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 50,996 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTEMPTED | Thu Oct 23, 2014 | Went for | Patrick Blindauer |
| BADSIDE | Mon Nov 5, 2018 | Unflattering angle of one's face | Roland Huget |
| BIDPRICES | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Auction figures | Ryan McCarty |
| BLUELAGOON | Sun Aug 12, 2007 | Brooke Shields movie, with "The" | Cathy Millhauser |
| BOOKFAIRS | Fri Jun 16, 2023 | Events for bibliophiles | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| BOSPORUS | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Istanbul is on it | Josh Knapp |
| CAPTAINFANTASTIC | Mon May 15, 2017 | 2016 film for which Viggo Mortensen earned an Oscar nomination | Peter Gordon |
| CARJACKS | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | Takes a ride? | Peter Wentz |
| CATCHESSOMEZS | Wed Nov 29, 2000 | Naps | Peter Gordon |
| DEWBERRY | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Bramble with edible purple fruit | Barry C. Silk |
| DIGGS | Sat Jul 11, 2020 | Actor Taye of Broadway's "Rent" | Kameron Austin Collins |
| EMUFARMS | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Places with large nest eggs? | Brandon Koppy |
| GINGOLD | Sun Apr 24, 1994 | "Gigi" actress | Louis Sabin |
| GIRLSHY | Sun Nov 2, 2014 | Afraid to ask for a dance, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GNOSIS | Sat Feb 3, 2024 | Greek word for "knowledge" | Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen |
| HARTACK | Tue Mar 23, 2004 | Five-time Kentucky Derby winner Bill | Fred Piscop |
| INOSITOLS | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | B-vitamin compounds | F. Longo |
| INSIDETURNS | Sat Jan 13, 1996 | Aircraft maneuvers | J. Page |
| IRONPYRITE | Fri Oct 30, 2015 | Deluded prospector's find | Patrick Berry |
| JUNEPOINTER | Sun Apr 29, 2007 | ... and 41-Across sang with their siblings | Henry Hook |
| LATTO | Sat Dec 13, 2025 | Rapper with the 2022 hit "Big Energy" | Gene Louise De Vera |
| LAWBREAKERS | Thu Nov 17, 2016 | Criminals | Timothy Polin and Joe Krozel |
| MAILSLOT | Wed Mar 1, 2023 | Letter opening | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| MANUALLY | Sat Nov 5, 2016 | By hand | David Phillips |
| MUSHROOM | Thu Aug 22, 2019 | Grow quickly | Emily Carroll |
| ONTHEREBOUND | Fri Apr 9, 2021 | Newly single and ready to mingle | Jamey Smith |
| OVENTHERMOMETER | Fri Dec 12, 2003 | It may go from 0 to 500 | Manny Nosowsky |
| PRESENTTENSE | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | Like shoppers worrying about getting the right gift? | Joel Fagliano |
| PROPHESY | Thu May 10, 2007 | Predict | Peter A. Collins |
| REPLAYED | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Shown again | Derrick Niederman |
| ROCKERS | Fri May 11, 2007 | You don't sit still in them | Patrick Berry |
| SCOOCHED | Wed Oct 6, 2021 | Slid over a bit | Jules Markey |
| SHATTEREDDREAM | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | FA NT AS Y | F. & L. Sabin |
| SLOWDOWNUPAHEAD | Thu Feb 17, 2005 | What "Pay Toll 1 Mile" implies | Patrick Merrell |
| SMOLDERS | Mon Feb 26, 2018 | Burns slowly | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
| SONNETEER | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Shakespeare, notably | Trenton Charlson |
| TOMATILLO | Mon Jun 17, 2024 | Ingredient in salsa verde | Kiran Pandey |
| TORCHRELAYS | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Some preparations for the Olympics | Ryan McCarty |
| WEWILLROCKYOU | Tue Jan 13, 2026 | Iconic 1977 Queen hit ... or a hint to 19-, 31- and 42-Across | Nate Hall |
| ZANDT | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Musician/radio host Steven Van ___ | Patrick Berry |