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 50,793 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKEDAFTER | Sun Mar 19, 2017 | Inquired about | Grant Thackray |
| BIALYSTOCK | Thu Apr 19, 2007 | Flimflammer of stage and screen | Henry Hook |
| CATIN | Sat Mar 28, 1998 | Part of a Dr. Seuss title | David J. Kahn |
| CHIBA | Sat Dec 7, 2019 | Japanese city on Tokyo Bay | Kevin G. Der and Erik Agard |
| COMINGAGAINST | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Opposing | Frank A. Longo |
| DRUMSOUT | Sat Oct 8, 2022 | Forces to leave | Kyle Dolan |
| DUVALLS | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Robert and Shelley | Bette Sue Cohen |
| EDSELFORD | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Eponym of an old auto | Frank A. Longo |
| ENTRYVISA | Tue Mar 10, 2026 | Permit for an international traveler | Daniel Bodily |
| EXEGESIS | Sat May 20, 2006 | Critical analysis | Bob Klahn |
| FETUSES | Sat Apr 26, 2003 | They're not yet delivered | Patrick Merrell |
| GAILLARDE | Thu Sep 22, 1994 | 13-Down dance, in France | George Quincy |
| GASHEATER | Fri Feb 17, 2023 | Room warmer of sorts | Jem Burch |
| GRAMMARNAZI | Fri Apr 21, 2017 | Type for who this clue will be annoying? | Damon Gulczynski |
| GUYCODE | Fri Apr 15, 2016 | Not flirting with your friend's girlfriend, e.g. | David Steinberg |
| HELLONURSE | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | Old vaudevillian catcall | Joe DiPietro |
| ILLITERATES | Sun Jun 20, 2004 | Nonreaders | Manny Nosowsky |
| JOKESONME | Thu Nov 20, 2025 | "Guess I'm the dummy" | Adam Wagner |
| LASTMOVE | Sat Jan 1, 2005 | Checkmate | Raymond C. Young |
| LOSECONTROL | Wed May 6, 2009 | Go ballistic | Michael Callaway Barnhart |
| MINSTER | Fri Jun 5, 2009 | Important church | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MRNOBODY | Sat Mar 14, 2020 | Guy who's easily dismissed | Peter Wentz |
| NBADYNASTY | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | Boston in the '60s or Chicago in the '90s, e.g. | Byron Walden |
| NECKBAND | Fri Jan 14, 1994 | Collar holder | Eric Albert |
| NKGB | Thu Jan 13, 2000 | 1940's Soviet secret police org. | A. J. Santora |
| OVERSTRAIN | Tue Jan 4, 2000 | Demand too much of | Joy L. Wouk |
| PERIHELION | Wed Sep 22, 2010 | *Point in a planet's orbit that's closest to the sun | Peter A. Collins |
| REPAYABLE | Sat Jul 2, 2016 | Like debts | Erin Rhode |
| RUMPEND | Sat May 16, 1998 | Cut of beef | Jim Page |
| SALINESOLUTIONS | Fri Mar 22, 1996 | IV drips, often | F. A. Longo |
| SCAFFOLD | Tue Jun 4, 2013 | Painter's support | Kristian House |
| SCRAPING | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | Removing, as paint | Jim Page |
| SEALAND | Sat Jul 30, 2005 | Royal Air Force station in Flintshire | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SOUTANE | Sun Feb 18, 1996 | Close-fitting clerical garment | Norma Steinberg |
| SUNSCREEN | Mon Feb 18, 2019 | Protection at the beach | Leslie Rogers and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| TOPSOFMOUNTAINS | Mon Dec 9, 2002 | Peaks | Sarah Keller |
| WEEHOURS | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | Time when most people are asleep | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock |
| YASSIFY | Tue Oct 14, 2025 | Heavily edit with beauty filters, as a photo, in modern lingo | Stella Zawistowski |
| YOUS | Wed May 24, 1995 | Certain pronouns | Wayne Robert Williams |
| ZIPON | Fri Mar 30, 2018 | Like some jacket hoods | Sam Trabucco |