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 50,685 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGUAFRESCA | Fri Jun 2, 2023 | Taqueria beverage | John Ewbank |
| BIOTECH | Sat May 4, 2024 | Life-changing work? | Jacob McDermott |
| BORDELLOS | Tue May 9, 2017 | Brothels | Peter A. Collins |
| BUSPASS | Sun Mar 5, 2023 | Commuter's ticket | John-Clark Levin |
| CLAMBERS | Sun Apr 21, 2024 | Ascends with one's hands and feet | Michael Schlossberg |
| CORONACH | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Funeral song in Scotland | Adam Fromm |
| COVENTRY | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Peeping Tom's home | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| DEEMER | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Judge | Frank A. Longo |
| EREISAWELBA | Tue Jul 8, 2008 | End of a Napoleonic palindrome | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| EVESDIARY | Thu May 15, 2025 | Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman | Simeon Seigel |
| FLIPPINGONESLID | Fri Nov 24, 2017 | Snapping ... as suggested by some black squares in this puzzle | Bruce Haight and David Steinberg |
| FULLTIMESTUDENT | Tue May 8, 2007 | One not taking just a few classes | Sarah Keller |
| GARANIMALS | Sat Nov 7, 2020 | Mix-and-match children's clothing brand | Kameron Austin Collins and Paolo Pasco |
| GLITCHY | Sun Apr 10, 2022 | Like many a beta release | David W. Tuffs |
| HONORSYSTEM | Fri Aug 29, 2014 | Code often used for take-home tests | Daniel Raymon |
| INABOOTH | Sat Nov 22, 1997 | Not at the counter | Matt Gaffney |
| IRAKI | Sun May 21, 1995 | Basra resident: Var. | Dean Niles |
| ITCHECKSOUT | Sat Dec 7, 2019 | "I can confirm" | Kevin G. Der and Erik Agard |
| ITSNOTHING | Tue Nov 12, 2024 | "Not a big deal" | Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee |
| ITSSOEASY | Thu Apr 20, 2023 | 1977 Linda Ronstadt hit | Simeon Seigel |
| KOMODODRAGONS | Sat Oct 5, 2013 | Large monitors | Byron Walden |
| KUCHEN | Sun Jul 19, 1998 | Coffeecake | Nancy Salomon |
| LATEFEES | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | Slowpokes' fines | Kevin G. Der |
| LEECHED | Wed Oct 18, 2006 | Was a parasite | John Farmer |
| MEATSPACE | Sat Jul 11, 2020 | Physical realm, in cyberpunk | Kameron Austin Collins |
| MEGACON | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | Annual mecca for sci-fi and fantasy fans | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| NADACOLADA | Thu Sep 1, 2022 | Mocktail with a rhyming name | John Wrenholt |
| ONHIS | Wed Sep 5, 2012 | Milton's "___ Blindness" | Paula Gamache |
| POPMUSICIAN | Mon Feb 16, 2009 | Any of the Jonas Brothers, e.g. | David Kwong |
| SEAGIRT | Fri May 9, 2003 | Like an island | Manny Nosowsky |
| SEMIFINALS | Thu Dec 27, 2012 | FIN | Julian Lim |
| SEXORGANS | Tue Feb 4, 2020 | Subjects of health class diagrams | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TECHNOCRATS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | Ones skilled in governance | Rafael Musa |
| WELLDRIVEN | Sat Jun 8, 2002 | Right down the fairway | Fred Piscop |
| WHENYOUGETOLDER | Tue Jan 25, 2000 | Dad says "no" | William S. Cotter |
| WHOSAGOODBOY | Fri Mar 14, 2025 | Question to one's best friend, maybe | Brandon Koppy |
| WOODROWWILSON | Wed Jan 29, 2014 | A president and his conflict | Michael Black |
| XYLOPHONEMALLET | Fri Apr 15, 2022 | What can strike up a tune? | Trenton Charlson |
| YOUKNOWTHEREST | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | "Etc., etc." ... or a statement about answers to this puzzle's starred clues? | John Ewbank |
| YOURETHEBOSS | Sun Feb 4, 2024 | Power line? | Daniel Grinberg |