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 50,793 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULTMALES | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Men | Byron Walden |
| ALLUVIALDEPOSIT | Tue Aug 31, 1999 | River delta, e.g. | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| ANOWL | Tue Jul 7, 2020 | Wise as ___ | Kevin Patterson |
| ANTIPRESS | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Targeting the Fourth Estate | Byron Walden |
| APRIEST | Thu May 14, 2009 | "The one-l lama," to Ogden Nash | David J. Kahn |
| BABYDOC | Tue Apr 30, 2013 | Nickname of Haiti's Duvalier, ousted in 1986 | Lynn Lempel |
| BRASSWARE | Sat Oct 28, 2017 | Many doorknobs, faucets, candleholders, etc. | Roland Huget |
| CHRISEVERTLLOYD | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Six-time U.S. Open winner | Derrick Niederman |
| CLOSESON | Sat Feb 4, 2017 | Completes the purchase of | Patrick Berry |
| CROCKER | Sat Jun 14, 2025 | Grocery store surname | Barbara Lin |
| DIANTHUS | Fri Sep 16, 2005 | Plant of the pink family | Craig Kasper |
| EMBRACED | Sat Jan 17, 1998 | Adopted | Rich Norris |
| EPISTEMOLOGICAL | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Like questions of what is knowable | Joe Krozel |
| EXTREMERIGHTWING | Sun Feb 3, 2008 | Reactionary | Matt Ginsberg |
| EXTRINSIC | Sat Nov 12, 2005 | Nonessential | Karen M. Tracey |
| FATHEADS | Sat Sep 3, 2011 | Ninnies | Peter Wentz |
| GAPING | Fri Nov 5, 2010 | ___ hole | Mike Nothnagel |
| GOLDENHIND | Mon Dec 26, 1994 | Sir Francis Drake ship | Gregory E. Paul |
| HEDDAS | Fri Apr 2, 1999 | Hopper and others | Jim Page |
| HUNGARIGHT | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | See 103-Across | Patrick Berry |
| MARKERS | Sun Dec 1, 2013 | Buoys, e.g. | Alan DerKazarian |
| MELINA | Tue May 31, 2005 | "Never on Sunday" star ___ Mercouri | Merl Reagle |
| NODDEDOFF | Sat May 10, 2025 | Didn't make it through the late show, say | Shaun Phillips |
| OFTTIMES | Fri Oct 12, 2007 | Routinely | Mike Nothnagel |
| OUTINFORCE | Mon Feb 4, 2019 | Present en masse | Ali Gascoigne |
| PLAINLY | Sat Apr 20, 2002 | À la the Amish | Dana Motley |
| PREAKNESS | Sat May 2, 2009 | Part of the 23-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| PROHIBITION | Sat Mar 13, 1999 | Bygone era, which will help answer the five capitalized clues | David J. Kahn |
| REASSURER | Tue Jul 4, 1995 | One with comforting words | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| RIOMUNI | Fri Aug 7, 1998 | Mainland Equatorial Guinea | Frank Longo |
| ROBERTEDWARDLEE | Mon Jul 25, 1994 | West Point salutatorian, 1829 | Albert J. Klaus |
| SCHOOLMARM | Sat Jun 27, 2020 | Miss Beadle of "Little House on the Prairie," e.g. | Ryan Mccarty |
| SOFTDRINK | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | Pop fly | Christina Iverson |
| STEALERS | Sun Feb 14, 1999 | Thieves | Elizabeth Gorski |
| SUNNINESS | Sun Feb 6, 2022 | Good cheer | Stephen McCarthy |
| SWIMUPSTREAM | Fri Dec 6, 2019 | Take the more difficult path, metaphorically | Andrew J. Ries |
| THEPROMISEDLAND | Thu Aug 9, 2001 | High ground | Patrick Berry |
| TOYDOGS | Sat Mar 23, 2019 | Pugs, e.g. | David Steinberg |
| TURPENTINE | Sat Dec 18, 2004 | Thinner | Dana Motley |
| WACKYTOBACKY | Sat Jul 7, 2018 | Mary Jane | Ryan McCarty |