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 50,641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESSLOG | Sun Jan 25, 2026 | Site-seeing list? | Mark MacLachlan |
| ARCHONS | Sat Aug 28, 2010 | Ancient Athenian magistrates | Xan Vongsathorn |
| BLUEHOLES | Sun Feb 16, 2025 | Deep, dark ocean caverns | John Kugelman |
| CHECKSANDBALANCES | Thu Jun 27, 2019 | What the Constitution provides among the branches of government | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| CHRISTTHEREDEEMER | Sun Oct 22, 2017 | Facebook Status: "2016 Summer Olympics and a day trip to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!" | Tracy Gray |
| CRASHINTO | Sun Apr 14, 2024 | BEFORE: Rear-end, e.g. | John Rippe and Jeff Chen |
| CROSSDRESSING | Wed May 15, 2019 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DESELECTS | Sun Jan 21, 2007 | Cancels, as in an online order form | Patrick Berry |
| DEVIATION | Sun Feb 24, 2019 | Word that follows "standard" and means something nonstandard | Erik Agard |
| ENCOIL | Mon May 16, 1994 | Make into a spiral | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| FANCYRESTAURANTS | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Gastrophiles ... | Joe Deeney |
| FUDGEFACTOR | Sun Aug 13, 2000 | Statistician's margin for error | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| GALLEYSLAVE | Thu Jun 26, 2008 | "Ben-Hur" extra | David J. Kahn |
| HENRIII | Sat May 18, 1996 | Husband of Catherine de Medici | M. Nosowsky |
| HONGCHAU | Wed Jul 5, 2023 | Best Supporting Actress nominee for "The Whale," 2022 | Joe Deeney |
| INBADODOR | Sun Aug 21, 1994 | Out of favor | Ted Fulton |
| INDICTED | Mon Apr 17, 2006 | Charged with a crime | Larry Paul |
| ITAKETHATBACK | Thu Nov 9, 2017 | Words of retraction | Bruce Haight |
| JUSTIFIED | Fri Jul 26, 2013 | Legitimate | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LIGHTVERSE | Wed May 14, 2025 | Playful poetry | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| LUGEING | Thu Jun 16, 1994 | Coasting at Lillehammer | Jim Page |
| MORNINGS | Sun Dec 25, 1994 | Early times | Randolph Ross |
| NAGOYA | Sun Sep 13, 2020 | Japanese city where Lexus is headquartered | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| NEEDLEDROP | Fri Oct 31, 2025 | Point in a film when an iconic song sets the scene | Juliana Tringali Golden |
| OWEIT | Tue Apr 24, 2012 | "You ___ to yourself ..." | Adam G. Perl |
| PLANSTO | Fri Feb 8, 2008 | Probably will, circumstances permitting | Mike Nothnagel |
| POLISHHAMS | Wed Apr 18, 2007 | Deli selections | Jim Page |
| RECENTPAST | Sun Jun 22, 2014 | Several days ago, say | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| REPULSED | Sun Nov 27, 1994 | Made a successful stand | Jacques Liwer |
| ROWB | Tue Jan 14, 2014 | Near-prime seating | Tim Croce |
| RUNSLOOSE | Sat Oct 15, 2016 | Goes without a leash | Mark Diehl |
| SHERMANSMARCH | Sun Mar 12, 1995 | Headline of #4,110 (Nov. 25, 1864) | Charles M. Deber |
| SHRIVELUP | Fri Mar 3, 1995 | Wither | Chuck Deodene |
| SOCS | Fri Jan 19, 1996 | Assns. | C. Gersch |
| TUNNIES | Fri Feb 24, 1995 | Bluefins | Rich Norris |
| URBANEST | Fri Mar 6, 1998 | Most refined | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WECOOL | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | "No hard feelings, man, right?" | Bruce Haight |
| WHITEGOLD | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Alloy that resembles platinum | John Duschatko |
| WORKSFORPEANUTS | Mon Dec 29, 2025 | Is severely underpaid | Chase Dittrich |
| WYNONNA | Fri Sep 21, 2001 | 1992 country album | Brendan Emmett Quigley |