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 50,653 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCUTANE | Sat Dec 26, 2015 | Dermatological drug withdrawn by Roche in 2009 | James Mulhern |
| ACTINIC | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Like light that causes chemical change | Dan Feyer |
| APPLECRUMBLE | Tue Aug 18, 2009 | Relative of a certain cobbler | Tony Orbach |
| BEERHATS | Wed Sep 13, 2023 | Wearable party gear with built-in straws | Guilherme Gilioli |
| BINGEREAD | Sun Oct 29, 2023 | Stay up all night finishing a book, maybe (GABARDINE) | Alina Abidi |
| BONNER | Sat Nov 20, 2010 | Yelena ___, Soviet dissident and wife of Andrei Sakharov | Joe DiPietro |
| BRYANADAMS | Sun Feb 14, 1999 | Singer with an Oscar-nominated song from "Robin Hood" | Elizabeth Gorski |
| CONVOY | Sun Mar 31, 2019 | Travel group | Andrew J. Ries |
| COPESTONE | Fri Feb 28, 1997 | Crowning point on a building | Bob Klahn |
| DIENE | Sun Feb 13, 2000 | Compound with two double bonds | Bill Zais |
| DISORDERLY | Sat Mar 3, 2012 | Chaotic | Byron Walden |
| DOGTV | Tue Feb 13, 2024 | Streaming channel sometimes shown at grooming salons and veterinarians' offices | Peter Gordon |
| DRIVELED | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | Talked childishly | F. & L. Sabin |
| DROPPER | Sun Nov 19, 2000 | Baster, basically | Cathy Millhauser |
| EXPANSION | Tue Mar 2, 2021 | Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g. | Ross Trudeau |
| FLEAPIT | Fri Jul 11, 2003 | Run-down theater | Patrick Berry |
| GENESAKS | Sat Mar 23, 2002 | "The Odd Couple" director | Adam Cohen |
| HYSONS | Fri May 18, 2018 | Some Chinese teas | Ryan McCarty |
| IONTV | Fri Jul 27, 2018 | Broadcast network originally known as Pax | Bruce Haight |
| LASERMOUSE | Sat May 28, 2011 | Optical tool for a computer user | David Quarfoot |
| LATINROOT | Thu Mar 20, 2025 | The word "aquarium" has one | Daniel Grinberg |
| METOPERA | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Renowned N.Y.C. venue for divas | Daniel Grinberg |
| MILITANTS | Tue Jul 2, 2002 | Black Panthers, e.g. | John R. Conrad |
| MIMICRY | Wed Jun 11, 1997 | Imitation | Rich Norris |
| MODERNHUMORIST | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Comedy webzine founded in 2000 | Trip Payne |
| MOUSEY | Mon Jul 5, 2021 | Dull brown, as hair | Peter Gordon |
| NOSIRREEBOB | Sun Apr 1, 2001 | Turndown #1 | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| OLDCASTLE | Sat Sep 7, 2002 | English martyr Sir John, the model for Shakespeare's Falstaff | Patrick Berry |
| OTTOOCTAVIUS | Sun Nov 2, 2008 | Tentacled enemy of 115-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| QUIPU | Sat Jul 5, 2025 | Record-keeping device made of strings and knots | Tracy Bennett |
| REPEATEDLY | Sat Nov 1, 2014 | 56 x 42 | Trip Payne |
| SELLSFORASONG | Mon Jul 19, 2004 | Practically gives away | Nancy Salomon and Kendall Twigg |
| SHIPBOUND | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | Stuck on board | Eric Berlin |
| SIDESWIPED | Fri Mar 10, 2017 | Went door to door? | Pawel Fludzinski |
| STALENESS | Sun Sep 7, 2003 | It may leave a bad taste | Alan Arbesfeld |
| STRAIGHTLACED | Fri Mar 4, 1994 | In her corset, actress Beatrice was _____ | Betty Jorgensen |
| SUDDENLY | Sun Jan 18, 2004 | By surprise | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| TERRAINS | Sat May 12, 2007 | Tracts | Rich Norris |
| THEREDPLANET | Sun Jun 27, 2021 | Mars | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| THESTARRREPORT | Thu Oct 14, 1999 | Much-discussed 1998 document | Joe DiPietro |