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 50,526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZINGISNTIT | Sun Dec 3, 2017 | "Pretty cool, huh?" | David Steinberg |
| ATTHELEAST | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | "If nothing else ..." | Kyle Dolan |
| BALLCONTROL | Thu Apr 13, 1995 | Gridiron offense strategy | Glenn E. Sykes |
| BLUEBOTTLE | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Shiny blowfly | Byron Walden |
| CANDIED | Sun Oct 18, 2020 | Voltaire's sweet novel? | Miriam Estrin |
| CELLWALLS | Tue Sep 15, 2020 | They provide structure, biologically | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| CHRISSIEHYNDE | Fri Oct 8, 2010 | The great Pretender? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| COHOSTS | Thu Dec 31, 2015 | They share the air | Ben Tausig |
| CONDUCTOR | Mon Jan 1, 2024 | Official on a train ... or for an orchestra | Harry Zheng |
| CONSUMERPROFILE | Tue Jun 4, 2019 | Need for targeted advertising | Jake Halperin |
| DEVOTIONAL | Fri Jun 19, 1998 | Used in worship | A. J. Santora |
| DIPPIER | Sun Nov 14, 1999 | Less cool | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| EDDIEBAUER | Thu Jul 13, 2023 | J.Crew competitor | Hanh Huynh |
| EMBOWERED | Fri Jul 19, 2013 | Surrounded with foliage | Patrick Berry |
| EVILLAUGH | Sun Jul 30, 2023 | "Mwa-ha-ha-ha" is one | John Kugelman |
| FIGURESKATE | Fri Dec 19, 2014 | Practice swizzles and twizzles, say | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| FLUORESCE | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Glow, in a way | Jacob Stulberg |
| FUHRMAN | Sun Aug 17, 1997 | 1995 cop on the spot | Cathy Millhauser |
| HANDEDOFF | Thu Dec 22, 1994 | Relinquished, as a football | Stanley Newman |
| HOLISTS | Sat Jun 28, 2003 | Some philosophers and physicians | Robert H. Wolfe |
| HOPONIT | Thu Nov 7, 2019 | "Get going already!" | Joe DiPietro |
| IMPOSITIONS | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | Annoying obligations / "No need to check" [split] | Patrick Berry |
| NAILEDIN | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Secured, as carpet tacks | Patrick Berry |
| NOTESOFTHESCALE | Mon Sep 10, 2007 | Features found in 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 28-Down | Edward M Sessa |
| ONABOUT | Fri Nov 15, 2013 | Speaking of repeatedly, to a Brit | David Woolf |
| ONFURLOUGH | Sat Feb 14, 2009 | Away, in a way | Joe Krozel |
| SAINTALBANS | Fri Jul 16, 2004 | Wars of the Roses battle site | Craig Kasper |
| SANFERNANDO | Mon Jun 9, 1997 | Los Angeles suburb | Thomas W. Schier |
| SEASPRAY | Sun Jun 18, 2017 | Result of waves hitting rocks | Sam Trabucco |
| SECRETKNOCK | Fri Feb 5, 2021 | Underground rap? | Erik Agard |
| SHADOWCABINET | Mon May 23, 2022 | Opposition party group in British politics | Simon Marotte |
| SINGLEOCCUPANCY | Mon Mar 30, 2009 | Small hotel room specification | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| STREAKING | Sat Aug 6, 2016 | Activity for when there's nothing going on? | David Phillips |
| TASKBAR | Thu Mar 24, 2022 | Strip of computer shortcuts | Jess Shulman |
| TENDERIZE | Fri Dec 5, 1997 | Pound, perhaps | Craig Kasper and Dave Tuller |
| THEENDOFTHELINE | Fri Mar 22, 2002 | Terminus | Randall J. Hartman |
| THEROUNDTABLE | Sun Jul 26, 2009 | See 14-Down | Kevin G. Der |
| WACOTX | Thu May 26, 2011 | Baylor U. locale | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| WOESOME | Sun Dec 24, 1995 | Grievous, to grandma | Frances Hansen |
| WOODNYMPH | Fri Sep 5, 2008 | Butterfly with black-and-white eyespots | Kevin G. Der |