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 50,360 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDICTIONS | Fri Apr 2, 2004 | Hard things to break | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ADDY | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | Mailing info, informally | Sam Ezersky |
| ALLENGINESAHEAD | Fri Aug 12, 2005 | "Proceed!" | Manny Nosowsky |
| ANDNOW | Thu Dec 3, 2020 | Emcee's segue | Jake Halperin |
| AZTECEMPEROR | Sat Jan 4, 2025 | Ancient figure called the "huey tlatoani" by his subjects | Sam Ezersky |
| BINGEWATCHING | Sat Feb 24, 2018 | Exhibiting a modern form of obsession | John Guzzetta |
| BLOVIATES | Tue Aug 7, 2018 | Goes on and on about nothing | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BOTHERS | Sun Jul 31, 1994 | Bugs | Richard Silvestri |
| BUYINGTIME | Fri Oct 14, 2022 | Stalling | David Steinberg |
| CROSSMULTIPLICATION | Thu Sep 5, 2002 | Basic algebra technique | Michael Shteyman |
| DECKLE | Sat Jul 4, 2020 | Bookmaking frame that produces paper with rough edges | Peter Wentz |
| DIAGNOSES | Mon Dec 25, 1995 | Doctors' determinations | Sidney L. Robbins |
| EXPENDING | Mon Aug 24, 2020 | Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied? | David Alfred Bywaters |
| FDRMEMORIAL | Sat Mar 2, 2013 | It features a statue of a Scottie next to his master | Barry C. Silk |
| INTHEMOMENT | Wed Jan 27, 2016 | How Buddhists strive to live | Adam G. Perl |
| KNOCKIN | Fri Nov 15, 2013 | Bring home, as a run | David Woolf |
| LEITH | Sat Jun 5, 2004 | Scottish seaport | Byron Walden |
| LOSTWORLD | Thu Sep 19, 2002 | Classic sci-fi story, with "The" | Randolph Ross |
| MADECONCESSIONS | Fri Mar 11, 2016 | Didn't stand firm in negotiations | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NAILEDIN | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Secured, as carpet tacks | Patrick Berry |
| OFTWOMINDS | Wed Nov 29, 2023 | Thinking A … but also thinking B? Gah! | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| OGGI | Tue Feb 25, 1997 | Today, in Turin | Gregory E. Paul |
| PADDYWHACK | Fri Jun 11, 2004 | See 27-Across | Sherry O. Blackard |
| PLAGIARIST | Fri Sep 8, 2006 | Copier, of sorts | Lisa Bunker |
| RECONCILED | Fri Jul 31, 2020 | Made peace | Claire Rimkus and Erik Agard |
| REMELDS | Sun Jan 16, 1994 | Combines again | Ernst Theimer |
| RUNONEMPTY | Thu Jul 7, 2005 | Push ahead, despite exhaustion | David Quarfoot |
| SACHABARONCOHEN | Sat Dec 6, 2008 | *Bat portrayer | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| SEEASHOW | Sun Jan 13, 2008 | Enjoy the theater | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| SEEPOUT | Thu Mar 25, 2021 | Ooze away | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SKIPAGRADE | Sat Jun 18, 2011 | Outclass one's peers? | Joon Pahk |
| SNAKEOILSALESMAN | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Slippery vendor | Peter A. Collins |
| TATTLEON | Sat Oct 17, 2009 | Rat out | Chuck Deodene |
| TAXABLEGAIN | Sat Sep 6, 1997 | Sale result, sometimes | Rich Norris |
| THEAYESHAVEIT | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Passing comment? | Jim Peredo |
| THETERMINATOR | Sat Aug 3, 2019 | Film featuring an assassin from 2029 | Ryan McCarty |
| THRUSH | Mon Jul 28, 2014 | Plump songbird | Tom McCoy |
| TOWLINES | Tue Nov 3, 2009 | Water-skiers' holds | Barry Boone |
| WATERRIDE | Sat Aug 27, 2022 | Disney's Splash Mountain, for one | Andrew Linzer |
| YOUCANTFOOLME | Mon Jan 8, 2007 | What a 20-Across might say | Harriet Clifton |