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 50,387 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADDAVIS | Sat Jul 25, 1998 | 1978 Golden Globe winner for best new actor | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BREAKDANCERS | Sat Oct 26, 2019 | Street entertainers with boomboxes | Sam Trabucco |
| BUENOSAIRES | Fri Nov 28, 2003 | Teatro Colón locale | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CALLEDTOORDER | Fri Sep 22, 2000 | Convoked | Manny Nosowsky |
| CAVEATEMPTOR | Fri Nov 26, 1993 | "No guarantees" | Nancy A. Corbett |
| CRASHCYMBAL | Sun May 5, 2019 | Drum kit component | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| DALTREY | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | The Who's lead singer | Patrick Berry |
| DATINGBAR | Fri Nov 14, 1997 | Singles spot | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DIRECTDEBIT | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | Automatic bill payment | Mark Diehl |
| DOWSED | Wed Mar 7, 2012 | Used a divining rod | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ELDESTSONS | Fri Oct 17, 2014 | Many future monarchs | Michael Ashley |
| ERRORCODE | Fri Mar 6, 2020 | 404 Not Found, e.g. | Caitlin Reid |
| FUSILE | Sat Mar 14, 1998 | Formed by melting | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| GALLEYSLAVE | Thu Jun 26, 2008 | "Ben-Hur" extra | David J. Kahn |
| GOATBUTTER | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Dairy spread in a health food store | Byron Walden |
| JAPANESEYEN | Sun Aug 10, 2025 | … something round and metallic with kanji written on it | Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer |
| KITCATCLUB | Sat Nov 26, 2011 | 18th-century London political/literary establishment | Brad Wilber |
| LAWSTUDENT | Mon Jul 9, 2012 | Attorney-to-be | C.W. Stewart |
| LOCKEDON | Sat Mar 3, 2012 | Engaged, as a target | Byron Walden |
| LOSEOUTON | Thu Oct 8, 2015 | Miss | Stu Ockman |
| MAINSTREET | Wed Feb 26, 2014 | Where to find the only stoplight in a small town, typically | Ruth B. Margolin |
| MARGARITANOSALT | Sat Oct 15, 2005 | Cantina request | Paula Gamache |
| MARYGORDON | Wed Feb 21, 2007 | "The Company of Women" author, 1980 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MAYICOMEIN | Sat Mar 18, 2023 | Question before entering a room | Ada Nicolle |
| MUSCLEHEAD | Tue Feb 11, 2025 | Obsessive bodybuilder | Paul Coulter |
| NOTAKEBACKS | Sat Dec 3, 2022 | "Too late to change your mind now!" | Kate Hawkins |
| ONEFOOTED | Fri Sep 30, 2005 | Like many ice-skating spins | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| OVERLEND | Thu Jan 25, 1996 | Make too great an advance | D. Kahn |
| PCLANGUAGE | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Unslurred speech? | Byron Walden |
| PENNANTRACE | Tue Jan 30, 2018 | Subject of some September sports reporting | Emily Carroll |
| PLAGIARISMS | Wed Jun 11, 2025 | Copyright wrongs | Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen |
| POCHES | Sat Dec 6, 1997 | French pockets | David J. Kahn |
| PREBOARDED | Wed Jan 15, 2025 | Got on first? | Parker Higgins |
| RAMLINE | Sun May 29, 1994 | Nautical rope | Janet R. Bender |
| ROUTEMEN | Mon Jan 4, 2021 | Some delivery people | Kathy Wienberg |
| SQUADRON | Sun Jul 9, 2000 | V-formation group | Manny Nosowsky |
| TAKECREDIT | Thu Apr 2, 2020 | Say "Yes, I did it" | Evan Mahnken |
| THEBORNLOSER | Fri Apr 25, 2008 | Long-running Art and Chip Sansom comic strip | Mike Nothnagel |
| TIGHTENED | Sun Dec 30, 2007 | Wound (up) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| YAWNERS | Sun Feb 2, 2003 | They're boring | Mark Danna |