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 50,650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGBOYS | Tue Mar 9, 2004 | Supermarket helpers | Sarah Keller |
| BAKEDCLAM | Sat Jan 7, 2023 | Bit of casino restaurant fare? | Adam Aaronson |
| BLACKWATER | Sat Nov 29, 1997 | 1975 #1 hit for the Doobie Brothers | Rich Norris |
| BLOCKBUSTERMOVIE | Thu Jan 23, 2014 | "Titanic" or "Avatar" | Michael Hawkins |
| BOBSLEDRUN | Sat Nov 9, 2013 | Winter Olympics sight | Michael Ashley |
| CHARLOTTERUSSES | Fri Jan 9, 1998 | Rich desserts | Manny Nosowsky |
| COURTESANS | Mon Sep 6, 1999 | Paramours | Manny Nosowsky |
| CURLEWS | Sun Sep 8, 2002 | Alaska nesters | Rich Norris |
| DEFUSED | Tue Dec 9, 2025 | Neutralized, as an explosive situation | Kate Hawkins |
| DESIDERATA | Fri Aug 10, 2001 | Needed things | Manny Nosowsky |
| FACEBOOKPOST | Sun May 25, 2025 | Certain social media update | Dylan Schiff |
| FALSEHOODS | Tue Aug 29, 2017 | Lies | Adam G. Perl |
| FERNAND | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Cubist Léger | Frank Longo |
| FROMHEADTOFOOT | Sun Feb 27, 2000 | Completely | Harvey Estes |
| FUNDING | Sat Oct 29, 1994 | Financial support | Frank A. Longo |
| GARDENGATEWAY | Tue Dec 16, 2008 | Entrance to a botanical display | Gail Grabowski |
| GOLDCARD | Sat Nov 5, 2011 | Visa offering | Kurt Mueller |
| GOLDENSNITCH | Tue Jul 17, 2018 | Quidditch ball that ends the game when it's caught | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| JUDES | Fri Jul 7, 2000 | St. ___ (children's hospital) | M. Francis Vuolo |
| JUMPSSHIP | Fri Sep 9, 2016 | Bails | Kristian House |
| LIGHTONHISFEET | Wed Oct 29, 2025 | What makes Dracula frantically hop around? | John Donegan |
| MANICURE | Sat Jul 16, 2016 | Job for which you give someone a hand | Byron Walden |
| MENTALITY | Sat May 27, 1995 | State of mind | A.J. Santora |
| MONEYGRAB | Sun Aug 17, 2025 | Slimy scheme for profit | Amsay Ezersky |
| NISSANTITANS | Sat Oct 29, 2016 | Pickup trucks from a foreign-owned company made and sold only in North America | Patrick Berry |
| NUTMEGGED | Sun Apr 17, 2022 | Kicked the ball between the legs of, in soccer slang | Emet Ozar |
| ONBACKWARDS | Sun Feb 22, 2004 | How does "no" describe some baseball caps? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| PEACEFUL | Tue Feb 29, 2000 | Tranquil | Peter Gordon |
| PINCUSHIONS | Fri Jan 2, 2015 | Stuffed accessories | David Steinberg |
| PITAGAINST | Tue Sep 24, 2019 | Set in direct opposition to | John Guzzetta |
| PRIDEROCK | Tue Jun 11, 2019 | 23-Down setting | David J. Kahn |
| QUICKTRICK | Thu May 1, 2008 | Easy winner in bridge | Jim Leeds |
| SCD | Sat May 7, 1994 | Postgraduate science deg. | Bryant White |
| SECONDMATE | Sun Aug 25, 2024 | Buddy-buddy? | John Kugelman |
| SIXFEETUNDER | Sun Aug 15, 2021 | Pushing up daisies | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| SUGARFIEND | Mon Aug 7, 2023 | "Monster" with a sweet tooth | Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness |
| THINKOFTHAT | Tue May 6, 2003 | "Wow!" | Karen M. Tracey |
| TICKLEMONSTER | Wed Jun 4, 2025 | "Creature" that might "attack" a small child | Danna Rosenberg |
| WALTHER | Sat May 5, 2001 | Major handgun manufacturer | Randolph Ross |
| WHITEYONTHEMOON | Fri Apr 28, 2023 | Gil Scott-Heron poem inspired by 1969 events | Malaika Handa and Erik Agard |