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 50,887 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFLUENT | Tue Dec 31, 1996 | Well-to-do | A. S. Verdesca |
| AMAPOLA | Wed Feb 28, 2001 | #1 hit for Jimmy Dorsey, 1941 | A. J. Santora |
| BODYCAST | Sat Nov 6, 2010 | Wear after a serious spill | Brad Wilber |
| BRONZEMEDALLIST | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | Brit who gets an award for showing? | Robert H. Wolfe |
| CALORIFIC | Sat Sep 21, 2019 | Very rich | Joon Pahk and Erik Agard |
| CARPENTERANT | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | One might crawl out of the woodwork | Ryan McCarty |
| CREDITCRUNCH | Mon May 18, 2009 | Lending crisis | Billie Truitt |
| DECLARER | Sat Jun 22, 2002 | Dummy's opposite | Rich Norris |
| DOOFUSES | Thu Jul 7, 2022 | Stupid, incompetent ones | Philip Wolfe |
| EVALARUE | Sun Sep 28, 2014 | "CSI: Miami" actress | Todd Gross |
| GLORIOUSLY | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | How one might emerge with a victory | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| GUTPUNCH | Thu May 23, 2019 | Visceral shock | Alex Vratsanos |
| INFODEMIC | Sat Mar 9, 2024 | Widespread rumors, in a portmanteau | John Guzzetta |
| ISAIDGOODDAYSIR | Sat May 5, 2018 | "Take a hike, bub!" | Damon Gulczynski |
| ISSHOT | Thu Jan 6, 2005 | Doesn't work anymore, informally | Robert H. Wolfe |
| JUULPODS | Fri Jan 10, 2020 | Puff pieces? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MADEASTINK | Sat Jul 20, 2019 | Complained loudly and publicly | Sam Trabucco |
| MINISTERS | Tue Jun 24, 2025 | Preachers | Ingrid Steffensen |
| MIXNMATCH | Sat Feb 28, 2004 | Like a versatile wardrobe | Byron Walden |
| NONCITIZENS | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Aliens | Byron Walden |
| OILBARREL | Fri Feb 5, 2021 | Unit officially defined as 42 gallons | Erik Agard |
| POLISHZLOTY | Mon Oct 25, 2021 | Warsaw currency | Damon Gulczynski |
| RADIOREPORT | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | A.M. or F.M. news dispatch | Bill Thompson |
| REDSPOT | Tue Apr 6, 2021 | Jupiter has a "great" one | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| SAMPECKINPAH | Thu Nov 12, 2015 | "The Wild Bunch" director | David Kwong |
| SIRING | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Fathering | Joe Krozel |
| STARSHAKE | Fri Feb 19, 1999 | Timber defect extending from the middle outward | Dana Motley |
| STRASBOURG | Wed Sep 6, 2000 | Council of Europe site | Matt Gaffney |
| SUNRIPENING | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Natural process of maturing | Rafael Musa |
| THECOPS | Fri May 13, 1994 | Phrase after "Cheese it!" | Randolph Ross |
| THERAPYDOG | Tue May 18, 2021 | Certain emotional support animal | Margaret Seikel |
| THESCOTTISHPLAY | Sun Feb 2, 2014 | Superstitious thespian's name for a work of Shakespeare ... from which 21-, 23-, 37-, 58- and 60-Down all come | Dick Shlakman and Jeff Chen |
| TIMTEBOW | Thu Oct 26, 2017 | 2007 Heisman winner who went on to play for the Broncos | Jacob Stulberg |
| TRACKED | Thu Oct 7, 2004 | Followed | Patrick Merrell |
| TRUSSER | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | One tying up a turkey, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TWINKLES | Wed Apr 20, 2022 | Puts out light, as a star | Joseph Greenbaum |
| WALGREEN | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | Drugstore eponym | Francis Heaney |
| WORMSEYEVIEW | Thu Oct 1, 2015 | Low camera perspective | John Guzzetta |
| WYNNS | Sat Apr 28, 2001 | Comedian Ed and others | Rich Norris |
| ZAPCOMIX | Sat Nov 16, 2013 | Pioneering underground publication of the 1960s | David Steinberg |