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 50,755 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | Large food tunas | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| ALGERIANS | Sat Jul 5, 2008 | Modern dwellers in ancient Numidia | Karen M. Tracey |
| ALLYOU | Sun Mar 1, 1998 | "___ can eat!" | Cathy Millhauser |
| AMARA | Sat Dec 16, 1995 | Diva Lucine _____ | Bryant White |
| AMELIORATED | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Made better | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ANCIENTWORLD | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | See 5-Down | August Lee-Kovach |
| ATTAINER | Sat Jan 2, 2010 | Goal getter | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BEARMARKETS | Sun Sep 11, 1994 | Where some N.F.L.ers shop? | Louis Sabin |
| BLOODSTREAM | Tue Oct 23, 2007 | Circulatory system flow | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BREEZEDIN | Sat Apr 15, 1995 | Arrived airily | Bob Klahn |
| BUCKPRIVATE | Wed Apr 21, 1999 | Low Army rank | Mary E. Brindamour |
| COMMODORES | Wed Feb 18, 2026 | Best-selling home computers of the 1980s | Victor Schmitt |
| DESTINATIONMOON | Wed Oct 25, 1995 | 1950's science fiction film | Larry Nargi |
| DONTASKME | Wed Mar 5, 2014 | - | Evan Birnholz |
| DONTSTAYOUTTOOLATE | Sun Sep 14, 2003 | ... to the sun | Cathy Millhauser |
| EASTINDIES | Fri Aug 8, 2003 | Java locale | Myles Callum |
| GLAMOROUS | Sat Apr 23, 2022 | All made up, perhaps | Matthew Stock |
| GOODANDEVIL | Sat Mar 11, 2006 | Sides in an age-old battle | David Quarfoot |
| HEINZKETCHUP | Sun Jul 29, 2012 | "Bring your dogs to our booth" (Philadelphia, 1876) | Kevin G. Der |
| HIDINGS | Sun Aug 3, 1997 | Stashes | Peter Gordon |
| KINDERGARTENERS | Thu Jun 16, 1994 | Nursery rhyme listeners | Jim Page |
| KNOWLES | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | John who wrote the 1959 best seller "A Separate Peace" | Sam Trabucco |
| KOONS | Sat Mar 21, 2026 | Sculptor Jeff known for his steel balloon animals | Boaz Moser |
| LEAVESTODIE | Fri Sep 5, 2014 | Heartlessly abandons | Joe Krozel |
| LIVEUP | Wed Sep 26, 2007 | Meet, as expectations, with "to" | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| LONGBOWS | Fri Sep 12, 2025 | Medieval weapons traditionally made with yew | Joe Marquez |
| LOWERCASE | Mon Oct 15, 2001 | like all the letters in this clue | Holden Baker |
| MINTJULEPS | Sun Sep 14, 2008 | Drinks in frosted glasses | Jeremy Newton |
| MISSOUT | Mon Nov 7, 2016 | Lose an opportunity | Bruce Haight |
| OFFICEGOSSIP | Thu Aug 10, 2023 | Dish near a water cooler? | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| OLYMPIADUKAKIS | Wed Nov 1, 1995 | "Moonstruck" actress | D. J. DeChristopher |
| PAGESIX | Fri Jun 28, 2024 | New York Post gossip section named for its location | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| RATPATROL | Sun Jan 30, 2000 | 1960's TV war drama, with "The" [2008] | Peter Gordon |
| REBOLTS | Mon Jan 29, 2007 | Makes tighter, in a way | Fred Piscop |
| SNARFING | Sat May 31, 2025 | Downing, with "down" | Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz |
| SOCIALPOLISH | Mon May 25, 2015 | What a boor sorely lacks | Jennifer Nutt |
| TASTEMAKER | Thu Mar 2, 2023 | Influencer, as with fashion | Malaika Handa |
| TRIPSON | Sun Jul 8, 2007 | Stumbles over | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| ULTIMAS | Fri May 25, 2012 | Concluding syllables | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| USPOET | Sun Sep 29, 1996 | e.e. cummings, e.g. | M. Reagle |