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 50,702 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLYFOR | Sat Sep 4, 2004 | Try to get | Patrick Berry |
| AUTOCADES | Sat Sep 19, 2015 | They're often escorted by police | Kevin Adamick |
| CLICKHERE | Sat Jan 3, 2026 | Direction to get to an address | Hannah Slovut-Einertson |
| COMMUNE | Sun Dec 16, 2012 | Be at one (with) | Matt Ginsberg |
| DRAWSTRAWS | Fri Dec 15, 1995 | Decide by chance | Harvey Estes |
| DUFUS | Thu Feb 2, 2006 | Jerk: Var. | Byron Walden |
| FILMDIRECTOR | Mon Aug 7, 2017 | Speaker of the last words of 20-, 28- and 44-Across | Kevin Christian |
| HOUSEHOLDER | Mon Feb 7, 2000 | Census taker's target | Gregory E. Paul |
| IFYOUWILL | Fri Oct 14, 2011 | So to speak | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Class |
| ISNEW | Tue Mar 30, 2010 | "So what else ___?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ISSILLY | Sun May 8, 1994 | Clowns around | Ralph G. Beaman |
| KICKEDINTHEHEAD | Mon Apr 27, 2015 | Left speechless | Johanna Fenimore |
| LASTTHEDISTANCE | Sat Jun 9, 2018 | Not fade | Roland Huget |
| LOSSLEADERS | Thu Dec 7, 2017 | Big bargains, maybe | Dan Schoenholz |
| MAJORINROADS | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Study highway design at college? | Rich Norris |
| MIXEDUP | Wed Oct 3, 2012 | Screwy in the head | Gary Cee |
| MOTOCROSS | Thu Sep 5, 2002 | Driving competition | Michael Shteyman |
| NEUTRALLANGUAGE | Mon Mar 6, 2006 | Esperanto, for some | Jack McInturff |
| NEWSTEPS | Wed Sep 22, 2004 | A different approach | David J. Kahn |
| NOHTHEATER | Sat Jan 10, 2026 | Art form featuring performers in kishin (demon) and okina (old man) masks | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NONEASTERN | Fri Mar 22, 1996 | Occidental | F. A. Longo |
| OCTAVIAEBUTLER | Sat Sep 6, 2025 | First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship | Kunal Nabar |
| ORDERTO | Fri Jun 14, 2002 | Words after "bring" or "in" | Randolph Ross |
| OUTWALKED | Sat Mar 14, 1998 | Beat on foot | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| PANBROIL | Sun Jul 11, 1999 | Brown, in a way | Nancy Salomon |
| RELIABLE | Sat Nov 8, 2008 | Stalwart | Byron Walden |
| RESAVES | Tue Nov 22, 2011 | Backs up another time, as computer data | Victor Fleming |
| SHELSILVERSTEIN | Thu Jul 29, 1999 | Late children's author-illustrator | David J. Kahn |
| SPAREMOMENT | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Bit of free time | Kevin G. Der |
| STUFFY | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Pompous | Frank A. Longo |
| SUPERNUMERARIES | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Extras | Trip Payne |
| TEAMEVENT | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | 4x100 relay, for one | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| TEASEDOUT | Thu Mar 21, 2019 | Elicited with difficulty | Christopher Adams |
| THELIONSMANE | Mon Oct 13, 2008 | Sherlock Holmes adventure, in brief | Anthony J. Salvia |
| THICKOFTHEFIGHT | Mon Aug 11, 2003 | Where punches are hardest | Randall J. Hartman |
| UBERONE | Sat Jan 4, 2025 | Premium service with discounts on rides | Sam Ezersky |
| VIBRATOS | Sun May 5, 2024 | Wavering vocal effects | Daniel Bodily |
| WARONPOVERTY | Mon Aug 6, 2018 | L.B.J. campaign to help the poor | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
| XANADUS | Thu Feb 6, 2020 | Heavens on earth | Jake Halperin |
| YOGAINSTRUCTOR | Tue Apr 12, 2022 | Flex job? | Dan Schoenholz |