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 50,244 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSWERMETHIS | Fri Dec 6, 2019 | "Here's one for you, smarty-pants" | Andrew J. Ries |
| ARMYLIFE | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Private affairs? | Joe Deeney |
| BADRECEPTION | Thu Aug 31, 2000 | Excellent hip-hop affair? | Gene Newman |
| BLACKHOLES | Sun Nov 9, 2014 | Extremely attractive bodies | Tom McCoy |
| BUCKEYE | Mon Mar 7, 2016 | Ohio State student | Damon Gulczynski |
| CANOLAOIL | Tue Jun 16, 2015 | Cooking medium | Peter A. Collins |
| CAUGHTUNAWARE | Tue Jan 15, 2013 | Blindsided | Peter A. Collins |
| CHERRYBOMBS | Mon Oct 22, 2001 | Big bang makers | Denise Neuendorf |
| DEADMAIL | Sun Oct 2, 2016 | It'll never reach its destination | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| GASPLANET | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | Heavenly body that humans will never set foot on | Paula Gamache |
| GETANTSY | Sat May 12, 2012 | Start to squirm | Caleb Madison |
| GIANTANTEATER | Sun May 13, 2007 | *Toothless South American animal | Jim Page |
| GODMODE | Fri Jun 5, 2020 | State of invincibility enabled by a cheat code | John Wrenholt |
| HAPPILY | Sat Jan 15, 2011 | One way to be married | Barry C. Silk |
| HEPATIC | Sat Sep 6, 1997 | Of the liver | Rich Norris |
| LOOKEDON | Sun Sep 30, 2007 | Observed | Kelsey Blakley |
| LOOKIN | Thu Sep 29, 2005 | Take a peek | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| NIDUS | Sat Jan 26, 2002 | Nest | Mark Diehl |
| OHDEM | Sun Oct 20, 1996 | "___ Golden Slippers" | R. Ross |
| PAPERPROFITS | Tue Apr 22, 2008 | Publisher's windfall? | Nancy Salomon |
| PASYSTEMS | Sat May 29, 2021 | Lines of communication in schools? | Adam Aaronson |
| POTBOILER | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | Fine literature it's not | David J. Kahn |
| SEEATTACHED | Sat Apr 21, 2018 | Common two-word email | Daniel Nierenberg |
| SEVENTEENEIGHTY | Sun Jan 28, 2001 | When the American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded | Jim Page |
| SIXPENCE | Fri Feb 16, 2001 | Money in a classic song title | Bob Klahn |
| SOLIDGROUND | Mon Aug 3, 2020 | Firm place to plant your feet | Eric Bornstein |
| SPANISHAMERICAN | Fri Jul 15, 2005 | Like a serape | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SQUALL | Thu Apr 14, 1994 | Bad weather for a sailor | Manny Nosowsky |
| STOODGUARD | Sat Oct 29, 2005 | Watched | Joe DiPietro |
| STOWIT | Sun Aug 7, 2022 | "Shut your trap!" | Tina Labadie |
| STRUCTURAL | Sun Jan 3, 2016 | Like some building damage | David Woolf |
| TATTOOPARLOR | Sun Jul 20, 2025 | Sticking point? | Michael Schlossberg |
| TEACANISTER | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Its contents may get strained | Mark Diehl |
| TEACHIN | Sun Feb 25, 2024 | Educational forum | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| THESTATENISLANDFERRY | Sun Nov 6, 2005 | Free service started in 1905 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOBLAME | Sat Jun 18, 1994 | Culpable | Randolph Ross |
| TOEACHHISOWN | Thu Dec 31, 2009 | "Different strokes for different folks" | Frank Longo |
| UPREAR | Tue Aug 19, 2014 | Erect | Sam Buchbinder |
| WHEREUNTO | Sat Jan 28, 2006 | For what purpose | Dana Motley |
| WINECAVE | Fri Oct 21, 2022 | Place to store some barrels | Rafael Musa |