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 50,859 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHEADOFSCHEDULE | Sat Aug 18, 2007 | Early | Jim Page |
| ALLAS | Mon Nov 1, 2021 | Star student's report card, maybe | Fiona Taylor |
| ARIEGE | Thu Mar 10, 2011 | French department in the Pyrenees | Matt Ginsberg |
| BABYFACE | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Amore from Jan Garber and His Orchestra, 1926 | D. Niles |
| BACKPAGE | Fri Nov 27, 2015 | It's usually devoted to sports in a tabloid newspaper | Peter Wentz |
| BACKSTORIES | Sat Mar 29, 2025 | They help build characters | Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott |
| CAMEEASY | Tue May 6, 2014 | Was a snap | Alex Bajcz |
| CANCELCULTURE | Fri Jun 16, 2023 | Modern form of ostracization | Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| CARAVANS | Sat Dec 13, 1997 | Desert groups | Richard Silvestri |
| CRACKDOWN | Sat Apr 14, 2001 | Police news | Rich Norris |
| DISDAINED | Sat Mar 18, 2006 | Refused to recognize | Patrick Berry |
| DOWNSIDE | Wed Aug 27, 2025 | One aspect to consider in making a decision | Zhou Zhang |
| ECHOPEDALS | Thu Nov 9, 2023 | Special effects devices at a rock concert | Simeon Seigel |
| ENLARGER | Sun May 11, 2025 | What provides the big picture? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EXTERNALLY | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Former supporter of seabirds? | Will Nediger |
| FLATBED | Wed Mar 19, 2008 | Tow truck type | Gary Whitehead |
| HOMINID | Sun Dec 12, 1999 | Neanderthal man, for one | Richard Silvestri |
| IHAVEMYDOUBTS | Wed May 31, 2000 | Cautionary reply #1 | M. Francis Vuolo |
| KNACKERED | Thu Feb 9, 2017 | 10-Down, across the 15-Down | Ross Trudeau |
| LOACH | Mon Apr 17, 2006 | Aquarium fish | Larry Paul |
| MIDDLELETTER | Sat Dec 24, 2005 | Hinge of a palindrome | Byron Walden |
| MINIMALIST | Thu Oct 14, 2004 | Member of a modern school of music or art | Mike Sikowitz |
| MINORIN | Thu May 22, 2025 | Study secondarily | David J. Kahn |
| MRJONES | Sun May 30, 2021 | Breakout 1993 single for Counting Crows | Adam Wagner |
| NEVERBE | Sat Feb 26, 1994 | "I'll _____ the Same" ('32 tune) | Bob Klahn |
| NORMALDAY | Tue May 16, 2017 | MARYLAND + O = Period in which nothing special happens | Bruce Haight |
| SACFLY | Mon Jul 2, 2012 | Run-scoring hit that puts the batter out | Bernice Gordon |
| SOMETIMES | Fri Apr 3, 2015 | Now and then | Patrick Berry |
| SOPHISTRY | Sat Jan 1, 2000 | Choplogic | Rich Norris |
| STADLERS | Tue Apr 11, 1995 | Linksman Craig et al. | Gregory E. Paul |
| TEAREDUP | Thu May 8, 2003 | Got suddenly sad | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEGRANDOLEOPRY | Thu Sep 17, 2020 | Major Nashville landmark | Simeon Seigel |
| THEPRINCEOFWALES | Sun May 26, 2002 | Charles, formally | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THIRDWORLD | Tue Jul 11, 2000 | Unindustrialized | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon |
| TIMECRUNCH | Sun Apr 11, 2021 | Procrastinator's problem | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| TRICKSY | Sat Jan 27, 2007 | Mischievous | Karen M. Tracey |
| UNIVALENT | Thu Feb 17, 2005 | Unpaired, as a chromosome | Patrick Merrell |
| VANLINES | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | United and Allied, e.g. | Derrick Niederman |
| WEREHOT | Sun Apr 9, 2006 | Patio grills | Paula Gamache |
| WOODLOT | Sun Sep 21, 2008 | Lumber supplier | Brendan Emmett Quigley |