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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABONNI | Tue Aug 27, 1996 | Improved: Fr. | D. E. Donaldson |
| ACTOFWAR | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Bombing, e.g. | Barry C. Silk |
| AEOLIS | Sat Aug 6, 1994 | Ancient region in Asia Minor | Wayne Robert Williams |
| ALKY | Thu Dec 16, 2010 | Boozer | Charles Deber |
| ASTROTURF | Wed May 24, 2023 | Plastic grass | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| BERYLINE | Sun May 23, 1999 | Greenish blue | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| BOTANYBAY | Sat Apr 13, 2013 | Where Captain Cook landed in 1770 | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CLUBPRO | Sat Jan 8, 2022 | Certain sports instructor | Freddie Cheng |
| DEMONSTRATIVELY | Fri Dec 12, 1997 | Without reticence | Manny Nosowsky |
| DEVILSDOZEN | Wed Feb 24, 2021 | "Satanic" nickname for the number 13 | Andrew J. Ries |
| DISLODGE | Wed Jan 9, 2002 | Knock loose | Susan Harrington Smith |
| GIVETO | Sun Nov 11, 2012 | Hand | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HOUSETOPS | Thu Nov 6, 2003 | Sight just before a touchdown | Joe DiPietro |
| KICKOFF | Wed Sep 23, 2015 | Exile from? | Michael S. Maurer |
| LABDANUM | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Resinous juice used in perfumery | Bob Klahn |
| LASERPEN | Fri Oct 9, 2015 | High-tech pointer | David Steinberg |
| MANDARINS | Sat Nov 7, 1998 | Powerful bureaucrats | Raymond Hamel |
| MARKUPLANGUAGE | Mon Jul 2, 2018 | It may allow a text document to be displayed on a web page | Evan Kalish |
| MONKEYSAROUND | Tue Jan 30, 2001 | Plays in a zoo? | David J. Kahn |
| OILHEATERS | Wed Jan 25, 2017 | Some portable room warmers | Tracy Gray |
| ORANTS | Fri Dec 26, 1997 | Supplicant representations | Bob Sefick |
| ORNAMENTAL | Sat Aug 6, 2005 | Like some shrubs | Frank Longo |
| PFLUG | Sat Sep 11, 2010 | "Candid Camera" co-host Jo Ann | Brad Wilber |
| PONDSCUM | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | Dirty film | Sid Sivakumar |
| RECENTLY | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Of late | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| REFERENCECHECK | Mon Sep 5, 2022 | Prehiring formality, often | Adam Simpson |
| REVOLTING | Sun May 22, 2022 | See 84-Down | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| ROCKGUITARIST | Wed Dec 4, 2024 | / | Daniel Raymon |
| SEMIDETACHED | Mon Dec 1, 2008 | Connected on only one side, as a town house | Eric J. Platt |
| SHOHEIOHTANI | Fri Jul 4, 2025 | Only M.L.B. player to have 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season | Colin Adams |
| SHOWERROD | Tue Sep 5, 2006 | "Clean up, Mr. Stewart" | Timothy Powell |
| SUSHIROLL | Wed Jul 4, 2018 | Food item ordered at a bar | Freddie Cheng |
| SWIFTLY | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | On the double | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TACTICAL | Sun Oct 4, 2015 | Employing strategy | Jeremy Newton |
| TOUGHCOOKIE | Tue Sep 28, 1999 | Not the easiest person to deal with | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TRACII | Thu Sep 26, 2002 | Razor brand | Manny Nosowsky |
| TUNABURGER | Wed Oct 23, 2019 | Fishy sandwich | Jennifer Nutt |
| UPLIFTED | Tue May 18, 2004 | Elated | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| VOLUNTEER | Sun Apr 9, 2000 | Do work on the house | Joe DiPietro |
| YUKSITUP | Thu Jul 29, 2010 | Has some laughs | Peter A. Collins |