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 50,596 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANONYMITY | Mon Dec 14, 1998 | Fame's opposite | Randy Sowell |
| APOLOGYCARD | Sat Nov 29, 2025 | Part of a make-up routine? | Adrian Johnson |
| BAZOOKABUBBLEGUM | Tue Jun 19, 2018 | Candy with a comic, once | Peter Gordon |
| BELLTENT | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | Glamping option named for its shape | John Ewbank |
| BULGES | Mon Aug 22, 2022 | Sticks out | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BUTTERBEER | Sat Feb 13, 2016 | Quaff at the Three Broomsticks inn | Peter Wentz |
| CBRADIOS | Sun Jan 7, 2024 | Gadgets for truckers | Michael Schlossberg |
| CHARMED | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | "___, I'm sure" | Paula Gamache |
| CHICKENORTHEEGG | Thu Dec 29, 2005 | Classic paradox | David Pringle |
| COWPOSE | Sat Aug 4, 2018 | It's performed on hands and knees in yoga | Sam Trabucco |
| CUSHING | Thu Jun 2, 1994 | Boston cardinal Richard | Harvey Estes |
| DEEPSPACENINE | Fri Jun 30, 1995 | 90's TV spinoff series | Rich Norris |
| DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN | Sun Mar 9, 2025 | Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948 | Michael Schlossberg |
| EARLYMASS | Fri Apr 9, 2010 | What a priest may say shortly after waking up | Ned White |
| ECCESIGNUM | Wed Oct 24, 2007 | *Behold the proof | Patrick Blindauer |
| FUNHOUSEMIRROR | Wed Sep 4, 2024 | It will change the way you see yourself | Kareem Ayas |
| GIVEAHUG | Thu Feb 12, 2026 | Provide comfort, in a way ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred Across clues | Kareem Ayas |
| GRAHAMGREENE | Tue Nov 10, 2015 | "Dances With Wolves" actor [or] "The Third Man" author | Will Treece |
| GROUPHUGS | Tue Nov 4, 2014 | Many "Family Feud" celebrations | Joel Fagliano |
| HARDMAN | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | Mae West reputedly said this "is good to find" | Raymond C. Young |
| IMTOOOLDFORTHISNOW | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | "The kids these days have gotten way better than me" | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| INWARDLY | Mon Mar 5, 2001 | Deep down | Sherry O. Blackard |
| KCARS | Sun Mar 13, 2011 | 1980s-'90s Chrysler offerings | Patrick Berry |
| LEADINGS | Fri Aug 22, 1997 | Spaces between lines, in printing | Frank Longo |
| LOUIES | Sun Nov 2, 1997 | Sarges' superiors | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MELBROOKS | Thu Dec 25, 1997 | "The Producers" director | A. J. Santora |
| NECKLET | Sun Mar 1, 2009 | Stole, for example | Robert W. Harris |
| NOSIDEEFFECTS | Thu Aug 15, 2019 | Drugmaker's claim [6] | Andrew Zhou |
| PERSONALS | Sat Sep 23, 1995 | Back-of-magazine feature | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PLACETOGO | Thu Jun 30, 2005 | Guidebook offering | Joe DiPietro |
| SEWONS | Tue Feb 8, 2005 | Some patches | Stephen Budiansky |
| SHORTFALL | Sat May 14, 2022 | Unanticipated deficit | Ada Nicolle |
| SIDEWAY | Tue Apr 12, 1994 | Not a main route | Ernie Furtado |
| SKINTAG | Fri Jul 25, 2025 | Harmless growth | Fritz Juhnke |
| STATEMOTTOS | Fri Oct 12, 2018 | "Hope" and "Friendship," for two | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight |
| TEMPTATIONISLAND | Wed Nov 29, 2017 | Early 2000s Fox reality show | Erik Agard |
| THELETTERE | Thu Oct 19, 1995 | Riddle answer | Lois Sidway |
| TOPAZQUARTZ | Fri Sep 28, 2001 | Citrine | Peter Gordon |
| TOSSOUT | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Offer for consideration ... or remove from consideration | Bruce Haight |
| TRUEFALSETESTS | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Exams that students get F's on? | Timothy Polin |