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 50,897 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARVO | Sun Apr 29, 2012 | Sacred music composer ___ Pärt | Tracy Gray |
| ATTHESCENE | Fri Mar 28, 2008 | Where it's happening | Barry C. Silk |
| AVANTGARDEJAZZ | Wed Feb 27, 2002 | Ornette Coleman genre | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BUCKLEUP | Sun Oct 6, 2013 | Driver's recommendation | Patrick Berry |
| CATANDMOUSEGAME | Mon Apr 10, 1995 | Evasion and pursuit | Sidney L. Robbins |
| CONGENERIC | Sat Jul 17, 1999 | Of the same biological group | Rand H. Burns |
| EDINBURGH | Sun Oct 21, 2001 | Castle Rock site | Robert H. Wolfe |
| EMBEDDED | Sat Sep 23, 2006 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid | Matthew Lees |
| EMULATION | Fri Jan 13, 2006 | Wannabe's efforts | Eric Berlin |
| ESTEEMABLE | Sat Oct 15, 1994 | Worthy | Randolph Ross |
| FINGERS | Wed Sep 24, 2025 | With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters | Peter A. Collins |
| FORGES | Mon Mar 28, 1994 | Smithies | William P. Baxley |
| FORWARDS | Wed Sep 15, 2021 | Sends on | Sophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau |
| FRANKGEHRY | Fri Aug 22, 2014 | Walt Disney Concert Hall designer | Sam Ezersky |
| HATTRICKS | Wed Oct 4, 2023 | Sensational scoring feats or sensational songs | Gary Larson |
| HEXSIGNS | Fri Sep 13, 2019 | Symbols meant to ward off evil | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| KINGJOHN | Mon Jun 15, 2015 | He sealed the 19-Across | Mike Buckley |
| LUCKYBREAKS | Wed Dec 14, 2022 | Fortunate circumstances ... or a punny hint to the shaded letters | Matthew Stock |
| MANSPREAD | Thu Aug 30, 2018 | Annoyance from a subway seatmate | Grant Thackray |
| MCGARRETT | Sat Jun 4, 2005 | Lead role in "Hawaii Five-O" | Byron Walden |
| METERMAIDS | Tue Apr 15, 2008 | *Some ticket issuers | Ken Bessette |
| MODESTFEE | Thu Feb 4, 2016 | Reasonable charge | Jeff Chen |
| MOUNTAIN | Mon Apr 1, 2024 | Alpinist's activity, literally? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| NOADMITTANCE | Sun Jun 14, 2020 | See 23-Across | Randolph Ross |
| NUTALLERGY | Mon Nov 11, 2024 | Reason to use sunflower butter in a PB&J | Patrick Gramza and John Kugelman |
| OAXACAMEXICO | Mon Feb 12, 2018 | State capital ESE of Guadalajara | Michael Black |
| ONEBELOWPAR | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | *Where to find para in the dictionary | Randolph Ross |
| OZONIC | Sat Sep 4, 1999 | Like fresh air | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| PASSPORTPHOTO | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Shot required for international travel | Robyn Weintraub |
| POISONED | Sat Nov 24, 2012 | Like four ill-fated popes, it's said | Josh Knapp |
| POPCONCERT | Sat Jan 17, 2004 | Ticketmaster event | Patrick Berry |
| REACHESAVERDICT | Mon Jan 5, 1998 | What the jury does after deliberating | Mark Moldowsky |
| SAVENOW | Fri Jun 12, 2015 | Tempting words for shopaholics | David Steinberg |
| SHOWDOWN | Thu Jun 6, 2002 | Final fight | Patrick Merrell |
| SPEEDILY | Fri Jun 8, 2018 | With alacrity | Caleb Madison |
| TAKEARIDE | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | Not go by foot | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THISISMINE | Sat Oct 14, 2023 | "I call dibs" | Byron Walden |
| TOOHOTTOHANDLE | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | 1960 Jayne Mansfield movie | Randolph Ross |
| UNPAVED | Wed Aug 5, 2015 | Just dirt, say | Patrick Berry |
| WHOLENUMBERS | Thu Apr 25, 2024 | 1, 2, 3, etc. | Hanh Huynh |