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 50,523 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKINETIC | Sun Dec 8, 2019 | Unable to move well | Emily Carroll |
| ATHLETICAPPAREL | Fri Jun 18, 2021 | Products of Under Armour and Nike | Daniel Larsen |
| CIADIRECTOR | Fri Jan 23, 2009 | George H. W. Bush, once | Barry C. Silk |
| DANSEUR | Sun Nov 23, 2003 | Ballet performer | Leonard Williams |
| DIVESIN | Thu Aug 10, 2000 | Gets down to work | Mark Diehl |
| DOORBUSTERDEAL | Sun Nov 28, 2021 | Prop ax used in "The Shining," a valuable collectors' item, $200! | Jeff Kremer |
| DROPALOTOFBUCKS | Thu Feb 11, 1999 | Handle many deer carelessly? | Cathy Millhauser |
| ELION | Thu Aug 11, 2005 | Gertrude ___, 1988 Medicine Nobelist | Michael Shteyman |
| EMULSIONS | Tue Oct 10, 2017 | Opaque liquids such as milk | Mark MacLachlan |
| FOLDABLE | Sat Aug 11, 2007 | Like many a road map | Karen M. Tracey |
| GALVESTON | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Onetime capital of the sovereign Republic of Texas | Kameron Austin Collins |
| GOESCUCKOOOVER | Tue Jul 22, 2025 | Enjoys immensely | Jeremy Newton |
| GRAZIEMILLE | Thu Nov 27, 2014 | Thanksgiving phrase | Stanley Newman |
| HUSTLEANDBUSTLE | Tue Mar 25, 1997 | Lots of activity | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ILEFTMY | Sun Jul 12, 1998 | Bennett song start | Henry Hook |
| INYOURDREAMS | Mon Aug 3, 1998 | "No way!" | Nancy Salomon |
| IVENEVERTRIEDIT | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | "This would be a first for me" | Joe DiPietro |
| JAMLIKE | Sun Sep 3, 2000 | Resembling preserves | David J. Kahn |
| LAVENDERHILLMOB | Mon Feb 2, 2004 | 1951 Alec Guinness film, with "The" | Gregory E. Paul |
| LEERINGAT | Thu Aug 29, 2013 | Ogling wolfishly | Timothy Polin |
| LITTLEWHITELIES | Mon Jun 19, 2000 | Fibs of song | Manny Nosowsky |
| MADEASPLASH | Sun May 5, 2019 | Debuted to great acclaim | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
| MAKEBANK | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Earn a load of money, in modern lingo | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| MONTS | Sat Nov 15, 1997 | Alpes, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
| MRNA | Sat Dec 28, 2024 | Kind of vaccine | Sam Berriman |
| NIMBLENESS | Thu Apr 27, 2000 | One of Jack's qualities | Greg Staples |
| OOZEOUT | Sun May 20, 2018 | Exude | Will Nediger |
| PEACEMAKER | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | Nickname of the B-36 bomber, ironically | Lily Silverstein |
| PEOPLETOSEE | Tue Dec 15, 2009 | See 17-Across | Steve Dobis |
| POLKADOTBIKINIS | Thu Mar 10, 2005 | They're spotted on beaches | Ed Early |
| POSTMODERN | Fri Mar 5, 2004 | Like New York City's Sony Building | Gary Steinmehl |
| PROBOWLER | Tue Apr 9, 2013 | Merlin Olsen, 14 times | Steve Blais |
| RESPRAYED | Sat May 27, 1995 | Handled further infestation | A.J. Santora |
| SDCARD | Sun Dec 28, 2025 | S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SEVENHOUR | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Like a typical flight from New York to London | Byron Walden |
| SHREDOFDECENCY | Sun Nov 26, 2000 | Fragment from an intangible? | Patrick Berry |
| SUNDECKS | Tue Oct 27, 2009 | Places for tanning | Chuck Deodene |
| SUPERCHARGED | Sun May 19, 2019 | Gave extra juice | Natan Last |
| THEDETROITLIONS | Fri Sep 29, 2000 | Team for which George Plimpton once played | Bob Klahn |
| TURNOUTS | Fri Jul 11, 2003 | They're good at hits | Patrick Berry |