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 50,918 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATSFOR | Sun Dec 15, 2019 | Takes the plate in place of | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| BOYSOFSUMMER | Sun Sep 7, 1997 | Donna's sons | Randolph Ross |
| CARPALS | Sun May 17, 2026 | Automates? | Derrick Niederman |
| CHICAGOBULL | Tue Feb 24, 2004 | Michael Jordan, for years | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CLOUDOVER | Tue Jun 17, 2008 | Show signs of an impending storm | Steven Ginzburg |
| CROWDIN | Sun Jun 28, 2020 | What people tend to do when a rush-hour subway train arrives | Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang |
| DCCV | Wed Feb 12, 1997 | Year Justinian II regained the throne | M. E. Skolsky |
| DERULO | Thu Feb 3, 2022 | Pop singer Jason | Adam Wagner |
| DREADLOCKS | Sat Apr 30, 1994 | Modern hairstyle | Wayne Robert Williams |
| DUSKS | Sun Oct 24, 1999 | Times when headlights are turned on | Nancy Salomon |
| EATMYDUST | Sat Mar 29, 2025 | Cry from a cutthroat competitor | Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott |
| GEORGI | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Soyuz 6 cosmonaut Shonin | David J. Kahn |
| GIGIO | Sun Mar 26, 2023 | Nickname for Luigi | David Karp |
| GROGSHOP | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | English-style saloon | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| HOMERING | Sun May 16, 2004 | Making a big hit | Patrick Berry |
| INDUCTS | Fri May 11, 2018 | Initiates | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| JAMESTKIRK | Sat Jun 19, 1999 | Noted Star Fleet graduate | Mark Diehl |
| KWA | Thu Aug 11, 1994 | _____ Zulu (South African region) | Bryant White |
| LAUNDRYDETERGENT | Wed Apr 6, 2022 | *All for one | Damon Gulczynski |
| MAKEANOFFER | Mon Aug 1, 2005 | Start a negotiation | Kendall Twigg |
| NETWORKTV | Thu Sep 19, 2002 | Regular national programming | Randolph Ross |
| OKSANAS | Thu Apr 18, 1996 | Skater Baiul et al. | A. J. Santora |
| ONESALL | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | "110%" effort | David Steinberg |
| PORTRAYAL | Sat Jun 23, 2007 | Acting job | Patrick Berry |
| PULLAHEAD | Wed Aug 12, 2009 | Take the lead | Peter A. Collins & Joe Krozel |
| RABIESVACCINE | Wed Apr 3, 2019 | *Louis Pasteur, 1885 | Ross Trudeau |
| RADIOTELESCOPES | Fri Mar 2, 2012 | Dishes fit for astronomers? | Scott Atkinson |
| RESPECTER | Thu Feb 16, 2012 | Obeyer, as of laws | Jim Page |
| SAINTLY | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Simply divine | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| SARSENET | Sat Nov 12, 1994 | Soft silk fabric used for linings | Bryant White |
| SCRAGGY | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Unruly, as a beard | Danny J. Rooney |
| SIDEEFFECTS | Mon Oct 27, 2025 | Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across | Tarun Krishnamurthy |
| SPIGOTS | Thu Jan 5, 1995 | Taps | Harvey Estes |
| STUPENDOUS | Tue Apr 2, 2002 | More than great | Janice M. Putney |
| SUNDERANCE | Fri Oct 7, 1994 | Separation | Bryant White |
| THATSHOT | Thu Jan 14, 2010 | Paris Hilton catchphrase | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| TRAVELDATES | Tue Jul 10, 2012 | Selections on Expedia.com | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| TURGID | Sat Sep 29, 2012 | Distended | Joe DiPietro |
| WAGERATE | Fri Mar 1, 2002 | Matter of union bargaining | Manny Nosowsky |
| WOODIBIS | Fri Apr 16, 1999 | Stork with a featherless head | John Wolting |