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 50,894 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDEDBONUSES | Mon Mar 28, 2022 | E+X+T+R+A+S | Leslie Rogers |
| AIRMAILS | Mon Dec 27, 1993 | Sends quickly | Joel Davajan |
| ALMONERS | Sat Apr 30, 2005 | Giving people | Nancy Salomon |
| ANEVENDOZEN | Sun Sep 16, 2001 | <-- | Bill Zais |
| BENBOVA | Fri Oct 22, 2004 | Sci-fi author of "Venus" and "Mars" | Patrick Berry |
| BERNIESANDERS | Tue Jul 30, 2019 | Longest-serving Independent member of Congress in U.S. history | Christina Iverson |
| BOOBAMA | Tue Mar 15, 2022 | Four-footed resident of the White House from 2009-17 | Michael Lieberman |
| CHEATON | Tue Oct 29, 2002 | Two-time | Richard Hughes |
| CHINAROSE | Fri Jan 24, 1997 | Garden bloomer | D. J. Kahn |
| CIRCUITJUDGE | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Electrical inspector? | Patrick Merrell |
| CIRCUITRIDER | Sun Apr 24, 1994 | Itinerant minister | Louis Sabin |
| CLAWCRANE | Fri Nov 1, 2013 | Arcade game prize grabber | Brad Wilber |
| COERCIVE | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Exhibiting some force | Danny J. Rooney |
| COMETOTERMSWITH | Mon Oct 31, 2005 | Finally accept | Jim Hyres |
| COPAS | Wed Dec 7, 1994 | Country singer Cowboy _____ | Chet Currier |
| CRAZIEST | Tue Sep 24, 1996 | Most zany | S. Spadaccini |
| DRAKEANDJOSH | Wed Feb 20, 2019 | *Title pair in a 2004-07 Nickelodeon sitcom | Byron Walden |
| FLAMENCODANCE | Sat Nov 25, 2023 | Series of steps in Spain | Jeff Stillman |
| GUITARIST | Tue Jun 21, 2016 | Band frontman, often | Julie Bérubé |
| HEARTBREAKHOUSE | Tue Sep 27, 1994 | Shaw classic | Eileen Lexau |
| HULADANCERS | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Performers wearing pa'us and malos | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| LENSFILTERS | Sun Nov 3, 2024 | They might be used to change the tone of a film | Sid Sivakumar |
| LINAS | Sun May 26, 1996 | Director Wertmuller et al. | R. Ross |
| MARKERPEN | Fri Sep 1, 2017 | Soft-headed writer? | Patrick Berry |
| MEATSPACE | Sat Jul 11, 2020 | Physical realm, in cyberpunk | Kameron Austin Collins |
| MENSANS | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | Brainy bunch | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| PENSIONER | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Many a British retiree | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| RAMIMALEK | Sat Apr 28, 2018 | 2016 Emmy-winning lead actor for "Mr. Robot" | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| REARWIPER | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Clearer in hindsight? | Byron Walden |
| RESTONS | Sat May 5, 2012 | Journalists James and James Jr. | Ned White |
| RUNGOOD | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Enjoy consistent, favorable luck, in poker lingo | Sam Trabucco |
| SCRAPESUP | Tue Dec 22, 2020 | Manages to gather, as cash | Amy Yanni and Jeff Chen |
| SILVERSURFER | Thu Sep 16, 2021 | Marvel character with metallic skin | Kevin Patterson |
| SPOUTING | Sat Jul 18, 2009 | Delivering a tirade | Joe Krozel |
| TAXO | Thu Sep 9, 1999 | Arrangement: Prefix | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| THREESCOMPANY | Thu Mar 21, 2024 | 1970s-'80s sitcom about a trio of zany roommates | Joe Marquez |
| TRACTORBEAM | Fri Dec 23, 2016 | One may hold a ship in place | Robyn Weintraub |
| VICECOPS | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | People who need to find a john? | Byron Walden |
| WHENHELLFREEZES | Tue May 24, 2005 | Never | Mike Torch |
| WORKERS | Sat Feb 7, 1998 | Foreman's force | Frank Longo |