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 50,566 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMANTS | Tue Jan 6, 2009 | Unbreakable stones of legend | John Greenman |
| ANARCHIST | Fri Feb 18, 2011 | Disorderly sort? | Patrick Berry |
| BAHREIN | Thu Aug 20, 1998 | Persian Gulf nation: Var. | Harvey Estes |
| CABLET | Mon Aug 23, 1999 | Nautical rope | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| CASTAWAYS | Fri Jan 28, 2011 | Some island dwellers | Kevin G. Der |
| COMMOTION | Thu Jan 19, 2012 | *Turmoil | Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller |
| CONDENSE | Wed Feb 11, 1998 | Abridge | Nancy S. Ross |
| DJBOOTHS | Tue Sep 10, 2024 | Workspaces for some nightclub performers | Daniel Bodily |
| DRIVETHROUGH | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Option at many a fast-food restaurant | Benjamin Kramer |
| DRYERASEBOARD | Wed Nov 18, 2015 | It's remarkable! | Zachary Spitz |
| EMBARKON | Tue Dec 26, 2023 | Begin, as an adventure | Neil Shook |
| EMILIANOZAPATA | Tue Jun 14, 2016 | Mexican revolutionary | Tracy Gray |
| ENMER | Thu Apr 7, 1994 | On the ocean: Fr. | Fred Piscop |
| FREAKOUTON | Fri Aug 28, 2015 | Subject to a hissy fit | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| FREEBREAD | Sun Jul 20, 1997 | Soup kitchen offering | Rich Norris |
| GAMIFY | Fri May 31, 2024 | Make more fun and addictive, in a way | Aidan Deshong |
| HAPPENS | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Comes about | Daniel R. Stark |
| HIPPY | Wed May 12, 1999 | Wide in the middle | Nancy Salomon |
| JAMESWOODS | Sun Sep 21, 2003 | "The Light in the Forest" as read by actor ___ | Randolph Ross |
| JUNIORMINTS | Tue Dec 30, 2008 | Chocolate-coated candy | Doug Peterson |
| KINGJOHN | Mon Jun 15, 2015 | He sealed the 19-Across | Mike Buckley |
| KISSEDBUTT | Fri May 23, 2025 | Sucked up | Kate Hawkins |
| LEACHED | Wed Nov 8, 2000 | Removed by percolating | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LEIFS | Sat Aug 18, 2007 | Conductor Segerstam and novelist Enger | Jim Page |
| PIEROGIES | Sun Jan 6, 2002 | Polish turnovers | Frank A. Longo |
| POSOLE | Thu Jun 6, 2024 | Traditional Mexican stew | Michael Lieberman |
| REDACTION | Wed Jun 25, 2008 | Building the Berlin Wall? | Rob Cook |
| REVERSESPLIT | Wed Feb 18, 2009 | Corporate action that increases the par value of its stock | Susan Gelfand |
| SNAPCHATFRIENDS | Sat Sep 8, 2018 | Ones sharing some shots | Andrew J. Ries |
| SPRINGBREAK | Wed Nov 20, 2019 | Time for a trip to Cabo San Lucas or Miami Beach | Erik Agard |
| TAKEALOADOFF | Tue Sep 23, 1997 | Dieter's credo? | Nancy Salomon |
| TOTEBOARD | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Racetrack display | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| TOUGHASNAILS | Mon Aug 20, 2012 | Really strong | Robert Cirillo |
| TRUTHBOMB | Sun Apr 27, 2025 | Sudden dose of reality, in slang | Jacob Reed |
| TWOHANDS | Mon Aug 30, 2010 | Things a clock has ... or, literally, what 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across are | Richard Chisholm |
| VELOCIPEDE | Sat Sep 11, 2010 | Victorian conveyance | Brad Wilber |
| VPPICK | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Major political announcement before a convention, informally | Jeremy Newton |
| WASHCYCLE | Thu Jul 12, 2007 | Ten minutes in a laundry, maybe | Michael Shteyman |
| WHODATGIRL | Sat Feb 14, 2015 | 2011 Flo Rida hit with the lyric "She ain't no rock star, but she got groupies" | David Steinberg |
| YUCKED | Sun Nov 27, 2022 | ___ someone's yum (criticized a person's tastes, slangily) | Adam Wagner |