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 51,097 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPIRATOR | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | Suction pump | Martin Schneider |
| BERLINWALL | Thu Sep 16, 2010 | Site of a memorable 1989 impromptu performance by 50-Across | Joey Weissbrot, Brown University '11 |
| BLUEBOY | Sun Jun 2, 2013 | Thomas Gainsborough masterpiece, with "The" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COMMERCIALRADIO | Fri Oct 25, 2013 | Certain advertising medium | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CONTINENTALARMY | Tue Feb 22, 2005 | Colonial force headed by Washington | Ed Early |
| CORDCUTTER | Thu Jun 26, 2025 | Cleaver / Dagger | Simeon Seigel |
| CRYFREEDOM | Thu May 14, 2020 | 1987 drama set in apartheid-era South Africa | Michael Schlossberg |
| DEBARKS | Sun Feb 27, 1994 | Leaves | Bette Sue Cohen |
| DININGSET | Mon Feb 7, 2022 | Matching table and chairs in a kitchen | Rebecca Goldstein |
| DIRTYWORK | Thu Jun 25, 1998 | Villain's doing | Stanley B. Whitten |
| DURBAN | Sun Mar 14, 2010 | South African city of 2.5+ million | Caleb Madison |
| EYECATCHING | Wed Mar 16, 2005 | Really attractive | Holden Baker |
| FELLDOWNONTHEJOB | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | As a day-care worker the klutz _____... | Cathy Millhauser |
| GREENBEER | Sat Mar 16, 2002 | It might wash down 17-/58-Across | Verna Suit |
| ILLBEFINE | Tue Sep 26, 2023 | "Don't worry about me" | Shannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein |
| IMITATING | Fri Jun 1, 2018 | Skill of many "S.N.L." cast members | Andrew J. Ries |
| ISSOBER | Sun Feb 4, 1996 | Practices teetotalism | D. J. Kahn |
| KATHIELEEGIFFORD | Thu Nov 19, 2015 | *TV celebrity who has owned both a clothing line and a wine brand | Andrew Zhou |
| LIFEOFPABLO | Sat Mar 25, 2017 | 2016 #1 Kanye West album, with "The" | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| LIGNITE | Sat May 15, 2010 | Low-grade coal | Trip Payne & Patrick Berry |
| LSHAPED | Fri Nov 8, 2002 | Having a wing | Manny Nosowsky |
| MARKSUP | Tue May 26, 2009 | Annotates, as a manuscript | Mike Nothnagel |
| MEGAPLEXES | Thu Jun 4, 2026 | Movie theaters with many screens | Joe Deeney |
| MICKEYFINN | Sat Sep 1, 2007 | It'll knock you out after you knock it back | Karen M. Tracey |
| MUSTA | Wed Nov 5, 2025 | "___ been somethin' I said!" | Chad Hazen and Jeff Chen |
| MYHEARTWILLGOON | Sun Feb 11, 2007 | Oscar-winning "Titanic" song by Celine Dion | Mark Feldman |
| NOCTURNES | Sun May 3, 1998 | Chopin works | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PESTE | Sat Sep 1, 2001 | Plague, to Camus | Dana Motley |
| PIGLOT | Thu May 18, 2006 | Malodorous part of the farm | Peter A. Collins |
| PLANETOID | Fri Feb 25, 2000 | Ceres, for one | William S. Cotter |
| POKEBALL | Sat Feb 17, 2024 | Creature catcher in gaming | Spencer Leach and Jem Burch |
| PRESIDENTCLINTON | Tue May 14, 2019 | He served between Bush 41 and Bush 43 | Damon Gulczynski |
| RELOANED | Sat Dec 22, 2007 | Made further advances? | Harvey Estes |
| ROADRACING | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Tour de France activity | Rich Norris |
| SERTAMATTRESSES | Tue Feb 14, 2012 | Perfect Sleeper and others | Paula Gamache |
| SPEAKERSOFTHEHOUSE | Sun Dec 10, 2023 | The sound engineer was obsessed with the ... | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| STACKOVERFLOW | Sun Jan 25, 2026 | "Those pancakes are piled way too high!" | Mark MacLachlan |
| TRYNA | Tue Apr 19, 2022 | Attempting to, casually | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| VANITYCASE | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Travel-size makeup bag | Adrian Johnson |
| WATERCANNONS | Thu May 14, 2026 | Powerful fireboat gear | Simeon Seigel |