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 50,562 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVISTS | Tue Jul 15, 2003 | They've got issues | Harvey Estes |
| ASBUSYASABEAVER | Fri Sep 9, 2011 | Going, going, going | Joe Krozel |
| AUTOEXHAUST | Thu Feb 10, 2005 | Emissions inspector's concern | Frank Longo |
| BEREZINA | Sun Nov 20, 2016 | See 86-Down | Ed Sessa |
| BIAXIAL | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Like orthorhombic crystals | Barry C. Silk |
| BOXSEATS | Thu Aug 31, 2017 | Luxuries for theatergoers | Zachary Spitz |
| CHESAPEAKEBAY | Sun Apr 10, 2016 | Place for an 81-Across to catch seafood | Randolph Ross |
| COUNSELS | Sun Mar 28, 2010 | Court figures | Ed Sessa |
| CULATER | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | Casual farewell | Patrick Berry |
| DARTAGNAN | Fri Sep 2, 2011 | Dumas hero | Tim Croce |
| FLOWERGARDENS | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | If FORD & WALGREENS merged and became a landscaping company, they would sell ___ | Michael Lieberman |
| GHOSTFACEKILLAH | Mon May 7, 2012 | Rapper who came to prominence as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan | Guy Tabachnick |
| GOTHOT | Wed Feb 2, 2022 | Went on a lucky streak | Meredith Colton Hazy |
| HOLLYHUNTER | Tue Mar 19, 1996 | "The Piano" player | P. Jordan |
| INTERFACES | Fri Sep 27, 2019 | Meets (with) | Jack Mowat |
| ITSJUSTAPHASE | Sun Oct 27, 2024 | "They'll grow out of that" ... or a description of eight squares in this puzzle | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
| LAIDOPEN | Fri Jul 28, 2006 | Exposed | Sherry O. Blackard |
| LATERALS | Sat Jul 1, 1995 | Tosses left and right | Eileen Lexau |
| LINGUIST | Wed Jul 24, 2013 | Person who has a way with words? | Erik Wennstrom |
| LRG | Wed Dec 25, 2002 | Big: Abbr. | Patrick Merrell |
| MAJORINGIN | Sat Sep 21, 2019 | Reading, to Brits | Joon Pahk and Erik Agard |
| NINETOSIX | Sat Sep 26, 1998 | Long hours | Jerry Ferguson |
| NORTHERNROMANIA | Sat Aug 30, 1997 | Where the Carpathian Mountains begin | Matt Gaffney |
| NOTPICTURED | Sun May 19, 2024 | Caption for an absent student, say | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| PINCURL | Sun Jul 13, 1997 | A bobby pin may hold it | Fred Piscop |
| PIRATECAPTAIN | Sun Sep 9, 2012 | ... and 112-Across: "strong, disciplined hands a must" | Kevin G. Der |
| PREPASTED | Sat Oct 30, 2004 | How some wallpaper comes | Byron Walden |
| PYTHAGOREANTHEOREM | Sun Dec 11, 2022 | Hypotenuse-finding formula | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| RUBOFFON | Mon Feb 5, 2024 | Influence through close contact | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| RUNACROSS | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Stumble upon | Mark Feldman |
| SECRETCRUSHES | Wed Nov 5, 2025 | They may be betrayed by stammers and blushes | Chad Hazen and Jeff Chen |
| SNIFFAROUND | Wed Mar 1, 2017 | Check the aroma of a few beers? | David Phillips |
| STINGSOMETHINGFIERCE | Sun Nov 16, 2003 | Make a monster smart? | Cathy Millhauser |
| THELIKE | Mon Sep 2, 2024 | Others similar | Sala Wanetick and Emily Biegas |
| THENOTORIOUSRBG | Tue Jun 30, 2020 | Tongue-in-cheek nickname for 54-Across | Zachary David Levy |
| UNTASTED | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | Still to be sampled | Charles M. Deber |
| WAVESHELLO | Mon Aug 17, 2020 | Greets from across the way, say | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| WHATFUN | Thu Apr 27, 2023 | "How entertaining!" | Michael Schlossberg |
| XPDNC | Sun Jan 7, 2007 | Advantageousness | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| XXXI | Sat Sep 16, 2006 | Number of the 2016 Olympics | Michael Shteyman |