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 50,707 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CABDRIVER | Sat Jun 7, 2003 | So-called boulevard cowboy | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CAMEI | Sun Jan 1, 1995 | "I _____ saw..." | Henry Hook |
| CARIBBEANCRUISE | Mon Nov 11, 2024 | Island-hopping vacation that might start and end in Miami | Patrick Gramza and John Kugelman |
| CERVIX | Sat Dec 14, 1996 | Neck, anatomically | R. Norris |
| CHOSENFEW | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Elite | Joe Krozel |
| CHUCKSTEAK | Wed Apr 14, 2004 | Hurl an entree? | Randolph Ross |
| COLERIDGE | Sat Jan 15, 2011 | "Frost at Midnight" poet | Barry C. Silk |
| DECKLE | Sat Jul 4, 2020 | Bookmaking frame that produces paper with rough edges | Peter Wentz |
| EARHOLES | Sat Sep 8, 2007 | Football helmet features | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EGS | Wed May 13, 2020 | This puzzle's clues have two of them | Benjamin Kramer |
| ELIMINATED | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | Knocked out | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| FOLLICLE | Fri Feb 28, 2025 | Hair-raising thing? | Michael Lieberman |
| FWORD | Mon Mar 20, 2023 | Euphemism for an expletive, with "the" | Adam Vincent |
| GOTUPSET | Sat May 17, 2014 | Couldn't keep cool | Brad Wilber |
| HAMBURGERPATTY | Tue Sep 26, 2000 | Fast-food addict? | Bill Ballard |
| HETERONYMS | Fri Oct 4, 2019 | Polish and polish, e.g. | Matthew Sewell |
| HISORHERS | Thu May 7, 2009 | Unisex | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HOMOGENEITY | Sun Jan 19, 2020 | Lack of variation | Victor Barocas |
| HOROSCOPER | Fri Jun 15, 2007 | One who deals in futures | Nancy Joline |
| HOWARDBAKER | Sun Dec 11, 1994 | Reagan chief of staff | Wayne Robert Williams |
| INCEST | Tue Mar 28, 2000 | Theme of "Oedipus Rex" | Fred Piscop |
| ISHALLGRANTYOUONEWISH | Sun Oct 23, 2005 | When he pops the cork, a genie appears and says, " " | David J. Kahn |
| LOOKATTHEBIRDIE | Mon Sep 19, 1994 | Photographer's instruction | Wayne Robert Williams |
| MONETIZES | Thu Jun 19, 2014 | Converts to currency | Timothy Polin |
| NEATANDTRIM | Wed Jun 22, 2016 | What MARTINET can anagram to | Fred Piscop |
| NEGGA | Sat Jan 25, 2020 | Actress Ruth of "Loving" | Stella Zawistowski |
| NEWSHOOTER | Thu Sep 26, 2002 | One to whom dice are passed | Manny Nosowsky |
| PLAINVIEWNEBRASKA | Sun Jan 21, 2001 | STATE TOURISM INCREASES AMONG ORDINARY FOLK | Con Pederson |
| POISONEDAPPLE | Tue Dec 16, 2008 | Gift that almost killed Snow White | Gail Grabowski |
| REPARABLE | Sun Apr 29, 2007 | Not totally disastrous | Henry Hook |
| SEATNUMBER | Mon Sep 8, 2025 | *Assignment on a plane | Margaret Seikel |
| SITEVISIT | Fri Apr 30, 2021 | Part of an OSHA inspection | Kate Hawkins |
| SLAVONIC | Thu Jun 10, 1999 | Russian Orthodox language | Adam G. Perl |
| SNEEZING | Wed Jan 25, 2012 | Inviting a blessing? | Gareth Bain |
| SOLARPUNK | Sun Apr 21, 2024 | Speculative fiction subgenre that envisions a sustainable energy future | Michael Schlossberg |
| SPINROOMS | Sun Oct 12, 2025 | Postdebate areas | Michael Schlossberg |
| SUPERBOWLMVP | Sun Jun 12, 2016 | Sports bigwig every February | Finn Vigeland |
| TALCOSE | Sat Apr 6, 1996 | Like some powder | R. Norris |
| THECHRONIC | Fri Jul 10, 2020 | Debut album for Dr. Dre | John Lieb |
| THTHTHTHTHATSALLFOLKS | Sun Nov 10, 2013 | Porky Pig | Alan Olschwang |