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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERIFORM | Fri Dec 31, 1993 | Gaseous | Norman S. Wizer |
| BABYGROOT | Fri Jan 30, 2026 | Small branch of Marvel Comics? | Robyn Weintraub |
| BEERRUNS | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Some trips to resupply festivities | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| BESQUARE | Sun Feb 15, 2015 | - | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| BLANDINGS | Thu Dec 29, 1994 | "Mr. _____ Builds His Dream House" (1948 film) | Jim Page |
| BOMER | Sun Nov 17, 2024 | Matt of "Magic Mike" | Rebecca Goldstein and Ariela Perlman |
| BOOMING | Wed Apr 18, 2018 | Taking off, as business | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| BOWERS | Wed Jun 19, 2002 | Shaded recesses | Janet R. Bender |
| BRUSHAWAY | Thu Jan 19, 2006 | Flick | Joe DiPietro |
| BUZZSAW | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | Noisy cutter | David J. Kahn |
| CHAINLINKFENCE | Wed Feb 23, 2011 | Barrier with a diamond pattern | Barry C. Silk |
| CHECKINGACCOUNT | Sat May 12, 2001 | You may draw on it | Michael Shteyman |
| COLORFUL | Sat Jun 7, 2003 | Not at all dull | Sherry O. Blackard |
| DAMNEDLIES | Thu Nov 20, 2025 | Fops | Adam Wagner |
| DELICASE | Sun Dec 11, 2022 | Big cheese's place? | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| GOTPAST | Fri Nov 5, 2021 | Made it through | Joseph Greenbaum |
| HADANAIR | Thu Sep 22, 2005 | Exuded class | Patrick Merrell |
| HANDWORKERS | Sat Jan 13, 1996 | Craftsmen | J. Page |
| HEYHO | Wed Feb 20, 2013 | Repeated cry in the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" | John Farmer |
| ILLTRADEYOU | Fri Oct 3, 2014 | Exchange words | Tracy Bennett |
| IWILLSO | Thu Dec 12, 2019 | Insistent comeback | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LINCOLNNEBRASKA | Wed Feb 25, 2015 | Midwest capital #2 | Michael Shteyman |
| LURIA | Sun Jul 30, 1995 | 1969 Medicine Nobelist Salvador _____ | Charles M. Deber |
| MAJORLABELS | Sat Jan 6, 2018 | Universal, Sony and Warner | Peter Wentz |
| MALENUDE | Thu Mar 26, 2015 | "David" or "The Thinker" | Byron Walden |
| MUFFINTIN | Fri Jul 9, 2004 | Baking holder | David Liben-Nowell |
| NIDUS | Sat Jan 26, 2002 | Nest | Mark Diehl |
| ONAPOSITIVENOTE | Sat Mar 22, 2025 | Prelude to good news | Katie Hoody |
| PARTINGS | Fri Jun 28, 2002 | Farewells | Charles E. Gersch |
| PREBOILED | Fri Feb 2, 1996 | Like some bratwursts | R. Hamel |
| SCOTTBAIO | Mon Mar 8, 2004 | Co-star of 36-Down | Allan E. Parrish |
| SEEMOK | Thu Sep 22, 2022 | Appear to be fine | Helen Chen |
| SKETCHING | Tue Aug 8, 2000 | Outlining | Joy L. Wouk |
| SLIPSIN | Sat Jan 9, 1999 | Enters quietly | Harvey Estes |
| STAYSOFF | Sun Dec 25, 2005 | Doesn't touch again | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| STEADILY | Sun Jun 22, 2025 | Without change | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin and Hannah Margolin |
| SUASION | Sat Jan 4, 2003 | Effort to convince | Patrick Berry |
| WELLSTAGED | Fri Oct 12, 2001 | Top-notch, as productions go | Manny Nosowsky |
| WHYSOSERIOUS | Sun Oct 29, 2017 | "The Dark Knight" | Ross Trudeau |
| YEAORNAY | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | "What's your decision?" | Ryan Judge |