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 50,561 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUIRED | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | With 12-Down, blue cheese and black coffee, typically | Joe Krozel |
| ALIENCONTACT | Sun Jul 17, 2016 | ... about the search for extraterrestrial life? | Jerry Miccolis |
| BRITANNICA | Fri Nov 25, 2016 | Pax ___ (century preceding W.W. I) | Patrick Berry |
| CATENATED | Sat Oct 29, 1994 | Linked in a series | Frank A. Longo |
| CHEAPTHRILL | Fri Feb 10, 2023 | Something simple done for pleasure | Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris |
| CITYLINE | Wed Jan 6, 2016 | Place for a "Welcome to" sign | Jules P. Markey |
| CONDOM | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Item in a health class demonstration | Byron Walden |
| DAVIDSON | Tue Oct 23, 2001 | College near Charlotte | Leonard Williams |
| DIAZEPAM | Sat Jun 9, 2007 | Valium, generically | Karen M. Tracey |
| DRFRANKENSTEIN | Fri Mar 26, 2010 | Famous body builder? | Henry Hook |
| FORDFOUNDATION | Wed Jan 21, 1998 | Arts supporter | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FUELSSPECULATION | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Oil futures? | John Kugelman |
| GATECRASH | Fri Sep 23, 2022 | Pretend to know the host, say | Erik Agard |
| GETHOOKEDUP | Tue Jun 9, 2020 | Join (with) | Freddie Cheng |
| HITTINGTHESKIDS | Tue Mar 26, 2002 | Descending into ruin | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| JELLIEDEEL | Mon Mar 7, 2022 | *Traditional English pub order of fish in a set stock | Sam Acker |
| KINGDOMS | Sun Dec 17, 2000 | Parts of Middle Earth | Frances Hansen |
| LINAGES | Thu Sep 5, 2019 | Measures of newspaper ad space | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LITERALIST | Sat Jul 5, 2025 | Rigid sort of interpreter | Tracy Bennett |
| LIVEONTAPE | Fri Nov 30, 2007 | Prerecorded | Henry Hook |
| LOCALTIME | Mon Mar 31, 2025 | Standard announcement of a pilot upon landing | Ryan Mathiason |
| MOLLYBROWN | Sun Mar 11, 2012 | See 33-Across | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| MOVIEFLOP | Thu Nov 25, 2004 | Turkey, to a critic | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
| OSCARWAO | Fri Nov 15, 2013 | Novel title character with a "brief, wondrous life" | David Woolf |
| PEDAGOG | Sun Aug 3, 2008 | Teacher: Var. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| QUICKBREAD | Mon Jan 24, 2022 | It doesn't need time to rise before baking | John Guzzetta |
| RADIATIONLEVELS | Sat May 8, 2010 | Counter measures? | Mark Diehl |
| REMITTED | Sat Dec 13, 1997 | Eased up | Richard Silvestri |
| SCRUBLANDS | Wed Aug 28, 1996 | Wild expanse | F. Heaney |
| SEASIDECOTTAGE | Tue Jul 1, 2003 | Summer retreat | Karen M. Tracey |
| SKYSCAPE | Sun Nov 14, 2010 | Picture that shows you what's up? | Patrick Berry |
| SORTE | Sun Jan 15, 1995 | French kind | Ernie Furtado |
| SPACIER | Tue May 24, 2022 | More likely to daydream, say | Ella Dershowitz |
| SPICATE | Thu Aug 1, 2002 | Like ears of grain | William I. Johnston |
| STICKYSITUATION | Sat Nov 14, 2020 | Predicament | Emily Carroll and Erik Agard |
| TABLEORBOOTH | Sun Jul 27, 2003 | Restaurant options #6 | Michael Grudzielanek |
| TENPLY | Fri May 5, 2006 | Like some heavy-duty tires | Manny Nosowsky |
| THEFULLMONTY | Tue Apr 27, 2004 | 1997 steelworkers-turned-dancers film | Janet R. Bender |
| UTDALLAS | Thu Aug 27, 2015 | Educational institution near Plano, informally | Joon Pahk |
| YOUWONTREGRETIT | Fri Aug 11, 2023 | "Trust me, this is the right call" | John-Clark Levin |