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 50,746 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMINS | Sun Oct 23, 2022 | Website overseers | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| ARTURS | Fri Sep 25, 2015 | Pianist Schnabel and conductor Rodzinski | James Mulhern |
| AVERSIONS | Fri Sep 2, 1994 | Objects of repugnance | Bryant White |
| BARCRAWLS | Sun Jul 10, 2022 | Tipsy trips | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan |
| BELIEVING | Sat Jul 8, 2000 | Religious | Randolph Ross |
| BIKESHARE | Wed Feb 5, 2025 | Modern transport service | Kiran Pandey |
| BIONICMEN | Sun Jul 21, 2024 | Certain cyborgs | John Ewbank |
| BLITHELY | Mon Nov 6, 2023 | In a carefree way | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| BLOOMBERG | Sat Nov 8, 2014 | Notable switcher from Democrat to Republican to Independent | Barry C. Silk |
| BRUSHPILES | Wed Jan 4, 2017 | The dentist sorted all the bristled instruments into ... | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| CLOWNFISH | Tue Sep 5, 2023 | Orange-and-white striped swimmers that lure prey to 5-Downs | Alan Siegel |
| COSMONAUT | Thu Jul 28, 1994 | Popovich or Gagarin, e.g. | Bryant White |
| ECONOMICBOYCOTT | Sat Jun 23, 2018 | Commercial break? | Byron Walden |
| EVERPRESENT | Thu Mar 5, 2026 | Always there | Hanh Huynh |
| FORHEREORTOGO | Fri Apr 15, 1994 | Modern choice #3 | Cathy Millhauser |
| GREAVES | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Shin armor | Michael Schlossberg |
| GULLIES | Fri Jun 30, 2006 | Drainageways | Manny Nosowsky |
| HIGHAS | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | 98 and 99, typically | Byron Walden |
| INHALING | Sat Aug 12, 2023 | Scarfing down | Rachel Fabi and Christina Iverson |
| INSECTREPELLANT | Fri Jan 10, 2003 | Camper's supply | Manny Nosowsky |
| KENYON | Fri Sep 30, 2016 | College where Rutherford B. Hayes was valedictorian | James Mulhern |
| MCNAMARASBAND | Tue Mar 17, 2009 | 1946 Bing Crosby hit | Richard Chisholm |
| NONMETAL | Thu Apr 30, 2015 | Any of about 18 elements on the periodic table | Herre Schouwerwou |
| NOTAPRAYER | Wed May 29, 1996 | "Never!" | R. Norris |
| OAHUAN | Sun Dec 14, 2025 | Resident of Honolulu, e.g. | Zachary Edward-Brown and John Kugelman |
| OPENMOUTHS | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | French kiss kissers | Byron Walden |
| PACSUN | Wed Sep 24, 2025 | Clothing chain that began as a surf shop | Peter A. Collins |
| PHYSICALGEOGRAPHY | Sun Feb 26, 2012 | Mountains, rivers, plains, etc. | Daniel A. Finan |
| POTENTIALDANGER | Fri Oct 22, 1999 | Thin ice, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| RECEPTION | Sun Feb 7, 2010 | "... and it works - the ___ is good!" | Patrick Berry |
| ROADTESTED | Fri Mar 27, 2020 | Like cars at Consumer Reports | Kyle Dolan |
| SHUTINS | Fri Aug 6, 2010 | They're home 24/7 | Patrick Berry |
| SOLIDEST | Sun Apr 4, 2021 | Most reliable | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson |
| SPORTUTILITY | Fri Dec 6, 2019 | Rugged class | Andrew J. Ries |
| SUBVERTS | Mon Nov 22, 2004 | Undermines | Gregory Paul |
| SUSTAIN | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Keep up | Patrick Berry |
| TARR | Fri Dec 19, 2008 | Basher ___, one of the eleven in "Ocean's Eleven" | Natan Last |
| THAWING | Thu May 1, 1997 | Out of the freezer | Martin Schneider |
| WEELASSIE | Sun Oct 12, 2025 | Young girl in Scotland | Michael Schlossberg |
| WESTERNASIA | Tue Nov 20, 2018 | Turkey's place | Zhouqin Burnikel |