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 50,946 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANISESEED | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | Licorice-flavored spice | Jonathan Daly |
| BAU | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | German lead-in to haus | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| BECOMEANGRY | Thu Oct 26, 2006 | See 1-Down | Todd McClary and Dave Tuller |
| BOXEDIN | Mon May 16, 1994 | Trapped | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| CAREERCRIMINAL | Fri Sep 22, 2017 | One who can't turn right? | David Steinberg |
| CREEDAL | Sun Nov 5, 2000 | Like some church statements | Michael S. Maurer |
| DEEPSLEEP | Sat May 16, 2026 | State in which Gulliver is discovered by the Lilliputians | Byron Walden |
| DETOXTEA | Tue Dec 2, 2025 | Herbal remedy in a cleanse | Jonathan Baude |
| DRAKEANDJOSH | Wed Feb 20, 2019 | *Title pair in a 2004-07 Nickelodeon sitcom | Byron Walden |
| ENTRANCEMUSIC | Sun Oct 13, 2019 | Bars that people walk into? | Erik Agard |
| FOXNEWS | Fri Dec 30, 2016 | Shep Smith's channel | Patrick Berry |
| GODIM | Fri May 17, 2024 | Fade out | Hemant Mehta |
| HAMILTONBERMUDA | Tue May 2, 2017 | Capital city with only about 1,000 residents [2016] | David J. Kahn |
| HANDLED | Sun Aug 26, 2001 | Oversaw | Richard Silvestri |
| HERNIATE | Sun Jun 9, 1996 | Protrude, in a way | M. Gaffney |
| IRRIGATED | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | *Watered artificially | David Steinberg |
| JIMJAMS | Thu Jan 7, 2010 | Heebie-jeebies | Xan Vongsathorn |
| LINGAM | Sat Jun 3, 2023 | Phallic object worshiped as a symbol of Shiva | John Westwig |
| MELINDAMAY | Wed Mar 25, 2020 | Ming-Na Wen, on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| MILLENNIUMBUG | Tue Nov 7, 2017 | Rollover problem? [1997] | Greg Poulos |
| NOONDAYSUN | Fri May 22, 2020 | High light? | Hal Moore |
| ORRERIES | Wed Nov 11, 2015 | Solar system models | David Steinberg |
| PFENNIGS | Sat Mar 10, 2007 | Divisions of a mark | Patrick Berry |
| PIANOPLAYER | Mon Oct 30, 2000 | Tickler of the ivories | Gregory E. Paul |
| PORTAGES | Fri Mar 31, 2000 | Overland routes | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| PROCAREER | Fri Dec 13, 1996 | Athletic supporter? | J. Page |
| RAVENING | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | Wanting it all | Byron Walden |
| REMAINSOFTHEDAY | Thu Sep 23, 1999 | Archeologist's favorite film, with "The"? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SATRAPIES | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | Despotic jurisdictions | Bryant White |
| SPIRITANIMALS | Fri Dec 6, 2024 | Sacred creatures in some Indigenous cultures | Robyn Weintraub |
| STARTBACK | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Call an end to a hike | Patrick Berry |
| STEELDOORS | Sat May 16, 2020 | Hefty barriers to entry | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| TMNT | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | 2007 film featuring Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo | Jeremy Newton |
| TOPLESSSWIMSUIT | Thu Nov 22, 2018 | I K I N I | Randolph Ross |
| WAXERS | Thu Nov 19, 1998 | Car wash machines | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WHISKER | Wed Dec 18, 1996 | Narrow margin of victory | M. W. Perry |
| WHITESANGRIA | Sun Apr 14, 2013 | Light, fruity alcoholic drink | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WHOISTHAT | Sat Jul 23, 2022 | Question asked when going through an old family photo album, perhaps | John Lieb |
| YOURETOAST | Tue Feb 6, 2007 | Comment to a goner | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| ZIPADEEDOODAH | Fri Apr 5, 2013 | Last song heard on Disneyland's Splash Mountain | Peter Wentz |