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 50,626 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALGERIAN | Sun Aug 28, 2005 | Zouave, by birth | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| AMANDAPEET | Wed Feb 17, 2021 | "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" co-star | David Harris and Evan Kalish |
| ARKITES | Fri May 13, 1994 | Canaanite people | Randolph Ross |
| ARLON | Sun Apr 13, 1997 | Oldest known city in Belgium | Cathy Millhauser |
| BADLEG | Tue Jul 29, 2025 | Reason to wear a knee brace, perhaps | Peter Gorman |
| BICENTENNIALCENTER | Sun Feb 12, 2023 | Former name of a Kansas arena that commemorated a 1976 U.S. anniversary | Christina Iverson and Samuel A. Donaldson |
| BONEMARROW | Fri Jun 6, 2025 | Flavor enhancer in many pho recipes | Adrian Johnson |
| BOXEDIN | Mon May 16, 1994 | Trapped | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| BYNATURE | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | Intrinsically | Kevin G. Der |
| COMMONLABORER | Sun Jul 18, 2010 | Typical termite in a California city? | Robert W. Harris |
| DOYOUWANNADANCE | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | 1965 Beach Boys hit | Byron Walden |
| DRYEYE | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Sign of impassiveness | Frank A. Longo |
| DUNKINDONUTS | Tue Nov 12, 2013 | Fast-food chain with an orange and pink logo | Mike Doran |
| FINGERROLL | Mon Oct 6, 2025 | Fancy one-handed basketball shot | Hannah Binney |
| FROMHUNGER | Sat Jul 20, 1996 | Dreadful, in slang | R. Norris |
| FULFILL | Fri Apr 11, 2008 | Carry out | Manny Nosowsky |
| GENTLEMENSCLUB | Fri Apr 28, 2017 | Site where top hats and canes might be checked at the door | David Steinberg |
| GOBBLER | Wed Sep 4, 2002 | Tom turkey | Eric Berlin |
| ITSSATURDAYNIGHT | Sun Oct 11, 2015 | See 102-Across | David J. Kahn |
| JOHNTHEBAPTIST | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Last of the Hebrew prophets, in Christian belief | Frank A. Longo |
| JUSTONEMORETHING | Mon Aug 23, 2021 | "Columbo" catchphrase | Bruce Haight |
| KOHLER | Sat Sep 10, 2016 | Faucet brand | Peter Wentz |
| LAZIO | Sat Jul 26, 2014 | Region of Italy that includes Rome | Julian Lim |
| MONSTERA | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Scary-sounding houseplant | Frank A. Longo |
| MUSTERS | Mon Dec 17, 2018 | Summons, as strength | Brian Thomas and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| NATIONALHIGHWAY | Fri Dec 31, 2004 | 66, e.g. | David Quarfoot |
| OBSIDIAN | Sat Mar 15, 1997 | Relative of perlite | Daniel R. Stark |
| PERFORATION | Wed Sep 11, 2019 | Ace in the hole? | Ned White |
| PIERRECORNEILLE | Thu Apr 28, 1994 | 17th-century dramatist | Randy Sowell |
| READINESS | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Inclination | A. J. Santora |
| SCHOLARLYREVIEW | Thu Jul 21, 2022 | Commentary on a scientific article | Anne Marie Crinnion and Eric Bornstein |
| SCLERAE | Sun Dec 16, 2001 | Eyeball covers | Fred Piscop |
| SECONDCLASS | Fri Dec 10, 2004 | Not fully respected | Frank Longo |
| SLAPSAROUND | Sun Aug 14, 1994 | 'Smiler's goal? | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| STATINS | Sat Apr 12, 2008 | Lipitor and such | Byron Walden |
| THATCHER | Sun Feb 5, 2017 | *... for British prime ministers | Sam Trabucco |
| TOPSOFMOUNTAINS | Mon Dec 9, 2002 | Peaks | Sarah Keller |
| VAPED | Fri Oct 6, 2017 | Smoked, modern-style | Patrick Berry |
| VENDINGMACHINES | Thu Jan 2, 2014 | Food or drink dispensers | Todd Gross |
| VERYHUNGRYCATERPILLAR | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | Classic children's book character eating its way through this puzzle, with "the" | Michael Schlossberg |