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 51,064 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABIDEBY | Fri Jul 23, 1999 | Follow | Joe DiPietro |
| ACTIO | Sun Oct 18, 1998 | Legal proceeding, at law | David J. Kahn |
| ANCIENTWORLD | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | See 5-Down | August Lee-Kovach |
| ATALLHOURS | Fri May 9, 2025 | Day and night | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Erik Agard |
| BEYONDPARODY | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | Superlatively absurd | Michael Lieberman |
| BLANKETRECOMMENDATION | Sun Jun 18, 2023 | "Wool will keep you the warmest" | Joe DiPietro |
| BLANKSPACE | Tue Jul 5, 2022 | *Void | Malgorzata Nowakowska and Eileen Williams |
| BLITHELY | Mon Nov 6, 2023 | In a carefree way | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| BOOSTERBOX | Fri Nov 13, 2009 | Item-concealing shoplifting aid | Dana Motley |
| COLDCALLER | Mon Aug 25, 2025 | Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact | Ryan Mathiason |
| CROWSNEST | Sat Mar 27, 2021 | Spot to have a look sea? | Michael Hawkins |
| CURVATURE | Sat Jun 5, 1999 | Arch | Rich Norris |
| DISCOINFERNO | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | The Trammps torch song? | Matthew Sewell |
| DRAKEANDJOSH | Wed Feb 20, 2019 | *Title pair in a 2004-07 Nickelodeon sitcom | Byron Walden |
| FILMATELEVEN | Sun Aug 7, 2016 | "Our camera crew entered a one-hour photo shop at ten. ___" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| FOULLANGUAGE | Wed Sep 30, 2020 | Profanity ... or what 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across start with? | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| FRATMEMBERS | Sun Nov 18, 2001 | Betas or Zetas, e.g. | Jim Page |
| GPSWATCH | Fri Feb 6, 2026 | What gives you the time and place? | Geoffrey Schorkopf and Rafael Musa |
| GREWASPINE | Fri Dec 24, 2021 | Gained some courage | Evan Kalish |
| HELOVESMENOT | Sat May 11, 2019 | Unlucky phrase to end on | Robyn Weintraub |
| HUTTWO | Sun Oct 6, 2002 | Quarterback's call | Myles Callum |
| KINGFISHER | Sun Jan 9, 2000 | Larry & Carrie's favorite bird? | Charles M. Deber |
| LECHS | Tue Apr 25, 1995 | Nobelist Walesa et al. | Gregory E. Paul |
| LOBBEDIN | Sat Jun 22, 2002 | Like a grenade reaching a bunker, maybe | Rich Norris |
| MAKEEYESAT | Fri Apr 22, 2005 | Flirt with, in a way | Myles Callum |
| MODELTRAINGAUGE | Mon Dec 25, 2000 | HO | Adam G. Perl |
| MUESLIX | Sun May 15, 2011 | Kellogg's cereal | Cathy Allis |
| NUMBERONEDRAFTPICKS | Sun Oct 31, 2004 | Most popular beer brands at the concession stands? | Patrick Merrell |
| PURSUETHEMATTER | Fri Oct 21, 2016 | Take legal action, say | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| QUOTEUNQUOTE | Fri Sep 25, 2015 | So-called (but not really) | James Mulhern |
| SCUFFLE | Mon Nov 29, 2010 | Fight that's less than a brawl | Elizabeth A. Long |
| SHAOLIN | Wed Oct 1, 2025 | Chinese monastery known for its style of kung fu | Neville Fogarty |
| SINFONIA | Sun Apr 17, 2022 | Orchestral prelude to an opera | Emet Ozar |
| SLIPPINGON | Sat May 19, 2012 | Donning, as loafers | Patrick Berry |
| SPIRALPASS | Sat Dec 18, 2004 | Quarterback's ideal | Dana Motley |
| THEPROS | Sun Apr 21, 2019 | Major leagues | Grant Thackray |
| TIGHTENDS | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Tersely edited epilogues? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| TVCONSOLE | Fri Nov 14, 2008 | Piece of den furniture | Brad Wilber |
| UHOHOREO | Sat Apr 6, 2024 | Onetime treat with chocolate creme and vanilla cookies | Byron Walden |
| WAROFWORDS | Mon Jul 11, 2016 | Heated argument | Freddie Cheng |