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 51,174 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDIMEANIT | Fri Nov 17, 2023 | "... seriously!" | Hemant Mehta |
| ANDSOFORTH | Sun Jun 5, 2016 | Et cetera | Tom McCoy |
| BARNESANDNOBLE | Wed Dec 30, 2009 | Company with the stock ticker symbol BKS | Adam Cohen |
| BENTOBOXES | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Portable lunch options from Japan | John Guzzetta |
| BUSTOUR | Mon Nov 22, 2021 | Sightseeing on wheels | Stella Zawistowski |
| CAMPERVAN | Wed Jul 15, 2020 | Mobile home? | Lee Higbie and Jeff Chen |
| CHOKEARTIST | Sat Oct 28, 2023 | Athlete prone to nerves, in slang | Ryan McCarty |
| DISKJOCKEYS | Sun Jul 18, 1999 | Spinners | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| FATHEADED | Fri Mar 30, 2018 | Stupid | Sam Trabucco |
| FEDERALIST | Tue Sep 3, 2024 | Alexander Hamilton, politically | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FIJIS | Mon Apr 10, 1995 | South Pacific islanders | Sidney L. Robbins |
| GAYBORHOOD | Sat Nov 14, 2015 | Place like Chicago's Boystown or San Francisco's Castro, in modern lingo | Kameron Austin Collins |
| GREATEMANCIPATOR | Sun May 29, 2022 | Another epithet for this puzzle's subject | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen |
| INCREOLE | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | How some Cajuns converse | Jeremy Newton |
| INFLIGHTWIFI | Sat Apr 25, 2026 | Air traveler's connection | Sam Ezersky |
| LITTLEORPHANANNIE | Sun Mar 11, 2018 | Last seen with a red-haired girl. If found, call ___ [see 119-Across] | Matthew Sewell |
| LUNDY | Fri Oct 22, 2004 | Devonshire's ___ Island, once a haven for pirates | Patrick Berry |
| MALIEMPIRE | Sun Jan 8, 2017 | The sport of boxing in the 1960s and '70s, essentially? | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
| MMCCC | Tue Jun 23, 2015 | The year 2300 | Jules P. Markey |
| NEWSALERTS | Fri Oct 3, 2025 | Some push notifications | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| NOMENCLATURE | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | Terminology | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ORNAMENTING | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Dressing up | John Hawksley |
| RADICALRIGHT | Sun Nov 9, 1997 | Conservative group | Rich Norris |
| REPAPERS | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Does some interior decorating | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| RINSERS | Wed Jan 7, 2015 | Some salon workers | Greg Johnson |
| ROLLOVERANIRA | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | Do some financial planning for old age | Joe Krozel |
| ROOTEDIN | Sat May 20, 1995 | Based on | Manny Nosowsky |
| ROTARYTELEPHONE | Sun Oct 15, 1995 | Communications device | Mel Rosen |
| SCREWTOPS | Fri Dec 24, 2004 | Some jars and bottles | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SKIPMEALS | Fri Jul 21, 1995 | Diet dangerously | Matt Gaffney |
| SOUTHSEASCRUISE | Mon Dec 4, 2006 | Trip to Tahiti, for example | Richard Chisholm |
| SPRAGUE | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Howard ___, "Mayberry R.F.D." character | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STAKING | Sat Jun 14, 2014 | Gambling | Alex Vratsanos |
| SUITCASE | Sat Mar 28, 2020 | Rider on a carousel? | Erik Agard |
| TAKEOVERTHELEAD | Mon Mar 22, 2010 | Move into first place in a race | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| THEATERDIRECTOR | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Usher? | Patrick Merrell |
| TOOLEDUP | Sun May 28, 2023 | Equipped, as a factory for production | Chandi Deitmer and Taylor Johnson |
| TRICKCANDLES | Wed Apr 1, 2015 | "Happy birthday! Make a wish and blow" | Sharon Delorme |
| WHATMATTERS | Tue Dec 18, 2007 | The important thing | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WORLDPOWER | Sat Nov 24, 2001 | The United States, notably | Rich Norris |