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 51,027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERTHANKSGIVING | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | See 3-Down | Jeremy Newton |
| AGOOF | Tue Dec 26, 1995 | Make ____ (err) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| BACKTOWORK | Thu Aug 30, 2001 | After 34-Down, an order to a chiropractor? | Cathy Millhauser |
| BARRELCHAIR | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Furniture item with a rounded back | Andrew Zhou |
| BUYSINTO | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | Begins to believe | Barbara Lin |
| CAHOOT | Sun Aug 20, 2000 | Partnership | Charles M. Deber |
| CEREBRATED | Fri Dec 15, 2000 | Thought | Joe DiPietro |
| COLDCUT | Tue Dec 24, 2019 | *Bologna, e.g. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| COLORFULCHARACTER | Sun Oct 8, 2023 | Interesting person ... or what's included, phonetically, five times in this puzzle | Sid Sivakumar |
| COMBATMISSION | Sun Nov 18, 2001 | G.I.'s undertaking | Jim Page |
| COMEGOWITHME | Sat Jul 20, 2013 | 1957 Dell-Vikings hit | Tim Croce |
| DEGREEPLAN | Fri Feb 20, 2004 | College student's filing | Bob Peoples |
| ERRORCODE | Fri Mar 6, 2020 | 404 Not Found, e.g. | Caitlin Reid |
| ESSAYEXAM | Sat Apr 27, 2019 | Subjective evaluation | Joe Deeney |
| FLUNGAT | Sun Sep 28, 1997 | Threw toward | Robert H. Wolfe |
| GAGREFLEX | Thu Apr 2, 2009 | Palate-raising response | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GARGLER | Sun Jul 15, 2012 | One clearing one's throat? | Randolph Ross |
| GLOWING | Sat Apr 24, 1999 | Like some reviews | Joe DiPietro |
| GRANDMERE | Wed Nov 12, 2014 | Nanette's nana | Daniel Landman |
| JAYMOHR | Mon Jul 19, 2010 | Former host of TV's "Last Comic Standing" | David Blake |
| LASERTAGARENA | Tue Oct 21, 2025 | Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors | Spencer Leach |
| LONGSINCE | Sun Aug 29, 1999 | Many years ago | Lou and Fran Sabin |
| LURIDLY | Wed Mar 4, 1998 | How the tabloids tell many stories | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| NOTHINGBUTTHEBEST | Thu Oct 24, 2019 | When prefixed with 72-Across, what a friend wishes for you | Matt Ginsberg |
| OSCARI | Wed Jun 4, 2025 | King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859 | Danna Rosenberg |
| PAPERER | Sun Jan 15, 2006 | One who works on walls | Richard Silvestri |
| PLAYSUP | Sun Nov 10, 2013 | Highlights | Alan Olschwang |
| PRINCESSGRACE | Tue Dec 4, 2012 | Bride in 1956 news | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RAISEDHELL | Wed Jan 1, 2020 | Complained angrily and loudly | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| SAGEHENS | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Nevadans | Joe Krozel |
| SETTLEUP | Thu Jun 1, 2000 | Conclude an evening of poker, say | David J. Kahn |
| SQUEAKTOY | Sat Oct 3, 2015 | Diversion for a baby or a puppy | Barry C. Silk |
| STATEBANKS | Fri Jul 14, 2017 | Chartered financial institutions | Patrick Berry |
| TEMPORE | Fri Jun 9, 2006 | Sine ___ (timeless): Lat. | Manny Nosowsky |
| TOPSOFF | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Fills to almost overflowing | Jeremy Newton |
| TRAGICOMIC | Tue Apr 15, 2025 | Like a film that's both sad and funny | Per Bykodorov |
| TURNSACORNER | Sat Oct 28, 2000 | Changes direction | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| UNDOCKS | Thu Apr 27, 2023 | Separates from the mother ship, say | Michael Schlossberg |
| VOODOOMAGIC | Tue Nov 25, 2025 | Sorcery commonly associated with Haiti and New Orleans | John Ewbank |
| WHOAREYOU | Sat May 14, 2005 | Question after nonrecognition | Bob Peoples |