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 50,526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALERTEDTO | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Given a heads-up about | Frank Longo |
| ANSWERTHEPHONE | Wed Jan 18, 2023 | 59-Across from an anxious caller? | Lindsay McBride |
| BESTLAID | Sun Oct 12, 1997 | Like Burns's "schemes o' mice an' men" | Nancy Salomon |
| BLESSERS | Sun Dec 16, 2012 | Priests, at times | Matt Ginsberg |
| BLUEBOY | Sun Jun 2, 2013 | Thomas Gainsborough masterpiece, with "The" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOURDAIN | Thu May 26, 2022 | Anthony of "Parts Unknown" | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| CAMETOGRIPSWITH | Fri Mar 15, 1996 | Shook hands? | A. J. Santora |
| CAMOPANTS | Tue Sep 5, 2017 | Military bottoms, informally | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen |
| CHEESEBOARD | Mon Aug 11, 2025 | Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-Across | Rebecca Goldstein |
| CUTLASSSUPREME | Wed May 31, 1995 | Olds model | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| GOOGLEABLE | Tue Dec 16, 2025 | Easily found on the internet, say | Jason Reich |
| HALFDEAD | Wed Feb 9, 2011 | How a hangover sufferer might feel | Victor Barocas |
| HOMEDIN | Fri Mar 22, 2013 | Bore down (on) | Tim Croce |
| ITAKETHATBACK | Thu Nov 9, 2017 | Words of retraction | Bruce Haight |
| LATERBRO | Sat Jan 11, 2025 | "Peace, dude!" | Ryan McCarty |
| LIBRARYPAGE | Sun Sep 9, 2012 | ... and 86-Across: "focused on improving circulation" | Kevin G. Der |
| MISMARK | Mon May 25, 2020 | Place an "X" in the wrong spot on, say | Andrea Carla Michaels and Victor Barocas |
| MISOGYNY | Sat Aug 14, 2021 | What antifeminism is a direct expression of, per Andrea Dworkin | Nam Jin Yoon |
| NOAPOLOGIES | Fri Dec 8, 2023 | "Stop complaining. I didn't do anything wrong" | Robert Logan |
| OFFTOWAR | Sun Apr 13, 2003 | Where soldiers go | Charles Deber |
| PIRATEEARRINGS | Wed May 24, 2006 | Start of a sign in a costume store | Adam G. Perl |
| PORCUPINEFISH | Sun Dec 21, 2025 | Prickly denizen of coral reefs | David Kwong |
| PUKING | Sat Dec 28, 2024 | First trimester woe, informally | Sam Berriman |
| READALOUD | Sat Feb 25, 2023 | Like many children's stories | Trent H. Evans |
| RIDDICKBOWE | Mon Aug 15, 1994 | Ex-heavyweight champ | Fred Piscop |
| SENDFOR | Fri Jun 5, 2015 | Summon | James Mulhern |
| SHOEPRINT | Fri Aug 28, 2020 | One might be left in the dust | Kate Hawkins |
| SMASHIN | Sun Jan 21, 2024 | Break, as a window | John Westwig |
| SNAPCHATFRIENDS | Sat Sep 8, 2018 | Ones sharing some shots | Andrew J. Ries |
| SNAZZIEST | Sun Dec 14, 2003 | Maximally chi-chi | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SUBLETTER | Wed Feb 24, 2016 | Renter from a renter | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| SUDANESE | Sun Dec 31, 2017 | Neighbors of Egyptians | John Lampkin |
| SWABBIE | Wed Jul 28, 2021 | Low-ranking sailor | Alex Rosen and Brad Wilber |
| THENOTORIOUSRBG | Tue Jun 30, 2020 | Tongue-in-cheek nickname for 54-Across | Zachary David Levy |
| TWISTMYARM | Mon Oct 12, 1998 | "Make me do it" | Richard Chisholm |
| UPRISINGS | Thu Jul 21, 2005 | Revolts | Patrick Blindauer |
| VENUSES | Fri Nov 18, 2005 | Beautiful women | Manny Nosowsky |
| WALTZES | Sat May 17, 2008 | Moves briskly and easily | Mike Nothnagel |
| WENTBARHOPPING | Thu Aug 4, 2011 | Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? | David J. Kahn |
| WILBUR | Sun Nov 30, 2025 | Literary runt of the litter | Natan Last |