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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTODC | Sat Aug 24, 2019 | Path of some electrical conversions, for short | Sam Ezersky |
| ALPHANUMERICS | Sat Oct 25, 2014 | Certain character set ... and a hint to translating this week's final answer | Patrick Blindauer |
| ANILIDE | Sat Feb 14, 2004 | Compound in fungicides | Frank Longo |
| BAKING | Sun Oct 20, 2002 | Kind of soda | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| BORNINEASTLA | Wed Aug 8, 2001 | Cheech Marin south-of-the-border comedy | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| BOXPLOT | Sat Aug 22, 2026 | Analytical graphic that divides data into quartiles | Adrian Johnson |
| CALLINGBIRDS | Sun Aug 2, 1998 | Yuletide foursome | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CONTROLZ | Tue Jan 28, 2020 | Keyboard shortcut for "undo," on a PC | Trenton Charlson |
| DENIZENS | Fri Jul 25, 2003 | Marsh birds vis-à-vis marshes | Michael Shteyman |
| DOCKYARDS | Tue Feb 22, 2022 | Where ships are outfitted | Jacob McDermott |
| DORISLEE | Mon Jul 25, 1994 | Neoprimitive American artist | Albert J. Klaus |
| ELOIN | Fri Jul 29, 1994 | Remove to a distance | A. D. Cover |
| EMANCIPATIONDAY | Sat Dec 3, 2016 | Juneteenth | Jason Flinn |
| FEIG | Thu May 23, 2024 | Paul who directed "Bridesmaids" | Adam Wagner |
| FOLLOWTHELEADER | Sat Feb 28, 1998 | Game played in this puzzle? | David J. Kahn |
| GROWINGUP | Fri Oct 15, 2021 | "Losing some illusions ... perhaps to acquire others," per Virginia Woolf | Ashton Anderson |
| GUARANTY | Thu Jun 8, 2017 | Financial promise | David Steinberg |
| GYMDAY | Fri Dec 7, 2018 | Time to work out | Sam Trabucco |
| HEADEND | Thu Jan 22, 2009 | Front | Gary J. Whitehead |
| HERESTOYOU | Sat Sep 1, 2012 | Toast maker's start | Tim Croce |
| HHMUNRO | Wed Nov 10, 2010 | Author better known as Saki | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| KILTER | Sun Mar 3, 1996 | Good working condition | B. Klahn |
| KINGOLAV | Fri Nov 11, 1994 | Former Scandinavian monarch | Randolph Ross |
| KWANS | Sun Oct 10, 2004 | Skater Michelle's family | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LASERPEEL | Fri Dec 20, 2019 | Treatment that reduces wrinkles | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| LEGENDARY | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Absolutely epic | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LIENEES | Tue Jul 12, 2011 | People with mortgages, e.g. | Bill Thompson |
| NOSEAROUND | Mon Feb 11, 2008 | Snoop | Ken Bessette |
| NOTSOLUCKY | Mon Aug 6, 2018 | Less fortunate | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
| PACKABAG | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Prepare for camp, say | Patrick Merrell |
| PUKING | Sat Dec 28, 2024 | First trimester woe, informally | Sam Berriman |
| RUDDS | Sun Apr 7, 1996 | TV newsman Hughes et al. | C. Millhauser |
| RUSHTHEPASSER | Tue Sep 17, 2002 | Gridiron order | Steven Dorfman |
| SEXDRIVE | Thu Apr 22, 2010 | Libido | Caleb Madison |
| THECOMIC | Sat Jul 22, 2006 | 1969 film starring Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney | Robert H. Wolfe |
| THREEHOLE | Fri Jun 15, 2012 | Like some paper punches | Mark Diehl |
| TRADEDIN | Sat Jan 13, 2007 | Got credit for | Patrick Berry |
| UNIFICATION | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Dream of many Koreans | Patrick Berry |
| VERBALLY | Fri Jun 6, 2025 | How many consent | Adrian Johnson |
| WHATAWAYTOGO | Wed Nov 7, 2001 | Comment about a sad but memorable exit | Brendan Emmett Quigley |