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 50,421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRSHIPS | Wed Sep 18, 2019 | Blimps and zeppelins | John Wrenholt |
| ARAME | Sat Feb 6, 2010 | Mild-flavored seaweed in Japanese cuisine | Frederick J. Healy |
| AUTOCADES | Sat Sep 19, 2015 | They're often escorted by police | Kevin Adamick |
| BELLADONNALILY | Sun Jun 23, 1996 | Amaryllis | F. Hansen |
| BOXINGCHAMPION | Wed Mar 27, 2002 | Winner of a belt | Sarah Keller |
| COMBATANTS | Fri Feb 9, 2001 | Firing people? | Nelson Hardy |
| CONTACTTRACE | Mon Jan 6, 2025 | Track exposures to a disease, as an epidemiologist might | Rena Cohen |
| DATINGAPP | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Modern medium for meeting someone ... or what each of the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 50-Across is | Sarah Sinclair |
| DEFERRALS | Sun Dec 4, 2005 | Postponements | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper |
| EARLTHEPEARL | Mon Jan 13, 1997 | 1970's New York Knick's nickname | G. E. Paul |
| ELLSWORTH | Sun Feb 10, 2013 | South Dakota Air Force base | Patrick Berry |
| EMPTILY | Sat May 3, 2008 | How one might stare into space | Patrick Berry |
| EXCESSIVE | Sun Jan 26, 2014 | 95-Down, relatively | Daniel A. Finan |
| FAMILYNAME | Sat Dec 8, 2007 | It appears first in China | Barry C. Silk |
| GAMBREL | Sat May 5, 2012 | Common barn roof | Ned White |
| GETLIT | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Go on a drinking spree, in slang | Sam Trabucco |
| GRAFTON | Wed Feb 3, 2021 | Sue who wrote the so-called "alphabet series" | Yacob Yonas |
| GRANDMERE | Wed Nov 12, 2014 | Nanette's nana | Daniel Landman |
| INTHERAIN | Tue Feb 28, 2023 | One way 38-Across is offered | Gia Bosko |
| JAMESFIXX | Wed May 18, 2005 | "The Complete Book of Running" author | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LENDINGANEAR | Mon Jan 14, 2013 | Listening | Steve Salmon |
| OGAM | Sun Mar 17, 2002 | Old Irish alphabet: Var. | David J. Kahn |
| OSCARMAYER | Thu Apr 26, 2007 | Food company whose name is spelled out in its advertising jingle | Mike Nothnagel |
| PUNGENTFLAVORS | Thu Sep 5, 1996 | Qualities of Bennett Cerf's food? | C. Millhauser |
| RADIOPHONE | Fri May 17, 1996 | Ship's communication device | J. DiPietro |
| RUSSIANTWIST | Tue Sep 2, 2025 | Core-strengthening exercise | Rena Cohen |
| SEEASHOW | Sun Jan 13, 2008 | Enjoy the theater | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| SERVICEDOGS | Mon May 24, 2021 | Ones leading the blind, maybe | Adrienne Atkins |
| SOLITUDE | Sat Nov 14, 2020 | Me time, say | Emily Carroll and Erik Agard |
| STARKERS | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | In the buff | Patrick Berry |
| TAKEODDS | Mon Oct 29, 2018 | Accept a bet | Peter Gordon |
| TAXID | Wed Jul 26, 2017 | S.S.N., e.g. | Brian Cox |
| THEORISTS | Sun Jun 9, 2002 | People with principles | Randolph Ross |
| TILTON | Sun Jun 9, 2013 | Charlene who played Lucy on "Dallas" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOWHEEZE | Sun Aug 21, 1994 | Allergy victim's fate | Ted Fulton |
| TWOTIMELOSER | Thu Sep 21, 2017 | *Adlai Stevenson as a presidential candidate, e.g. | Matt Ginsberg |
| VENERABLY | Thu Apr 14, 1994 | With worthiness of respect | Manny Nosowsky |
| VITALROLE | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Key part | Kameron Austin Collins |
| VOLK | Sun Feb 25, 1996 | People in Germany | D. Niles |
| WILLSMITH | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | Player of J in "Men in Black" | Sam Trabucco |