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 50,548 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARACARI | Wed Feb 12, 2003 | Small toucan | Ed Early |
| BINDERS | Sat Apr 11, 1998 | School store supplies | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| CULTFILMS | Tue Sep 17, 2024 | "Rushmore" and "Clerks," for two | Howard Neuthaler |
| DIALSNINEONEONE | Fri Feb 5, 2010 | Calls for a quick dispatch | Joe Krozel |
| EMPIRICIST | Sun Mar 30, 2014 | John Locke, philosophically | Peter A. Collins |
| GENTIAN | Sat Dec 27, 2008 | Deep-blue alpine flower | Karen M. Tracey |
| GETSTHEBALLROLLING | Sun Aug 18, 2019 | Kicks things off | David Steinberg |
| GLANDULA | Sun Mar 16, 1997 | Small endocrine | David J. Kahn |
| GOABOUT | Sun Mar 11, 2007 | Tend to | Eric Berlin |
| GROUPCHAT | Fri Aug 14, 2020 | Words with friends on one's phone, say | Nam Jin Yoon |
| HAVENER | Sun May 29, 2005 | New ___ (certain Nutmegger) | Frank Longo |
| HITOPFADES | Sat Dec 11, 2021 | Cousins of crew cuts | Hal Moore |
| HUTMENT | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | Group of rude dwellings | Patrick Berry |
| JACKY | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | Country singer Ward | Frank Longo |
| LASTPOST | Sat Dec 9, 2006 | Taps, in the British military | Robert H. Wolfe |
| MARKINGS | Wed Nov 8, 2017 | Midas, Agamemnon, Richard | Joel Fagliano and Sam Ezersky |
| MIMER | Sat Jan 10, 2004 | One giving the silent treatment | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MIXOLOGIST | Thu Sep 4, 2014 | Bartender | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| NINTHTEE | Sat Jun 10, 2017 | Spot almost halfway through a course | Mark Diehl |
| PATRIOTMISSILES | Sat Dec 13, 2008 | Desert Storm defenses | Frank Longo |
| PIEDATERRES | Sun Jun 4, 1995 | Temporary lodgings: Var. | Bryant White |
| POWERBAR | Thu Feb 29, 2024 | Energizing snack | Esha Datta |
| RADIOLOGIST | Fri Mar 4, 2016 | One who can see right through you? | Evans Clinchy |
| RADIOTUBE | Fri Jul 6, 2007 | Place for a vacuum | Pete Mitchell |
| REFERENCEWORK | Fri Mar 8, 1996 | Library purchase | R. Ross |
| REPAGE | Sun Mar 3, 2019 | Beep again | Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| REPAIRS | Sat May 4, 2024 | Concerns for a prospective homebuyer | Jacob McDermott |
| RIPSAWED | Sat Oct 9, 2010 | Cut along the grain | Joe Krozel |
| SATASPELL | Fri Sep 16, 2011 | Put one's feet up in neighborly fashion | Joe DiPietro |
| SCHOOLDANCE | Mon May 28, 2018 | Prom, e.g. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SETUPCAMP | Fri Jan 9, 2026 | Unpack for the night, in a way | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis |
| SHOTINTHEDARK | Tue Jun 14, 1994 | Night photographer's work, with "a"? | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| SKYWALKER | Sun May 14, 2023 | "The Rise of ___" (2019 film subtitle) | Sid Sivakumar |
| SPONGEMOP | Sat May 30, 2020 | Tile-cleaning tool | Brian Thomas |
| STYLUSES | Fri Mar 13, 1998 | Needles | Shannon Burns |
| SUBARUFORESTER | Mon Jul 14, 2014 | Japanese compact S.U.V. | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| TENTCATERPILLAR | Fri Jun 10, 2011 | Tree-defoliating insect | Patrick Berry |
| THEKICKER | Wed Feb 23, 2022 | An ironic punch line | Rose Conlon |
| TREASURIES | Sat Apr 9, 1994 | Some bills | Randolph Ross |
| TURGID | Sat Sep 29, 2012 | Distended | Joe DiPietro |