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 50,731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLAST | Sun May 27, 2018 | So much fun | Andrew Chaikin |
| ANOUNCE | Sat Mar 1, 2008 | Minimal, with "of" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ARTCLASSES | Mon Jul 24, 2023 | Courses that might have models | John Ewbank |
| BADADVICE | Sat Nov 16, 2013 | "Buy high and sell low," e.g. | David Steinberg |
| BETHUNE | Tue Jun 9, 1998 | Educator Mary McLeod ___ | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| BIYEARLY | Wed May 9, 2007 | How often federal elections are held | Patrick Merrell |
| BOXERS | Sun Jan 25, 2009 | Some underwear | Michael Torch |
| BROGUES | Sun Dec 31, 2006 | Some accents | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BUSTERKEATON | Sun Sep 20, 2015 | Star of "Sherlock Jr." and "Steamboat Bill Jr." | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen |
| CANDYBARS | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | Things from Mars available for purchase | Sid Sivakumar |
| COMEDYTEAM | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, e.g. | Joe Krozel |
| DOVEIN | Wed Aug 18, 2004 | Attacked with zeal | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| ELEVATORCARS | Thu Oct 27, 2005 | Button holders | Bonnie L. Gentry |
| GOINGTO | Fri Jun 17, 2005 | Attending | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOLDNUGGETS | Tue Sep 23, 2014 | Valuable finds suggested by the circled letters | Gerry Wildenberg |
| HARPSON | Sun May 7, 1995 | Belabors | Bob Klahn |
| HISPANICS | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | Powerful voting bloc | Joe DiPietro |
| HOLEYCHEESES | Tue May 27, 2025 | Swiss and Jarlsberg | Ginny Too |
| INFLATABLEPOOL | Wed Aug 6, 2025 | Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water | Hanh Huynh |
| ITGETSBETTER | Thu Nov 21, 2013 | [ ] | Jules P. Markey |
| JEANRENOIR | Sat Apr 4, 2026 | Famous French filmmaker who was the son of a famous painter | Royce Ferguson |
| JETPACKER | Tue Dec 7, 2010 | Airport baggage handler? | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton |
| LOWRIDERS | Tue Apr 14, 2020 | Some customized cars | Joe Hansen |
| NEWDEALER | Sun May 2, 2021 | Supporter of Roosevelt's agenda | Dan Schoenholz |
| NODDEDAT | Mon Dec 4, 2023 | Silently greeted | Sean Ziebarth |
| PEACHBOWL | Sat Jun 13, 2009 | Louisiana State won the first one in 1968 | Barry C. Silk |
| PENALTYSHOTS | Wed Jan 25, 2023 | Sports bar purchases? | Nancy Serrano-Wu |
| PICKUPSTICK | Tue Jun 9, 2020 | Item in a game of jackstraws | Freddie Cheng |
| PLUSSIZE | Wed May 30, 2018 | XXL, e.g. | Sande Milton and Jeff Chen |
| QUEENOFCARNIVAL | Sun Jan 12, 2025 | Title bestowed annually in New Orleans | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| QUEERBAIT | Sun Feb 23, 2025 | Hint at L.G.B.T.Q.+ story lines to generate buzz | Daniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa |
| QUESTER | Sun Mar 4, 2001 | Knight errant, often | Cathy Millhauser |
| ROBYNFENTY | Sat Jun 12, 2021 | First and last name of Rihanna | Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas |
| RUSTLING | Fri May 1, 1998 | Oater offense | John Wolting |
| RUTHANN | Thu Jul 15, 2004 | Soprano Swenson | Roy Leban |
| STOCKADE | Thu Jan 18, 2018 | Defense fence | Ryan McCarty and Alan Southworth |
| THEMATRIX | Fri Jul 12, 2019 | Hit 1999 film that popularized a slo-mo effect known as "bullet time" | Evan Kalish |
| TORULI | Sun Feb 5, 1995 | Insects' antenna sockets | Frank A. Longo |
| WEGOWAYBACK | Mon May 5, 2025 | "I've known them forever!"... or what 17-, 28- and 45-Across can collectively claim? | Eric Rollfing |
| XXO | Sun Sep 2, 2012 | Losing tic-tac-toe line | Joel Fagliano |