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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABNERYOKUM | Sat May 10, 2003 | Daisy lover | Bob Klahn |
| ADDEDCOMPLEXITY | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | Rocket science + brain surgery | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| ALTOCLEF | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | Viola staff starter | Lily Silverstein |
| BANKBALANCE | Tue Jul 24, 2012 | A.T.M. printout | Andrew Marc Greene |
| BATTLEOFTHESINAI | Mon Oct 1, 2018 | Yom Kippur War clash | Chuck Deodene |
| BURSTATTHESEAMS | Wed Jun 13, 2018 | Not be contained anymore | Michael Hawkins |
| CATENA | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Connected series | Bob Klahn |
| CDSTAND | Thu Sep 17, 2020 | Music holder before cloud storage | Simeon Seigel |
| CHENIER | Sat May 31, 1997 | Guillotined French poet Andre de ___ | Frank Longo |
| CLEANUPYOURROOM | Mon Aug 21, 2006 | Parental demand #2 | Elayne Cantor |
| COLLEGESTUDENT | Sun Mar 26, 2000 | This rises by degrees | Manny Nosowsky |
| CONSIDERS | Mon Sep 16, 2019 | Takes under advisement | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| DEFINER | Sun Oct 25, 2009 | Noah Webster, for one | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| DISCOUNTED | Tue Oct 28, 2014 | Not full-price | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FILLANEED | Sun Sep 10, 2023 | Adam Wagner | |
| FOREIGNMINISTER | Sat Dec 14, 2013 | Part of a French cabinet | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| FRENCHKISS | Mon Apr 8, 1996 | 1995 Kline-Ryan comedy | S. B. Whitten |
| GETSSQUAREWITH | Sat Oct 2, 2004 | Pays all that is owed | David J. Kahn |
| HAUNTEDHOUSE | Mon Aug 14, 2000 | Where to get scared | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| IODEVICE | Fri Oct 19, 2018 | PC modem or drive | Trenton Charlson |
| LACKOFEELING | Thu Sep 7, 2000 | What pollution in the Sargasso Sea may lead to? | Manny Nosowsky |
| LINGAM | Sat Jun 3, 2023 | Phallic object worshiped as a symbol of Shiva | John Westwig |
| NANOTECH | Fri Feb 18, 2022 | Small-scale study, for short | Aimee Lucido |
| PBSSHOW | Fri Jul 27, 2018 | "Nature" or "Frontline" | Bruce Haight |
| PEPPERPOTTS | Mon Sep 26, 2016 | *Iron Man's love interest | Timothy Polin |
| PLUMJOB | Sat Dec 2, 2017 | Coveted position | Mark Diehl |
| POINTOFORDER | Sat Jun 14, 2014 | Call for a meeting? | Alex Vratsanos |
| PSYCHOANALYST | Tue Apr 12, 2022 | Dream job? | Dan Schoenholz |
| RADIOADS | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Spots that aren't seen | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| REDALDERS | Sun Sep 14, 2025 | Trees native to the Yukon | Daniel Grinberg |
| REDBREAST | Wed Nov 6, 1996 | Robin | M. E. Skolsky |
| RESPIRATORYSYSTEM | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | Means of breathing | Gary Larson |
| ROOKIEMISTAKE | Fri Oct 28, 2022 | Something a veteran won't make | Will Nediger |
| SHUTTLES | Sun Feb 16, 2025 | Atlantis and others | John Kugelman |
| SILVERBULLETS | Fri Mar 18, 2016 | Miraculous solutions | Michael Wiesenberg |
| SPARETHEDETAILS | Sat Jun 30, 2012 | Not subject someone to a blow-by-blow | Tim Croce |
| STLAWRENCE | Thu Aug 6, 1998 | Thousand Islands locale | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| UNSHIP | Thu May 13, 1999 | Take off the steamer | Rich Norris |
| WAKAFLOCKAFLAME | Wed May 24, 2023 | Rapper with the 2010 hit "No Hands" | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| WINEGOBLETS | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | They have feet and stems | Eric Berlin |