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 50,246 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKROOM | Mon Jun 24, 2024 | *Figurative setting for a shady deal | Anthony V. Grubb |
| BAREITALL | Sat Mar 5, 2016 | Get down to nothing? | Roland Huget |
| CAVEBAT | Wed Mar 20, 2013 | Upside-down-sleeping mammal | Raymond C. Young |
| DEADBODY | Thu Oct 10, 2013 | Nonspeaking role on "CSI" | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| DIRTYLIAR | Thu Jun 15, 2017 | *No-good con man | Richard F. Mausser |
| FEELSSEEN | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Is comforted by not being ignored | Brandon Koppy |
| FULLTHRUSTERS | Sun Aug 3, 2025 | "Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say | Jeremy Newton |
| GOODJOE | Sun Sep 12, 2004 | Nice guy | Patrick Berry |
| GOONIE | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | "Club" member in a hit 1985 adventure comedy | Byron Walden |
| GOTTHESHAFT | Sat May 11, 2024 | Was treated unfairly, informally | Billy Bratton |
| HOLESIN | Sun Jul 13, 2025 | With 114-Down, some neighborhood bars … or what connect eight pairs of answers in this puzzle? | Brandon Koppy |
| LEFTBLANK | Thu Dec 12, 1996 | Skipped, as in printing | J. R. Conrad |
| LOVELANGUAGES | Sat Feb 22, 2025 | Acts of service and words of affirmation, for two | Rose Conlon |
| MALAGASY | Sat Dec 26, 1998 | ___ Republic | A. J. Santora |
| MARKERS | Sun Dec 1, 2013 | Buoys, e.g. | Alan DerKazarian |
| MNEMONICS | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | "I before E except after C" and others | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MUSICCITY | Sun Aug 6, 2006 | Nashville nickname | Mark Feldman |
| ONEINFORTY | Sat Aug 20, 2016 | 2.5% | Mark Diehl |
| OPENORDER | Sat Jul 10, 2004 | It remains effective until filled or canceled | Bob Peoples |
| RESTERS | Sun Jul 31, 1994 | They often lie | Richard Silvestri |
| RETWEETED | Sat Jul 6, 2024 | Like many viral posts | Evans Clinchy |
| ROSELEAVES | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Bouquet greenery | Mark Diehl |
| SHAKEDOWN | Sat Nov 7, 1998 | Gangster's practice | Raymond Hamel |
| SHRINKWRAPS | Sun Sep 5, 2004 | The packaging supervisor brought ... | Patrick Merrell |
| SONIASOTOMAYOR | Mon Jul 31, 2023 | First Latina justice, successor to David Souter | David Litman and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| SPACIEST | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | Most airheaded | Mark Diehl |
| SUNPARLOR | Sat May 22, 2010 | House part that gets flooded on a clear day? | Will Nediger |
| SWEATBEAD | Sun Feb 25, 2007 | Sign of worry | David J. Kahn |
| THEMESONG | Thu Jan 1, 2004 | Signature tune | Richard Silvestri |
| THEREBELS | Fri Jul 18, 2014 | Ole Miss, athletically | Ian Livengood |
| TONYAWARDS | Wed Feb 9, 2005 | Annual Broadway event | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TOTALASSETS | Sat May 11, 2024 | Measures of one's worth | Billy Bratton |
| TOURING | Tue Sep 25, 2001 | On the road | A. J. Santora |
| TSQUARES | Fri Apr 24, 2009 | Drafting aids | Barry C. Silk |
| TUNABURGER | Wed Oct 23, 2019 | Fishy sandwich | Jennifer Nutt |
| TWEETYBIRD | Tue Oct 8, 2002 | "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" speaker | Sherry O. Blackard |
| UTTERLYDEMENTED | Thu Jun 3, 1999 | Cuckoo | Frances Hansen |
| WINNINGTHEPRIZE | Mon Apr 9, 2001 | Champion's achievement | Mel and Peggy Rosen |
| WOODCUT | Thu Dec 27, 2012 | Output from an old printer | Julian Lim |
| YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues | Jim Page |