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 50,822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACRIDITY | Sun Jun 10, 2001 | Bitterness | Cathy Millhauser |
| AINTITFUN | Sun Nov 30, 2025 | Grammy-winning Paramore hit of 2014 | Natan Last |
| ANNOTATION | Thu Mar 31, 2022 | Reader's jotting, e.g. | Oliver Roeder |
| BEETHOVENSFIFTHSYMPHONY | Sun May 7, 1995 | The BBC promoted V-for-Victory in musical Morse code by frequently broadcasting _____ | Bob Klahn |
| BOATLOADS | Wed Dec 31, 1997 | Cargo quantities | Alfio Micci |
| BRAGGED | Thu Oct 2, 2003 | Gasconaded | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BURNERACCOUNT | Fri Oct 28, 2022 | Means of making untraceable social media posts | Will Nediger |
| CENTRALHEATER | Mon Dec 14, 2009 | Furnace, e.g. | Tim Darling |
| CORRIDORS | Sun Jan 21, 2024 | Passages | John Westwig |
| CUDDLEBUDDY | Fri Nov 20, 2020 | Someone to snuggle with | Kameron Austin Collins |
| DIEDAWAY | Sat Nov 1, 2008 | Ebbed | Donald K. Willing |
| DOWNARUN | Tue Oct 17, 2023 | One behind, in baseball | Dominic Grillo |
| DROOLOVER | Tue Oct 6, 2015 | Find incredibly desirable | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DRUGBUST | Mon Sep 28, 2009 | Narcs' raid | Lynn Lempel |
| IONBEAM | Fri Mar 27, 2015 | Ray gun ray | David Kwong |
| JEREZ | Sat Nov 14, 1998 | Spanish wine town | Matt Gaffney |
| KAPP | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | British science fiction author Colin ___ | Francis Heaney |
| KEPTTO | Fri Mar 12, 2021 | Carefully followed | Peter Wentz |
| KEYSTONESOUTHDAKOTA | Sun Jul 5, 2015 | See 18-Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LINCOLNERA | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | The early '60s, in U.S. politics | Byron Walden |
| LIVESTO | Sat May 5, 2012 | Reaches the age of | Ned White |
| LUGGED | Sun Oct 7, 2001 | Took along | Patrick Berry |
| MADEWAY | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Moved aside (for) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MILKCAP | Sat Mar 7, 2015 | Toadstool that exudes latex when cut | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| MIXINS | Sat Jan 17, 2026 | Toppings blended with ice cream | Adam Aaronson |
| MUSTERS | Mon Dec 17, 2018 | Summons, as strength | Brian Thomas and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| PHOTOCOPY | Tue Sep 11, 2007 | Xerox machine output | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| PLAYDOWN | Sat Jul 29, 2000 | Minimize | Rich Norris |
| ROSEISAROSEISAROSEISAROSE | Thu Jul 2, 2009 | Famous quote by 20-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RUNTHROUGH | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | [See circled letters] | Timothy Polin |
| SAMUELBECKETT | Sat Aug 15, 2020 | Playwright who wrote "We are all born mad. Some remain so" | Joe DiPietro |
| SNOWFALLS | Fri Nov 2, 2012 | They're measured in 55-Downs | Derek Bowman |
| SPARETHEDETAILS | Sat Jun 30, 2012 | Not subject someone to a blow-by-blow | Tim Croce |
| SPARSENESS | Fri Sep 13, 2002 | Characteristic of desert vegetation | Mel Rosen |
| SWASHER | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Daring adventurer | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TIMBALES | Sun May 4, 2008 | Tito Puente played them | Richard Silvestri |
| TRANSFERSTATION | Fri Sep 26, 1997 | Commuter hub | Chuck Deodene |
| TWENTYNINEPALMS | Tue Feb 29, 2000 | California city by Joshua Tree National Park | Peter Gordon |
| WITHHOLD | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Refuse to hand over | Finn Vigeland |
| YELLOWCARDS | Sun Jul 28, 2024 | Results of some fouls in soccer | Paolo Pasco |