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 50,514 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APCOURSE | Wed Jun 19, 2019 | Class for college-bound kids, maybe | Sam Trabucco |
| AUTOWORKER | Fri Feb 7, 2020 | Bodybuilder? | Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard |
| BEDROOMEYES | Sun Mar 30, 2008 | Come-hither look | Paula Gamache |
| BRONTOSAUR | Thu Feb 10, 2005 | Jurassic giant | Frank Longo |
| CELESTES | Sun Aug 7, 1994 | Piano pedals that mute the strings | Dean Niles |
| CITTA | Sun Nov 19, 1995 | Roma is one | Cathy Millhauser |
| CIVILENGINEER | Sun Dec 12, 2021 | Side hustle for a marriage counselor? | Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson |
| DEPECHE | Mon Mar 6, 2000 | Rock band ___ Mode | Gregory E. Paul |
| DIGHT | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Adorn, in old literature | Matt Ginsberg |
| DIVORCES | Sun May 22, 2011 | Splits | Bob Klahn |
| FANONS | Sun Jan 5, 1997 | Papal capes | W. R. Williams |
| FLAPPERS | Fri Apr 1, 1994 | Charleston ladies | Stanley Newman |
| HERSHEL | Thu Apr 21, 2016 | ___ Greene, character on "The Walking Dead" | Alex Bajcz |
| JUSTFYI | Sat Jun 29, 2024 | "In case it's of interest ..." | Adrian Johnson and Rafael Musa |
| KAKA | Sun Jun 14, 2009 | One-named Brazilian soccer star in the 2008 Time 100 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LAKETITICACA | Sat Jun 7, 2008 | High water? | Karen M. Tracey |
| LINNETS | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Old World finches | N. N. Joline |
| LOSTBYONE | Thu Apr 6, 2006 | End of the quote | Ed Early |
| MEATCUTTER | Mon Nov 30, 1998 | Butcher's ship? | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| MENTALLAPSE | Fri Jun 30, 2006 | Senior moment, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| NEVERWORN | Thu Mar 12, 2020 | End of the story | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| NUREDDIN | Thu Oct 23, 1997 | "The Barber of Baghdad" tenor | Frances Hansen |
| ODYSSEUS | Tue Dec 30, 2008 | He devised the Trojan horse | Doug Peterson |
| PEPPERMINTTWIST | Mon Jul 9, 2018 | Wrist exercise at a candy factory? | John Lampkin |
| PRAISERS | Tue Nov 22, 1994 | Eulogists | Wayne Robert Williams |
| PREYUPON | Wed May 9, 2012 | Hunt for, as game | Eshan Mitra |
| REALGNP | Wed Jan 11, 2017 | Inflation-adjusted econ. stat | Peter A. Collins |
| REDOXES | Sat Feb 21, 2009 | Electron-transferring reactions, briefly | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| REPASTES | Fri Oct 23, 1998 | Sticks back in an album | Manny Nosowsky |
| SILVERMAKING | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | Colonial craft [white] | Derrick Niederman |
| SPACEFORCE | Sat Jun 25, 2022 | Branch of the U.S. military launched in 2019 | Adam Aaronson |
| SPUTNIKONE | Mon Feb 6, 2017 | First satellite to orbit Earth | Andy Hinz |
| STUDIOAUDIENCES | Fri Dec 13, 2002 | Most game shows have them | Bob Peoples |
| SUFFIX | Sun Jun 24, 2012 | Follow-up letters? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TECHNOMUSIC | Sat Jun 4, 2016 | 1980s electronic innovation from Detroit | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| THEBARTMAN | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | 1990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superhero | Byron Walden |
| TILINGS | Sun Jan 8, 2023 | Tessellations | Wyna Liu |
| ULCERATIVE | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Cankerous | Bryant White |
| ULSTERMAN | Sat Dec 24, 1994 | Northern Irelander | John Stanley |
| UNSORE | Fri Sep 12, 1997 | Not aching | Chuck Deodene |