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 50,399 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCSEC | Sun Jul 19, 2020 | Inverse trig function | Wyna Liu |
| ATEANDRAN | Thu Apr 13, 2023 | Made a fast break after breakfast, say | Robin Yu |
| AUDIOVISUALAID | Sat Sep 17, 2022 | Slide behind a speaker, maybe | Grant Thackray |
| AWAYGAMES | Thu Oct 2, 2008 | Road trip events | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| BABYYODA | Tue Nov 2, 2021 | Nickname for the Mandalorian's charge | Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock |
| BUTSERIOUSLY | Wed Jan 26, 2011 | "All kidding aside ..." | David Murchie |
| BUTTDIALS | Tue Dec 3, 2019 | *Phones inadvertently | Ed Sessa |
| CORNMAZE | Thu Jul 21, 2016 | Autumn attraction | Jason Flinn |
| DESIGNERDRUG | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | Genetically engineered, highly selective medical treatment | Evan Kalish |
| DOGSEARS | Tue Jun 6, 2000 | Docked animal parts, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| EDWHITE | Mon Jan 28, 2008 | First American to walk in space | Michael Blake |
| EUREKACA | Thu Oct 8, 1998 | 95501 | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FIRESIREN | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | Red alert? | Kevin G. Der |
| FLAGDOWN | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | Hail | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| FREEZERBURN | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Kitchen concern with an oxymoronic name | Eric Warren |
| FUNNYORDIE | Sun Feb 4, 2018 | Internet home to "Between Two Ferns" | David Levinson Wilk |
| GOESABROAD | Sat Jul 11, 2009 | Takes a continental tour, e.g. | Karen M. Tracey |
| HOTMESSES | Sun Jun 15, 2025 | Complete disasters | Adam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein |
| INKING | Fri Aug 16, 2019 | Giving a tattoo | Ori Brian |
| INTHESHOP | Sun Mar 5, 2017 | Being repaired, as a car | Timothy Polin |
| KRYPTONISOTOPE | Wed Dec 1, 2004 | The length of a meter is based precisely on the amount of light emitted from this | Roy Leban |
| LOADEDBAKEDPOTATO | Thu Dec 1, 2016 | Dish topped with bacon, cheese and sour cream | Timothy Polin |
| LOOKUP | Wed Aug 6, 2025 | Find in the dictionary | Hanh Huynh |
| MAKEUPEXAM | Fri May 4, 2012 | 38-Down's second chance | Barry C. Silk |
| MARTES | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Tuesday in Tijuana | Joe Krozel |
| NOTAPEEP | Fri Mar 10, 2023 | "Shut your mouth!" | Claire Rimkus |
| PAULAABDUL | Mon Nov 30, 2015 | Former "American Idol" judge | Ian Livengood |
| PLANTATIONS | Mon Jul 14, 2003 | Farms with banana trees | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PRAIRIES | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, with "the" | Will Nediger |
| QUIDS | Sat Aug 5, 2000 | Portions of chewing tobacco | Manny Nosowsky |
| ROOFRAT | Sun Jan 17, 2010 | Attic scurrier | Cathy Allis |
| RUSHINGOUT | Sat Jul 5, 2003 | Publishing quickly, say | David J. Kahn |
| SHAWTY | Sat Dec 24, 2016 | Attractive young woman, in rap slang | David Steinberg |
| TOGETHERWITH | Sat Feb 8, 2003 | Alongside | Patrick Berry |
| TOILSOVER | Sun Oct 1, 2023 | Labors away at | Jeffrey Lease |
| TORCHER | Sun Jun 7, 1998 | Arsonist | Randolph Ross |
| VITERBO | Sat Feb 7, 1998 | College in La Crosse, Wis. | Frank Longo |
| WASSUP | Sat Jun 20, 2015 | "How's it goin'?" | Kyle T. Dolan |
| WHITISH | Thu Oct 9, 1997 | Milky | Cathy Millhauser |
| WOODMEN | Fri Feb 15, 2019 | Lumberjacks, e.g. | Wyna Liu |