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 51,192 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLSQUARE | Mon Apr 18, 2022 | Even-steven | Carl Larson |
| ANCIENTWORLD | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | See 5-Down | August Lee-Kovach |
| AQUATEEN | Sat May 5, 2012 | Any of three title characters in a long-running Cartoon Network series | Ned White |
| ASHCARTER | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17) | Byron Walden |
| BEHEADING | Thu Jan 22, 2009 | Lady Jane Grey's fate | Gary J. Whitehead |
| BOASTER | Wed Nov 20, 2002 | Subject of this puzzle | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHOPPEDLIVER | Wed Jul 22, 2015 | What's found on some canapés (and hiding in the answers to 20-, 31-, 38- and 49-Across?) | Peter A. Collins |
| CHOSENATRANDOM | Sun Jun 9, 2002 | ___.com (e-mail address for a lottery) | Randolph Ross |
| DANDLES | Fri Apr 13, 2007 | Moves gently up and down | Patrick Berry |
| DEADLINKS | Fri Oct 3, 2025 | Bad internet connections? | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| FARMHOUSE | Sun Jan 20, 2019 | It may have corn on the side | Richard Crowe |
| FREEDOMOFSPEECH | Sat Apr 5, 1997 | "The People vs. Larry Flynt" subject | Rand H. Burns |
| GETSONESIRISHUP | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | Becomes angry | Manny Nosowsky |
| HONESTWAGE | Sat Aug 17, 2019 | Fair pay | Michael Hawkins |
| INSTRUCTS | Tue Oct 3, 2023 | Teaches | Troy Laedtke |
| IVEHADITWITHYOU | Fri Jul 29, 2005 | Spat-ending words | Kyle Mahowald |
| JOEYFATONE | Mon Jun 16, 2025 | 'N Sync bandmate of Justin Timberlake | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| JUSTTHEOPPOSITE | Mon Oct 7, 1996 | "Au contraire" | S. Spadaccini |
| LARDING | Sat Apr 20, 2002 | Fattening | Dana Motley |
| LIMBURGER | Thu Jul 21, 2011 | One trying to shake a leg, for instance? | Michael Sharp |
| LOOKOUTPOINT | Wed Feb 4, 2015 | Warning shouted to a lacrosse defenseman? | Julian Lim |
| LOUFERRIGNO | Mon Aug 27, 2012 | He played the Hulk on 1970s-'80s TV | Michael Farabaugh |
| MULLOVER | Wed May 15, 2013 | Reflect deeply on | David Sullivan |
| NIPANDTUCK | Sun Dec 14, 1997 | Job for a plastic surgeon? | Nancy Salomon |
| NYSTRIPS | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | Steakhouse offerings, for short | Joe Krozel |
| ODESSAFILE | Sun Sep 14, 1997 | Frederick Forsyth best seller, with "The" | Frank Longo |
| ONASIDENOTE | Fri Jun 17, 2022 | "Incidentally ..." | Pao Roy |
| OVERHEADDOOR | Sun Jan 17, 2021 | Way into a garage, typically | Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper |
| PIESHELL | Thu Sep 21, 2017 | Dessert component often bought premade | Matt Ginsberg |
| PUSHYOURLUCK | Tue Aug 11, 2015 | Ask the boss for more vacation time after getting a raise, perhaps | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| RETEAR | Mon Mar 31, 1997 | Open up a rip again | Janet R. Bender |
| SEACOASTS | Tue Jul 28, 2020 | Shorelines | Ross Trudeau |
| SLAMDUNKS | Sun Sep 7, 2025 | Sure things | Derrick Niederman |
| SNAPSTORY | Fri Apr 11, 2025 | Certain ephemeral social media post, informally | Jesse Guzman |
| SPLITPEASOUP | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | GAZACHO | Sam Trabucco |
| STRAPPEDFORCASH | Mon May 8, 2000 | Needing a loan | Ed Early |
| THEMAGICKINGDOM | Tue Jun 3, 1997 | Disney realm | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| THEMOUNTAINKING | Fri Jun 13, 2003 | Scandinavian folklore figure in a Grieg title | Todd McClary |
| USARMYINSIGNIA | Tue Oct 10, 1995 | Eagle | Janet R. Bender |
| XANDER | Sun Mar 19, 2023 | Friend of Buffy on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" | Robert Ryan |