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 50,655 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACETUM | Thu May 4, 1995 | Vinegar | A.J. Santora |
| ALINEDRESS | Sat May 12, 2012 | 1955 Dior debut | Caleb Madison |
| ANANSITHESPIDER | Sat Jul 10, 2021 | Mischievous character in West African folklore | Trenton Charlson |
| ANDITISGOOD | Wed Sep 26, 2012 | See 23-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| AVENGERSENDGAME | Sat Jan 24, 2026 | Penultimate film in a series of 23 | Adrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty |
| BACKSLAPPING | Sun Sep 15, 2002 | Condones eating soup impolitely? | Fred Piscop |
| CALIFORNIAPOPPY | Sat Jun 25, 2005 | Western state flower | John Underwood |
| COEDDORMS | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | Buildings often segregated by floor | Patrick Berry |
| CUTRATES | Thu Jul 16, 2009 | Deep discounts | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DEATHATAFUNERAL | Thu Jan 7, 2021 | 2007 black comedy directed by Frank Oz | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| DISHONOUR | Sun Jul 7, 2019 | Ill repute, to a Brit | Jack Reuter |
| EBAYSALE | Wed Jan 21, 2026 | Transaction on an online marketplace | Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz |
| ELLIPSOIDS | Sat Nov 4, 2006 | Geometric figures | Rich Norris |
| ENDRESULTS | Tue Apr 1, 2025 | Final outcomes | Sande Milton |
| ESTAMPA | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Imprint: Sp. | Joe Krozel |
| GRAMMES | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | British metric units | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HIGHFIDELITY | Sun Sep 15, 2024 | Record book? | Aimee Lucido |
| KEVINDURANT | Sat Oct 11, 2014 | 2014 N.B.A. M.V.P. | Evans Clinchy |
| LEVINS | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Writers Meyer and Ira | B. White |
| MORTONSALT | Wed Apr 20, 2005 | Publisher Zuckerman's book about weapons negotiations? | Joe DiPietro |
| MUSTERSUP | Sun May 5, 2002 | Calls on, as strength | Patrick Berry |
| NEWSMAGAZINE | Tue Jul 21, 2020 | "20/20," e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| NOERRORS | Fri Mar 17, 2006 | Flawless diamond display? | John Farmer |
| NONSTEROID | Wed May 4, 2016 | Like hormones synthesized from amino acids | Jacob Stulberg |
| NOVITIATE | Sun Jun 23, 2019 | New brother or sister | David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas |
| ONCASSETTE | Fri Mar 3, 2023 | How many 1970s-'80s movies were released | Eric Warren |
| PEARLYGATES | Fri Jun 19, 2009 | Setting of many New Yorker cartoons | David Levinson Wilk |
| POSTBOX | Fri Sep 30, 2011 | London letter getter | Joe Krozel |
| PUSSINBOOTS | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Charles Perrault tale | Alfio Micci |
| QUIETCAR | Tue Jul 4, 2023 | "Library-like" section of an Amtrak train | Barbara Lin |
| SECONDCUP | Wed Jun 16, 1999 | 1/60-minute drink? | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| SEMINOLEINDIANS | Mon Mar 18, 2013 | Native Floridians | Daniel Landman |
| SKICHALET | Sun Mar 1, 2020 | Alpine lodging | Sam Trabucco |
| SOFER | Sat Oct 11, 1997 | Daytime Emmy actress Rena | Fred Piscop |
| STIFFARM | Thu Jul 13, 2017 | Push aside for selfish ends | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| STUMPFOR | Fri Dec 29, 2023 | Help out on the campaign trail | Robyn Weintraub |
| SWIMMINGBAN | Mon Oct 12, 2009 | Likely result of pollution along a beach | Richard Chisholm |
| TELLMAMA | Wed Sep 2, 2015 | 1968 Etta James album | Kevin Christian and Bradley Wilber |
| WELLBEING | Sat Mar 3, 2001 | Health | Fraser Simpson |
| ZEDONK | Thu Sep 5, 2024 | Equine hybrid with striped legs | Joe Deeney |