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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGENORM | Wed Dec 12, 2018 | Benchmark figure given how old a person is | David J. Kahn |
| ASTOUNDS | Sun Nov 16, 2003 | Blows away | Cathy Millhauser |
| BLANKETDENIAL | Wed Apr 17, 2013 | "These allegations are completely false!," e.g. | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| CENTURYTWENTYONE | Sun Mar 22, 2009 | Big name in real estate | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera |
| COMBINER | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | Mix master? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COMBOVERS | Thu Dec 9, 2010 | Dos that are don'ts? | Byron Walden and Caleb Madison |
| COMEINATONCE | Sun Sep 14, 2003 | ... to the tide | Cathy Millhauser |
| DEFOREST | Thu Jul 12, 2018 | Clear of trees | Joe DiPietro |
| DOGTREATS | Sun May 22, 2022 | Rewards for staying, maybe | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
| ELGINBAYLOR | Wed Jan 29, 2014 | A hoops great and his league | Michael Black |
| FIDGETED | Sun Jan 31, 2010 | Had ants in one's pants | Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FLUNKIES | Sat Mar 12, 2022 | Minions | Natan Last |
| FOZZIE | Sun Apr 23, 2023 | Muppet bear | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan |
| FUJIFILM | Sat Apr 10, 2010 | Giant in photography | Kevin G. Der |
| FULLOFSURPRISES | Sat Aug 21, 2021 | Unpredictable | Joseph Greenbaum |
| GETANTSY | Sat May 12, 2012 | Start to squirm | Caleb Madison |
| GLASSEYES | Thu Dec 21, 2023 | People don't see through them | David Steinberg |
| GOINGRATES | Sat Apr 15, 2023 | Payment standards | Kameron Austin Collins |
| GOODNEWS | Thu Sep 15, 2022 | "Which do you want to hear first?" option | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| GOTHELP | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Entered rehab, e.g. | Brad Wilber |
| INPROBATE | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | Like some estates | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LEAFTHROUGH | Mon Jul 20, 2009 | Quickly turn the pages of | Pancho Harrison |
| LITTLEWHITELIE | Sun Jul 31, 2016 | Fib | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| LORIC | Fri Jun 28, 1996 | Ending with folk | D. J. Kahn |
| MAINTHEMES | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | War and peace, in "War and Peace" | Christina Iverson |
| MINIATUREPOODLE | Fri May 21, 1999 | Lap dog, maybe | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| NACROUS | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Pearly: Var. | David J. Kahn |
| NATHANDETROIT | Tue Jul 18, 1995 | "Guys and Dolls" guy | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| NEODADAIST | Sat Aug 25, 2018 | Yoko Ono, artistically, in the 1960s | Sam Ezersky |
| NORDSTROM | Sat Dec 13, 2008 | Bloomingdale's rival | Frank Longo |
| NOTHANKS | Fri Dec 10, 1993 | Polite refusal | Alex K. Justin |
| PGMOVIES | Tue Dec 2, 2025 | Family-friendly film fare | Jonathan Baude |
| POSTSBOND | Wed Jul 1, 2020 | Uploads a photo of a government security? | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
| PRESIDIA | Tue Sep 25, 2001 | Soviet committees | A. J. Santora |
| RAILROADSTATION | Mon Dec 13, 2021 | Grand Central, for one | Tomas Spiers |
| RARETREAT | Fri Jun 26, 2020 | Unexpected delight | Robyn Weintraub |
| REAVOW | Wed Nov 27, 1996 | Admit again | R. Hughes |
| ROCKABYEBABY | Mon Aug 14, 1995 | Popular lullaby | Ben Wheelock |
| THELONGKISSGOODNIGHT | Sun May 24, 2015 | 1996 Geena Davis thriller [China; 4,4] | Kevin G. Der |
| VEGETATE | Mon Oct 15, 2012 | Do nothing | Tom Pepper |