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 50,775 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACEROLA | Sun Dec 1, 1996 | Barbados cherry | D. J. Kahn |
| AJFOYT | Sun Dec 20, 2015 | Driver who won the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and Le Mans | Peter Wentz |
| ANIMALTRAINER | Tue Aug 7, 2018 | Job at a circus | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ANITRAS | Sun Dec 20, 1998 | "___ Dance" (Grieg favorite) | Frances Hansen |
| BOYARS | Fri Jun 7, 2002 | Old Russian noblemen | Manny Nosowsky |
| BRAKESHOES | Sat Nov 11, 2000 | They strike drums | Randolph Ross |
| DANNER | Thu Mar 5, 2009 | Tony- and Emmy-winning actress Blythe | David J. Kahn |
| DUALCITIZENS | Sun Sep 26, 2021 | Holders of multiple passports | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| DWAYNES | Sat Jan 7, 2012 | Hockey player Roloson and wrestler Johnson | Joe Krozel |
| EYEBROWS | Mon Feb 26, 2001 | They may be penciled in | Norma Steinberg |
| GATHERINGCLOUDS | Sun Sep 30, 2007 | *Sign of coming danger | Kelsey Blakley |
| GENTLEONMYMIND | Wed Apr 30, 2008 | 1968 Glen Campbell hit | Henry Hook |
| HANYU | Wed May 24, 2023 | Yuzuru ___, first skater to successfully land a quadruple loop in competition | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| HOOHAHS | Wed Sep 10, 2014 | Big kerfuffles | Jim Peredo |
| HORNBY | Tue Nov 15, 2011 | English novelist Nick who wrote "About a Boy" | Gareth Bain |
| MATHTESTS | Sat Apr 23, 2022 | They've got their own problems | Matthew Stock |
| MLXV | Sun Jun 11, 2006 | A year before the Battle of Hastings | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| MYWORLD | Fri Jan 1, 2016 | 2009 million-selling Justin Bieber release | David Steinberg |
| NOQUESTION | Sat May 21, 2011 | Absolutely | Barry C. Silk |
| NOTHINGUPMYSLEEVE | Thu Oct 24, 2019 | ... Magician's claim | Matt Ginsberg |
| ONELITRE | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Glenfiddich bottle size | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| OPERATICS | Sat Feb 12, 2022 | Theatrically exaggerated behavior | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| PENNYPINCHING | Mon May 15, 1995 | Frugal, disrepectfully | Ernie Furtado |
| PERFECTSCORE | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | - 29 | Jim Page |
| PHILA | Fri Oct 11, 1996 | Pa. hub | F. Longo |
| PRESSSEND | Fri Nov 13, 2020 | Stop tinkering with an email | Sawyer Tabony and Ashton Anderson |
| RAZORWIT | Sun Mar 26, 2017 | Comic's asset | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| REDPOLL | Sun Aug 25, 1996 | Variety of hornless beef cattle | R. Silvestri |
| SAYANYTHING | Sun Apr 21, 2013 | 1989 John Cusack romantic comedy | Jonah Kagan |
| SITTINGBULL | Wed Mar 29, 2006 | Hunkpapa leader | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| SNOOKYOOKUMS | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Amore from Judy Garland, 1948 | D. Niles |
| SPAREROOMS | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | Potential offices | Mark Diehl |
| SWEDISHFISH | Wed Oct 30, 2013 | Part of a Halloween dinner? | Joel Fagliano |
| SWEETHEARTDEALS | Mon Aug 22, 2016 | Golden parachutes, e.g. | Emily Carroll |
| UNSIGHTLY | Sun May 2, 2004 | See circled squares | Derrick Niederman |
| USHEREDIN | Mon Oct 14, 2013 | Heralded, as a new era | Zhouqin Burnikel and D. Scott Nichols |
| VANISHED | Sun May 31, 2015 | Gone | Tom McCoy |
| VIKINGSHIPS | Thu Feb 26, 2026 | Collectively, the reigns of all English monarchs named George | Yitzi Snow |
| WITHHOLDINGCONSENT | Sun Apr 13, 2014 | Agreement for an amount to be taken from one's salary? | Dan Schoenholz |
| YESSIRREEBOB | Mon Dec 30, 2002 | "You said it!" | Gregory E. Paul |