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 50,049 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 |
| AFLATS | Sun Dec 6, 2020 | Keys near G's | Tony Orbach |
| BREAKSCHARACTER | Tue Sep 29, 2020 | Can't hold back laughter while performing, say ... or a hint to the circled letters | Ricky Cruz |
| BUDGED | Thu Apr 12, 2007 | Moved a bit | Jim Page |
| CARDROOM | Wed May 14, 2008 | Hold'em venue | Doug Peterson |
| CHARLESBROWN | Sun Jun 1, 1997 | Funnies victim | Randolph Ross |
| CHOMPED | Wed Apr 20, 2016 | Munched (on) | Tom McCoy |
| CHOSENFEW | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Elite | Joe Krozel |
| CLOCKFACE | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Hand holder? | Mark Feldman |
| COLIAS | Thu Mar 30, 1995 | Butterfly genus | Rich Norris |
| DUSTINHOFFMAN | Thu Apr 8, 1999 | See 20-Across and 54-Across | David J. Kahn |
| EMPHASIZED | Sun Jul 25, 1999 | LIAR | Charles M. Deber |
| FEIG | Thu May 23, 2024 | Paul who directed "Bridesmaids" | Adam Wagner |
| GASTRAPS | Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Devices that prevent fumes from escaping | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| GETMOVING | Sun Oct 15, 2017 | "Hurry up!" | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| GOINGSWIMMINGLY | Mon Feb 25, 2019 | Proceeding well | Peter Gordon |
| HAPPYFACE | Thu Apr 25, 2019 | Response to solving this puzzle | Jon Olsen |
| HEREFORDSHIRE | Sun Jun 25, 2006 | Former western English county | Jim Page |
| HOLDSOVER | Sat Mar 19, 1994 | Postpones | Manny Nosowsky |
| INCADENCE | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Rhythmically | A. J. Santora |
| INNEW | Sun Sep 17, 1995 | Old wine ___ bottles | Stanley Newman |
| JAMMER | Thu Aug 26, 2021 | Signal-blocking device | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| MEETTHEBEATLES | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | 1964 album that was #1 for 11 weeks | Barry C. Silk |
| NARROWUNDERPASS | Wed Jun 15, 1994 | Cautionary sign | Thomas W. Schier |
| NIGHTSINWHITESATIN | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | 1972 rock hit recorded with the London Festival Orchestra | John Duschatko |
| OFTHEPAST | Fri Dec 16, 2016 | Olden | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| PENIS | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | "The ___ mightier..." | Martin Schneider |
| PINTOBEANS | Sat Jan 22, 2000 | Food introduced to Europe by Columbus | David J. Kahn |
| PUBGRUB | Wed Jan 22, 2025 | Eats that pair well with beer | Landon Horton |
| SCEPTRED | Thu Jun 27, 2002 | Like a British sovereign | James R. Leeds |
| SKILLETS | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | Omelet holders | Kevin G. Der |
| SQUAREMEAL | Tue Feb 14, 2023 | Nutritiously balanced plateful ... or what 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across may constitute? | Ella Dershowitz |
| STEMPIPELINE | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Metaphorical source of the next generation of coders and researchers | Byron Walden |
| STOPPED | Tue Mar 6, 2018 | Clogged (up) | Bruce Greig |
| TAKESHOLD | Fri Jun 17, 2016 | Sets in | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| TOALLAGOODNIGHT | Wed Dec 25, 1996 | Sign-off a la Clement Moore | N. S. Ross |
| UNALONE | Sun Apr 23, 1995 | Accompanied | Randolph Ross |
| VAPORTRAIL | Tue Aug 23, 2022 | What follows a plane going from Richmond to Chicago? | Trey Mendez |
| VERBALISE | Thu Jan 25, 2018 | *Poetry | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| WELLDRILL | Tue Oct 1, 2019 | Device for tapping groundwater | Erik Agard |