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 50,366 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSWERINGMACHINE | Sun Jan 12, 2020 | Voice box? [Wolverine State] | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| AXTO | Sun Jun 10, 2012 | Have an ___ grind | Xan Vongsathorn |
| BELAYING | Fri Apr 19, 1996 | Ignoring, as an order | A. Micci |
| BETTHERANCH | Sat Feb 15, 2025 | Go all in | David P. Williams |
| BRYANS | Sun Apr 5, 1998 | William Jennings ___ "Cross of Gold" speech | David J. Kahn |
| CHEMISTS | Thu Nov 27, 2008 | Formula formulators | Patrick Berry |
| CLEANSED | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Did a week-long juice diet, say | Peter Wentz |
| EYESTONE | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | Ophthalmologist's implement | Bryant White |
| FIRESCREENS | Fri Apr 7, 2017 | Heat shields, of a sort | Patrick Berry |
| GARYGYGAX | Thu Apr 2, 2009 | Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GETSUPSET | Fri Dec 7, 2012 | Sees red, say | Peter Wentz |
| KILLER | Sun Apr 22, 2018 | ___ whale | Ross Trudeau |
| KNEESLAP | Tue Mar 28, 2023 | [Har-har-har!] | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| LARRYDAVID | Fri Jan 30, 2009 | 1993 Emmy winner for "Seinfeld" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LETSITFLY | Mon Aug 29, 2022 | Doesn't hold back one's emotions | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| LUXURYCAR | Sat Oct 28, 1995 | Lincoln or Infiniti, e.g. | Chuck Deodene |
| MALTEDMILK | Mon Mar 14, 2011 | Fountain treat | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MILKPUNCH | Tue Aug 26, 2014 | *Eggnog relative | Victor Fleming |
| NERFING | Fri Jan 10, 2025 | Making weaker, in gamer jargon | Robert Logan |
| NOSTRADAMUS | Fri May 15, 1998 | Forward-looking man? | John Wolting |
| OVERHASTILY | Fri Nov 13, 1998 | How a bad decision may be made | Jim Page |
| OVERTRAIN | Fri May 10, 2024 | Not take rest days before a race, say | Jesse Cohn |
| OVERWRITE | Sat Jan 31, 1998 | Cover, as text | Rich Norris |
| PARKINGRAMP | Sun Aug 2, 2020 | Drivin' around the lot with pop-pop? | David Levinson Wilk |
| PILESON | Sun Aug 29, 2021 | Adds insult to injury | Dory Mintz |
| SCREWTHAT | Sat Sep 20, 2025 | "Hell no!" | Katie Hoody |
| SHIFTINGPARADIGMS | Thu Jul 13, 2023 | Effecting fundamental changes to perceptions | Hanh Huynh |
| SITSATOP | Sun Jul 21, 2019 | Straddles | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| SUGARBABIES | Sat Feb 19, 2005 | 1979 Broadway musical that celebrated old-style vaudeville | Brad Wilber |
| SUNBOWL | Mon Aug 11, 2014 | Annual El Paso football event | David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon |
| TAMING | Sun May 3, 2015 | Petruchio's task vis-à-vis Katharina | Dan Schoenholz |
| TEABISCUIT | Wed Oct 31, 2018 | Serving at a 4:00 social | Bruce Haight |
| TOAIR | Sun Sep 14, 2008 | Surface-___ | Jeremy Newton |
| TOSAM | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | "Life According ___" (Emmy-winning documentary) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| TWOTHOUSANDSIX | Wed Jan 11, 2006 | Sum of 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across | Mel Rosen |
| VOGT | Sun Sep 20, 2009 | Science fiction author A. E. van ___ | Michael Ashley |
| WHATSYOURPOISON | Fri Dec 29, 2006 | Bartender's query | Seth A. Abel |
| WRITTENINSTONE | Tue Jun 15, 2021 | Unchangeable | Owen Travis |
| XANTIPPE | Sat Dec 29, 2007 | Scolding wife: Var. | Bob Klahn |
| YOUS | Wed May 24, 1995 | Certain pronouns | Wayne Robert Williams |