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 50,597 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACANTHUS | Tue Feb 27, 2001 | Ornate leaf, or a design patterned after it | M. Preston Sherwood |
| AGREATDEAL | Wed Jan 7, 2004 | Lots and lots | Mike Torch |
| BIRDONAWIRE | Tue Dec 11, 2018 | Goldie Hawn comedy or Leonard Cohen documentary | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| CHOOKSUNGTAN | Sun Dec 25, 1994 | Season's greetings from Seoul | Randolph Ross |
| COOLHEADEDNESS | Tue Mar 8, 1994 | Sang-froid | Harvey Estes |
| COSMONAUT | Thu Jul 28, 1994 | Popovich or Gagarin, e.g. | Bryant White |
| DEFAULTS | Thu Jun 19, 1997 | Bankers' woes | Patrick Jordan |
| DIASTEMA | Thu Sep 14, 2017 | Formal term for the gap suggested by 17/18-, 35/37- and 54/57-Across | John Guzzetta |
| DISTICH | Fri Nov 14, 2008 | Couplet | Brad Wilber |
| EGGPLANTDIP | Mon Apr 14, 2025 | Baba ghanouj, e.g. | Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen |
| ERIKAS | Sun Aug 16, 1998 | Actresses Eleniak and Alexander | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EVENEST | Fri Jul 16, 2004 | Superlatively smooth | Craig Kasper |
| GODIM | Fri May 17, 2024 | Fade out | Hemant Mehta |
| GROWSUP | Wed Aug 5, 2009 | Matures | Donna S. Levin |
| HOLMESIAN | Sat Mar 15, 2014 | Like some methods of detection | Ed Sessa |
| IMAGIST | Sat May 8, 2004 | Ezra Pound, e.g. | Bob Peoples |
| INVENTION | Tue Jul 28, 2020 | Bubble gum in 1906, e.g. | Ross Trudeau |
| IONLY | Fri Jul 26, 1996 | "___Have Eyes for You" | G. Newman |
| ISADORAS | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Duncan and others | Manny Nosowsky |
| KCUPPOD | Sun Jan 29, 2023 | Modern-day groundskeeper? | Rich Katz |
| KRUGMAN | Fri May 9, 2014 | Nobel-winning economist who wrote "Fuzzy Math" | James Mulhern |
| LADYFRIENDS | Sat Apr 24, 2021 | Some boos | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| LEERINGAT | Thu Aug 29, 2013 | Ogling wolfishly | Timothy Polin |
| MACLEOD | Thu Aug 31, 2017 | Gavin of "The Love Boat" | Zachary Spitz |
| MADECONCESSIONS | Fri Mar 11, 2016 | Didn't stand firm in negotiations | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MRHANEY | Mon Dec 20, 2010 | Farmer-turned-con man in a 1960s sitcom | Donna Hoke |
| NETLEASES | Fri Apr 18, 2008 | Certain rental arrangements | Joe DiPietro |
| ONECUBIT | Wed May 13, 2009 | 18 inches, give or take | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| PASSIVERESISTANCE | Sun Aug 19, 2018 | Protest tactic ... as suggested by 23-, 36-, 54-, 77- and 91-Across? | Jacob Stulberg |
| RECOLOR | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | Touch up, at the salon | Randolph Ross |
| REDBIRD | Sun Mar 30, 2003 | Cardinal, e.g. | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ROUNDDANCE | Mon Dec 25, 1995 | Waltz or reel | Sidney L. Robbins |
| SAINTLOUISBLUES | Sat Sep 27, 1997 | Brett Hull and teammates | Matt Gaffney |
| SHARENTING | Sat Dec 2, 2023 | Constantly posting pictures and news about one's kids' on social media | Royce Ferguson |
| SISSINESS | Sat Jan 6, 1996 | Unmanly quality | A.J. Santora |
| STICKERSHOCK | Fri Oct 24, 2025 | Dismayed reaction to a tag | Kelvin Zhou |
| TRIVETS | Fri Jan 22, 2021 | Pot supporters | Daniel Larsen |
| VIBISTS | Thu Oct 19, 2023 | Musicians that play with mallets | Colin Ernst |
| VIOLATES | Fri Mar 9, 2001 | Breaks | Mitch Komro |
| WHITEFLAG | Fri Nov 13, 2015 | Standard of negotiation | Patrick Berry |