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 50,640 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALCROSSING | Wed Oct 2, 2024 | Nintendo video game series suggested by every answer running through this one? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| ASPREE | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | Frolicking, after "on" | David J. Kahn |
| BANJOES | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | They're plucked | Matt Gaffney |
| BRAZILS | Sun Apr 4, 2004 | Certain nuts | Manny Nosowsky |
| BUTTSOUT | Fri Feb 3, 2023 | Minds one's own business | Barbara Lin |
| CANIGO | Tue Apr 11, 2023 | "Are we done here?" | Taylor Johnson and Jeff Chen |
| CONFUSEDLOOK | Thu Mar 30, 2000 | ___ stare | Randolph Ross |
| COPYIST | Thu Sep 21, 2000 | Scribe | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ENCINOMAN | Tue Jul 28, 2020 | 1992 Brendan Fraser film about a thawed Cro-Magnon | Ross Trudeau |
| FENDED | Sat Mar 14, 1998 | Warded (off) | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| FILLEDONESSHOES | Wed Oct 1, 2003 | Stepped in for another | A. J. Santora |
| GEOLOGISTS | Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Rock scientists | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| GRIMLY | Sun Feb 10, 2013 | How bad news is often received | Patrick Berry |
| INGATHERED | Fri Jun 7, 1996 | Harvested | M. Jones |
| ISOMETRIC | Sun Jun 16, 2019 | Static, as an exercise | Joel Fagliano |
| LAVENDERS | Sun May 6, 2018 | Purple flowers | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MRISCANNER | Tue Dec 5, 2006 | *Hospital diagnostic device | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| MUCKER | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | Person cleaning a horse's stable | Luke K. Schreiber |
| NADJA | Fri Mar 23, 2018 | Title woman of a classic 1928 André Breton novel | Erik Agard |
| NIMBUSCLOUD | Tue Mar 12, 2019 | Bringer of rain | Jules Markey |
| NOTHINGTODECLARE | Sun Jan 18, 2004 | Good for a returning traveler, bad for a bridge player | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| NOTTOMENTION | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | Also | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PARADROP | Sat Dec 31, 2016 | Delivery of supplies by air, in a way | Jeff Chen |
| PIVOTSHOT | Fri Jan 28, 2000 | Court trial? | Manny Nosowsky and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PODCASTING | Fri Jul 1, 2005 | Modern media form | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| QUINTUPLET | Fri May 5, 2006 | Unexpected birth | Manny Nosowsky |
| REDALDERS | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Trees native to the Yukon | Daniel Grinberg |
| RESIDENTALIEN | Wed Jun 15, 2011 | Guest worker, e.g. | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| SAWSUP | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Sinks one's teeth into? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SOJOURNERS | Fri Jul 25, 2008 | Visitors | John Farmer |
| STANDINGBY | Sun Aug 7, 2016 | "With more about those defending the accused, our reporter is ___" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| SURELETS | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | "I'm game!" | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TAPIS | Wed Nov 3, 2004 | Old wall covering | Ed Early |
| TAXABLEGAIN | Sat Sep 6, 1997 | Sale result, sometimes | Rich Norris |
| TAXACT | Thu Jan 24, 2019 | Revenue-raising measure | Stu Ockman |
| THREELETTERWORD | Sat Nov 29, 2014 | Something not found in this puzzle's answer | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOLLING | Thu May 3, 2001 | Sexton's duty | Trip Payne |
| TOSSOUT | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Offer for consideration ... or remove from consideration | Bruce Haight |
| UMBERS | Sun Nov 24, 2002 | Brown pigments | Nancy Salomon and Lee Glickstein |
| VERONICA | Wed Aug 20, 2025 | Frenemy of Betty in comics | Victor Schmitt |