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 50,887 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMSTELS | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Dutch brews | Kevin G. Der |
| BEARGRYLLS | Wed May 31, 2023 | The man in "Man vs. Wild" | Brandon Koppy |
| BIRDOF | Sun Jun 22, 1997 | With 111-Down, vulture or hawk | Matt Gaffney |
| BIZARROWORLD | Sat Feb 13, 2021 | Metaphorical setting in which everything is inverted from the norm | Will Nediger |
| BLINKS | Sun Oct 29, 2006 | Lighthouse signals | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOATLIFT | Sun Jan 13, 2019 | Marina apparatus | Andy Kravis |
| BOOKUP | Sun Feb 12, 2012 | Fill completely, in a way | Kurt Mueller |
| BROADAS | Sat Jul 9, 1994 | New England speech feature | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| BUTOFCOURSE | Mon Jan 4, 1999 | "Yes!" | Gregory E. Paul |
| CADGERS | Sun Sep 15, 1996 | Freeloaders | A. K. Justin |
| COERCIVE | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Exhibiting some force | Danny J. Rooney |
| COLEUS | Sat Nov 17, 2007 | Mint-family plant with bright-colored leaves and blue flowers | Brad Wilber |
| CROWNVICTORIAS | Mon Jan 11, 2010 | Full-size Fords | Ron and Nancy Byron |
| DEERHUNTER | Thu Aug 16, 2018 | 64-/65-Across work of 1978, with "The" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DEPECHE | Mon Mar 6, 2000 | Rock band ___ Mode | Gregory E. Paul |
| DIESELHYBRID | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | Car touted for its dual efficiency | Sam Ezersky |
| DRUNKASACOOTER | Wed Jun 13, 2001 | More than tipsy, Southern-style | Nick Grivas |
| ENFRAMES | Sat Mar 29, 2003 | Puts a border around | Michael Shteyman |
| FACILITATOR | Fri Apr 17, 2026 | Discussion guider | Rachel Fabi |
| FANCYRESTAURANTS | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Gastrophiles ... | Joe Deeney |
| GOLDNUGGET | Mon Feb 9, 2026 | Valuable bit in a prospector's pan | Matthew Stock |
| GRAPHITE | Thu Dec 14, 2023 | The lead in pencils, actually | Esha Datta |
| INTHESTICKS | Tue Jan 27, 2026 | Far from any urban center, colloquially | Miranda Kany and Tracy Bennett |
| LACKADAISICALLY | Tue May 19, 2020 | "I can't find a flower for 'She loves me, she loves me not,'" said Tom ___ | Trent H. Evans |
| LEPEWS | Sat Dec 18, 2004 | "Pepe ___ Skunk Tales" (assorted shorts) | Dana Motley |
| LITERARYSOCIETY | Wed Apr 1, 1998 | CIRCLE | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LOSTBOYS | Tue Sep 14, 2021 | "Peter Pan" group | Christopher Adams |
| MOND | Fri Jul 5, 1996 | Moon over Munchen | M. Gaffney |
| NEVEU | Tue Jun 28, 2016 | Niece's counterpart, in French | Alex Vratsanos |
| OFFTONE | Thu May 2, 2019 | Dissonant | Julie Bérubé |
| ORWHATEVER | Mon May 29, 2006 | Conversation filler #4 | Alex Boisvert |
| PAPADOCDUVALIER | Tue Dec 21, 1993 | Haitian despot | Janie Lyons |
| POSTMODERN | Fri Mar 5, 2004 | Like New York City's Sony Building | Gary Steinmehl |
| QUICHES | Fri Jul 29, 2016 | Some miniature hors d'oeuvres | John Guzzetta |
| THECYCLOPS | Wed Apr 17, 2024 | 20-Across, by another name | Joseph Gangi |
| THEPLUNGE | Sun Jun 18, 2023 | It's said to be taken upon marriage | Joe DiPietro |
| THESELF | Sat Nov 26, 2022 | Psychoanalytic subject | Kanyin Ajayi |
| TRANSITIONS | Mon Sep 12, 2022 | "So, anyway, ..." and "On that note ...," e.g. | Michael Lieberman |
| VOXPOPULI | Fri Jul 11, 2003 | What folks are saying | Patrick Berry |
| YOUREDARNTOOTIN | Sat Oct 22, 2016 | "And how!" | James Mulhern |