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 50,935 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACASEOFTHEBLUES | Mon Nov 3, 2003 | Out of sorts feeling (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 49- and 59-Across) | Marjorie Berg |
| ADJOURN | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Stop for now | Matthew Sewell |
| ALGEBRAIC | Sat Nov 19, 1994 | Kind of notation | Brett Blaylock |
| BRAFF | Fri Mar 1, 2013 | Zach ___, "Garden State" actor/director | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| BURNOUT | Wed Feb 12, 2025 | Exhaustion from work | Philip Koski |
| CONTROLLEDCHAOS | Sat Mar 22, 2025 | It's not as random as it seems | Katie Hoody |
| DAMNEDLIES | Thu Nov 20, 2025 | Fops | Adam Wagner |
| DENSEFOREST | Mon Jun 8, 2009 | Thick growth of trees | Randy Sowell |
| ELLIOTTGOULD | Fri Jan 13, 2006 | "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" co-star | Eric Berlin |
| FAIRISLESWEATER | Sat Jun 7, 2025 | Colorful knit top with Scottish origins | Blake Slonecker |
| FINISHAHEADOFSCHEDULE | Sun Sep 13, 2015 | COMPLETE PLAN | Joe DiPietro |
| GOESTOTHETOP | Fri Mar 23, 2007 | Really succeeds | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOINGTOETOTOE | Sat Sep 16, 2023 | In direct competition | Jonathan Kaufman |
| GOLDFIELD | Tue May 1, 2007 | Place to pick up valuable nuggets | Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon |
| HALFALOAF | Sun Aug 12, 2007 | Proverbial portion | Cathy Millhauser |
| HEES | Thu Sep 13, 2018 | Partners of haws | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| JUTTY | Fri Mar 18, 1994 | Architectural overhang | Mark Diehl |
| KRISTINSCOTTTHOMAS | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | "The English Patient" actress | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| LATRIA | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | Highest worship in Catholicism | Kevin G. Der |
| MARCHIN | Thu Sep 6, 2007 | Arrive with authority | Daniel C. Bryant |
| MORALTENET | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | 9-Across near Boston? | Charles M. Deber |
| PATHAND | Sat Oct 19, 2019 | Royal flush in draw poker, say | Byron Walden |
| PHASESOFTHEMOON | Tue May 8, 2007 | Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across | Sarah Keller |
| POTFARMS | Sat Dec 20, 2014 | Where much grass grows | Kevin G. Der and Ian Livengood |
| RIDGWAY | Sun Jul 22, 2001 | Eisenhower's successor at NATO | Patrick Berry |
| RIFER | Fri Aug 20, 2021 | More widespread | Randolph Ross |
| SERVESUP | Sat Dec 1, 2007 | Dishes out | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SOCANI | Wed Aug 29, 2018 | Boaster's retort to a boast | Alex Bajcz |
| SOCIALCHAIR | Sun Jan 24, 2010 | Party leadership? | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| STATEREGENTS | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | University officials | Charles E. Gersch |
| STORIETTE | Sat Feb 13, 1999 | Brief tale | David J. Kahn |
| STRUTTEDOURSTUFF | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Showed 'em what we've got | Peter A. Collins |
| TAPEMAN | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Surveyor's assistant | David J. Kahn |
| TELEPHONELINE | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | It may come down in a storm | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEDARK | Thu Oct 22, 2009 | See 27-Across | Joel Fagliano |
| TINSMITHS | Wed Jan 21, 2015 | Some sheet metal workers | Jim Hilger |
| UNAPOCADEGRACIA | Wed Sep 13, 2017 | *Repeated lyric in "La Bamba" | Daniel Mauer |
| UNBOSOM | Sun Mar 25, 2012 | ___ oneself (share private thoughts) | Patrick Berry |
| WIGSHOPS | Sun Jun 13, 2021 | They might help with changing your locks | Stephen McCarthy |
| WRITEINVOTE | Fri Feb 4, 2005 | "None of the above," essentially | Robert Bridges |