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 51,069 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPARITION | Sat Jul 29, 2006 | Shade | Bob Klahn |
| AUTOSHOP | Tue Oct 12, 2021 | Where model workers can be found? | Conor Sefkow |
| BEDROLL | Sun May 5, 2019 | Portable place to sleep | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| BOGOSITY | Thu Dec 9, 2004 | Modern jargon word for complete nonsense | Paula Gamache |
| CAMEOFAGE | Sat Feb 21, 1998 | Matured | Richard Hughes |
| CLIMBSOVER | Fri Nov 27, 2015 | Crosses, as a range | Peter Wentz |
| COGSCI | Tue Aug 26, 2025 | Study of the mind, for short | Kevin Curry |
| CROONED | Sat Nov 26, 2005 | Sang | Rich Norris |
| DOWNTHEPIPE | Wed Sep 18, 2019 | How a perfect pitch comes ... or a hint to the missing parts of the shaded answers | John Wrenholt |
| FLATTERY | Sun Feb 2, 2025 | Excessive praise | Derrick Niederman |
| FLEXAGON | Sun Feb 5, 2017 | Geometric toy whose sides change depending on how it's folded | Sam Trabucco |
| GETSBORED | Fri May 26, 2023 | Loses interest, say | Hemant Mehta |
| HIGHSPEEDDIALUP | Sun Sep 22, 2019 | Accelerated alternative to broadband | Tracy Gray |
| HOMESLICE | Sat Sep 3, 2016 | Buddy from the block | Damon Gulczynski |
| HULLABALLOO | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | Stink | Bob Peoples |
| IMMELTING | Thu Dec 7, 1995 | 37 Across from a witch | Michael S. Maurer |
| KALAHARIDESERT | Mon Dec 24, 2018 | Dry region covering most of Botswana | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KENTISH | Sat Jan 24, 2015 | Dialect of SE England | Kevin G. Der |
| KILLEDIT | Sat Jun 25, 2022 | Slayed | Adam Aaronson |
| LANDSCAPER | Wed Dec 4, 2013 | Topiary pro | Daniel Raymon |
| LAVIEENROSE | Sat Apr 22, 2006 | Song with the lyric "When you kiss me heaven sighs" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LOVEBOAT | Sat Mar 24, 2018 | Old TV show set on the Pacific Princess, with "The" | Byron Walden |
| MAYIM | Sun Jul 26, 2026 | Bialik of "The Big Bang Theory" | Kim Alswager |
| MERRYPRANKSTERS | Thu Sep 8, 2011 | Subject of the 1968 work | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| MISSINGINACTION | Thu Jan 20, 2011 | Opposite of 58-Across | Michael Shteyman |
| PASSEDPAWN | Wed Aug 1, 2001 | It may become a queen | William I. Johnston |
| PASSOVERS | Sun Aug 28, 2016 | Nisan observances | Paolo Pasco |
| SPARHAWK | Sun Jan 7, 2007 | Fictional knight named for a bird of prey | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| STEADYFLAME | Sun Apr 6, 2003 | Beau Bridges | Joe DiPietro |
| TAOOFPOOH | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | 1982 Benjamin Hoff best seller on Eastern philosophy, with "The" | John Kugelman |
| TETH | Sun Sep 10, 1995 | Ninth Hebrew letter | David J. Kahn |
| THEHILLSAREALIVE | Sun Mar 1, 2015 | Opening lyric of 118-Across | Finn Vigeland |
| THEIDESOFMARCH | Mon Mar 15, 2004 | Fateful day in a 20-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| THUMBSONESNOSE | Wed Aug 29, 2007 | Expresses scorn | Jayne and Alex Boisvert |
| TRANSACTIONDATE | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Invoice information | Joe Krozel |
| TURNDOWNS | Wed Feb 15, 2006 | Rejections | Byron Walden |
| UNSOCIAL | Tue May 29, 2012 | Not mixing well | Daniel A. Finan |
| VIVAZAPATA | Tue Jan 29, 2013 | *1952 Marlon Brando film | David Steinberg |
| WATERGATEBURGLARS | Sun Jul 16, 2023 | 1970s-era sneakers? | Michael Schlossberg |
| WONDERBRAS | Fri Dec 18, 2015 | Products once advertised with the slogan "Hello boys" | Andrew Zhou |