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 50,868 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCUSTOMED | Fri Aug 14, 1998 | Habitual | Shannon Burns |
| AFARM | Wed Jul 6, 2016 | What Old MacDonald had | David Woolf |
| AUTOTUNES | Sat Nov 28, 2020 | Alters, as a pop singer's voice | Nam Jin Yoon |
| BETTYWILLIAMS | Tue Mar 8, 2022 | 1976 Peace Nobelist from Northern Ireland who co-founded Community of Peace People | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| BLACKOFNIGHT | Sun Mar 1, 2009 | *Good and bad for a vampire | Robert W. Harris |
| BYPRODUCT | Thu Sep 29, 2016 | Carbon dioxide or water vis-à-vis cellular respiration | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| CAROLINEISLANDS | Wed Dec 22, 1993 | Group containing Truk, Belau and Yap | Morton B. Braun |
| CAVUTO | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | Neil of Fox News | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CELERIES | Sun Jun 24, 2012 | Stalks in a soup kitchen | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CELLRECEPTION | Wed Dec 31, 2025 | Gathering for this puzzle's attendees | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| CHESSPIECE | Mon Jun 3, 2024 | *King or queen, but not prince | Alana Platt |
| COMMANDS | Wed Jan 18, 2006 | Is in charge | Sheldon Benardo |
| DROVEHOMEAPOINT | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | The insistent acupuncturist ... | RIchard Hughes |
| GOFORADIP | Fri Sep 14, 2007 | What you might do at the beach | John Farmer |
| GUGLIELMOMARCONI | Sun May 13, 2001 | Wireless pioneer | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| HARDTASK | Tue Dec 16, 2014 | No easy chore | Joel D. Lafargue |
| HASHE | Wed Jul 8, 2009 | "___ lost his mind?" | Tim Wescott |
| HUNDREDACREWOOD | Mon Apr 5, 2004 | Home for Pooh and Tigger | Jim Hyres |
| ICECLOUD | Thu Feb 13, 2003 | Cirrus, say | Joe DiPietro |
| INKSTONE | Sat Mar 26, 2016 | Calligrapher's grinding mortar | Damon Gulczynski |
| IRANT | Sun May 25, 2003 | Dennis Miller book "___, Therefore I Am" | David J. Kahn |
| ITSTHATTIME | Sat Nov 4, 2023 | "We should get going" | David P. Williams |
| JUDOTHROWS | Tue Mar 17, 2020 | Takedowns at dojos | Ross Trudeau |
| JUSTPEACHY | Sat Dec 28, 2013 | Hunky-dory | Frederick J. Healy |
| LJUBLJANA | Sat Dec 4, 2010 | Capital NE of the Gulf of Trieste | Doug Peterson |
| LOBSTERPOTS | Mon Jul 23, 2007 | Traps off the coast of Maine | Randall J. Hartman |
| MINSKY | Sun Nov 19, 1995 | Big name in burlesque | Cathy Millhauser |
| MISTELL | Fri Oct 28, 1994 | Relate incorrectly | Bryant White |
| OLDIRONSIDES | Sat Oct 10, 2009 | What the Constitution is called | Natan Last |
| PEOPLEFOOD | Mon Oct 6, 2025 | What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across | Hannah Binney |
| PROPCOMIC | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | One with a thing for laughter? | Patrick Berry |
| RIDINGACADEMIES | Sat Jan 19, 2002 | Places where students may face hurdles | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| SIMPLY | Fri Feb 1, 2002 | Just | Pat M. Hugel |
| SLIVERING | Sat Apr 22, 2017 | Reducing to splinters | Adam Fromm |
| SONICYOUTH | Wed Oct 4, 2017 | Band featured in the documentary "1991: The Year Punk Broke" | Evan Mahnken |
| SPENTON | Sat Feb 12, 2005 | Used to buy | Joe DiPietro |
| STAGEONE | Fri May 22, 2009 | Initial part | Manny Nosowsky |
| TACTICAL | Sun Oct 4, 2015 | Employing strategy | Jeremy Newton |
| TROPHYWIFE | Mon Jul 16, 2012 | Husband's status symbol, possibly | Randall J. Hartman |
| ZEROVISIBILITY | Mon Nov 21, 2016 | Driving condition in a blizzard | John Lieb |