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 51,054 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADOLESCE | Thu Nov 16, 1995 | Grow up | Rich Norris |
| AGAINANDAGAIN | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | Two good N.F.L. plays? | Randolph Ross |
| AMMONITE | Wed Feb 16, 2000 | Ancient resident of Jordan's present-day capital | Gene Newman |
| ANOTHERS | Sun Sep 15, 2002 | Not yours | Fred Piscop |
| APPEARSIN | Tue Jul 12, 2016 | Is part of the cast of | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| ATHINGOFTHEPAST | Mon Aug 16, 1999 | It's very old | M. Francis Vuolo |
| ATTHETABLEOFBROTHERHOOD | Sun Jan 18, 1998 | End of the prophecy | Ed Early and Bob Klahn |
| BACKBURNER | Sun Apr 6, 2014 | Sleeping sunbather, at times? | Patrick Berry |
| BADBOUNCE | Sat Oct 24, 2020 | Challenge for an infielder | Byron Walden |
| BASHERS | Sun Mar 31, 1996 | Severe critics | J. Savage |
| BEAUTYMARK | Wed Jul 18, 2018 | Mole | David Steinberg |
| BERU | Sun Nov 20, 2011 | Aunt ___ ("Star Wars" character) | Trip Payne |
| CAREPACKAGES | Sun Oct 7, 2007 | Students' gifts from home | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| FINGERER | Sat Feb 28, 2004 | Rat | Byron Walden |
| HAARLEM | Sun Jun 28, 2009 | Tulip-exporting city | Barry C. Silk |
| HOMEBOY | Fri Mar 30, 2007 | Hood moniker | David Quarfoot |
| HOUSETRAILERS | Tue Nov 1, 2005 | Coming attractions shot at a mobile home park? | Sarah Keller |
| INTHATRESPECT | Sun Jun 21, 2015 | When viewed one way | Timothy Polin |
| IPHONECAMERA | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | It snaps with a tap | Sam Ezersky |
| JOEYLAWRENCE | Wed Sep 19, 2007 | Actor who got his start on TV's "Gimme a Break!" | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| KPMG | Sun Mar 25, 2018 | One of the Big Four accounting firms | Finn Vigeland |
| LAPDANCE | Sat Feb 22, 2025 | Club purchase that comes with rules of etiquette | Rose Conlon |
| MIDDLERELIEVER | Mon Dec 23, 2019 | Pitcher between a starter and a closer | Timothy Polin |
| MYLANTA | Sun Oct 25, 2020 | Heartburn relief brand | Peter A. Collins |
| NOLIKEY | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Informal "Ugh!" | Sam Trabucco |
| PAGANIST | Fri Mar 15, 2002 | Wiccan, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PAIDACTOR | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | Person giving a video testimonial, perhaps | Michael Lieberman |
| PALLBEARERS | Wed Nov 25, 2015 | "The Walking Dead"? | Duncan Kimmel and Clara Williamson |
| PHANATIC | Sat Sep 14, 2024 | Baseball mascot with a fluffy green snout | Christina Iverson |
| PLAGUES | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Beleaguers | Rand H. Burns |
| PSYCHEDELICMUSIC | Sat Mar 16, 2019 | Something San Francisco was known for in the 1960s | Andrew J. Ries |
| PUNGENCY | Wed Dec 5, 2012 | Limburger cheese quality | Jim Hilger |
| RAFFLED | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Like some party prizes | Henry Hook |
| RETAKER | Sun Dec 26, 1999 | Fussy film director | Greg Staples |
| ROCKNROLL | Mon Oct 20, 2025 | Music genre that Joan Jett "loves" | Adam Aaronson |
| TOPHONORS | Sat May 3, 2014 | First place | Sam Ezersky |
| TOPUTITMILDLY | Wed Jul 24, 2019 | Task for a Thai chef cooking for typical Americans? | Jake Halperin |
| TRAILMARKER | Fri Apr 12, 2013 | Hiking guide | Patrick Berry |
| WOOFING | Fri May 29, 2009 | Kennel clamor | Randolph Ross |
| ZINCS | Tue May 7, 2019 | Anti-rust coatings | Ross Trudeau |