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 50,666 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAYINTHELIFE | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | BEDORISING | Frank A. Longo |
| ASTROBOY | Sat Nov 21, 2020 | Titular android of early anime cartoons | Sam Ezersky |
| CRYSTALGAYLE | Tue Sep 19, 1995 | "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" singer | Janet R. Bender |
| DOUGHFACES | Tue Apr 13, 1999 | Pro-slavery Northerners, before the Civil War | Fred Piscop |
| FREERESPONSE | Sun Aug 16, 2009 | "It's on me" | Randolph Ross |
| GRASSLEY | Fri Sep 3, 1999 | Iowa's senior Senator | David J. Kahn |
| GROSBEAK | Thu Feb 26, 1998 | Rose-breasted bird | Lois Sidway |
| IMPOSSIBLE | Fri Aug 9, 2024 | Out of the question | Hemant Mehta |
| INABIKINI | Fri Nov 18, 2011 | How some calorie counters eventually want to look good | Joe DiPietro |
| JESSICALANGE | Tue May 19, 2015 | Oscar-winning actress for "Blue Sky" | Allan E. Parrish |
| KEEPACLOSEEYEON | Fri Dec 24, 2021 | Monitor | Evan Kalish |
| LOTTELENYA | Mon Nov 21, 2011 | Actress married to Kurt Weill | Peter A. Collins |
| MESSAGETOGARCIA | Sat Jul 24, 1999 | Elbert Hubbard work, with "A" | Rich Norris |
| MISSHAPEN | Sun Nov 25, 2012 | Malformed | Jeff Chen |
| OUTYELLS | Sat Oct 2, 2021 | Screams over | Wendy L. Brandes |
| OVERLEND | Thu Jan 25, 1996 | Make too great an advance | D. Kahn |
| PERSONNELFILE | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Record kept on an employee | Drew Schmenner |
| PESSIMIST | Wed Jan 5, 2022 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Down clues | Damon Gulczynski |
| PETTINGZOO | Sat May 9, 2009 | Place where kids may feed kids | Brad Wilber |
| REHEARSER | Sun Jun 7, 1998 | One who believes "practice makes perfect" | Randolph Ross |
| RUNACROSS | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Stumble upon | Mark Feldman |
| SALPA | Fri May 19, 2000 | Marine creature with a transparent, saclike body | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| SEAHARE | Sat May 9, 2015 | Marine mollusk named for its earlike tentacles | Kristian House |
| SELFGUIDED | Fri Jun 26, 1998 | Having no mentor | Frank Longo |
| SHUFFLEOFFTO | Tue Apr 4, 2006 | " Buffalo" | Robert Dillman |
| SOVIETBLOC | Fri Apr 25, 2025 | Cold War alliance | Adrian Johnson |
| SPAWNPOINT | Sat May 24, 2025 | Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level | Gene Louise De Vera |
| SPELLCASTER | Sun Sep 5, 2021 | Charming sort? | Grant Thackray |
| SPORTSBARS | Thu Jul 26, 2007 | Places where fans may gather to watch a game | Joe Krozel |
| SUNTRAP | Sun Nov 22, 2020 | Sheltered balcony with abundant natural light | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TAXIRIDES | Sun Nov 25, 2007 | Some crosstown trips | Trip Payne |
| THEEVILDEAD | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | Horror film enjoyed by Turner? | Trip Payne |
| TIMWALZ | Tue Jan 13, 2026 | Vice-presidential candidate of 2024 | Nate Hall |
| TRAINEDSEAL | Wed Oct 7, 2015 | Coached the singer of "Kiss From a Rose"? | Julian Lim |
| TROMPELOEIL | Wed Feb 26, 2020 | Art technique that's French for "fools the eye" | Francis Heaney |
| UPNORTH | Fri Dec 17, 1999 | Like the Arctic | Manny Nosowsky |
| VERSIONS | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | Competing narratives | Byron Walden |
| VISUAL | Sun Sep 1, 1996 | Magazine illustration | D. J. Kahn |
| WHENI | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | "___ Fall in Love" (1961 hit by the Lettermen) | Kurt Mueller |
| WORKINGPOOR | Sun Nov 17, 2019 | Employee efficiency: D+ | Randolph Ross |