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 50,845 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKROOM | Mon Jun 24, 2024 | *Figurative setting for a shady deal | Anthony V. Grubb |
| BADHAIRDAYS | Wed Aug 18, 2021 | Things best kept under one's hat? | Alina Abidi |
| BELETTERPERFECT | Mon Jul 13, 1998 | Write without a single mistake | Bill Ballard |
| BRANSON | Wed Mar 1, 2017 | Richard who founded Virgin Atlantic | David Phillips |
| BULGES | Mon Aug 22, 2022 | Sticks out | Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CHICAGOSUNTIMES | Fri Dec 9, 2016 | Where Roger Ebert's reviews appeared for 47 years | David Phillips |
| COMESBY | Tue Dec 9, 1997 | Visits | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| CUTINS | Thu Nov 23, 2023 | Movie shots that take a closer look | Vasu Seralathan |
| DECODERS | Sun Mar 28, 2021 | Ones getting the message | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| EPILOGUES | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | Storied endings? | Timothy Polin |
| ERRANCY | Sun May 17, 2026 | Misjudgment | Derrick Niederman |
| FERREROROCHER | Wed Nov 2, 2022 | Italian confection brand known for its gold foil wrappers | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers |
| GASGRILL | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | Cooker with a dial | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| GFORCES | Tue Jun 12, 2018 | Pressing concerns for astronauts? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Tracy Gray |
| HAIRLESSASANEGG | Wed Nov 8, 1995 | Bald, per Robert Herrick | Glenn E. Sykes |
| HAVEALOTTOOFFER | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | What the state gambling board might do to increase sales? | Trip Payne |
| IDONTLIE | Fri May 2, 2014 | "Trust me" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KELLYMCGILLIS | Sun Mar 12, 2000 | "Witness" co-star | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LOWBROWS | Fri Jun 2, 1995 | Hardly museumgoers | Frank A. Longo |
| MAKEUPTEST | Mon Aug 13, 2012 | What this crossword is, in a way? | Gareth Bain |
| MILLERLITE | Mon Dec 27, 2010 | "Great taste ... less filling!" sloganeer | C. W. Stewart |
| NOTUM | Sun Sep 22, 1996 | Back, to entomologists | C. Millhauser |
| OLIVEGROVE | Sat Nov 22, 2025 | Outdoor setting for Plato's Academy | Blake Slonecker |
| OSCULE | Thu Jun 7, 2001 | Small mouthlike aperture | Randolph Ross |
| PRECAST | Sun Jun 18, 2017 | Like concrete that's shaped in advance | Sam Trabucco |
| PUTTING | Wed Jul 7, 2010 | Green skill | Will Nediger |
| QUEEREST | Mon Jul 21, 2003 | Most odd | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| RECURRINGDREAMS | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | ... AMBITION AMBITION AMBITION ... | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| REDPENCILS | Fri Oct 11, 1996 | Censors | F. Longo |
| RVING | Wed Apr 1, 2020 | Enjoying the great outdoors ... indoors | John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell |
| SALSADANCING | Mon May 30, 2016 | Spicy ballroom activity? | David Woolf |
| SIMMEREDDOWN | Fri Jan 28, 2022 | Regained one's composure | Jem Burch |
| STANDSTALL | Mon Feb 27, 2012 | Exhibits pride | Bill Thompson |
| SURTITLE | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Translation aid at an opera | Manny Nosowsky |
| SWIMMINGPOOL | Tue Aug 17, 2021 | You might dip a 25-Down in this to test the water | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| TIRELESSWORKERS | Wed Jun 25, 2014 | Goodyear employees when they're on strike? | Patrick Merrell |
| UHYEAH | Sat Oct 22, 2022 | "Well, OK, sure" | Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas |
| WATERMOCCASINS | Tue Jun 12, 2018 | Synchronized swimmer's shoe purchase? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Tracy Gray |
| WELLKNIT | Wed Dec 17, 2014 | Tightly interlocked | Stu Ockman |
| WORKVISA | Fri Nov 6, 2015 | Something an alien may have | Ian Livengood |