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 50,619 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGGRAVATE | Sun Jan 3, 2010 | Worsen | Jeremy Newton |
| AZOBLUE | Sat Aug 30, 2014 | Synthetic purplish colorant | David Steinberg |
| BITTERENDER | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | *Person who persists in a hopeless cause | Simeon Seigel |
| CONCRETEJUNGLE | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Inner city, e.g. | Barry C. Silk |
| COOLHEADED | Fri Apr 8, 2005 | Calm | Manny Nosowsky |
| DAZZLES | Fri Aug 22, 2003 | Knocks the socks off | Sherry O. Blackard |
| DCUNIVERSE | Mon Nov 14, 2016 | Where Batman and Superman live | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DILAPIDATED | Mon Oct 18, 2004 | Rundown | Steve Kahn |
| DOTHEHUSTLE | Fri Jun 15, 2018 | Perform a disco dance | Sam Ezersky |
| DROPSEAT | Sun Apr 30, 2017 | Space saver in a taxi or bus | Alan Arbesfeld |
| EPAULETTE | Fri Feb 2, 1996 | Doorman's ornament | R. Hamel |
| FLACK | Sat Mar 21, 2015 | P.R. person | Frederick J. Healy |
| FLATHEADSCREW | Sun Dec 11, 2016 | Fastener that was called 80-Across before a rounded design was implemented | Tom McCoy |
| FREDSANFORD | Sat Jun 6, 2020 | '70s sitcom title role | Doug Peterson |
| FREEZERS | Sun Sep 27, 2020 | Cold storage facilities | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| HIGHSPEEDDRILL | Mon Dec 23, 2019 | Metalworker's tool | Timothy Polin |
| HUNKER | Thu Jun 27, 2002 | Squat (down) | James R. Leeds |
| INHOC | Sat Apr 7, 2012 | "___ signo vinces" (Constantine I's motto) | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LETSITFLY | Mon Aug 29, 2022 | Doesn't hold back one's emotions | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| LIVELIER | Tue Nov 18, 2025 | More alert and energetic | Joe Deeney |
| MOCKERS | Sun Oct 22, 1995 | Comedians, often | Matt Gaffney |
| MOVIEBUFFS | Mon Oct 16, 2023 | Avid fans of cinema ... or a punny description of 17-, 31-, 40- and 47-Across | Michael Lieberman and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| NAHIMGOOD | Sat Sep 11, 2021 | "None for me, thanks" | Sid Sivakumar |
| NEXTDAY | Tue Jun 21, 2016 | Overnight | Julie Bérubé |
| NOTTHATBAD | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Pretty good | Manny Nosowsky |
| OCEANTRENCH | Sun May 31, 2015 | Mariana, e.g. | Tom McCoy |
| PASCO | Sun Jan 11, 2004 | Washington city on the Columbia | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PINPRICK | Thu Jan 15, 1998 | Minor annoyance | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| PUTTOANEND | Sat Sep 5, 2015 | Halted | Byron Walden |
| RACKETEERS | Thu Sep 11, 2008 | Makes people offers they can't refuse? | Caleb Madison |
| REARING | Sat Feb 7, 1998 | Raising, in a way | Frank Longo |
| SEWINGBEE | Wed Apr 30, 2025 | Stitchers' gathering | Adam Vincent |
| SOMETHINGCAMEUP | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Explanation for a sudden change of plans | Kate Hawkins |
| THEAMAZINMETS | Thu Sep 2, 2004 | Team in 1969 headlines | David J. Kahn |
| TOMASO | Sun Feb 16, 2003 | Italian composer Albinoni | Charles M. Deber |
| TONGUETIE | Sat Jul 5, 2025 | Leave lost for words | Tracy Bennett |
| TOWERSUITE | Wed Sep 12, 2018 | Ritzy hotel accommodations | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| TWENTIETHCENTURY | Sun Dec 2, 2007 | One of the first Buicks to roll off the line? | Seth A. Abel |
| VEERING | Mon Jan 10, 1994 | Off course | Randolph Ross |
| WIENERSCHNITZEL | Sat Jun 13, 2009 | Dish akin to cotoletta alla milanese | Barry C. Silk |