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 50,859 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEAUTIFULMIND | Tue Feb 26, 2002 | 2001 50-Across nominee | Peter Gordon |
| BLACULA | Sun Oct 28, 2018 | Campy 1972 vampire film | Erik Agard |
| CHALKIER | Mon Feb 7, 2011 | More like messy blackboards | Lynn Lempel |
| CHEERIER | Sat Oct 18, 2003 | Relatively bright | Myles Callum |
| COLLEGECAMPUSES | Fri Nov 6, 1998 | Academic settings | Bob Klahn |
| DAILYOCCURRENCE | Fri Jun 6, 2008 | Sunrise, say | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| EGGTEETH | Fri Dec 17, 2010 | Aids in breaking shells | Patrick Berry |
| ENTRUSTED | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | Turned over | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FINDPEACE | Sun Nov 17, 2013 | Achieve nirvana | Julian Lim |
| FLIPSOUT | Tue Sep 12, 2023 | Goes crazy | Ella Dershowitz |
| HEADONIN | Sun Feb 5, 2023 | Not stay outside, informally | Jeremy Newton |
| HOISIN | Sun Nov 30, 2025 | Sauce served with Peking duck | Natan Last |
| IFTHE | Wed May 5, 1999 | "___ shoe fits..." | Lois Sidway |
| ILLPAY | Wed May 1, 2013 | Treater's declaration | Paula Gamache |
| INCOMESTATEMENT | Sat Nov 14, 2009 | Overhead shower | Joe Krozel |
| INNERNERD | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | The secret geeky part of you ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 32-, 42- and 49-Across | Evan Kalish |
| ITSAYESFROMME | Sat Feb 20, 2021 | "You have my vote!" | Ali Gascoigne |
| JAPANESEIMPORTS | Wed Sep 21, 2005 | 20-, 25-, 45- and 50-Across, in a way | Anne Garellick |
| MESSAGERECEIVED | Fri Sep 23, 2022 | "Gotcha" | Erik Agard |
| MINDBOGGLING | Fri Mar 14, 2025 | Beyond comprehension | Brandon Koppy |
| NIKONS | Tue Dec 14, 2010 | Popular cameras | Mark Feldman |
| NINETIETH | Sun Aug 4, 1996 | Notable anniversary | D. Tuller |
| NOEASYTASK | Sun May 3, 2026 | A hard job | Mark Diehl |
| OMELETBARS | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Parts of many breakfast buffets | Blake Slonecker |
| PUMPKINEATER | Thu May 2, 1996 | 1964 Anne Bancroft film, with "The" | D. J. Kahn |
| ROADMOVIES | Mon Feb 1, 2016 | "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Thelma & Louise" ... or a hint to 18-, 26- and 44-Across | Gary Cee |
| SEDANCHAIR | Mon Nov 10, 2003 | Seat carried on poles | Gail A. MacLean |
| STPAULMN | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | State capital in a mailing address | Jeff Chen |
| STRESSLESS | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Unaccented | F. Longo |
| SUCHTHAT | Mon May 14, 2012 | So | John Dunn |
| SUREFIREHIT | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Guaranteed success | Blake Slonecker |
| TENINONE | Tue May 24, 2005 | Like a multipurpose tool, perhaps | Mike Torch |
| TOPHET | Sun Dec 23, 2001 | Biblical place of punishment | Frances Hansen |
| TOPSYTURVY | Tue Jan 27, 2026 | Downside-up | Miranda Kany and Tracy Bennett |
| TOUCHTYPES | Fri Apr 17, 2020 | Enters without looking, say | Robyn Weintraub |
| TSARNICHOLASI | Wed Dec 8, 2021 | Mid-19th-century Russian ruler described as "autocracy personified" | Philip Koski |
| USEDASBAIT | Sat Nov 9, 2019 | Tried to tempt with | Neil Padrick Wilson |
| WALLAWALLAWASHINGTON | Thu Sep 3, 2020 | Home of Whitman College | Sid Sivakumar |
| WATCHTOWER | Tue Nov 27, 2012 | See 19-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| WOODVENEER | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Furniture cover | Patrick Merrell |