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 51,184 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALCROSSING | Wed Oct 2, 2024 | Nintendo video game series suggested by every answer running through this one? | Luke K. Schreiber |
| BOSTONACCENT | Wed Aug 19, 2020 | What may be tested by parking a car in Harvard Yard? | Brandon Koppy |
| BYCOMMONCONSENT | Fri Jun 4, 1999 | With all members agreeing | John Wolting |
| CANDYCRUSHSAGA | Tue Apr 11, 2023 | Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloads | Taylor Johnson and Jeff Chen |
| CATCHASER | Sat Nov 20, 2004 | 1982 Elmore Leonard novel set in south Florida | Robert H. Wolfe |
| EXHORTING | Tue Dec 5, 1995 | Giving a rah-rah talk | Robert Katz |
| EYEMINDED | Sat Jun 12, 1999 | Tending to gather information visually | Matt Gaffney |
| FILENAMES | Sat Jan 17, 2009 | They have extensions | Brad Wilber |
| FULFILLAREQUEST | Thu Jan 22, 1998 | ___ | Patrick Jordan |
| GOLDENHIND | Mon Dec 26, 1994 | Sir Francis Drake ship | Gregory E. Paul |
| GORMAND | Thu May 23, 1996 | Chowhound: Var. | M. E. Brindamour |
| HIDDENFIGURES | Tue Oct 9, 2018 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| IEIGHTYONE | Wed Jul 20, 2005 | Major New York-to-Tennessee route | Roy Leban |
| INDUED | Fri Apr 26, 1996 | Provided: Var. | W. Johnson |
| ISSURETO | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | Definitely will | John Duschatko |
| JANEGREY | Fri Jan 16, 2026 | Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days) | Kyle Dolan |
| LAPSITUP | Thu Oct 8, 2020 | Loves every second of something | Francesca Goldston and Jeff Chen |
| LATOYAJACKSON | Thu Nov 6, 2008 | "Bad Girl" singer | Jeremy Newton |
| LEGALIZED | Tue Mar 24, 2015 | Like gambling in Nevada | Robyn Weintraub |
| MENSANS | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | Brainy bunch | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| MOONQUAKE | Fri Dec 11, 2020 | Phenomenon discovered by Apollo astronauts | Ari Richter |
| OFFICETEMPS | Sun Nov 4, 2012 | Nine to five, generally, in Grenoble? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| OKTOBER | Sun May 20, 2012 | When many German steins are lifted | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ONTHREE | Fri May 24, 2024 | "I'll count us in" | Carolyn Davies Lynch |
| OVERRIDES | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | Pulls rank on, in a way | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| PIRATING | Sun Jun 23, 2019 | Using without paying royalties, say | David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas |
| RACILY | Thu Sep 3, 1998 | In a risqué fashion | Manny Nosowsky |
| REAPTHEBENEFITS | Fri Nov 24, 2006 | Enjoy perks | Dave Mackey |
| SODAFOUNTAIN | Fri Oct 29, 2004 | Where one can get the shakes | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SQUIRTS | Sat May 19, 2007 | WD-40 applications | Byron Walden |
| STARGATES | Sat Feb 20, 2021 | Sci-fi portals | Ali Gascoigne |
| STARSANDBARS | Mon Apr 5, 2010 | Confederate flag | Nancy Salomon |
| TAXCHEAT | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Al Capone, famously | Peter Wentz |
| TENDAYWAR | Sat Mar 22, 2008 | 1991 conflict between Slovenia and Yugoslavia | Byron Walden |
| TITIANRED | Wed Jan 31, 2007 | Brownish orange | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TRACTIONENGINES | Fri Jun 8, 2012 | Road locomotives | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| TROTTERS | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Track sights | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| TURBOBOOST | Mon May 27, 2019 | Increase in engine power | Bruce Haight |
| UNDERTONES | Sun Feb 18, 2024 | Things that perceptive people might pick up | Sid Sivakumar |
| VOLCANICROCK | Mon Apr 27, 2026 | Pumice or basalt | Neville Fogarty |