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 50,732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTINIC | Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Like light that causes chemical change | Dan Feyer |
| ADOPTDONTSHOP | Sat Mar 16, 2024 | Animal shelter slogan | Carly Schuna |
| ALKY | Thu Dec 16, 2010 | Boozer | Charles Deber |
| AMELIABLOOMER | Thu Aug 26, 2004 | 19th-century dress reformer who advocated 20-Across | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| AUTOMATICREDIAL | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Telephone feature jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1961 | Jacob Stulberg |
| AUTOPILOTS | Sat Feb 21, 2004 | Ones who'd never think of flying? | Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry |
| BITEMARKS | Tue Jun 28, 2016 | Things spiders leave | Alex Vratsanos |
| CROONED | Sat Nov 26, 2005 | Sang | Rich Norris |
| DELETEKEY | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | What takes all types? | Sid Sivakumar |
| EATRAW | Sun Jun 30, 2019 | Avoid cooked foods | Emily Carroll |
| FACESTHEMUSIC | Mon Jul 19, 2004 | Prepares to be punished | Nancy Salomon and Kendall Twigg |
| FATASACOW | Wed May 28, 2014 | Scale-busting | Tim Croce |
| FORBEARANCE | Mon Nov 17, 1997 | Restraint | Holden Baker |
| GENDERIDENTITY | Mon Dec 24, 2018 | It may or may not correspond with one's birth sex | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GLASSBOTTOM | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | Sightseeing boat feature | Randolph Ross |
| HDRADIO | Sun Oct 2, 2016 | Digital technology that provides higher-quality sound | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HUNDREDACREWOOD | Mon Apr 5, 2004 | Home for Pooh and Tigger | Jim Hyres |
| ICANEXPLAIN | Sat Jun 11, 2016 | "Hear me out" | Andrew Kingsley |
| IMITATING | Fri Jun 1, 2018 | Skill of many "S.N.L." cast members | Andrew J. Ries |
| INDEXCARD | Sat Feb 12, 2000 | Speaker's prop | Dave Tuller |
| LABWASTE | Sat May 27, 2023 | Scientists' discards | Samuel Smalley |
| LGBTRIGHTS | Sat Feb 3, 2018 | Cause associated with the rainbow flag | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| LOSINGONESNERVE | Mon May 4, 2009 | Succumbing to second thoughts | Mark Milhet |
| LOVETAKESTIME | Sun Feb 14, 2016 | 1990 #1 hit for Mariah Carey | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| NAILSALON | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | Filing station? | Andy Kravis |
| NOODLEBAR | Fri Jun 24, 2022 | Place to slurp ramen | Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel |
| ORGANICCHEMISTRY | Sun May 13, 2018 | Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods? | Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard |
| POETRYINMOTION | Mon Jan 18, 2016 | Sublime physical performance ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | Kathy Wienberg |
| POSTAGESTAMPLOT | Sun May 22, 2005 | Small area of land to build on | A. J. Santora |
| PUPPETSTRINGS | Sun Jun 12, 2011 | *Handy things for a toy? | C. W. Stewart |
| SMASHHITS | Mon Nov 14, 2005 | Chart toppers | Marjorie Berg |
| SPIRY | Mon May 30, 1994 | Helical | Raymond Hamel |
| SQUEEZEBY | Fri Feb 8, 2002 | Barely get past | Manny Nosowsky |
| SQUIRRELEDAWAY | Sun Jan 12, 2020 | Stashed for later [Blue Hen State] | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
| THEMESSAGE | Thu Jun 17, 2004 | "Understand?" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| VEDANTA | Sun Nov 6, 1994 | Hindu philosophy | A.J. Santora |
| VERTEBRAE | Wed Jun 22, 2011 | Facet joints connect them | Tim Croce |
| WICKET | Sat Jan 5, 2002 | Small gate | Rich Norris |
| YANGON | Thu Feb 9, 2006 | Myanmar's capital | Ethan Cooper |
| YELLOWBELLIES | Sun Nov 9, 2014 | Lily-livered sorts | Tom McCoy |