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 50,527 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFROPUFF | Tue Oct 1, 2019 | Updo styled with an elastic band | Erik Agard |
| AIMIS | Sun Feb 16, 1997 | Elvis Costello's "My ___ True" | M. Gaffney |
| AMPLITUDES | Mon Aug 21, 2017 | Wave measurements | Tom McCoy |
| ARTKARNAK | Wed May 14, 1997 | Egyptian second banana? | Norman S. Wizer |
| ASHORT | Tue Nov 13, 2001 | Middle of the riddle | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| ATONIES | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | Muscular weaknesses | Frank A. Longo |
| BANANACAKE | Thu Jan 13, 2011 | Yellowish dessert | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BAWDIER | Fri Mar 30, 2001 | More off-color | Manny Nosowsky |
| BENBOVA | Fri Oct 22, 2004 | Sci-fi author of "Venus" and "Mars" | Patrick Berry |
| BEPOLITE | Sun Jun 21, 2009 | Adolescent admonishment | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| BEWIG | Wed May 21, 2014 | Put locks on? | Mike Buckley |
| BIGHT | Sat May 18, 2002 | Shoreline curve | Trip Payne |
| BREEZINESS | Sun Dec 8, 2019 | Carefree quality | Emily Carroll |
| CONOIDAL | Thu Oct 26, 2000 | Shaped like a megaphone | Patrick Berry |
| CREATIONSCIENCE | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Field of Bible-based study | Patrick Berry |
| CREWMATES | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins | Mark Diehl |
| EQUITY | Mon Jun 4, 2001 | Fairness | Patrick Jordan |
| GIMMEASEC | Sat Aug 13, 2022 | "Patience ..." | John Westwig |
| GOESBIG | Thu Sep 18, 2025 | Shoots for the stars | Adam Wagner |
| HENRYMANCINI | Sun Jan 25, 2004 | "Moon River" composer | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| HUEVOSRANCHEROS | Fri Aug 30, 2013 | Alternative to a breakfast burrito | David Steinberg |
| ISOLD | Fri Oct 26, 2012 | "... despise not thy mother when she ___": Proverbs 23:22 | Peter A. Collins |
| KIRIBATI | Fri May 13, 2005 | Republic on the Equator | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LAYABED | Tue Jun 17, 2003 | Lazy one, slangily | Susan Harrington Smith |
| MMCL | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | Mid 22nd-century year | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OFFERING | Tue Feb 4, 1997 | Part of a church service | G. R. Ferguson |
| OVERANDABOVE | Sun Nov 4, 2007 | In addition to | Bob Klahn |
| PICKSON | Thu Jan 20, 2005 | Harasses | Manny Nosowsky |
| POCKETHARDDRIVE | Wed Oct 23, 2024 | Ph.D. in Computing? | Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic |
| RAILROADTIE | Sun Aug 24, 1997 | Engineer's apparel? | Michael S. Maurer |
| SEPTETTE | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Snow White's Dwarfs, e.g. | Trip Payne |
| SKISEASON | Fri Dec 13, 2019 | When to go on a run | Leslie Rogers |
| STANDCORRECTED | Sun Feb 25, 2024 | I visited the podiatrist and now I ... | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| TETHERED | Fri May 18, 2012 | Having the lead? | Allan E. Parrish |
| THESHAPEOFWATER | Mon Nov 19, 2018 | "Fluid" 2017 film? | Jim Hilger |
| THINKDIFFERENT | Fri Oct 7, 2011 | Slogan associated with 57-Across | Kevin G. Der |
| TIERACKS | Sun Jan 14, 2024 | Some closet organizers | John Kugelman |
| TRANCED | Thu May 30, 2002 | Stupefied | Peter Gordon |
| WESTERNUS | Sat Apr 18, 2009 | Where M.S.T. and P.S.T. can be found | Byron Walden |
| ZIKAVIRUS | Sat Feb 23, 2019 | Mosquito-borne danger in 2016 news | Sam Ezersky |