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 50,566 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRPISTOL | Sat Feb 26, 2005 | Pellet shooter | Jim Page |
| ARCHEDDOORWAY | Sun May 29, 2011 | Colosseum entrance, e.g. | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| AROAD | Sun Jul 27, 2003 | Rachel Field verse "___ Might Lead to Anywhere" | Michael Grudzielanek |
| BEALLS | Wed Jul 17, 1996 | Most important figures | M. Nosowsky |
| BUDGED | Thu Apr 12, 2007 | Moved a bit | Jim Page |
| CARPSAT | Sat May 29, 2004 | Henpecks | Patrick Berry |
| CARTWHEEL | Thu Aug 14, 2003 | Cheerleader's maneuver | Greg Staples |
| CHIVALRYISDEAD | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | Lament about modern men | Byron Walden |
| CLAUDETTE | Thu May 5, 2022 | ___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa Parks | Adam Wagner |
| DIGSIT | Sun Nov 7, 2021 | Really grooves with something | Sid Sivakumar |
| DIRTSTAINS | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | They're often found on baseball uniforms | Joe Krozel |
| ERODERS | Sat Feb 23, 2008 | Things that wear well? | Barry C. Silk |
| GAE | Sun Dec 10, 1995 | Leave: Scot. | Jim Page |
| GUSSETED | Fri Feb 9, 1996 | Made roomier, as a sleeve | Rich Norris |
| HATCHLING | Thu Apr 18, 2024 | *Ascent stage for a bird | David Kwong |
| HOMETEAMS | Sun Mar 14, 1999 | These get the biggest cheers | Martin Schneider |
| HOUSEDRESS | Sat Feb 12, 2000 | Muumuu, e.g. | Dave Tuller |
| IMPOSTORS | Wed May 25, 2022 | Not real royals, maybe | Christopher Youngs |
| JERSEYITE | Sat May 31, 2014 | Springsteen, notably | John Lampkin |
| JINGOISTS | Fri May 17, 2019 | Country superfans | Adam Fromm |
| KEYFACTOR | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Main cause | Gary Cee |
| MADEAPLAY | Sat Jun 6, 2015 | Vied (for) | Jason Flinn |
| MALORYS | Sun Jul 18, 1999 | ___ "Le Morte d'Arthur" | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| MASTERCARD | Sun Jun 22, 2008 | TRAILHEAD ___ COUNTERTOP | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| MAURO | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | Religious author Philip | Frances Hansen |
| MOVEASIDE | Mon Jul 6, 2015 | Pass the coleslaw or potato salad? | Lynn Lempel |
| NOHITGAMES | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Nolan Ryan had seven of them in his career | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| PANGRAMS | Sat Mar 7, 2015 | They use every letter 1-Across | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| PLANESEAT | Sun May 5, 2024 | Window, e.g. | Daniel Bodily |
| PLATOSCAVE | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Ancient allegory paralleled in the plot of "The Matrix" | John Guzzetta |
| RADIATIONBELT | Wed Dec 2, 2015 | Attire during an X-ray exam? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| REHOED | Sat Mar 1, 1997 | Went over the same ground? | Jim Page |
| REPEOPLED | Fri Apr 27, 2012 | Like a town that used to be a ghost town | Patrick Berry |
| RICEANDBEANS | Wed Feb 20, 2019 | *Latin American side dish that combines two food staples | Byron Walden |
| RIJKSMUSEUM | Sat Sep 30, 2017 | Home of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| SADTROMBONE | Sat Dec 20, 2025 | [womp, womp] | Robert S. Gard |
| SAMETIMENEXTYEAR | Sun Sep 28, 2014 | 1975 Tony-nominated play about an extended affair | Todd Gross |
| SPECIALREQUEST | Sun Feb 9, 2025 | TV's "Search for the Titanic," for one? | Rich Katz and Jeff Chen |
| TAJIKISTAN | Fri Jun 12, 2015 | Land bordering western China | David Steinberg |
| VINTAGES | Sun Oct 19, 1997 | Grape yields | David J. Kahn |