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 50,658 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTEDALONE | Thu Jan 1, 2026 | Had no co-conspirators | Topher Booth |
| AMVET | Tue Feb 17, 2009 | W.W. II-era G.I., e.g. | Kristian House |
| BATSFOR | Sun Dec 15, 2019 | Takes the plate in place of | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| BIZARRO | Tue Nov 25, 2025 | ___ World, DC Comics planet of opposites | John Ewbank |
| BRATING | Sat Aug 31, 2024 | Risky bond designation | Sam Ezersky |
| BURNINGQUESTION | Thu Feb 26, 2009 | It has to be asked | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CALLHOME | Mon May 20, 2002 | Phone the folks | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| CARTHIEF | Thu Jul 28, 2016 | Auto booster | Adam G. Perl |
| DENTALFILLING | Wed Jun 15, 2011 | What 28-Across has? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| DESERTERS | Fri Mar 29, 2024 | Those who've gone wrong? | Jake Bunch |
| DEVOIR | Fri Dec 20, 1996 | Act of civility | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| DRINKER | Wed Nov 8, 2017 | Bar patron | Joel Fagliano and Sam Ezersky |
| EXPRESSIONISTIC | Sat Dec 30, 2023 | Like art conveying emotion rather than realism | Simeon Seigel |
| FISHMARKET | Sun Aug 9, 2020 | Where to get a mullet trimmed | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| FOLKLORES | Thu Feb 16, 2006 | Fairy tales and urban legends | Levi Denham and Nancy Salomon |
| HARRYS | Tue Mar 28, 2017 | Truman and others | Ryan Milligan |
| IBMWATSON | Thu Jul 20, 2023 | Technological breakthrough first seen on "Jeopardy!" in 2011 | Drew Schmenner |
| INDEPENDENTCOUNSEL | Sun Apr 20, 2008 | Head of a special government inquiry | John Farmer |
| IRREGULARS | Thu Nov 21, 1996 | Baker Street group | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| JAMESWOODS | Sun Sep 21, 2003 | "The Light in the Forest" as read by actor ___ | Randolph Ross |
| KENTCIGARETTES | Sun May 17, 2020 | R. J. Reynolds product that once sponsored "The Dick Van Dyke Show" | Byron Walden |
| KILOJOULE | Tue Feb 19, 2013 | 1,000 watt-seconds | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |
| LANSINGMICHIGAN | Wed Feb 25, 2015 | Midwest capital #1 | Michael Shteyman |
| LIMAN | Thu Aug 24, 1995 | Certain Peruvian | Matt Gaffney |
| MANUALRECOUNT | Sun Feb 9, 2025 | Instructions for slaying Dracula? | Rich Katz and Jeff Chen |
| MENTIONING | Thu Oct 17, 1996 | Not worth ___ | J. R. Conrad |
| MOMBLOGS | Sat Sep 18, 2021 | Some parenting websites | Ryan McCarty |
| OURTEAM | Sat May 4, 2019 | Heading over a list of leading figures on a business's website | Mark Diehl |
| PILLAGERS | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | Huns, e.g. | Randolph Ross |
| PROPEACE | Sat May 6, 2023 | Like much 1960s activism | Carter Cobb |
| ROUGHSIT | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Camps in the wild | John Guzzetta |
| SLIPKNOT | Wed Feb 23, 1994 | Boy Scout tie | Joel Davajan |
| TAXIES | Fri Mar 15, 2024 | Gets ready to fly | Daniel Grinberg |
| TRIPLEOVERTIME | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-Down | Michael Shteyman |
| TURNINGRADIUS | Sun Jul 29, 2001 | Driver's condition? | Michael Ashley |
| UNADORNED | Wed Jan 26, 2022 | Plain | Michael Schlossberg |
| UNDERWATER | Sat Aug 7, 2004 | Masks are worn here | Patrick Berry |
| UNDOCKS | Thu Apr 27, 2023 | Separates from the mother ship, say | Michael Schlossberg |
| UNSTABLE | Wed Apr 3, 2002 | Like nitroglycerin | Fred Piscop |
| WELLDONEOLDCHAP | Mon Dec 20, 1999 | Compliment from a Brit | Nancy Salomon |