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 50,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVENTURER | Fri Mar 15, 2019 | Many a Jules Verne protagonist | Jamey Smith |
| ALBANIANS | Tue Feb 17, 2026 | Residents of Tirana | Stephan Prock and Jeff Chen |
| ALITTLEEXTRA | Mon Feb 10, 2020 | Movie munchkin, maybe? | Bruce Haight |
| ANTIBIAS | Thu Sep 3, 2015 | Greek god of equal opportunity? | Merl Reagle (1950-2015) |
| BEGGARY | Wed Jan 30, 2008 | Extreme poverty | Peter A. Collins |
| BOLDSTATEMENT | Sun Jun 6, 2010 | Assertion | Daniel A. Finan |
| BOSNIAN | Thu Sep 12, 1996 | Citizen of Mostar | K. Hodge |
| CANALST | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | Main blvd. through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| COLORING | Thu Jun 9, 2016 | Salon job | Damon Gulczynski |
| DISHWATER | Sat Feb 10, 1996 | Epitome of dullness | John R. Conrad |
| DRAWNTO | Sun Jun 7, 2020 | Intrigued by | Andy Kravis |
| EXPM | Thu Feb 6, 2020 | Tony Blair, for the U.K. | Jake Halperin |
| GASSESUP | Sun Dec 8, 2002 | Gets fuel | Peter Gordon |
| GERTRUDEELION | Tue Mar 8, 2022 | 1988 American Nobelist in Physiology or Medicine who helped develop the first drug used to fight rejection in organ transplants | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| HALFINCH | Thu Sep 21, 2023 | Length just over one centimeter | Dan Caprera |
| INTERFERED | Fri Nov 2, 2007 | Committed a sports no-no | Barry C. Silk |
| IONBEAM | Fri Mar 27, 2015 | Ray gun ray | David Kwong |
| KEEPTHECHANGE | Fri Nov 3, 2023 | Tip line? | Robyn Weintraub |
| LAPERI | Sun Jan 30, 1994 | Dukas ballet | Alex K. Justin |
| LEDEE | Sun Jun 4, 2000 | 1998 World Series star Ricky | Martin Schneider |
| MAFIADON | Tue Sep 5, 2017 | Certain crime boss | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen |
| MISSMOLLY | Tue Apr 6, 2021 | See 35-Down | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| MOPHEADS | Thu Mar 13, 2025 | Sorts with unruly hair | Rich Proulx and Simeon Seigel |
| MXLV | Sun Dec 19, 2010 | The year 1045 | Kevin G. Der |
| OSTARS | Sun Nov 16, 1997 | To astronomers, they're hot and blue | Frank Longo |
| REPORTAGE | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | News pieces | Byron Walden |
| RETAILTHERAPY | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | Shopping in order to improve one's mood | Robyn Weintraub |
| RICKROLLING | Mon Apr 13, 2009 | Widespread Internet prank involving a bait-and-switch link to a music video | Natan Last |
| RIJO | Sun Apr 9, 2000 | 1990 World Series M.V.P. Jose | Joe DiPietro |
| SINIS | Fri May 26, 1995 | "The wage of _____ death": Romans | Randolph Ross |
| STANNIDES | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Compounds of 20-Across | F. Piscop |
| STARTLOW | Sat May 24, 1997 | Bidding strategy | Rich Norris |
| STRIFES | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Bitter quarrels | Jeremy Newton |
| TASTEMAKERS | Mon Aug 22, 2016 | Influential sorts ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-Across | Emily Carroll |
| TERRAINS | Sat May 12, 2007 | Tracts | Rich Norris |
| UNASSAILED | Sun Sep 28, 1997 | Free of criticism | Robert H. Wolfe |
| VARMINTS | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | Troublesome critters | David Alfred Bywaters |
| VENNDIAGRAM | Wed Jul 27, 2016 | Place to find two Os | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| VILLAINESSES | Sat Sep 26, 2015 | Female snakes | David Woolf |
| ZIPPLUSFOUR | Wed Apr 2, 2003 | Post office request | Kelly Clark |