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 50,871 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHIVESITE | Wed Nov 27, 2019 | Where records of old web pages can be accessed | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| BASKETFUL | Thu Nov 9, 1995 | Laundry load | Bob Sefick |
| BOTTOMLESSBRUNCH | Wed Jan 29, 2025 | Event that might feature unlimited mimosas ... or a literal description of the answers to the starred clues | Sophia Maymudes |
| BUILDSBRIDGES | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | Practices diplomacy | Jeremy Newton |
| CHERRYPICK | Mon Jan 4, 2010 | Select the best and leave the rest | Paula Gamache |
| COHOE | Wed May 7, 2014 | Small salmon: Var. | Kurt Mueller |
| COMPAREDNOTES | Wed Dec 8, 2004 | Rehearsed for a concert? | Norm Guggenbiller |
| CRANEGAME | Thu Sep 18, 2025 | Arcade staple with a joystick | Adam Wagner |
| CUTAWAYGAG | Fri Apr 28, 2023 | Sitcom joke involving a change in setting | Malaika Handa and Erik Agard |
| DCLIV | Sun Jun 8, 1997 | Year St. Eugene became Pope | Richard Silvestri |
| DEBUTANTES | Thu Aug 9, 2012 | Society add-ons | Joe Krozel |
| DROPPASS | Thu Mar 9, 2000 | Hockey or soccer maneuver | Myles Callum |
| FILENE | Fri Jan 9, 2009 | Department store founder who pioneered credit unions | Paula Gamache |
| FOURTHDIMENSION | Thu Nov 24, 2005 | See circles | Michael Shteyman |
| HOWOFTEN | Sun Jan 10, 2021 | "With what frequency?" | Alex Bajcz |
| IMCOMINGOUT | Sun May 9, 2021 | Child's response to Mom's actions? [Diana Ross, 1980] | Brad Wiegmann |
| ITINERATED | Sat Apr 30, 1994 | Made the circuit | Wayne Robert Williams |
| KNOTTEDROPES | Thu Jun 21, 2007 | PROSE | John Sheehan |
| LADUKE | Wed May 1, 2002 | Nader's 2000 running mate | Steve Jones |
| MEGMARCH | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Oldest of a literary quartet | Henry Hook |
| NACHTMUSIK | Wed Sep 13, 2017 | See 23-Across | Daniel Mauer |
| ONETHOUSAND | Sat Nov 12, 1994 | 007's boss, in old Rome? | Bryant White |
| OVERLEND | Thu Jan 25, 1996 | Make too great an advance | D. Kahn |
| PANOPTICON | Fri Dec 18, 2015 | Prison design that allows surveillance of any inmate at any time | Andrew Zhou |
| PARTIESDOWN | Sun Aug 8, 2021 | Gets wild and crazy | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| POSTALCODE | Sat Oct 22, 2022 | Santa's is H0H 0H0, in Canada | Brooke Husic and Yacob Yonas |
| PROMPOSALS | Sun Jan 29, 2023 | Portmanteau invitations | Rich Katz |
| REDBLOODEDMALES | Wed Dec 23, 2009 | Macho types | Jonathan Porat |
| RETAILERS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Selling points? | Paul Coulter |
| SECRETARY | Mon Oct 14, 1996 | Last-week-in-April honoree | R. White |
| SEIZINGON | Tue Aug 10, 2021 | Suddenly taking up, as an idea | Anne Grae Martin |
| SOLDIERON | Fri May 26, 2017 | Persevere | Robyn Weintraub |
| SPEEDRUN | Fri Mar 14, 2025 | Completing a video game as fast as possible, say | Brandon Koppy |
| STEEPLECHASES | Thu Jan 19, 2017 | They present hurdles | Jacob Stulberg |
| STITCHING | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | Needlework | Timothy Polin |
| TREEFUL | Wed Dec 27, 1995 | Whole lot of apples | David J. Kahn |
| TRISTATEAREA | Thu Aug 25, 2022 | U.S. geographical grouping ... or a hint to 20-, 27- and 47-Across | Olivia Mitra Framke and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| UNCLAIMED | Tue Jul 11, 2000 | Like some airport luggage | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon |
| UPWIND | Mon May 1, 2023 | Against the direction of a gust | Alina Abidi and Matthew Stock |
| WHOSCRYINGNOW | Sun Jan 20, 2019 | Maternity room nurse | Richard Crowe |