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 50,404 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBEMARLE | Fri Oct 6, 1995 | Kitty Hawk's ___ Sound | Rich Norris |
| AMANDACROSS | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | "The Puzzled Heart" mystery novelist | Frank Longo |
| BENTOVER | Sun Oct 30, 2005 | Bobbing for apples, e.g. | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| BINACA | Sun Nov 15, 2020 | Brand of breath spray | Caitlin Reid |
| CADDIECORNER | Sun May 10, 2009 | Where golf bag handlers congregate inside the clubhouse? | Patrick Berry |
| CENTR | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | Middle: Prefix | Kevin G. Der |
| DIVINELY | Fri Jun 9, 2017 | From on high | Steve Overton |
| EREISAWELBA | Tue Jul 8, 2008 | End of a Napoleonic palindrome | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FALLSFOR | Tue Aug 9, 2011 | Becomes smitten by | Tony Orbach |
| FRITZI | Mon Jul 27, 2009 | Nancy's 56-Down in the comics | Allan E. Parrish |
| FRUSTUM | Sun Nov 5, 1995 | Curtailed cone, in geometry | Dean Niles |
| GHOSTING | Fri Jun 13, 2025 | Going dark on, as one's love interest, in modern parlance | Evan Mulvihill |
| HAIRIMPLANT | Sun May 16, 2021 | Fix for a bald spot | Joe DiPietro |
| HONEYMOONED | Thu Aug 18, 2016 | Did a tour after joining up? | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen |
| LATEBLOOMER | Tue Sep 3, 2019 | One who catches up eventually ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across | Evan Kalish |
| LOBSTERPOT | Thu Apr 25, 2013 | Trap in Penobscot Bay | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| MAGICACTS | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Hat tricks are seen in them | Scott Earl |
| MOOKIE | Wed Jan 1, 1997 | Former Met Wilson | M. Diehl |
| NOMINE | Sun Jan 5, 2014 | In ___ Patris (prayer words) | Alan DerKazarian |
| PATCHOFICE | Thu Jan 9, 2014 | You might slip on it | Caleb Emmons |
| PICONETS | Sat Aug 27, 2005 | Modern ad-hoc collections of computing devices | Byron Walden |
| PILOTERROR | Fri Jan 8, 2016 | Possibility considered after an air accident | Peter A. Collins |
| POOLROOM | Tue Jun 19, 2012 | Place for a break | Steve Riley |
| REDIVIDE | Sun Dec 12, 2004 | Multiply like an amoeba | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| SATCHELS | Fri Apr 13, 2001 | Purse alternatives | Joe DiPietro |
| SAULBELLOW | Tue Jul 19, 1994 | 1976 Nobel Prize winner from 40-Across | Christopher Hurt |
| SNOOKERTABLE | Sun Feb 13, 2011 | Where an Englishman might get a break? | Ian Livengood |
| STAGEDIVE | Sat Apr 26, 2025 | Rely on audience support during a show? | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| STALLERS | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | Procrastinators | F. & L. Sabin |
| STATUEOFDAVID | Sun May 5, 2013 | Florentine attraction | Alan Arbesfeld |
| STOPSTREET | Sat Dec 2, 2006 | Not the biggest thoroughfare in town | Bob Klahn |
| STUDENTDRIVER | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Sign over a car | Joe Krozel |
| TESTPAPER | Fri Oct 23, 2009 | Often-dreaded handout | Barry C. Silk |
| THEMEROOM | Sun Oct 16, 2022 | Part of a hotel with décor fitting a certain motif | Paolo Pasco |
| THERESE | Thu May 9, 1996 | Saint called "The Little Flower" | C. Millhauser |
| TRAVELCARD | Tue Sep 6, 2011 | Ticket usable on more than one trip | Susan Gelfand |
| UNDIERUNS | Fri Aug 8, 2025 | Events akin to streaks | Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock |
| VENDER | Fri Apr 14, 1995 | Sidewalk ____ | Manny Nosowsky |
| WINSBYANOSE | Tue Apr 30, 2013 | *Triumphs, but barely | Lynn Lempel |
| YEAORNAY | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | "What's your decision?" | Ryan Judge |