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 50,894 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRCLEANER | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | It'll help you breathe easier | Julian Lim |
| APRILTHESES | Fri Sep 3, 2021 | Collection of 10 directives written by Vladimir Lenin | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco |
| BEAGOODLOSER | Tue Sep 23, 1997 | Dieter's credo? | Nancy Salomon |
| BEFRUITFULANDMULTIPLY | Sun Dec 14, 1997 | Job for a mathematician? | Nancy Salomon |
| BINGOCARD | Sat Nov 8, 2025 | Accessory with a grid of numbers | Ryan Judge |
| BOBBYORR | Sat Nov 5, 2005 | N.H.L. defenseman who twice led the league in scoring | Patrick Berry |
| CHESSMEN | Sun May 1, 1994 | Kings and queens | Peter Gordon |
| COMEATMEBRO | Fri Nov 2, 2018 | "You wanna fight?!" | David Steinberg |
| DATABANK | Fri Apr 17, 2026 | Informational repository | Rachel Fabi |
| DEMOSTHENES | Thu Dec 24, 2015 | Shows a Sega Genesis rival at an expo? | Derek Bowman |
| DRILLPRESS | Sat Apr 6, 2013 | Its boring bits can be quite long | Michael Wiesenberg |
| EDYTA | Fri Oct 5, 2012 | Sliwinska of "Dancing With the Stars" | Patrick Berry |
| EWGROSS | Tue Dec 24, 2024 | "That's disgusting!" | Sarah Sinclair |
| GRANDFORKS | Tue Aug 22, 2017 | Red River Valley city in the upper Midwest | Timothy Polin |
| HAVEANICETRIP | Fri Jul 4, 2014 | Send-off for the dear departed? | Patrick Berry |
| HENCH | Sun Jan 20, 2002 | 1950 Medicine Nobelist Philip Showalter ___ | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| JOBLOSS | Sat Sep 12, 2015 | It rises out of a depression | Damon Gulczynski |
| JUMPINGJACKS | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | LORD and KEMP? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| LAYSIEGETO | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Beset, as a castle | Mark Diehl |
| MACHUPICCHU | Thu May 16, 2019 | South American landmark whose name means "old peak" | Jeff Chen |
| NOEASYTASK | Sun May 3, 2026 | A hard job | Mark Diehl |
| OPDOCS | Wed Jun 12, 2024 | Nonfiction films with an editorial viewpoint, in a New York Times series | Simeon Seigel |
| ORGO | Thu Mar 18, 2021 | Notoriously difficult chem class | Tom McCoy |
| OTTERPOPS | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Frozen treats with "six zippy flavors" | Michael Shteyman |
| PLEDGING | Sat Jan 28, 2017 | Activity in a drive | Damon Gulczynski |
| QUEENSROOK | Wed Nov 22, 2000 | Piece in the lower left corner of the board | Fred Piscop |
| RESPAN | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | Cross over | David J. Kahn |
| SEEDYCHARACTER | Sun Dec 7, 2025 | Gregor Mendel? | Kate Jensen |
| SEMESTERS | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Terms | Rich Norris |
| SKYMASTERSON | Tue Apr 3, 2001 | 1955 role for 49-Across | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard |
| STICKYFINGERS | Sat Apr 16, 2022 | Propensity for pilfering | Hemant Mehta |
| STROMBERG | Thu Feb 15, 2001 | "The Thin Man" producer Hunt ___ | David Ainslie Macleod |
| STUDENTDRIVER | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Sign over a car | Joe Krozel |
| TEENWIZARD | Thu Aug 24, 2000 | See 35-Across | David J. Kahn |
| TOSTONES | Mon Oct 30, 2023 | Crispy plantain chips | Kenneth Cortes |
| TUNEINNEXTWEEK | Tue Aug 10, 1999 | Cliffhanger phrase | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TVMOVIE | Thu Jul 25, 2019 | Film not seen in theaters | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| UKIAH | Sun Feb 17, 2008 | West Coast wine city | Henry Hook |
| VISCOUS | Sun Nov 30, 2003 | Thick and sticky | Manny Nosowsky |
| WINGED | Sun Mar 25, 2001 | Like Hermes' shoes | Trip Payne |