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 50,711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADSENSE | Fri Feb 14, 2025 | Google platform for website monetization | Sarah Sinclair |
| AFFIRMS | Sun Dec 5, 2004 | States positively | David J. Kahn |
| ARTSCAMS | Sun Jun 28, 2020 | They might involve impersonating a dealer | Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang |
| BACKINTHESADDLE | Fri Jan 22, 2016 | Functioning again | Paula Gamache |
| BFAS | Fri Dec 24, 1993 | Arts degs. | Merl H. Reagle |
| BIGTIMER | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Pooh-bah | Harvey Estes |
| CIAASSET | Sun Mar 1, 2026 | Mole, maybe | Matt Proulx and Jeffrey Martinovic |
| COLDOPENS | Sat Aug 30, 2025 | Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" | Maddy Ziegler |
| DARKALE | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | Brown beer | Kareem Ayas |
| DESECRATE | Fri Sep 16, 2016 | Treat with violent disrespect | Patrick Berry |
| DEVILINSIDE | Sun Jan 16, 2022 | VAUDEVILLIAN (#2, 1988) | Derrick Niederman |
| DIEMEN | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Van ___'s Land (Tasmania, once) | F. Piscop |
| DRAINBOARDS | Sun May 18, 2008 | Sloping surfaces next to sinks | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ECARTES | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | King-high games | Alan Olschwang |
| FAWNOVER | Mon Apr 8, 2019 | Lavish praise upon | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| GAUR | Sun Oct 12, 1997 | Indian ox | Nancy Salomon |
| GLANCESAT | Fri Apr 17, 2026 | Looks over briefly | Rachel Fabi |
| GRIPERS | Thu Mar 8, 2007 | Beef producers | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| INAKIT | Sat Nov 21, 2020 | How model airplane parts are sold | Sam Ezersky |
| INDISCERNIBLE | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Not clear | Thomas W. Schier |
| JEOPARDIZE | Tue Jan 24, 2017 | Put at risk | John R. O'Brien |
| LANDEDUP | Sat Apr 21, 2001 | Finally reached, with "in" | David J. Kahn |
| OHGIRL | Thu Aug 4, 1994 | #1 hit for the Chi-Lites, 1972 | Jim Page |
| OLIVEGROVE | Sat Nov 22, 2025 | Outdoor setting for Plato's Academy | Blake Slonecker |
| PAPUANS | Sun Oct 9, 2011 | Some New Guineans | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PLAME | Thu May 30, 2019 | Outed covert C.I.A. officer Valerie | Brandon Koppy |
| RARO | Tue Dec 11, 2012 | Uncommon: Sp. | Gene Newman |
| REHAUL | Fri Jul 24, 1998 | Drag off again | Manny Nosowsky |
| RIPOSTS | Fri Aug 14, 1998 | Counterstrokes: Var. | Shannon Burns |
| RUNSTOSEED | Fri Apr 12, 2002 | Goes downhill | Manny Nosowsky |
| SPITZER | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | New York governor after Pataki | Natan Last |
| TAKEPLACE | Tue Nov 10, 2009 | Happen | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TEMPORALLOBE | Fri May 21, 2004 | Part of the brain associated with memory | Eric Berlin |
| THEFWORD | Sun Feb 7, 2021 | Live broadcast no-no | Katie Hale and Christina Iverson |
| THERIAC | Sat Dec 26, 2009 | Onetime snake venom antidote | Kevin G. Der |
| TIBETANMONK | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Devout Lhasan, say | Anna Shechtman |
| TRANSACTIONDATE | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Invoice information | Joe Krozel |
| TREKKED | Fri May 29, 1998 | Migrated like the Boers | Fred Piscop |
| WHEREAREYOU | Tue May 21, 2013 | Searcher's query | Patrick McIntyre |
| WITCHTRIAL | Fri Oct 5, 2018 | Crux of "The Crucible" | Robyn Weintraub |