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 50,822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACIDIFIES | Thu Oct 6, 2022 | Shifts from neutral, in a way | Simeon Seigel |
| ASPHALTED | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Like many driveways | Derrick Niederman |
| CRENELATE | Sat May 23, 2009 | Furnish with battlements, as a castle | Dave Tuller |
| DCCL | Wed May 25, 2011 | Three-quarters of M | Jeff Dubner |
| EDITORSNOTE | Fri Dec 2, 2016 | One may open an issue | Andrew Kingsley |
| EIGHTNOTES | Thu Sep 10, 2009 | Composition of a 30-Down | Kevan Choset |
| FALLCOLLECTIONS | Fri Jan 2, 1998 | Designers' lines | Alex K. Justin |
| FLIPTOPS | Sun Oct 13, 2002 | Easy openings | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GENGHISKHAN | Tue Sep 19, 2017 | Mongol Empire founder | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| IGNESFATUI | Fri Jun 13, 1997 | Delusions | Bob Klahn |
| KEELER | Wed Feb 4, 1998 | Old Broadway star Ruby | Fred Piscop |
| KEEPDRY | Mon Mar 12, 2007 | Sign for a recovering alcoholic? | Kevin Der |
| KNOWLES | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | John who wrote the 1959 best seller "A Separate Peace" | Sam Trabucco |
| LAWNBOWLING | Sun Jan 24, 2010 | Rolling in the grass? | David Kwong and Kevan Choset |
| LICEY | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Tigres del ___, Dominican team that has won the Caribbean World Series nine times | Raymond C. Young |
| LOGICIAN | Fri Aug 9, 2019 | "If ... then" sort of thinker | John Guzzetta |
| MISTING | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Coming down lightly | Daniel R. Stark |
| MOBILIZED | Thu Oct 12, 2017 | Mustard | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MOCKUMENTARY | Thu Apr 24, 2025 | "Borat" and "This Is Spinal Tap" | Kathleen Duncan |
| NOWINPAPERBACK | Thu Feb 13, 2003 | LOER-PRICED BOOK | Joe DiPietro |
| OCONNER | Thu Feb 10, 2011 | Patricia who wrote "Woe Is I" | Derek Bowman |
| ONESTEPPED | Fri Oct 7, 2005 | Danced the milonga | Manny Nosowsky |
| OVERCALLS | Fri Apr 7, 1995 | Some bridge bids | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| OVERESTIMATIONS | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Unduly high appraisals | Joe Krozel |
| PAPERLESS | Wed Mar 4, 2026 | Like e-statements and digital receipts | Wayne Bergman |
| PERORATES | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | Discourses | Frank Longo |
| PERPLEXES | Sun Aug 14, 2005 | Puzzles | Patrick Merrell |
| REUNITER | Sat Jan 6, 2007 | Investigator who finds someone's birth mother, say | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RHYTHMOFTHERAIN | Mon Jun 16, 2008 | 1960s weather song by the Cascades | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron |
| SNIFFED | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Examined, as a dog might | Carter Cobb |
| SOLARPOWER | Fri Jul 5, 2024 | Green juice? | Trent H. Evans |
| SOLONGATTHEFAIR | Wed Oct 1, 1997 | 1950 Jean Simmons film | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SOUNDEFFECT | Wed Jul 5, 2017 | Boing, for a spring | Jake Halperin |
| SYMONS | Fri Dec 17, 2010 | Arthur who wrote "The Symbolist Movement in Literature" | Patrick Berry |
| TOUGHCOOKIE | Tue Sep 28, 1999 | Not the easiest person to deal with | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TRALAS | Sun Jul 20, 2025 | Singsong refrain syllables | Michael Schlossberg |
| UNPARLIAMENTARY | Fri Jan 12, 2001 | Contrary to the rules | Mark Diehl |
| WORLDPOWER | Sat Nov 24, 2001 | The United States, notably | Rich Norris |
| WORSECONDITIONS | Mon Jul 2, 2007 | More rain and less light, e.g., to a pilot | Peter A. Collins |
| ZANDT | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Musician/radio host Steven Van ___ | Patrick Berry |