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 50,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABUD | Fri Aug 23, 2002 | "Nothing beats ___" (beer slogan) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| AIRCON | Tue Dec 9, 2014 | House cooler, for short | Paul Hunsberger |
| ANACTOFPEACE | Sun Apr 22, 2007 | "Poetry is ..." (Pablo Neruda) | Victor Fleming |
| CHITTERCHATTER | Thu Nov 1, 2018 | *Small talk | Matt Ginsberg |
| CLONEWAR | Sun May 14, 2023 | Conflict over seceding from the Galactic Republic, in sci-fi | Sid Sivakumar |
| DINGIER | Wed Nov 14, 2001 | More run-down | Frank A. Longo |
| DISBAND | Tue Feb 17, 2026 | Break up, as a group | Stephan Prock and Jeff Chen |
| DRESSDOWNDAYS | Tue Oct 17, 2023 | Casual office occasions | Dominic Grillo |
| EXPENDING | Mon Aug 24, 2020 | Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied? | David Alfred Bywaters |
| FOLLOWEDTHESUN | Tue Jan 9, 2024 | Exhibited heliotropism, as a flower | Adam Wagner |
| GETALIFT | Sat Apr 14, 2007 | Hitchhike | Sherry O. Blackard |
| HIGHTONED | Wed Nov 23, 2011 | Pretentious | Ian Livengood |
| HOTTUNA | Thu Jul 27, 2017 | Blues-rock group that grew out of Jefferson Airplane | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| JAUNDICE | Sat Jan 27, 2024 | Affliction treated in newborns with phototherapy | Grace Warrington and Greg Warrington |
| KEPTMAN | Thu Mar 22, 2018 | Gigolo | Ross Trudeau |
| LESSONED | Sun Aug 11, 1996 | Taught | M. Schneider |
| LOWMARK | Thu Nov 29, 2007 | D, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MACC | Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Book of the Cath. Bible | A. J. Santora |
| MAGISTERIAL | Fri Dec 26, 1997 | Authoritative | Bob Sefick |
| MOTTE | Mon Oct 24, 1994 | Grove of trees, in the Southwest | Sidney L. Robbins |
| NASCARRACE | Fri Jul 18, 2025 | The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g. | Kelly Morenus |
| NEWYORKMET | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | *Tom Seaver, e.g. | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| NFLCHEERLEADER | Thu Jul 25, 1996 | Figure in a Super Bowl promo | A. J. Santora |
| NOREPLY | Wed Apr 23, 2014 | Like some email addresses | David J. Kahn |
| PGACOURSE | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | Pebble Beach or Quail Hollow, e.g. | Sam Ezersky |
| PLASMASCREEN | Sun Nov 14, 2021 | TV display option | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz |
| POLICEREPORTS | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Joint accounts? | Ryan McCarty |
| REVILED | Sat May 4, 2024 | Unpopular and then some | Jacob McDermott |
| RUBOF | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | _____ the green (links luck) | Frances Hansen |
| SELFDISCIPLINED | Sat Jan 5, 2002 | Ascetic | Rich Norris |
| SHOWERY | Wed Nov 19, 2003 | Wet, weatherwise | Richard Silvestri |
| SLEDDING | Wed Aug 24, 1994 | Winter sport | Robert Herrig |
| STOODINLINE | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | Queued | Michael Ashley |
| THESHIPPINGNEWS | Wed Apr 29, 1998 | E. Annie Proulx novel | Gayle Dean |
| TORONTORAPTORS | Mon May 27, 2019 | Canadian team in the N.B.A. | Bruce Haight |
| TOTHELAST | Fri Apr 24, 2020 | How die-hard defenders may hold out | John Guzzetta |
| VIEJA | Sun Feb 13, 2000 | 53-Down, to Juanita | Bill Zais |
| WATERBREAK | Wed Feb 23, 2022 | Reason to pause a workout | Rose Conlon |
| WILDERNESS | Sun Jan 9, 2000 | Gene & Eliot's favorite vacation area? | Charles M. Deber |
| YOUSNOOZEYOULOSE | Mon Jan 12, 2026 | Rhyming advice to a procrastinator | Carolyn Davies Lynch and Christina Iverson |