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 50,386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDFUEL | Sun Mar 2, 2025 | What "E" on a gauge means | Adam Wagner |
| AKING | Wed Oct 2, 1996 | Fit for ___ | K. Hodge |
| ALVINTOFFLER | Mon Jan 28, 2008 | "Future Shock" author | Michael Blake |
| APPENDING | Sun Feb 11, 1996 | Tacking on | Harvey Estes |
| BEACHBABE | Sun Nov 13, 2011 | "10" in a bikini | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| BENIHANA | Fri Jul 11, 2025 | Restaurant chain where chefs make onion volcanoes | James McCarron |
| CARPEDABOUT | Tue Jan 19, 2016 | Criticized nigglingly | Byron Walden |
| CHILDHOOD | Sat Mar 2, 2013 | Time of one's life | Barry C. Silk |
| DARKGRAY | Fri May 5, 2000 | Gunmetal | Roger Barkan |
| ENTREPRENEURS | Fri Dec 15, 2017 | Ones starting up start-ups, say | Jacob Stulberg |
| ESPIALS | Sat Aug 14, 2010 | Furtive observations | John Farmer |
| FILLIP | Fri Nov 13, 2015 | Nice extra | Patrick Berry |
| GAMUTS | Mon May 23, 2011 | Full ranges | Steve Salitan |
| INDECENCY | Sun Sep 9, 2018 | Public nudity or foul language | Hal Moore |
| IOWATERRITORY | Tue Aug 7, 2018 | Louisiana Purchase region from 1838 to 1846 | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| IRONDEFICIENCIES | Sun Apr 19, 2020 | Duffer's reasons to choose a wood? | Jack Mowat and Jeff Chen |
| JUVENILE | Wed Oct 17, 2018 | Minor | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| LIFETIMEBAN | Fri Dec 2, 2022 | Highest bar? | Scott Earl |
| LIMNING | Sat Mar 8, 2008 | Sketching | Brad Wilber |
| MAILSLOT | Wed Mar 1, 2023 | Letter opening | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| MEDIASAVVY | Tue Nov 2, 2021 | Like a public relations pro | Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock |
| MRSOLEARY | Tue Feb 1, 2000 | Chicagoan in 1871 news | A. J. Santora |
| NOSIX | Sun Aug 17, 2003 | Carbon, to a lab worker: Abbr. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ORNAMENTS | Fri Apr 19, 2002 | Bulbs, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| OURMANFLINT | Sat Sep 11, 2004 | 1966 James Bond spoof | Byron Walden |
| PAIROFEARRINGS | Fri Oct 12, 2012 | Jewelry purchase | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PERUKES | Wed Dec 6, 1995 | Colonial wigs | Chet Currier |
| PHOSPHOR | Thu Sep 16, 1999 | Computer screen coating | Bill Ballard |
| PUPPETS | Wed Jan 16, 2013 | Some children's show characters | Michael David |
| RAKEHELL | Sat Apr 2, 2011 | Libertine | Mark Diehl |
| RESUMESPEED | Sun Jul 23, 2006 | Rate at which a personnel manager works? | Fred Piscop |
| SIXINCHORFOOTLONG | Sun Feb 4, 2024 | Subway line? | Daniel Grinberg |
| SMOGALERT | Fri Jul 19, 2024 | Warning related to pollution | Jacob McDermott |
| TALKINGPICTURES | Mon Feb 12, 1996 | They killed silent movies | S. Robbins |
| THEBLACKPANTHERS | Thu Aug 6, 2020 | Political party founded in 1966 | Derek Allen and Jeff Chen |
| THEGATESOFHELL | Tue Mar 9, 2010 | 15-/23-Across location | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| TONGUELASHING | Fri Apr 22, 1994 | Dressing-down | A.J. Santora |
| VAGUEBOOKS | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | Posts an intentionally mysterious status update on social media | Andy Kravis |
| YOUSAIDITNOTME | Sat Feb 18, 2006 | "Don't put words in my mouth" | Eric Berlin |
| YUTANG | Fri Apr 3, 2020 | Lin ___, author of the best seller "The Importance of Living" | Joe Deeney |