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 51,144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRSTREAMS | Wed Jan 2, 2019 | Wind tunnel currents | Jacob Stulberg |
| BANNEDBOOKS | Fri Jan 12, 2024 | Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and "Where's Waldo?," once, surprisingly | Hemant Mehta |
| BLAHBLAH | Sat Nov 11, 1995 | Meaningless chatter | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BRAZO | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Spanish arm | B. White |
| BUSTAMOVE | Wed Oct 12, 2011 | Boogie | Gary Cee |
| CALICOES | Fri Oct 9, 2020 | Printed cotton fabrics | Sam Buchbinder |
| CAPTAINAMERICA | Tue Oct 18, 2016 | Marvel Comics superhero wielding a nearly indestructible shield | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| CITYSTREET | Sun May 17, 2015 | Taxi's locale | Joe Krozel |
| COLONELMUSTARD | Sun Feb 17, 2013 | One of the usual suspects? | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| COMMANDED | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | *Ordered | David Steinberg |
| CONCENTRATE | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | 1-Across near Hartford? | Charles M. Deber |
| DAALIGSHOW | Tue Aug 21, 2018 | Sacha Baron Cohen program of the early 2000s | John Lieb and Andrea Yañes |
| DRAINAGES | Fri Jan 6, 2012 | Watersheds | David Steinberg |
| EARLOFCHESTER | Thu Dec 29, 2016 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters | Kevan Choset |
| ECUMENISM | Fri Jun 7, 2019 | United Christendom movement | Michael Hawkins |
| FAIRGROUND | Tue Dec 18, 2012 | Place to see a Ferris wheel | Adam G. Perl |
| FLAGELLUM | Sun Aug 20, 1995 | Whiplike cell part | Cathy Millhauser |
| GARRYTRUDEAU | Mon Feb 13, 2012 | "Doonesbury" cartoonist | Ellen Leuschner and Victor Fleming |
| GASOLINELANTERN | Fri Sep 15, 2006 | Flashlight alternative | Harvey Estes |
| GENTLESEX | Fri Jul 12, 2013 | Women, old-fashionedly | Matt Ginsberg |
| GEOMETRYII | Sat Jan 28, 2006 | Midlevel math course | Dana Motley |
| GRAPY | Sat May 14, 2011 | Inferior, as some wines | Mike Nothnagel |
| INTROVERT | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Solitary sort | Patrick Berry |
| JAMBOREE | Sat Mar 19, 1994 | Bash | Manny Nosowsky |
| MULTICULTURALISM | Mon Nov 20, 2023 | Form of social diversity | Sam Ezersky |
| NORMADESMOND | Fri Dec 13, 1996 | Glenn Close stage role | J. Page |
| NOTCHES | Fri Feb 3, 1995 | Scoring records | Matt Gaffney |
| ODARKTHIRTY | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | Very early morning, in slang | Mark Diehl |
| ORDERSOFTHEDAY | Mon Jul 23, 2018 | Parliamentary agenda | Todd Gross |
| ORGANO | Sun Jul 27, 2003 | Prefix with genesis | Michael Grudzielanek |
| REFORMPARTY | Sun Mar 6, 2022 | Ross Perot founded it in 1995 | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| ROSEMADDER | Thu Jul 15, 1999 | Stephen King novel | Zack Butler |
| SAMLETS | Fri Jun 6, 1997 | Young salmon | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| SAVEPAR | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Avoid a bogey, barely | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| SCOTTISHHIGHLANDS | Sun Dec 9, 2018 | Gaelic's home | Ross Trudeau |
| STOREMAN | Sat Apr 17, 1999 | Merchant | Jim Page |
| SWISSES | Sun Feb 8, 2015 | Alternatives to cheddars | Jeremy Newton |
| TWINSONS | Fri Aug 26, 2011 | Romulus and Remus, to Rhea Silvia | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| UNBOSOMS | Sun Apr 13, 1997 | Reveals, as a secret | Cathy Millhauser |
| UNSAFER | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | Condomless vis-à-vis protected | Kevin G. Der |