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 50,881 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERGLOW | Mon May 30, 2011 | Sunset remnant | Michael Barnhart |
| ALIENABDUCTIONS | Sat Sep 17, 2011 | Cause for some spatial relationships? | Peter A. Collins |
| ALTOGETHER | Tue Jun 26, 2018 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| APPOINTED | Sat Nov 11, 2000 | Tapped | Randolph Ross |
| BOOTJACK | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | *Tool for removing heavy footwear | Ed Sessa |
| BRANSON | Wed Mar 1, 2017 | Richard who founded Virgin Atlantic | David Phillips |
| BUILDINGPERMIT | Sun May 5, 2019 | Construction paper? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| COMPUTERGAMES | Sat May 23, 1998 | Some modern addictions | Rich Norris |
| DESTIJL | Sun Apr 6, 2008 | 1910s-'20s Dutch art movement | Daniel C. Bryant |
| FAXING | Tue Apr 27, 2021 | Obsolescent means of sending documents | Jeff McDermott |
| FIRSTLOOK | Thu Dec 19, 2019 | Unveiling | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| HANDMIXER | Fri Jul 17, 1998 | Cuisinart precursor | Randolph Ross |
| HATEDTOGO | Fri Aug 18, 2006 | Didn't like leaving | Joe DiPietro |
| HEARTMURMUR | Thu Feb 25, 2021 | Stethoscope detection | Dylan Schiff |
| IDLIKESOMEHINTS | Wed Sep 7, 2022 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Wednesday | Ekua Ewool |
| INBACKOF | Mon Oct 23, 2000 | Behind | Nancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg |
| INSIDEJOKE | Wed Jul 23, 2025 | Something only some of us will get | Joseph Gangi |
| ITSELECTRIC | Tue Feb 27, 2007 | Title for this puzzle | Allan E. Parrish |
| KETTI | Sun May 7, 1995 | "Look Homeward, Angel" dramatist _____ Frings | Bob Klahn |
| MARINEMAMMALS | Sun Aug 21, 2005 | Walruses and whales | Byron Walden |
| MARKANTONY | Tue Oct 17, 2017 | Cleopatra's lover | Jeff Chen |
| MINORITYREPORT | Mon Jan 18, 2016 | 2002 Tom Cruise sci-fi film | Kathy Wienberg |
| NEWGIRL | Thu Jun 2, 2022 | Zooey Deschanel sitcom | Michael Lieberman |
| NOFOOLING | Sat Sep 9, 2006 | "You'd better believe it!" | Bob Klahn |
| NOTBYALONGSHOT | Thu Aug 17, 2006 | How to score in basketball from close up? | Harvey Estes |
| ONEAFTERTHEOTHER | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | In succession | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| OUTINFORCE | Mon Feb 4, 2019 | Present en masse | Ali Gascoigne |
| PAPAYATREE | Fri Sep 7, 2018 | Part of a Central American grove | Josh Knapp |
| PATROLBOAT | Tue Aug 13, 2013 | Two units, in 56-Across | Joel Fagliano |
| POPPYSEED | Fri May 11, 2007 | Bagel variety | Patrick Berry |
| POSTALCARD | Mon Dec 21, 1998 | Penny purchase, years ago | Fred Piscop |
| PRBLITZ | Sat Jul 20, 2013 | Big spinning effort | Tim Croce |
| SAFEFORWORK | Thu Mar 9, 2017 | Office-friendly, to YouTubers | Jeremy Newton |
| STGEORGESDAY | Tue Apr 4, 2000 | British observance of April 23 | D. J. DeChristopher |
| STYLEPOINTS | Mon Dec 24, 2012 | Bonus for showing panache | Michael Sharp |
| THEPAPER | Fri Mar 19, 2010 | 1994 Michael Keaton film in which real journalists have cameo roles | Trip Payne |
| UNSEWED | Sun Sep 22, 2002 | Not yet attached, in a way | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WALKINGTHEPLANK | Tue Feb 20, 1996 | Pirate's situation | D. Trombley |
| WESTHAM | Sat Sep 5, 1998 | Home of soccer's United | Thomas W. Schier |
| YEAORNAY | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | "What's your decision?" | Ryan Judge |