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 51,115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFAULT | Sun Oct 2, 1994 | To _____ (excessively) | Frances Hansen |
| ARTGALLERIES | Sat Sep 24, 2011 | Nude showers? | Jeremy Horwitz |
| AYI | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Ghanaian author ___ Kwei Armah | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| BATONWIELDERS | Wed Aug 9, 2006 | What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| BLEWAKISS | Tue Jun 21, 2022 | Displayed affection from across the room, say | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BMINORMASS | Mon Mar 4, 2019 | Bach masterpiece, informally | Ellis Hay |
| BOARHUNT | Thu Sep 20, 2018 | Outing at which participants go hog-wild? | Sam Ezersky |
| CLOWNNOSES | Sat Nov 2, 1996 | They sometimes get honked | J. DiPietro |
| COUTURIER | Tue Jul 24, 2007 | Christian Dior, e.g. | Bruce Adams |
| DAREIASK | Sun Jan 4, 2015 | Hesitant start to a question | Finn Vigeland |
| DIEDOUT | Tue Jun 28, 2016 | Went extinct | Alex Vratsanos |
| DONTBEEVIL | Fri Nov 22, 2024 | Google's former motto | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| FALALALALALALALALA | Thu Dec 15, 2016 | Christmastime refrain | Jacob Stulberg |
| FORGIVEMEFATHER | Fri Oct 28, 2011 | Part of many confessions | Tim Croce |
| FULLTILT | Sun Oct 5, 2014 | All out | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| GAINSAYS | Sun May 31, 1998 | Contradicts | Cathy Millhauser |
| GOESINHARMSWAY | Mon Dec 13, 1999 | Takes risks | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| GRAMATOM | Sat Jun 3, 1995 | Chemist's unit | Bob Klahn |
| HIGHRISK | Sun Jul 28, 2002 | Chancy | Nelson Hardy |
| HINDERERS | Sat May 15, 2004 | Roadblocks | Byron Walden |
| ICARLY | Sat Nov 29, 2025 | Nickelodeon series whose episode titles all start with the same letter as the show itself | Adrian Johnson |
| ISOFFONATANGENT | Tue Jun 15, 2010 | Leaves the main topic temporarily | Jill Winslow |
| LATEAUTUMN | Fri May 23, 2014 | When Winesap apples ripen | David Steinberg |
| LEASINGTO | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | Giving quarters, say | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| LGBTQFLAG | Tue Dec 30, 2025 | Something to wave with pride? | Geoffrey Schorkopf and Will Eisenberg |
| LIVEALITTLE | Fri Apr 22, 2016 | "Have some fun!" | Robyn Weintraub |
| MICROLOANS | Thu Nov 15, 2018 | Money to start small businesses ... or a hint to five squares in this puzzle | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| MOSHED | Wed Dec 9, 2015 | Danced in a "pit" | Jacob Stulberg |
| OMARBRADLEY | Wed Jun 24, 2015 | First chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949 | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| OONACHAPLIN | Sat Dec 8, 2018 | Talisa Maegyr's portrayer on "Game of Thrones" | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| PENHOLD | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Certain table tennis grip | Joe DiPietro |
| REAUDIT | Wed Dec 10, 2008 | Check again, as the books | Joe Krozel |
| RELATCH | Fri Nov 14, 2025 | Shut again, as a gate | Malaika Handa |
| SATELLITECAMPUS | Wed Mar 30, 2016 | School branch | Andrew Reynolds |
| SHARPSET | Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Fixed at an acute angle | Timothy Polin |
| TODAD | Sun Mar 26, 2023 | Start of many a Father's Day card | David Karp |
| TRANSLITERATION | Fri Jan 12, 2007 | Job for one doing character studies? | Sherry O. Blackard |
| WASHABLES | Sat Aug 5, 2006 | Hamper contents | Trip Payne |
| WHATSTHEVERDICT | Sat Apr 16, 2011 | "Guilty or not?" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| ZIPPLUSFOUR | Wed Apr 2, 2003 | Post office request | Kelly Clark |