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 50,653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKEDALOTOF | Sat Feb 16, 2002 | Expected much from | Frank Longo |
| BALCONYSEAT | Wed Oct 19, 2005 | Spot in the top tier | Levi Denham |
| BOMP | Wed Apr 30, 1997 | Nonsense word repeated in a 1961 hit | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BOSTWICK | Sun Jul 5, 2015 | Barry of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BRIDESMAID | Mon Nov 23, 2020 | Wedding attendant | Stanley Newman |
| BSHARPS | Sun Sep 27, 2015 | C equivalents | Tom McCoy |
| BUILDINGPERMIT | Sun May 5, 2019 | Construction paper? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| CAMERAWORK | Mon Nov 16, 2020 | Job for a cinematographer | Jennifer Nutt |
| COMMONSNIPE | Thu Jul 24, 2025 | "Nice of you to show up" | Ginny Too |
| COPSANDROBBERS | Mon Sep 20, 2004 | Children's game | A. J. Santora |
| CORROBORATED | Mon May 2, 2005 | Affirmed | Tyler Hinman |
| COSLEEPER | Sat Sep 27, 2025 | Alternative to a crib | Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson |
| DETERMINER | Sat Oct 13, 2007 | Decision maker | Barry C. Silk |
| DIAGNOSES | Mon Dec 25, 1995 | Doctors' determinations | Sidney L. Robbins |
| DOONES | Wed Apr 4, 2012 | Lorna ___ (cookies) | Zoe Wheeler |
| FANFICTION | Sat Nov 14, 2015 | Stories unauthorized by authors | Kameron Austin Collins |
| INTHESUN | Fri Nov 8, 1996 | Not shaded | M. Gaffney |
| LICKSUP | Sun Jul 24, 1994 | Laps | Matt Gaffney |
| LOTSWIFE | Sun Jan 20, 2013 | Biblical figure punished for hindsight? | Yaakov Bendavid |
| MAGDALENE | Fri Oct 22, 1999 | Cambridge University college | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MOLDERING | Fri Oct 11, 1996 | Crumbling | F. Longo |
| MOONMISSION | Thu Apr 1, 2004 | *Apollo 17 was the last one | Byron Walden |
| MUSEUMOFNATURALHISTORY | Thu Mar 3, 2016 | Home to many stuffed animals | Andrew Zhou |
| PARIETALS | Sat Jun 3, 2006 | Rules for allowing members of the opposite sex into dorms | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PIZZADOUGH | Sat Jul 9, 2011 | It may spin overhead | Caleb Madison |
| PLENITUDE | Sun Jul 12, 2015 | More-than-adequate supply | Patrick Berry |
| RAFAELNADAL | Tue Mar 10, 2020 | Longtime rival of Roger Federer | David J. Kahn |
| RICEPUDDING | Mon Dec 15, 2008 | Writer Anne's favorite dessert? | Susan Gelfand |
| ROOFDECK | Sat Aug 11, 2001 | Sunbathing locale | David J. Kahn |
| ROTISSERIEOVENS | Fri Aug 13, 2021 | Revolutionary inventions in the cooking world? | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| SETSUPSHOP | Fri Aug 3, 2001 | Begins a business | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SHARPCOOKIE | Mon Aug 16, 2021 | Quick-minded sort | Freddie Cheng |
| SUGARSNAPPEAS | Wed May 8, 2024 | Some stir-fry vegetables | Michael Schlossberg |
| SWEEPUNDERTHERUG | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | Ignore, as a problem | Will Nediger |
| TIDERIP | Fri Feb 13, 1998 | Current phenomenon | Jim Page |
| TRAVERS | Sun Feb 1, 1998 | Mary of Peter, Paul and Mary | Merl Reagle |
| TRYTOACTNATURAL | Thu Mar 9, 1995 | Don't do anything suspicious | Alex Vaughn |
| UNITEDSTATESPRESIDENT | Sun Feb 21, 2010 | What you'll get if you read aloud 23-, 44-, 67-, 86- or 113-Across | Eric Berlin |
| UNIVALENT | Thu Feb 17, 2005 | Unpaired, as a chromosome | Patrick Merrell |
| ZIPPOLIGHTER | Mon Mar 2, 2020 | Butane-filled item for smokers | Andrea Carla Michaels |