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 50,944 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDICTIONS | Fri Apr 2, 2004 | Hard things to break | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ALMARTINO | Sat Mar 18, 2000 | "I Love You Because" singer | Rich Norris |
| ANDNO | Thu Nov 1, 2007 | All bark ___ bite | Larry Shearer |
| BALROG | Sun Jul 28, 2019 | Creature slain in the Mines of Moria by Gandalf | Christopher Adams |
| BELLSARERINGING | Mon Mar 7, 1994 | l956 Comden-Green-Styne collaboration | Alex K. Justin |
| CAPTIONED | Sat Apr 12, 2008 | Underwritten? | Byron Walden |
| DECONTAMINATION | Fri May 5, 2000 | Cleanup of a sort | Roger Barkan |
| DOWNHILL | Wed Jan 3, 2007 | Slalom alternative | Kim Seidl |
| ELIMINATIONDIET | Sun Nov 7, 2021 | Nutritional plan involving controlled removal of foods | Sid Sivakumar |
| EMOFAN | Mon Apr 14, 2025 | My Chemical Romance groupie, e.g. | Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen |
| ENDRANT | Sat Jan 24, 2026 | Means of closing up a vent | Adrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty |
| FEELLIKEAMILLIONBUCKS | Sun Mar 2, 1997 | Be ecstatic | Harvey Estes |
| GODIS | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | "As ___ my witness" | Randolph Ross |
| GRABBAR | Fri Jan 19, 2018 | Help during the fall? | David J. Kahn |
| HUTCHISON | Fri Jul 19, 2013 | Republican who won Bentsen's vacated Senate seat | Patrick Berry |
| INNERNERD | Mon Nov 26, 2018 | The secret geeky part of you ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 32-, 42- and 49-Across | Evan Kalish |
| LENINITE | Sun Jan 15, 2006 | Early Russian Communist | Richard Silvestri |
| MANOFSTEEL | Tue Oct 31, 2000 | Superhero's nickname | Bill Zais |
| MINORTEAM | Wed Nov 19, 2025 | The Syracuse Mets vis-à-vis the New York Mets | Jeremy Newton |
| NAVIGATOR | Mon Apr 10, 2000 | Seafaring reptile? | Ed Early |
| NODDY | Wed Jul 31, 2002 | Simpleton | Jerry E. Rosman |
| NOWANDTHEN | Mon May 9, 1994 | Occasionally | Sidney L. Robbins |
| PERCYBYSSHESHELLEY | Thu Oct 16, 2014 | "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" poet | John Farmer |
| PUNNED | Fri May 13, 2011 | Made Berne burn? | Joe Krozel |
| RANCHDIP | Sun Aug 11, 2019 | Serving with carrots and celery, maybe | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| RENTME | Thu Apr 3, 2025 | Words on a U-Haul storage container | Hanh Huynh |
| ROOFLET | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | It might extend above a side door | Todd Gross |
| SAMCOOKE | Sun Jun 2, 2013 | "You Send Me" singer | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SNIPPIER | Sat Dec 23, 1995 | More impertinent | Manny Nosowsky |
| SOFI | Sun Nov 16, 2025 | L.A.'s ___ Stadium, site of the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics | Randolph Ross |
| STANNED | Wed Feb 25, 2026 | Was a fangirl of, say | Brad Lively |
| SUITING | Sat Nov 19, 1994 | Appropriate | Brett Blaylock |
| SWEEPTHEFLOOR | Sun Jul 12, 2020 | Chore for a security guard? | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| SWIMTEAM | Sun May 25, 2008 | Butterfly experts, perhaps | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TURNLEFT | Fri Jun 16, 2000 | "Haw!" | Manny Nosowsky |
| VANDERPUMPRULES | Mon Apr 27, 2026 | Spinoff of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" | Neville Fogarty |
| WHYDOYOUASK | Sun Feb 6, 2011 | He answered "In 1971. But ..." | David J. Kahn |
| WIELDING | Sun Aug 27, 2017 | Handling well | Jeff Chen |
| WIFIZONE | Sat Jan 7, 2017 | Hot spot | Roland Huget |
| WOKENUP | Thu Jan 22, 2026 | Roused | Joe DiPietro |