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 51,180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDEDBONUS | Sat Mar 8, 2025 | Something extra, redundantly | Joe Deeney |
| ANGELEYES | Sun Apr 18, 2021 | The titular bad guy in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | Johan Vass |
| ANGSTROM | Wed Dec 6, 2017 | Minute length | Clive Probert |
| ASALASTRESORT | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | If absolutely necessary | Joe Krozel |
| BEDSPRING | Tue Jun 14, 2022 | Coil in a mattress | Robert Won |
| BOOKAROOM | Fri Nov 28, 2025 | Decide where to stay | Jacob McDermott |
| BRINDLE | Sun Apr 17, 1994 | Streaked gray, as an animal's coat | R. M. Hopkins |
| CAKIER | Thu Mar 2, 2017 | Having more clumpiness | Peter Gordon |
| DENTIN | Sun Jan 5, 2014 | Major part of a tooth | Alan DerKazarian |
| DONTWALK | Mon Aug 20, 2007 | Pedestrian's intersection warning | Lynn Lempel |
| DWELLERS | Tue Apr 6, 2021 | Inhabitants | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| FRIERS | Sun Aug 6, 1995 | Chickens to cook | Manny Nosowsky |
| FUNNYBONE | Mon Jan 25, 2016 | *Inaptly named part of the elbow | Ian Livengood |
| GONESENILE | Sun Feb 19, 2006 | Declined | Joe DiPietro |
| GOODSON | Wed Feb 20, 2019 | Mark ___, longtime game show partner of Bill Todman | Byron Walden |
| GRISTLY | Fri Feb 27, 2015 | Like some low-grade beef | Julian Lim |
| HARDPAN | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Dense buildup in makeup powder containers | Carter Cobb |
| HIGHERLOVE | Wed Sep 20, 2023 | 1986 hit for Steve Winwood (and a 2019 hit for Whitney Houston) | Gina Turner |
| HONEYMOONED | Thu Aug 18, 2016 | Did a tour after joining up? | Parker Lewis and Jeff Chen |
| KANGAROOPOUCH | Fri Jun 24, 2022 | Marsupium, by another name | Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel |
| KEEPASHARPEYEON | Fri Jun 25, 2004 | Watch closely | Manny Nosowsky |
| MAJORINROADS | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Study highway design at college? | Rich Norris |
| MEETAT | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | Use as a rendezvous point | John Ewbank |
| MINTPATTY | Sun Mar 29, 2009 | York product | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MISSINGPERSON | Sun Dec 28, 2014 | Su____ic | Joe Krozel |
| NEWSANGLE | Thu Jul 13, 2006 | See circles | Manny Nosowsky |
| POUTINES | Sat Mar 12, 2022 | Popular dishes in Québécois cuisine | Natan Last |
| PREFECTURE | Thu Mar 18, 1999 | District in Japan | Rand H. Burns |
| REFINERS | Sat Jan 31, 2004 | Employees in the sugar industry | Byron Walden |
| SLOWMO | Sat Aug 24, 2019 | Highlight reel effect | Sam Ezersky |
| SPLITTHEJACKPOT | Mon Nov 14, 2011 | What multiple winners of a lottery must do | Mark Feldman |
| STANCHER | Sun Feb 11, 2001 | Styptic pencil, e.g. | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| SUSANDEY | Fri Apr 24, 2009 | "L.A. Law" Golden Globe winner | Barry C. Silk |
| TIMEANDTIMEAGAIN | Mon Oct 7, 2024 | Repeatedly ... or what can precede both halves of the answers to 19-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across? | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| TOOTHOFWOLF | Wed Oct 31, 2012 | 64-Across ingredient | Stu Ockman |
| WRITINGIMPLEMENTS | Thu Oct 9, 2008 | Quills, sometimes | Doug Peterson |
| YESTERYEAR | Thu May 5, 2022 | A bygone age | Adam Wagner |
| YUMMYYUMMY | Mon Aug 23, 2004 | "Dee-licious!" | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| ZACHARIAH | Fri Sep 20, 2019 | ___ Chandler, four-term U.S. senator who helped found the Republican Party | Luke Vaughn |
| ZOMBIEAPOCALYPSE | Sat Feb 10, 2018 | Backdrop to AMC's "The Walking Dead" | Finn Vigeland |