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 50,901 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMIXED | Sun Jul 22, 2001 | Blended | Patrick Berry |
| ALKYD | Wed Feb 13, 2002 | Durable resin | Steven Picus |
| BERNIECE | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | Children's author ___ Rabe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BRETS | Wed Oct 18, 1995 | Writer Harte et al. | Nancy S. Ross |
| CANETOAD | Tue Dec 24, 2024 | Invasive amphibian introduced to Australia in the 1930s | Sarah Sinclair |
| CHANNELSURFING | Fri Jul 14, 1995 | Armchair activity, colloquially | Rich Norris |
| CHRYSALIS | Thu Apr 18, 2019 | Where a 17-Down becomes a 23-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| COOLAIR | Fri Dec 12, 2014 | Fan's output | Evan Birnholz |
| DASHINGLY | Thu Jan 20, 1994 | "Gotta run," said Tom _____ | Lois Sidway |
| DOOFUSES | Thu Jul 7, 2022 | Stupid, incompetent ones | Philip Wolfe |
| GAMEREFUGE | Fri Mar 20, 2026 | Animal sanctuary | Rafael Musa and Rebecca Goldstein |
| GIANTESS | Fri Dec 26, 2025 | Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g. | Andrew Spooner |
| GORYDETAIL | Thu Mar 5, 2015 | Part of a story you might not want to know | Jim Peredo |
| HOLDINGPATTERN | Sun Jan 4, 1998 | "What's that knitter doing during air turbulence?" | Mark Danna |
| HOTSALSAS | Sun Apr 12, 2026 | Spicy dips | Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman |
| IMTHEWORST | Fri Nov 29, 2019 | "Ugh, totally my fault!" | Sam Buchbinder |
| ISITSOUPYET | Fri Nov 28, 2003 | Question to the cook | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MARTINRITT | Mon Jan 20, 2003 | "Norma Rae" director | Alan Arbesfeld |
| MILEHIGHSTADIUM | Thu Jul 29, 2010 | Broncos' home, once | Peter A. Collins |
| NUTNHONEY | Mon Jan 16, 2006 | Müeslix alternative | Sarah Keller |
| OSCARNOMINATION | Sat Jan 18, 2025 | One of 12 for Katharine Hepburn | Scott McMahon |
| PRAYFOR | Sat Sep 23, 2000 | Request in earnest | Rich Norris |
| PSTS | Mon Jun 5, 2000 | Attention-getters | William A. Ballard |
| PURSUETHEMATTER | Fri Oct 21, 2016 | Take legal action, say | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| RATEATEN | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | Be considered perfect | Robyn Weintraub |
| SALSADANCE | Sat Dec 16, 2023 | Its moves include Enchufla and Sombrero steps | Garrett Chalfin |
| SANTASWORKSHOP | Mon Dec 16, 2019 | *Reputed place at the North Pole | Howard Barkin and Kevin Christian |
| SOFI | Sun Nov 16, 2025 | L.A.'s ___ Stadium, site of the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics | Randolph Ross |
| SOLIDI | Sun Jan 25, 1998 | Gold coins of ancient Rome | Dave Tuller |
| SPACEMARK | Thu May 29, 2014 | #3 | Anna Shechtman |
| STEWMEAT | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Protein source in a hearty meal | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| STOPINTHENAMEOFLOVE | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | CHALTUPID | Frank A. Longo |
| TAKEILL | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Catch something | Patrick Berry |
| TURNSCOLOR | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Blushes | F. Longo |
| UNFAIRLY | Fri Jul 15, 1994 | One way to get the blame | A.J. Santora |
| VOLUMES | Fri Jan 31, 2003 | Library collection | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WARPDRIVE | Fri Jan 7, 2022 | Speedy sci-fi technology | Robyn Weintraub |
| WASHIGHON | Wed Dec 11, 2002 | Thought favorably of | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WELLEXCUUUUSEME | Wed Dec 20, 2006 | Words of apology — NOT! | Nancy Salomon |
| WHICHEVER | Sun Sep 7, 2014 | "Eh, any one is fine" | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |