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 50,738 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFOAM | Sun Dec 17, 1995 | Frothy | Dean Niles |
| AUDIOJACK | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | One end of a headphone cable | John Kugelman |
| BARRELFULS | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Amounts from a distillery, maybe | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| BESTFRIENDS | Sun Apr 22, 2012 | Outdo one's buddies? | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| BLOODLUST | Wed Jan 19, 2011 | Rambo's drive | Kristian House |
| CARTRIDGES | Wed Nov 27, 2002 | War games ammo (with the preceding space) | Ron O'Hair |
| CERSEI | Sun Dec 7, 2025 | ___ Lannister, "Game of Thrones" queen | Kate Jensen |
| DEADHEADS | Sat Jun 8, 1996 | Mourners of August 9, 1995 | M. Shenk |
| ELATEDLY | Wed Apr 16, 2003 | How lottery winners react | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ELLIOTS | Thu Feb 19, 1998 | Old sportscaster Win and others | A. J. Santora |
| EMULATION | Fri Jan 13, 2006 | Wannabe's efforts | Eric Berlin |
| FIRESIREN | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | Red alert? | Kevin G. Der |
| FORESTPRESERVE | Sun Nov 12, 2006 | In a ___, many a ___ is standing | Patrick Berry |
| GETABADNAME | Sat Aug 2, 2008 | Lose credibility | Karen M. Tracey |
| GOLFGAME | Thu Feb 7, 2019 | What's honed on the range? | Morton J. Mendelson |
| HEADIN | Thu Jun 12, 1997 | Occasional parking requirement | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| HORSEWITHNONAME | Tue Nov 29, 2022 | Desert wanderer's mount in a 1972 hit by America | David Rockow |
| HYDROGENBOMB | Thu Feb 4, 1999 | It was first tested in 1952 | Rich Norris |
| IMPLEMENT | Wed Jan 7, 1998 | Carry out | Bob Klahn |
| INCROWDS | Mon Feb 16, 2026 | Glitterati | Ian Livengood |
| KEELHAULS | Fri Mar 18, 2011 | Severely rebukes | Patrick Merrell |
| KNITSTITCH | Tue Sep 27, 1994 | Opposite of a purl | Eileen Lexau |
| LATESTFAD | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | It's in right now | Samuel Smalley |
| MARKUPLANGUAGE | Mon Jul 2, 2018 | It may allow a text document to be displayed on a web page | Evan Kalish |
| NEHISODA | Sat May 5, 2012 | Drink that had a Wild Red variety | Ned White |
| NOONEELSE | Wed May 20, 2009 | Only you | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| QUARTERBACKSACK | Mon Jan 25, 2021 | Result of a football blitz, maybe | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| QUERIDO | Sat Jul 20, 1996 | Senorita's sweetheart | R. Norris |
| REFERSTO | Sun Sep 27, 1998 | Mentions | Randolph Ross |
| RELOOK | Sun Jun 1, 1997 | Do a double take | Randolph Ross |
| RETAKER | Sun Dec 26, 1999 | Fussy film director | Greg Staples |
| ROBERTPEEL | Mon Dec 26, 2005 | British leader from whom the "bobbies" got their name | Allan E. Parrish |
| RUCKSACKS | Mon Apr 13, 2009 | Packs for bikers and hikers | Natan Last |
| SINKIN | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | Become understood | Cathy Millhauser |
| SNOOKERED | Wed Mar 12, 2014 | Hornswoggled | Jeff Chen |
| TOWBAR | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Trailer attachment | Adam Fromm |
| TUPPENCES | Sun Jan 4, 1998 | Small English coins | Mark Danna |
| UNUSEDTO | Tue Jul 30, 2002 | Not familiar with | Sherry O. Blackard |
| VIBISTS | Thu Oct 19, 2023 | Musicians that play with mallets | Colin Ernst |
| YESVIRGINIATHEREISASANTACLAUS | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Reply for Miss O'Hanlon | John M. Samson |