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 50,686 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNUALFUND | Sat Aug 6, 2005 | Pledge recipient | Frank Longo |
| ARRIVING | Wed Apr 26, 2017 | Making it big | Trenton Charlson |
| BUCKLEUP | Sun Oct 6, 2013 | Driver's recommendation | Patrick Berry |
| DATASTORAGE | Sun Jun 18, 2017 | Cloud's purpose | Sam Trabucco |
| DEANSPADE | Sat Jul 19, 2025 | Trans activist who founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project | Erik Agard |
| DENTALSURGEONS | Fri May 13, 2011 | Bridge workers, perhaps | Joe Krozel |
| DJIN | Wed Jan 27, 1999 | Bottled spirit?: Var. | Leslie Billig |
| FLYINGCARPETS | Sun Apr 26, 2020 | Magical rides | Royce Ferguson |
| FRYBREAD | Tue Feb 5, 2019 | Naan-like Native American food | Erik Agard |
| HENTOFF | Tue Apr 22, 2014 | Music critic Nat | Ed Sessa |
| HOHOKUS | Sun Mar 17, 2002 | New Jersey town with a hyphenated name | David J. Kahn |
| IMPORTER | Wed Jun 16, 1999 | Tariff payer | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| INSERVICEDAYS | Thu Feb 13, 2020 | Times when teachers go to school but students don't | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| JUDOGI | Sun Sep 26, 2021 | Traditional attire for some martial artists | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock |
| KEBOB | Sun Nov 1, 2020 | Shish ___ | Julian Lim |
| KEGGER | Mon Apr 25, 2011 | Traditional frat party | Joon Pahk |
| KNINE | Sun Nov 9, 2014 | Robotic dog on "Doctor Who" | Tom McCoy |
| MADEITWEIRD | Sat May 23, 2020 | Held eye contact for too long, say | Wyna Liu and Erik Agard |
| MEOWERS | Sun May 22, 2016 | Vocal cats | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| MONICASELES | Mon Jul 27, 2015 | *Youngest French Open champion | D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| NOAHWYLE | Thu Apr 10, 2003 | Five-time "ER" Emmy nominee | Chuck Menning and Mitch Komro |
| PROFITCENTER | Sat Feb 24, 2001 | Where money is made | Rich Norris |
| RADIATORCAP | Mon Oct 16, 2017 | It must be removed before pouring coolant into an engine | Jennifer Nutt |
| REFUSES | Tue Nov 1, 2011 | Turns down | Kristian House |
| RIGHTTURNONRED | Thu Jun 19, 2003 | It's illegal at some intersections | Randolph Ross |
| RUSSERT | Fri Sep 23, 2016 | Longtime "Meet the Press" moderator | Andrew Zhou |
| SANATORIUMS | Sat Sep 22, 2007 | Rest stops? | Mark Diehl |
| SAWEDOFFSHOTGUN | Tue Aug 17, 2010 | Weapon for Clyde Barrow | Michael Sharp |
| SAWEETIE | Sun May 18, 2025 | Hip-hop artist with the 2019 hit "My Type" | Garrett Chalfin |
| SETTINGFREE | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Liberating | John Hawksley |
| SHOTINTHEARM | Sat Dec 6, 2008 | *Male booster | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| SPEAKERSOFTHEHOUSE | Sun Dec 10, 2023 | The sound engineer was obsessed with the ... | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| SPHINXES | Sat Sep 7, 2019 | Enigmatic people | Trenton Charlson |
| SPOUTED | Wed Nov 27, 2002 | Spewed forth | Ron O'Hair |
| THREEBODY | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | ___ Problem of celestial mechanics | Byron Walden |
| THWACK | Sat Jul 2, 2022 | Big hit | Evan Kalish |
| TUGGEDON | Sun Nov 24, 2013 | Pulled | Gary Cee |
| TURNKEY | Thu Dec 11, 2008 | Fully equipped and ready to go | Jim Hilger |
| VISIGOTH | Thu May 28, 2020 | Moor's foe in the early eighth century | Tracy Bennett |
| WHITECOLLAR | Wed Feb 16, 2022 | Worker designation coined by Upton Sinclair | Rich Proulx |