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 50,650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADREACTION | Sun Oct 18, 1998 | The allergist's monologue drew a ___ | David J. Kahn |
| CHOPPEDSALAD | Sun Sep 27, 2020 | Food depicted cryptically at 49-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| CHROMOSOME | Thu Apr 27, 2000 | Gene carrier | Greg Staples |
| DRAGSIN | Sat Aug 23, 2003 | Delivers with effort | Rich Norris |
| DUMMYBAG | Sat Oct 20, 2012 | Aid in football tackling drills | Ned White |
| EASTERNEMPIRE | Mon May 7, 2007 | Domain ruled from Constantinople | Janet Bender |
| ETERNALFLAME | Mon Jan 1, 2018 | Bangles torch song? | Matthew Sewell |
| FEELSOKAY | Fri Feb 10, 2023 | Seems acceptable | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| FRANCISCRICK | Thu May 25, 2006 | Nobelist who co-discovered the structure of DNA | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| GENTIANS | Sun Aug 25, 1996 | Blue wildflowers | R. Silvestri |
| GOODWILLSHOP | Mon May 5, 1997 | Secondhand store | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| HAIRCOMB | Wed Jan 28, 2015 | Producer of many parts | Gary Cee |
| HINDQUARTER | Wed Dec 5, 2007 | Source of rump roast | Allan E. Parrish |
| HOLYARK | Tue Mar 14, 2017 | It stores a synagogue's Torah scrolls | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| ICEMILKS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Low-fat dairy desserts | Paul Coulter |
| IDENTITYTHIEVES | Sat Oct 26, 2024 | Masters of bad impersonations? | Peter A. Collins |
| KEEPSONICE | Sun Jun 3, 2001 | Has ready | Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon |
| LEAFLIKE | Sun Sep 4, 2011 | Foliose | Dana Delany and Matt Ginsberg |
| LIBRIS | Thu May 19, 2011 | Ex ___ | Paula Gamache |
| LIFEBEFOREMAN | Sun Feb 8, 2026 | Margaret Atwood novel with a love triangle involving a paleontologist | Chloe Revery |
| MALTESEFALCON | Sat Jun 22, 1996 | Object of a hunt in a 1929 mystery | B. White |
| MINGNA | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Actress Wen of "The Mandalorian" | Drew Schmenner |
| MOZZARELLA | Tue Apr 4, 1995 | Mild, white cheese | David J. Kahn |
| NAILEDIN | Sun Oct 24, 2004 | Secured, as carpet tacks | Patrick Berry |
| NYYANKEE | Sun Apr 7, 2024 | Aaron Judge, e.g., in brief | Tracy Gray |
| ONTHESEA | Sun Apr 15, 2007 | Sailing | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| OTTERPUP | Sat Nov 18, 2017 | Youngster in a stream | Sam Trabucco |
| OUSEL | Sun May 25, 2008 | White-collared thrush: Var. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PROLEPSES | Sat Feb 21, 1998 | Anticipations of possible objections, in rhetoric | Richard Hughes |
| PUNNER | Sat Aug 22, 2015 | New York Post headline writer, often | Barry C. Silk |
| RAVEREVIEWS | Sat May 28, 2022 | Glowing things | Joseph Greenbaum |
| SADRCITY | Fri Jan 25, 2008 | War-torn Baghdad suburb | David Quarfoot |
| SETTINGSUNS | Fri Aug 4, 2006 | Sights before nights | Manny Nosowsky |
| SHAVED | Tue Nov 25, 1997 | Attacked the whiskers | Gregory E. Paul |
| STRITCH | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | "Bus Stop" star: 1955 | Randolph Ross |
| TALKEDOVER | Fri Jan 10, 2014 | Discussed | Patrick Berry |
| TGEISEL | Tue Mar 2, 2004 | 38-Across's real name, in brief | Charles Barasch |
| THEMONITOR | Fri Oct 17, 2014 | Church-owned newsweekly, for short | Michael Ashley |
| TROGLODYTE | Fri Apr 9, 2010 | One who used to go clubbing? | Ned White |
| XTIMESY | Sat May 26, 2012 | Basic bit of algebra | Peter Wentz |