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 50,885 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIUV | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | Like some protective sunglasses, in brief | Sam Ezersky |
| BACKEDUP | Mon Mar 30, 2026 | Went into reverse ... or what the ends of 17-, 20-, 38- and 59-Across might be | Gary Cee |
| BESTFRIEND | Sun Aug 30, 2020 | Mate for life? | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| BHARAT | Sun Apr 24, 2022 | Hindi name for India | Sam Ezersky |
| BLACKBEANCHILI | Mon Aug 14, 2017 | Meal option #3 | Rich Proulx |
| CHINESEDATE | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Plumlike fruit | F. Longo |
| CONEOFSILENCE | Sat Mar 5, 2022 | Fictional device in which to convey secret information | Nam Jin Yoon |
| FENCEPOSTS | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | Stakes in the grass? | Sam Ezersky |
| GLARINGLY | Fri Aug 6, 1999 | Without much chance of being missed | Raymond Hamel |
| GOLDCHAIN | Sun Mar 14, 2004 | Piece of bling-bling | Craig Kasper |
| HOKES | Sun Jan 15, 1995 | Adds artificially, with "up" | Ernie Furtado |
| ILSES | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Pianist Von Alpenheim et al. | A. J. Santora |
| JANEGOODALL | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | Author of "In the Shadow of Man" | Eric Berlin |
| LEGOPERSON | Fri Mar 10, 2023 | Toy brick figurine | Claire Rimkus |
| MISDEALS | Sun Jun 1, 1997 | These might play into the wrong hands | Randolph Ross |
| MMLV | Wed Sep 6, 1995 | 2055, to Terence | Peter Gordon |
| OKEFENOKEE | Mon Feb 28, 2022 | Swamp in "Pogo" | Zach Sherwin and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| OKTOBERFEST | Fri Dec 12, 2014 | Annual event held in the Theresienwiese | Evan Birnholz |
| OVERDUBS | Tue Jul 22, 1997 | Recording studio add-ins | Fred Piscop |
| POLITICALBELIEF | Thu Jul 13, 2006 | See circles | Manny Nosowsky |
| PRAISEGOD | Sat Mar 17, 2012 | Hands-in-the-air phrase | David Quarfoot |
| PRAISERS | Tue Nov 22, 1994 | Eulogists | Wayne Robert Williams |
| PRAYERMATS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | They point toward Mecca while salah is performed | Rafael Musa |
| PROPELLERBEANIE | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Prominent attire for Jr. Pac-Man | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| QUIVERFUL | Sat Sep 27, 2008 | Supply of arrows | Karen M. Tracey |
| RIBBITS | Wed Nov 14, 2018 | Sounds heard at night near a pond | Sam Trabucco |
| RUNONSENTENCE | Wed May 12, 1999 | Lifer's beef? | Nancy Salomon |
| SHACKSUP | Sun Jun 16, 2024 | Lives as lovers | Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu |
| SICHUAN | Fri May 13, 2016 | Chinese province where a spicy cuisine originated | David Phillips and David Steinberg |
| STRANGEORDEAL | Sun Jul 18, 2010 | "Pay in cash and your second surgery is half-price"? | Robert W. Harris |
| SUSPENDERS | Tue Oct 21, 2003 | Garters, to Brits | John Underwood |
| TAXPREPARER | Sun Oct 18, 2009 | One who gets a lot of return business? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TECHNOBAND | Thu Sep 29, 2022 | Group putting out electronic music | Jeremy Newton |
| THESTAIRS | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | You may take them down | David J. Kahn |
| TOPSYTURVY | Tue Jan 27, 2026 | Downside-up | Miranda Kany and Tracy Bennett |
| TRAPDOORSPIDERS | Sun May 29, 2011 | Burrowing arthropods | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| USSENATOR | Thu Mar 3, 2011 | See 39-Across | David J. Kahn |
| WEEKDAY | Sun Jul 30, 2023 | One of five every seven | John Kugelman |
| WILDGOOSECHASE | Wed Jun 8, 2005 | Futile search | Richard Chisholm |
| ZAATAR | Thu Feb 29, 2024 | Mideast spice blend | Esha Datta |