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 50,561 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFREDMOLINA | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Film star who played 26-Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ALPHACHIRHO | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | Group formed at Trinity College in 1895 | Patrick Berry |
| ANNOTATORS | Tue May 7, 2019 | Ones making written comments on text | Ross Trudeau |
| ARTEDITORS | Mon Jul 3, 2023 | Professionals who work with graphic designers | Sam Buchbinder |
| BEACHBALLS | Fri Aug 29, 2008 | They're blown up and thrown up | Mike Nothnagel |
| CDSLOT | Fri Jun 20, 2025 | Part of many a car's dashboard | Adrianne Baik |
| CLERGIES | Mon Dec 1, 2008 | Religious groups | Eric J. Platt |
| COLDCHISEL | Wed Nov 22, 2000 | Metal-cutting tool | Fred Piscop |
| COMBATANTS | Fri Feb 9, 2001 | Firing people? | Nelson Hardy |
| CONJOIN | Wed May 15, 2019 | Link | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CONTINENTALDRIFT | Sun Nov 13, 2005 | Earthquake cause | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| COURTCAM | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | A&E docuseries with footage of criminal trials | Sam Ezersky |
| CUDI | Sun Apr 27, 2025 | Rapper Kid ___ | Jacob Reed |
| DETENTIONS | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | After-school activities one wouldn't list on a college app | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| DISPLEASED | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Frowning | Eric Berlin |
| DISSENTERS | Tue Mar 22, 2022 | Ones with minority views | Adam Wagner |
| DOWNWARDFACINGDOG | Thu Apr 28, 2022 | Part of a sun salutation, in yoga | Pao Roy |
| EACHONETEACHONE | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Rhyming educational proverb | Erik Agard |
| FLATRACES | Sun Mar 25, 2012 | Kentucky Derby and Epsom Oaks, for two | Patrick Berry |
| FLYINGCAR | Mon Jan 7, 2013 | "Vehicle of the future" since the 1950s | Jim Peredo |
| FREEDOMRIDES | Sat Jul 19, 2025 | Actions that, despite being legal, resulted in hundreds of arrests in 1961 | Erik Agard |
| HADONETOOMANY | Thu Dec 8, 1994 | Overtippled | Randolph Ross |
| MOORHEN | Thu Aug 15, 1996 | Aquatic bird | S. B. Whitten |
| MULETRAINS | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Teams in the West | Patrick Merrell |
| NICEGUYSFINISHLAST | Sun Jan 3, 1999 | Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but also... | Randolph Ross |
| OFFNIGHT | Mon Oct 10, 2016 | Subpar performance for a team or musician, say | Patrick Merrell |
| OUTDOORGAMES | Sun May 29, 2011 | Some fun in the sun | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| RAISABLE | Thu Sep 8, 2011 | Like ruckuses or roadster roofs | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| RAPBATTLES | Fri Jan 31, 2025 | Wars of words? | Adrian Johnson |
| SCHONE | Fri Feb 4, 2000 | "Die ___ Müllerin" (Schubert work) | Dana Motley |
| SCUBADIVER | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Sort whose business is going way down? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SEVENYEARITCHES | Mon Mar 25, 2002 | Temptations for spouses | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| SIDNEYPOITIER | Tue Feb 20, 2007 | Actor born Feb. 20, 1927 | Jonathan Gersch |
| STEALSUPON | Sun Jan 26, 2025 | Approaches furtively | Rich Proulx |
| STOPPING | Fri Feb 4, 2005 | No ___ (street sign) | Robert Bridges |
| SURMISED | Sun Dec 11, 1994 | Engaged in conjecture | Wayne Robert Williams |
| TARDO | Tue Apr 18, 2000 | Slow, in music | Myles Callum |
| USCOINS | Sat Nov 29, 2025 | About half of all these are made in Philadelphia, for short | Adrian Johnson |
| WALRUSES | Thu Jan 4, 2018 | Blubbery ones | Daniel Mauer |
| WASHBOARD | Sat Jan 8, 1994 | Kind of road | Rand H. Burns |