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 50,940 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARPCARD | Sat Feb 23, 2019 | Evidence of eligibility for senior discounts | Sam Ezersky |
| AFROFUTURISM | Fri Jan 10, 2020 | "Black Panther" genre | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| AUTOCLAVES | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | Devices used to sterilize medical equipment | Sam Buchbinder |
| BEAUCOUP | Sun May 18, 2025 | Much in quantity | Garrett Chalfin |
| BLOCKQUOTES | Thu Jan 23, 2014 | Set-off chunks of text | Michael Hawkins |
| BODYSLAM | Wed May 19, 2004 | Wrestling throw | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BUELL | Sun Jan 12, 2003 | Union general at Shiloh | Patrick Berry |
| CHESSBOARD | Tue Feb 7, 2017 | Queen's place | Finn Vigeland |
| CITYSTATEANDZIP | Thu Dec 13, 2007 | End of some addresses | John Farmer |
| DEERHUNTER | Thu Aug 16, 2018 | 64-/65-Across work of 1978, with "The" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DRAPERS | Tue Sep 28, 2010 | Fabric dealers, to Brits | Michael Torch |
| FINETOOTHEDCOMB | Mon Apr 7, 1997 | Investigative tool | Teresa M. Hackett |
| FLEADIP | Sun Oct 23, 2016 | Debugger | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| FRANCISII | Thu Jan 28, 2010 | The last Holy Roman emperor | Raymond C. Young |
| FRENCHANTILLES | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Island group near Dominica | Benjamin Kramer |
| ICEMILK | Sat Feb 6, 2016 | Low-fat dessert | David Steinberg |
| KIRIBATI | Fri May 13, 2005 | Republic on the Equator | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LATHERER | Mon Feb 16, 2004 | One using lots of soap | Charles Barasch |
| LEOG | Sun Jan 26, 1997 | Actor ___ Carroll | S. Elliott |
| LORENZO | Tue Feb 22, 2022 | ___ Ghiberti, sculptor of Florence's Gates of Paradise | Jacob McDermott |
| MAVIN | Wed Aug 17, 1994 | Know-it-all | Robert H. Wolfe |
| MIDOCEANRIDGE | Mon Nov 23, 2020 | System of underwater mountains | Stanley Newman |
| OPENPLAN | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Layout with little concern for privacy | Joe Krozel |
| POPULARDEMAND | Tue Nov 22, 2016 | Something might be brought back by this | Andrew Zhou |
| POSTMODERNISM | Fri May 17, 2013 | Style of New York's Sony Building | Josh Knapp |
| PROFILEPICS | Fri Jul 19, 2024 | Things that are head and shoulders above the rest? | Jacob McDermott |
| REHARDEN | Sun Jun 3, 2007 | Set after melting | Kelsey Blakley |
| RELEARNED | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | Brushed up on | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| SALARIES | Sun Mar 18, 2001 | They're paid for services | Richard Silvestri |
| SCENEXIV | Fri Mar 23, 2018 | Part of Act 4 of "Antony and Cleopatra" in which Antony attempts suicide | Erik Agard |
| SPELLCASTER | Sun Sep 5, 2021 | Charming sort? | Grant Thackray |
| SQUILLIONS | Fri Nov 23, 2018 | Ginormous quantities | Temple Brown |
| STRAINCREDULITY | Thu Jun 1, 2006 | Exaggerate too much | Ethan Cooper |
| SWEPTASIDE | Mon Jul 25, 2005 | Removed as with a wave of the hand | Lynn Lempel |
| THEI | Sun Nov 16, 2025 | What a detail-oriented person might "dot" | Randolph Ross |
| THEOCRACY | Sat Aug 24, 2019 | Opposite of a state of disbelief | Sam Ezersky |
| THREEEGGOMELETS | Thu Dec 26, 2002 | Hearty breakfast fare | Cathy Millhauser |
| TYRONES | Sat Feb 15, 1997 | Family in O'Neill dramas | J. Clonick |
| UNERRINGLY | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | Without fail | Byron Walden |
| VAUDEVILLE | Mon Aug 9, 1999 | Old-style entertainment | Elizabeth C. Gorski |