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 50,684 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVENTURERS | Sun Aug 22, 2021 | Explorers of the UNTRAVERSED | Stephen McCarthy |
| AIDANDABET | Thu Mar 31, 2016 | Double back? | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| AWAFT | Wed Nov 8, 1995 | Floating | Glenn E. Sykes |
| BXQ | Wed Mar 19, 1997 | Diagonal chess capture | Trip Payne |
| COROUTINE | Sat Nov 4, 1995 | Computer program segment | Frank A. Longo |
| DATAFORMAT | Fri Jun 11, 2021 | Computer file arrangement | Matthew Stock |
| DIRECTSUNLIGHT | Tue Oct 27, 2015 | Vampire's bane #2 | Kurt Mueller |
| DRAWINGCARD | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | *Lure | Bob Klahn |
| DROPSDEAD | Fri Dec 19, 2025 | Suddenly kicks the bucket | Hemant Mehta |
| ERGONOMICS | Fri Aug 16, 2013 | Means of reducing worker fatigue | Dana Motley |
| FALSESTARTS | Wed Apr 19, 2006 | Reasons to begin a race over and a hint to 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| GUNBOAT | Sat Dec 17, 1994 | PT 109, e.g. | Chuck Deodene |
| HODAKOTB | Fri Oct 20, 2017 | "Today" co-host beginning in 2007 | Peter Wentz |
| HUGMETIGHT | Fri Aug 31, 2007 | Short, close-fitting jacket | Paula Gamache |
| INATANGLE | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | Snarled | Kevin G. Der |
| INCONSOLABLY | Wed Oct 19, 2022 | "What do you mean there are no PlayStations left in stock?" asked Tom ___ | Ryan Patrick Smith |
| JEDISTARFIGHTER | Wed Jun 6, 2012 | Lucasfilm aircraft | Gary Cee |
| JUMPSFROM | Sun Feb 29, 2004 | Has ever-changing loyalties | Patrick Merrell |
| LABELLES | Sun Jun 23, 1996 | Singer Patti et al. | F. Hansen |
| LIMEWEDGE | Fri Apr 23, 2021 | Garnish for a Moscow mule | Robyn Weintraub |
| MULCT | Fri Jun 5, 1998 | Swindle | Manny Nosowsky |
| NOSEAROUND | Mon Feb 11, 2008 | Snoop | Ken Bessette |
| PARTYGIRLS | Mon Jul 8, 2019 | *Sorority types who go out a lot | Ned White |
| PERIWIGS | Fri Mar 4, 2016 | Dandy headpieces | Evans Clinchy |
| PLEISTOCENE | Sat Nov 7, 2015 | When modern humans developed | Barry C. Silk |
| POPWARNER | Thu Nov 21, 2024 | Eponymous youth sports organization, the largest of its kind in the U.S. | Katie Hoody |
| REDLOBSTER | Fri Aug 20, 1999 | Popular restaurant | Manny Nosowsky |
| RESETBUTTON | Thu Nov 6, 2003 | Bowling lane feature | Joe DiPietro |
| RICESEEDS | Tue Jan 19, 2016 | They get the paddy started | Byron Walden |
| RINGPOPS | Mon Jun 18, 2018 | Candy suckers in the form of jewelry | Ross Trudeau |
| SAWFLY | Mon Sep 30, 1996 | Relative of the wasp | F. Piscop |
| SCREWBACK | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | Kind of earring requiring twisting | Raymond C. Young |
| STEARINS | Sat Oct 29, 1994 | Candle-wax compounds | Frank A. Longo |
| TANKTOPS | Mon Jul 23, 2007 | Sleeveless shirts | Randall J. Hartman |
| TEDY | Tue Aug 9, 2016 | Former New England Patriot Bruschi whose name is a bear to pronounce? | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| UNCLETOMSCABIN | Mon Jan 2, 2006 | 1852 book | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| UNUSE | Sun Sep 4, 2016 | Neglect | Tom McCoy |
| VESCO | Sat Mar 25, 2000 | Fugitive financier since the early 70's | David J. Kahn |
| WOBEGON | Sat Oct 28, 2006 | Lake in Mist County, Minn. | David Quarfoot |
| YOUJEST | Fri Dec 18, 2009 | "C'mon, that can't be true!" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |