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 50,690 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALASKARANGE | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | Location of Mount McKinley | Bill Thompson |
| ANTLIONS | Sat Aug 20, 2005 | Pit-digging insects | Patrick Berry |
| ASSUAGED | Sun Oct 26, 2014 | Soothed | Caleb Emmons |
| BEFOREPICTURE | Sun Mar 5, 2023 | Part of many a weight-loss ad | John-Clark Levin |
| BREAKFASTMENU | Sun May 5, 2019 | Crepe paper? | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| BRIGHTASABUTTON | Tue Mar 5, 2002 | Brainy | Marjorie Richter |
| CLYDESDALE | Thu Jan 9, 2025 | Charlie horse | David P. Williams |
| FIRECRACKERS | Tue Aug 31, 2021 | Good snack for an arsonist? | Eric Bornstein |
| GATHERIN | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Amass | Tim Croce |
| GOTHIM | Sun Oct 26, 2008 | Cry upon an arrest | Daniel C. Bryant |
| GRAINOFSALT | Mon Mar 9, 2020 | What you should take dubious advice with | John Lampkin |
| GUMMY | Mon Mar 25, 2002 | Like envelope seals | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| HEAPING | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Like a more-than-full spoonful | Derrick Niederman |
| HOGAUGE | Fri Feb 7, 2014 | Common standard for model railroads | Ned White |
| ISABELALLENDE | Fri May 12, 2023 | "The House of the Spirits" novelist | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| ITSAKEEPER | Fri Dec 25, 2015 | "Hang on to that one!" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| IYAMWHATIYAM | Sun Jul 13, 2014 | Declaration from Popeye | Tom McCoy |
| NIKOLAS | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | Greek prince ___ Cassadine, longtime "General Hospital" character | Joe DiPietro |
| NONOTES | Fri Oct 18, 2024 | "That was perfect — I don't have any feedback" | Jesse Cohn |
| ONCOURT | Sun Apr 14, 2013 | Like many basketball drills | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OVERSELLS | Fri Mar 4, 2022 | Promises too much | David Distenfeld |
| PARTYWHIPS | Thu Jul 22, 2021 | They enforce discipline among legislators | John Guzzetta |
| PAULSEN | Sun Feb 15, 1998 | "If elected I will not serve" candidate of 1968 | Rich Norris |
| PHANTASY | Thu Jan 11, 1996 | Pipe dream: Var. | B. Jorgensen |
| PRIVATES | Thu Feb 16, 2017 | Grunts | Keith Redwine |
| RATLIN | Sat Apr 6, 2002 | Nautical rope: Var. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| REFINEDSUGARS | Wed Dec 3, 1997 | Domino products | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RETEACH | Sun Sep 3, 2006 | Drill one more time | Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig |
| SCHOOLWORK | Tue May 27, 2014 | *Class assignments | James Tuttle |
| SLIPPEDDISK | Tue Apr 22, 2003 | Back problem | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SMOOTHOPERATOR | Sun Dec 1, 2024 | *1984 Sade hit | John Lieb |
| SOMEPLACEELSE | Sat Feb 18, 2006 | Not here | Eric Berlin |
| SOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM | Sun Jan 18, 2026 | "Don't look at me for help" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme | Rena Cohen |
| STEALTHEPICTURE | Wed May 1, 2002 | Upstage everyone, maybe | Steve Jones |
| STEAMERTRUNK | Thu Sep 25, 2025 | Storage item on some ocean voyages | Jesse Goldberg |
| TAKESHOME | Sat Jan 22, 2000 | Makes | David J. Kahn |
| THENORTHEAST | Sun Mar 17, 2024 | Locale of this puzzle's attractions (really, all eight of them!) | Simeon Seigel |
| TIVOLIGARDENS | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | Amusement park that was a model for 75-Down | David J. Kahn |
| WOWIEZOWIE | Sat Apr 29, 2023 | Cry of amazement | David Steinberg |
| ZAGNUT | Fri Aug 7, 2020 | Crunchy candy bar since 1930 | Tom Pepper |