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 51,009 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANATOLEPARIS | Thu Nov 25, 1999 | A capital Nobel Prize novelist? | David J. Kahn |
| ARANEID | Sun Mar 22, 1998 | Any spider | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| AVERSIONS | Fri Sep 2, 1994 | Objects of repugnance | Bryant White |
| BALLCOCK | Thu May 31, 2001 | Commode component | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BENEFITSPACKAGE | Fri Jan 9, 2026 | It often comes with the job | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis |
| BORDERTOWN | Sun Jan 27, 2008 | Laredo or Nuevo Laredo | Mike Nothnagel |
| CHEMISTRY | Mon Oct 6, 2014 | Element-ary school subject? | Robyn Weintraub |
| CIRCLEOFLIFE | Tue Jun 11, 2019 | Song that opens and closes 23-Down and whose title is literally described in this puzzle's center | David J. Kahn |
| CRAWLIN | Sat Oct 13, 2018 | Come home after a night of heavy drinking, say | Kevin G. Der |
| DADGUMIT | Sun Nov 12, 2023 | Euphemistic cry of frustration | Garrett Chalfin |
| DAMMING | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Beaver's job | Sarah Sinclair |
| ECHOBOOMERS | Fri Oct 12, 2018 | Millennials, in relation to their parents | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight |
| FATHEADED | Fri Mar 30, 2018 | Stupid | Sam Trabucco |
| FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | Thu Aug 29, 2024 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle | Simeon Seigel |
| GAMBLINGCASINOS | Tue Jun 6, 2006 | Things with 73-Across | Barry C. Silk |
| HANDTOOL | Mon Jan 31, 2005 | Screwdriver or wrench | Randall J. Hartman |
| HUMPERDINCK | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | "Hänsel und Gretel" composer | Byron Walden |
| INVIVO | Sat Oct 24, 2015 | How many experiments are done | Andrew Zhou |
| KOHLER | Sat Sep 10, 2016 | Faucet brand | Peter Wentz |
| LESSONONE | Mon Dec 18, 2006 | First chapter in a primer | Donna Levin |
| MARIACHIS | Wed Feb 15, 1995 | Mexican dance musicians | Harvey Estes |
| MENELAUS | Sat Nov 24, 2012 | Rival of Paris | Josh Knapp |
| METOPE | Sat Dec 9, 2000 | Square space in a frieze | Patrick Berry |
| MRANDMRS | Thu Oct 21, 2010 | Start of some addresses | Dan Naddor |
| OCEANOGRAPHER | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | UNDERLINE | David J. Kahn |
| ORANGISH | Sun Dec 26, 2004 | Like ocher | Hal Turner |
| PEARLFISH | Sun Nov 29, 2015 | Creatures that may live inside oysters - hence the name | Alex Vratsanos |
| POSTPAID | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Like some envelopes | Byron Walden |
| PROSCENIA | Thu Sep 17, 2009 | Stage arches | Arthur Schulman |
| REWORKS | Tue Jun 28, 2022 | Thoroughly overhauls | Scott Graham |
| SCHLUMPS | Sun May 17, 2026 | Inept sorts | Derrick Niederman |
| SOUPOFTHEDAY | Wed May 20, 2026 | What a waiter might offer to start you off | Kathleen Duncan |
| TREADEDON | Fri Feb 2, 2018 | Trampled | Randolph Ross |
| TRUNCHEON | Wed Jul 31, 2019 | Officer's baton | Dan Caprera |
| UPWARDLYMOBILE | Mon Sep 28, 2015 | Ascending in economic class | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen |
| URIAHS | Tue Sep 20, 2011 | Heep and others | Daniel Raymon |
| VERYWELLTHEN | Sat Apr 25, 2026 | "So that's how it's gonna be, I guess" | Sam Ezersky |
| WHATALAUGH | Wed Aug 27, 2014 | "That is SO stupid!" | Gareth Bain and David Poole |
| WHIPSAWS | Thu Oct 2, 2003 | Swings violently | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WINTERSET | Thu Apr 13, 2006 | Iowa town where John Wayne was born | Barry Silk |