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 50,847 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABACO | Sun Mar 13, 2011 | The Bahamas' Great ___ Island | Patrick Berry |
| BURLS | Sun Jul 6, 1997 | Tree knots | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BUTTHURT | Sat Feb 28, 2026 | Acting like a sore loser, informally | Adam Levav |
| CALLCENTER | Fri Sep 1, 2023 | Place where employees may all be holding together? | Robert Logan |
| COLLEGEMEN | Tue Dec 9, 2014 | Fraternity members, e.g. | Paul Hunsberger |
| CONJOBS | Wed Aug 14, 2013 | Scams | Sarah Keller |
| COREYS | Sat Jul 20, 2024 | Actors Feldman and Haim | Ricky J. Sirois |
| DEPARTMENTOFLABOR | Sun Jun 24, 2007 | Elizabeth Dole once led it | Eric Berlin |
| DIVIDEDLOYALTIES | Sun Jul 13, 2003 | Description of 120-Across and 40-Down | Randolph Ross |
| EMIGREE | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Many an expat | Sarah Sinclair |
| ENBAS | Thu Dec 30, 1993 | Downstairs: Fr. | A.J. Santora |
| ENGINEBLOCK | Thu Oct 21, 2010 | Metal casting housing automotive cylinders | Dan Naddor |
| FORTYLOVE | Wed May 7, 2014 | Score just before winning a game, say | Kurt Mueller |
| GOTOYOURROOM | Sat Jul 19, 2014 | Call for a timeout | Barry C. Silk |
| ILLDOIT | Sun May 5, 2019 | Volunteer's offer | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| INTHEOPEN | Sat May 18, 2002 | Alfresco | Trip Payne |
| INVOICED | Sat Sep 12, 2009 | Billed | Barry C. Silk |
| IRISHCREAM | Fri Oct 18, 2019 | Baileys, for one | Jamey Smith |
| JOINTTRUST | Wed Dec 8, 1999 | Faith among jailbirds? | Fred Piscop |
| LAFARGE | Wed Oct 4, 1995 | Pulitzer novelist Oliver | Wayne Robert Williams |
| LEFTFORDEAD | Thu May 10, 2018 | Abandoned while there still might have been hope | Caitlin Reid |
| LENDINGANEAR | Mon Jan 14, 2013 | Listening | Steve Salmon |
| MAKEPASSES | Mon Aug 13, 2018 | Succeed on the gridiron ... or invite a slap in the face | Lynn Lempel |
| MOVIETRAILERS | Fri Feb 13, 2026 | They don't give you the full picture | Evan Mulvihill |
| NEEDEDASAP | Thu May 14, 2026 | Had to have right away | Simeon Seigel |
| NICKJR | Sun Nov 6, 2005 | Cable channel for kids | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| NINETEENTHAMENDMENT | Sun Aug 20, 1995 | Measure marking its 75th anniversary on 8/26/95 | Cathy Millhauser |
| PHYSICSFORMULAS | Thu Aug 1, 2013 | What the three sets of shaded squares in this puzzle represent | Timothy Polin |
| RELATIVITY | Thu Oct 2, 2014 | Subject explored by 19-Across | David Woolf |
| REMSEN | Fri Jul 2, 1999 | Saccharin discoverer Ira | Randolph Ross |
| RESAYS | Sat Sep 28, 1996 | Puts another way | G. R. Ferguson |
| REVERSECOMMUTE | Sat Apr 19, 2025 | Part of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic | Alex Tomlinson |
| ROBLE | Sun May 14, 2000 | White oak | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| ROYALCOURT | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | Place for a king and queen | Jem Burch |
| SCHOOLPLAY | Mon Apr 20, 2020 | *Drama department production | Lynn Lempel |
| SEIZEDUPON | Thu Aug 15, 2013 | Suddenly took interest in | Jeff Chen |
| STEREOTYPIC | Sun Apr 26, 2020 | Conventional | Royce Ferguson |
| VENTURECAP | Sun Apr 26, 2026 | ... for an aspiring travel agent? | Rebecca Goldstein |
| WHITEROSE | Wed Jan 24, 2018 | Popular wedding flower | Kathy Wienberg |
| YUNNAN | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | Chinese province bordering Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar | Patrick Berry |