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 50,751 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGIFT | Mon Apr 17, 2006 | Have ___ of gab | Larry Paul |
| AHEADOFSTEAM | Sun Apr 16, 2023 | Where stealth is found in the dictionary? | Mike Hobin |
| AMSCRAYS | Fri Aug 12, 2022 | Gets the heck out of odgeday | Trent H. Evans |
| ASTROBOY | Sat Nov 21, 2020 | Titular android of early anime cartoons | Sam Ezersky |
| AWAC | Sun Mar 15, 1998 | "Never Wave at ___" (Rosalind Russell flick) | Frank Longo |
| BRANCHEDOUT | Sun Dec 19, 2021 | Went in a different direction | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| CHEESEBOARD | Mon Aug 11, 2025 | Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-Across | Rebecca Goldstein |
| CREEPYCRAWLY | Mon May 18, 2009 | Spider or worm | Billie Truitt |
| CUBBYHOLE | Mon Aug 9, 2004 | Cramped space | M. Francis Vuolo |
| CUBERS | Sat Feb 22, 2003 | Some steak preparers | Dana Motley |
| CYBERSQUAT | Fri Mar 3, 2023 | Register domain names like googel.com and gogle.com, e.g. | Eric Warren |
| DONTOVERTHINKIT | Fri Nov 5, 2021 | "This isn't a trick question" | Joseph Greenbaum |
| ELITEYELPER | Tue Apr 20, 2021 | Power user of a popular review site, colloquially | Adam Wagner |
| EPICENTERS | Sat Jul 22, 2023 | Places to find faults | Robert Logan |
| FALSEHOPE | Sat May 29, 2021 | Blind optimist's downfall | Adam Aaronson |
| FLYOFF | Wed Nov 2, 2022 | Scatter like a flock of birds | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers |
| FSERIES | Wed Jun 3, 2015 | Pickup line? | Herre Schouwerwou |
| GALBI | Sat Jan 17, 2026 | Korean barbecue rib dish | Adam Aaronson |
| GROSSED | Sun May 5, 1996 | Brought in | D. J. Kahn |
| HEADGAME | Wed Oct 16, 2019 | Instance of psychological trickery | Peter A. Collins |
| HEADUSHER | Fri Sep 15, 1995 | Theater bigwig | Matt Gaffney |
| JOEPALOOKA | Fri Mar 12, 2010 | Fighter in old strips | Tim Croce |
| LITERARYCIRCLES | Mon Dec 11, 2000 | What 20-, 39- and 56-Across might travel in | Myles Callum |
| LOWCARD | Sat May 3, 1997 | Deuce, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| MARYJANE | Fri Mar 14, 2008 | Small, round sponge cake topped with fruit and whipped cream | Kevin G. Der |
| MINORTHREAT | Fri Jul 17, 2015 | Third-party candidate, typically | Paolo Pasco |
| NOBELPRIZEWINNINGPOET | Sun Mar 30, 1997 | What 80-Across became in 1996 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ODIOUSLY | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | In a despicable way | Patrick Berry |
| OLDNEWS | Wed Nov 14, 2001 | Hardly the latest buzz | Frank A. Longo |
| PHOTOFINISHER | Sun Mar 14, 2004 | Jockey's other job? | Craig Kasper |
| POISONOAK | Sat Mar 2, 2013 | Toxicodendron diversilobum | Barry C. Silk |
| ROSALYNNCARTER | Mon Feb 17, 2020 | Author of the memoir "First Lady From Plains" (1984) | Sally Hoelscher |
| SETAFIRE | Wed Mar 27, 2013 | Light | David J. Kahn |
| SHORTSHEET | Mon Dec 6, 2010 | Pull a bed prank on | Richard Chisholm |
| SOCIALITE | Fri Jul 15, 2022 | Regular partygoer | Matthew Stock and Nam Jin Yoon |
| THATWONTWORK | Sun Mar 23, 2014 | End of the comment | Ian Livengood |
| TURNABOUT | Thu Dec 28, 2017 | Fair play, to some | Gary Larson |
| UNSUNK | Sat Mar 7, 1998 | Victorious at sea? | Rich Norris |
| WIDGEONS | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | Mallard cousins | Randolph Ross |
| WORDLENGTH | Wed Jul 11, 2018 | Six for dinner? | Michael Hawkins |