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 51,115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATALLHOURS | Fri May 9, 2025 | Day and night | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Erik Agard |
| BABYSHARK | Fri May 19, 2023 | Subject of the first YouTube video to reach 10 billion views (2022) | David Distenfeld |
| BRANCHBANK | Sun Dec 24, 2000 | Money envelopes on a Christmas tree? | Bill Zais |
| CARLOSSLIM | Tue Oct 6, 2015 | Mexican once ranked as the world's richest man | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CBRADIOS | Sun Jan 7, 2024 | Gadgets for truckers | Michael Schlossberg |
| CEREBRATED | Fri Dec 15, 2000 | Thought | Joe DiPietro |
| CHARTER | Sun Feb 26, 2006 | Constitution | Randolph Ross |
| CHECKPOINTCHARLIE | Thu Jun 27, 2019 | Famous symbol of the Cold War | Hoang-Kim Vu |
| CONTRAPTIONS | Sun Jan 30, 2022 | Rube Goldberg machines, e.g. | Ross Trudeau |
| CRANMER | Sun Apr 17, 1994 | Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas _____ | R. M. Hopkins |
| DANROWAN | Fri Dec 7, 2007 | TV host who told viewers "Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls!" | Patrick Berry |
| DOESNTGIVEAHOOT | Fri Nov 28, 2008 | Is totally apathetic | Joe Krozel |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Thu Jul 9, 2009 | RIFTS? | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| FUMANCHUMUSTACHE | Sun Feb 12, 2017 | "That villain in comics has sure gotta be sore!"? | Lynn Lempel |
| GENTLEMENS | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Kind of agreement | Cathy Millhauser |
| GIVEANDGO | Fri Mar 29, 2013 | Offensive play in 35-/40-Across | Josh Knapp |
| GRAVEPERIL | Wed Jul 13, 2016 | Serious danger | Tom McCoy |
| HALOHALO | Tue Jan 31, 2023 | Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative name | Erik Agard |
| HEXADS | Fri Oct 28, 2005 | Series of six | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HIPPOLYTA | Wed Feb 19, 1997 | Queen of the Amazons | D. J. DeChristopher |
| HUNGER | Thu Jun 18, 2026 | Drive | Scott Hogan |
| KOREANAIR | Sat Apr 13, 2019 | Carrier with a yin/yang symbol in its logo | Debbie Ellerin |
| MAINPROTAGONIST | Mon May 29, 2000 | Leading character, redundantly | Randall J. Hartman |
| MIXINONIONS | Thu Apr 1, 2004 | *Meat loaf recipe instruction | Byron Walden |
| NEPOBABY | Sat Sep 30, 2023 | Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents | Ahmed Bayoumi |
| OPALESCENT | Fri Jun 19, 2015 | Like moonstones | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PEONES | Sun Jul 25, 1999 | Bullfight attendants | Charles M. Deber |
| PERKIEST | Sun Mar 21, 2021 | Most cheerful | Julian Kwan |
| PROPBET | Wed Oct 22, 2025 | Certain sports wager | Jesse Guzman |
| REDOUBT | Mon Dec 1, 2014 | Fortress | John Guzzetta |
| SAIDTHEWORD | Sat Oct 1, 1994 | O.K.'d | Bob Klahn |
| SENDFOR | Fri Jun 5, 2015 | Summon | James Mulhern |
| SHARPTONGUE | Wed Jul 29, 1998 | Critic's feature | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SPYDOM | Wed Nov 18, 2009 | World of espionage | Paula Gamache |
| STUDIOSINGER | Mon Sep 16, 2019 | Vocalist who doesn't tour | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| THEODICY | Fri May 29, 2020 | Explanation for the existence of evil in God's presence | Sam Ezersky |
| THROMBI | Fri Aug 20, 2021 | Blood clots | Randolph Ross |
| TITLEDEED | Sat Jun 27, 2020 | Monopoly card with property info | Ryan Mccarty |
| TOTOIV | Sat Nov 6, 2010 | Triple-platinum 1982 album with the #1 hit "Africa" | Brad Wilber |
| URBANV | Sat Nov 8, 2008 | Predecessor of Gregory XI | Byron Walden |