| GOODOLDDAYS | Wed Dec 17, 2008 | Yesteryear, nostalgically | John Farmer |
| GOUPANDDOWN | Thu Oct 25, 2018 | See 45-Across | Neville Fogarty |
| GREATLIE | Sun Dec 15, 2024 | "Half a truth is often a ___": Benjamin Franklin | David Kwong |
| HOBGOBLINS | Mon Oct 31, 1994 | Halloween imps | Sidney L. Robbins |
| ITSALONGSTORY | Fri Feb 23, 2007 | "Too much to go into now" | Patrick Merrell |
| LACQUER | Thu Jun 15, 2023 | Shiny coat | David Harris |
| LOADTIME | Sun Jul 13, 2025 | Concern for a web game developer | Brandon Koppy |
| NAILBITING | Tue Feb 15, 2000 | Worrier's habit | Frances Hansen |
| NEWSCHANNEL | Sun Jan 24, 2010 | Place for breaking things? | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| NINTHTEE | Sat Jun 10, 2017 | Spot almost halfway through a course | Mark Diehl |
| OUTSHONE | Thu Jul 13, 2023 | Upstaged | Hanh Huynh |
| OVERTHETRANSOM | Mon Apr 1, 1996 | Unsolicited, as manuscripts | F. Piscop |
| PENATES | Sat Dec 5, 1998 | Roman home protectors | Daniel R. Stark |
| PIAVE | Sun Jun 28, 2020 | Hard Italian cheese | Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang |
| ROMANGODS | Thu Aug 7, 2025 | Some fishing gear | Ben Zimmer |
| RUSTPROOF | Sun Oct 21, 2001 | Like bronze or tin | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SCABBED | Sun Mar 24, 2013 | Crossed a picket line | Dan Schoenholz |
| SKABANDS | Fri Sep 6, 2024 | They often have multiple horns | Adrian Johnson |
| SLOWAT | Wed Aug 28, 2013 | Not adept in | Erik Agard |
| TENSIDED | Sun Jul 30, 2017 | Decagonal | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn |
| THATSMYJAM | Mon Dec 25, 2023 | "I love this song!" ... or a doubly apt description of 17-, 28- and 46-Across | Amie Walker |
| THEFAERIEQUEENE | Wed Apr 8, 1998 | Spenser opus | Nancy S. Ross |
| TROUP | Sat Jan 16, 2016 | Bobby who wrote "Route 66" | Sean Dobbin |
| TUNASASHIMI | Mon May 7, 2018 | Japanese delicacy served in thin slices | Julie Bérubé |
| WELDERS | Thu Sep 25, 1997 | Skyscraper workers | Mark Diehl |
| WINTERSPORTS | Tue Dec 21, 2021 | Skiing and snowboarding | Guilherme Gilioli |