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 50,711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACREFOOT | Sat May 20, 1995 | Unit of irrigation | Manny Nosowsky |
| AFTERDINNERMINTS | Sun Aug 12, 2001 | Meal enders | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| BEETREE | Sun Oct 13, 1996 | Hive location | W. R. Williams |
| BOOKSCAN | Fri Jun 17, 2016 | Project Gutenberg job | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CAMPAIGNSIGNS | Tue Sep 19, 2017 | Yard displays at election time | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CERAM | Thu Jul 17, 1997 | Indonesian island | Wayne Robert Williams |
| CHRYSLER | Thu Jun 26, 2008 | New York's ___ Building, tallest in the world in 1930 | David J. Kahn |
| CLEANSWEEP | Fri Apr 17, 2015 | Rout | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| CONTINENTALARMY | Tue Feb 22, 2005 | Colonial force headed by Washington | Ed Early |
| DATINGAPP | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Modern medium for meeting someone ... or what each of the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 50-Across is | Sarah Sinclair |
| EPICBATTLE | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Climax of many a fantasy novel | Tom McCoy |
| FALLENARCHES | Thu Mar 26, 2026 | Flat feet | Alex Murphy |
| FEELSAFE | Sat Nov 25, 2017 | Have peace of mind | Kevin G. Der |
| FINITERESOURCE | Sun Sep 16, 2012 | Oil, for one | David Steinberg and Barry Haldiman |
| FIREBOATS | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | Responders to cruise ship emergencies | Samuel Smalley |
| GERMINATE | Fri Sep 27, 2013 | Begin | Peter A. Collins |
| HAVEAFIT | Mon Jan 11, 2010 | Lose one's temper | Ron and Nancy Byron |
| HITCHHIKER | Wed Jun 21, 2006 | One hoping to get picked up | Barry C. Silk |
| ILLTAKEONE | Wed Oct 3, 2007 | Call in draw poker | Robert Dillman |
| IODIZES | Sat Jun 21, 2014 | Treats to prevent goiter, say | Brad Wilber and Byron Walden |
| KNEELERS | Sat May 24, 1997 | Churchgoers, at times | Rich Norris |
| LAMENTABLE | Sun May 28, 2006 | Sad | Timothy Powell |
| LEJEUNE | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Camp _____, N.C. | Rand H. Burns |
| ONEUNDERPAR | Sun May 25, 2003 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle | David J. Kahn |
| ORVILLEWRIGHT | Mon Jul 1, 2024 | One half of a noted aviation team | Margi Stevenson |
| OSTRACIZE | Thu Jun 9, 2011 | Freeze out | Joon Pahk |
| PILLSBURYBAKEOFF | Sun Apr 30, 2006 | Winning it is a sweet victory | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| POTLUCKS | Sun May 12, 2019 | Some group dinners | Victor Barocas |
| POWERON | Fri Aug 13, 2010 | Start up, as electronic equipment | Manny Nosowsky |
| PRERECORDED | Wed Dec 10, 2025 | Like voice mail messages, for example | Kareem Ayas |
| PROCRASTINATING | Fri May 24, 2013 | Off-putting? | Joe Krozel |
| RELYINGONINSTINCT | Sun Jun 15, 2008 | Memo about an inveterate perjurer? | Jeremy Newton |
| ROYALTASTERS | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Lists about a port on the Black Sea | Jeff Chen |
| SEEITNOW | Sat Sep 20, 1997 | Pioneering 50's news program | Bob Klahn |
| SOCIALDEMOCRATS | Fri Oct 20, 2006 | Some European political leaders | Ed Early |
| THECASTRO | Thu Dec 2, 2021 | Historic Bay Area neighborhood with a 600-square-foot rainbow flag | Rebecca Goldstein |
| TRAGICFLAW | Fri Mar 10, 2023 | Protagonist's pride, often | Claire Rimkus |
| TROPICALFRUIT | Wed Oct 26, 2016 | Guava or papaya | Scott Yut |
| WOJTYLA | Sat May 11, 2013 | John Paul II, originally | Matt Ginsberg |
| WORDINESS | Wed Apr 9, 2014 | Verbiage | John E. Bennett |