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 50,960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRSIGNS | Sat Mar 3, 2012 | Gemini, Libra and Aquarius | Byron Walden |
| ARNETTS | Sun May 24, 2009 | Newsman Peter and others | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| AWAKER | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Reveille, e.g. | Henry Hook |
| BEDPOSTS | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Canopy supports, perhaps | Henry Hook |
| BELIEBERS | Fri Aug 25, 2023 | Portmanteau in 2010s fandom | Rafael Musa |
| CAMETOGRIPSWITH | Fri Mar 15, 1996 | Shook hands? | A. J. Santora |
| COLORSIN | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Doesn't do just an outline of | Patrick Merrell |
| DAMNEDLIES | Thu Nov 20, 2025 | Fops | Adam Wagner |
| DISCOVERSION | Mon Feb 12, 2018 | Many a 1970s remix | Michael Black |
| EVANGELISTS | Sat Sep 27, 1997 | Elmer Gantry and others | Matt Gaffney |
| EXCHANGERATE | Tue May 26, 2009 | Two dollars per pound, say | Mike Nothnagel |
| GARDENPATH | Sat Nov 8, 2025 | Where someone might be led on the way to being tricked | Ryan Judge |
| GRAMMARNAZI | Fri Apr 21, 2017 | Type for who this clue will be annoying? | Damon Gulczynski |
| IMPAIRER | Sat Feb 19, 2000 | It only makes things worse | Rich Norris |
| IVORIAN | Sun May 7, 2023 | Person living between Liberia and Ghana | Will Nediger |
| KAPP | Sun Jun 13, 2010 | British science fiction author Colin ___ | Francis Heaney |
| LESSONONE | Mon Dec 18, 2006 | First chapter in a primer | Donna Levin |
| LIFEBAN | Sun Sep 14, 2008 | Possible punishment for steroid use | Jeremy Newton |
| MENDACIOUS | Wed Aug 7, 2024 | Untruthful | Meghan Morris |
| NATEDOGG | Sat Nov 16, 2013 | "G-Funk Classics" rapper | David Steinberg |
| NEWSAGENCY | Wed Dec 11, 2019 | Reuters or Bloomberg | Jake Halperin |
| NURSERIES | Sat Nov 7, 1998 | Greenhouses | Raymond Hamel |
| POLLA | Sat Nov 29, 1997 | Young hen, to Enrique | Rich Norris |
| RIGORMORTIS | Sat Dec 14, 2013 | What solidifies things in the end? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ROLLOVERANIRA | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | Do some financial planning for old age | Joe Krozel |
| ROMULUSANDREMUS | Sat Feb 27, 1999 | Sons of Rhea Silvia | John Scott Marrone |
| SEVENIRON | Sat Jan 3, 2015 | Rough selection? | Sam Ezersky |
| SHRINKING | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | *Contracting | David Steinberg |
| SMASHEROO | Sat Sep 9, 2006 | Blockbuster | Bob Klahn |
| SUBTONE | Fri Dec 12, 1997 | Low sound | Manny Nosowsky |
| SUPERPOWERS | Tue Jun 16, 2009 | *Countries with big militaries | Paula Gamache |
| TATU | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Duo with the 2003 hit "All the Things She Said" | Adam Fromm |
| TEMPORARYEMPLOYEE | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Seasonal cry (remember 43-Across) | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| THATDBEWONDERFUL | Wed Mar 18, 2026 | *"What a great idea!" | Adam Vincent |
| THERAFLU | Thu Feb 4, 2016 | Cold war weapon? | Jeff Chen |
| TIRPITZ | Sat Mar 20, 1999 | German battleship sunk in 1944 | Chuck Deodene |
| UNDINES | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | Water spirits | Bryant White |
| WEKISSINASHADOW | Thu Feb 6, 1997 | Song from 36-Across | D. J. Kahn |
| WHITEFLASH | Wed Oct 12, 1994 | Tex Ritter's horse | Gregory E. Paul |
| YIELDERS | Tue Aug 31, 2004 | Polite drivers, at merges | Nancy Kavanaugh |