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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADEPTER | Sun May 22, 1994 | Having more talent | Randolph Ross |
| BEDPOSTS | Sun Oct 22, 2000 | Canopy supports, perhaps | Henry Hook |
| BEERRUNS | Sat Aug 8, 2020 | Some trips to resupply festivities | Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar |
| BPA | Mon Jan 29, 2018 | Controversial chemical in plastics, for short | Lynn Lempel |
| CANCELCULTURE | Fri Jun 16, 2023 | Modern form of ostracization | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| CESTLAGUERRE | Wed Jan 29, 1997 | Phrase of resignation | R. Hughes |
| COCOABEANS | Sat Jun 24, 2006 | Ivory Coast export | Harvey Estes |
| COOLEDDOWN | Sun May 19, 2019 | Took a chill pill | Natan Last |
| COXED | Sun Jun 12, 2016 | Directed the rowers | Finn Vigeland |
| CRACKLEWARE | Mon Feb 16, 2009 | Some glazed pottery | David Kwong |
| DONTWORRYABOUTIT | Thu May 9, 2024 | "Everything will be fine," in old Rome? | Joe DiPietro |
| EXPELLED | Mon Nov 25, 2013 | Kicked out | Kevin G. Der |
| GIVESPERMISSION | Wed Oct 25, 2017 | Allows | Jules P. Markey |
| GROUNDOUTS | Tue Jan 26, 2016 | Results of some unexciting at-bats | Sam Ezersky |
| HANGDOGLOOK | Thu Nov 14, 2002 | Sad face | Paula Gamache |
| HEADSTONES | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Grave accents? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HOMONYMS | Thu Jul 17, 2003 | Potential source of verbal misunderstanding | Robert H. Wolfe |
| INITIATIONRITES | Sat Mar 6, 2010 | Costs of admissions? | Barry Silk |
| LEJEUNE | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Camp _____, N.C. | Rand H. Burns |
| MAHOUT | Wed Jul 7, 1999 | Elephant driver | Richard Silvestri |
| NEEDLER | Fri Jun 30, 2017 | Noodge | Damon Gulczynski |
| NOTWHILE | Tue Mar 22, 2005 | With 24-Across, song from 18-Across | David J. Kahn |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | Tue Oct 26, 2021 | Basic, practical details | Michael Schlossberg |
| OBLIQUEREFERENCE | Wed Mar 13, 2019 | Indirect comment ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| OUTATIME | Tue Apr 7, 2020 | DeLorean license plate in "Back to the Future" | Trent H. Evans |
| PAPERBACKBOOK | Sun Dec 1, 2013 | Inexpensive reprint, maybe | Alan DerKazarian |
| PERCENTILES | Sun Nov 14, 2004 | Values on a scale of 0 to 100 | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| QUIETING | Sat Apr 3, 2010 | Putting to rest | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| RAGGEDYANDY | Sat Jul 17, 2021 | Inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame five years after his sister | Ryan McCarty |
| RATATOUILLE | Wed Jul 4, 2012 | 2007 | Caleb Madison |
| READMITS | Fri Mar 2, 2007 | Signs back in | Eric Berlin |
| SANMARTIN | Sat Sep 6, 1997 | National hero of Argentina | Rich Norris |
| SATSTILL | Thu May 6, 2021 | Behaved for a haircut, say | Ed Sessa |
| STEINBRENNER | Thu Jun 6, 1996 | Yankee V.I.P. | A. J. Santora |
| THEFEDERATION | Sun Feb 6, 2022 | Good side in 70-Across | Stephen McCarthy |
| TOMYUM | Thu Dec 28, 2023 | Thai hot-and-sour soup | Kiran Pandey |
| UNBORNBABY | Tue Sep 13, 2022 | Bun in the oven, so to speak | Adam Wagner |
| UNFAVORABLEODDS | Wed Nov 10, 2021 | 56-Across, to a gambler | Max Chen Lauring and Benjamin Chen Lauring |
| UNFURROW | Wed Feb 5, 1997 | Straighten, as a brow | J. Schmalzbach |
| ZILLIONAIRE | Fri Sep 27, 2024 | Real moneybags | Jake Bunch |