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 50,654 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABORTERS | Fri Feb 2, 2007 | Apollo 13 astronauts, e.g. | David J. Kahn |
| AERIALYOGA | Sat Jun 18, 2022 | Fitness activity done while suspended from a hammock | Brooke Husic |
| ALJOLSON | Wed Aug 28, 2019 | Entertainer who popularized the phrase "You ain't heard nothing yet" | Daniel Grinberg |
| ATI | Sat Jul 23, 1994 | Philippine native | Randolph Ross |
| BILGERAT | Wed May 9, 2018 | Insulting designation from a pirate | Jeff Chen |
| BROKETHERECORDS | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | At dance marathons the klutz _____ | Cathy Millhauser |
| DIESELS | Sun Mar 5, 2000 | Semi drivers? | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| DRUMLINES | Sun Dec 14, 2025 | Marching band tempo setters | Zachary Edward-Brown and John Kugelman |
| EBONYEYES | Sat Dec 8, 2007 | 1961 top 10 hit for the Everly Brothers | Barry C. Silk |
| ERICHSEGAL | Thu Feb 10, 2011 | Author who co-wrote the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" | Derek Bowman |
| EXHAUSTFANS | Sun Aug 29, 2010 | Stale air removers | Derek Bowman |
| FORGES | Mon Mar 28, 1994 | Smithies | William P. Baxley |
| GLASSOFOJ | Mon Jan 8, 2018 | Informal breakfast beverage order | Sam Ezersky |
| GREENONION | Fri Nov 6, 2009 | Its bulb is small | Doug Peterson |
| HIRAMS | Sat Jan 13, 1996 | Ex-Senator Fong and others | J. Page |
| HYPEDUP | Mon Dec 29, 2008 | Much ballyhooed | Kevin Donovan |
| ILLWINDS | Tue Feb 8, 2011 | Chicago balloonists' needs? | Robert W. Harris |
| IMONLYHUMAN | Sun Jan 4, 2015 | "Nobody's infallible, not even me" | Finn Vigeland |
| LASTMOVES | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Endgame | Peter Wentz |
| LIGHTEN | Fri Sep 8, 1995 | Uplift | A.J. Santora |
| QUITCOLDTURKEY | Sun Aug 14, 2022 | Give up all at once (Ecuador) | Jeff Chen and Jim Horne |
| SALESPERSON | Sun May 18, 2025 | Metric in a competitive family business? | Garrett Chalfin |
| SAYBYEBYE | Tue Oct 5, 2010 | Bid adieu, informally | Paula Gamache |
| SEEWHATIDIDTHERE | Sun Mar 13, 2022 | Question following a clever trick | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| SETTINGFREE | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Liberating | John Hawksley |
| SEVENAGAINSTTHEBES | Sun Apr 23, 1995 | Aeschylus tragedy | Randolph Ross |
| SHOUTSAT | Sat Sep 29, 2001 | Bawls out | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SNOWMOBILETRAIL | Sat Oct 21, 2006 | Winter track | David Quarfoot |
| SPIKEDHAIR | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Locks up? | Myles Callum |
| SPRINGCHICKENS | Mon Dec 7, 1998 | Young ones | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STARTABLOG | Sat Jul 16, 2022 | Initiate post production? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| TELLAWHITELIE | Mon Sep 18, 2023 | Harmlessly deceive | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| THERIDDLER | Sun Sep 8, 2019 | Father of Enigma in DC Comics | Joe DiPietro |
| THINNER | Sat Jan 30, 1999 | It's used for the sake of consistency | Chuck Deodene |
| TRAILMAPS | Sun Nov 7, 2021 | Hiking aids | Sid Sivakumar |
| TURNEDON | Sat Jun 5, 2010 | Lit | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| USSOLDIERS | Tue Mar 17, 1998 | Fighters in green | Nancy Salomon and Bob Klahn |
| WAISTBAND | Wed Aug 31, 2005 | Pajama part | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WHATSTHEPROBLEM | Fri Mar 23, 2007 | "So?!" | Manny Nosowsky |
| WRIGHTS | Thu Jun 30, 1994 | Pioneer pilots | Harvey Estes |