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 50,349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALVAR | Fri Apr 27, 2012 | Finnish architect Aalto | Patrick Berry |
| BLACKFORESTHAM | Sun Mar 12, 2023 | German deli meat / Discussion | David Tuffs |
| BRAKELIGHT | Sat Dec 18, 2004 | One of many seen in stopped traffic | Dana Motley |
| BRIDESTOBE | Thu Aug 10, 2023 | Ones who've answered "Yes!" | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| CARGOS | Thu Jan 16, 1997 | Ships' contents | W. R. Williams |
| COMPANYCARD | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Business traveler's convenience | Daniel Grinberg |
| DUFUS | Thu Feb 2, 2006 | Jerk: Var. | Byron Walden |
| EXPELLEE | Sat Jul 8, 2006 | Booted one | Barry C. Silk |
| FIFTHAVENUE | Tue Aug 4, 2015 | Fashionable shopping area in New York City | Joel Fagliano |
| FIRELIGHT | Thu Mar 13, 2025 | Burning glow | Rich Proulx and Simeon Seigel |
| FLEXILE | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Tractable | Frank A. Longo |
| FRONTROWSEATS | Fri Apr 23, 2021 | Ones best in show? | Robyn Weintraub |
| GEOLOGISTS | Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Rock scientists | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| GETAC | Sun Jul 17, 2022 | Do OK, academically | Greg Slovacek |
| GETSONESIRISHUP | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | Becomes angry | Manny Nosowsky |
| GETTIRED | Sat Dec 17, 2011 | Run down | Tom Heilman |
| JUNCTURE | Mon Jun 4, 2001 | Critical point | Patrick Jordan |
| LOSTCAUSES | Wed Feb 2, 2022 | They're hopeless | Meredith Colton Hazy |
| LOVERSQUARREL | Fri Jun 24, 2022 | Cause of a breakup | Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel |
| MAGICMARKERS | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | If MERCK, MARS & AIG merged and became an art supplies company, they would sell ___ | Michael Lieberman |
| MAKEAMOVE | Sat May 22, 2021 | Begin flirting with someone, so to speak | Sid Sivakumar and Matthew Stock |
| MARYCROSBY | Sat May 8, 1999 | She shot Larry Hagman on TV | Richard Hughes |
| MASONED | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Made with bricks | J. Page |
| MONEYLOVER | Mon Sep 21, 2009 | Miser, e.g. | Mark Feldman |
| NEEDLESSTOSAY | Sun Apr 18, 2021 | "As you can imagine ..." | Johan Vass |
| NOBAGGAGE | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | Absence of emotional complications | Randolph Ross |
| PLACESTOGO | Tue Dec 15, 2009 | See 17-Across | Steve Dobis |
| REWOVEN | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | Mended, as rugs | Ed Sessa |
| RIDDEN | Sat Feb 15, 2025 | Plagued (by), as guilt | David P. Williams |
| SENSITIZED | Wed Dec 4, 2013 | Made more aware | Daniel Raymon |
| SIGNOFBADLUCK | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | 13 | Eric Berlin |
| SINESTRO | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Green Lantern's archenemy | Byron Walden |
| SIRTIS | Sat Feb 3, 1996 | Marina of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" | W. R. Williams |
| SIXPACKOFBEER | Tue Jan 21, 2020 | Party purchase ... or a hint to each circled letter set | Carl Larson |
| SKIPSCHOOL | Thu Jul 2, 2020 | Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues | Yacob Yonas and Chad Horner |
| STERILEGLOVE | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | Doctor's hand covering | Sam Trabucco |
| STEWOVER | Fri Mar 18, 2016 | Fret about | Michael Wiesenberg |
| THEOLDVIC | Sat May 1, 2021 | Historic London venue | Ryan McCarty |
| TRIJETS | Sun Jan 7, 2018 | Three-engine planes | David Steinberg |
| UHUHS | Sun Nov 20, 1994 | Casual noes | Matt Gaffney |