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 50,409 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANABIOSIS | Fri Jun 6, 2014 | Reanimation after apparent death | Kameron Austin Collins |
| ANDAN | Sun Aug 7, 1994 | "It is a nipping _____ eager air": Shakespeare | Dean Niles |
| APTIVA | Sun Dec 13, 2009 | I.B.M. computer of the 1990s | Mike Shenk |
| BEDANDBOARD | Mon Jan 17, 2005 | Rooming house offering | Alison Donald |
| BIFLAG | Sun Feb 4, 2024 | Pink, purple and blue Pride display, familiarly | Daniel Grinberg |
| BOLDLYGO | Tue Jan 13, 2004 | Proceed à la Captain Kirk? | M. Francis Vuolo |
| BULKIEST | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Hardest to ship, say | Adam Fromm |
| CONTROLGROUP | Mon Feb 18, 2013 | Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? | Jeffrey Harris |
| COUGHMEDICINE | Tue Apr 7, 2015 | Robitussin or Vicks product | David J. Lieb |
| DARTMOUTH | Mon Dec 6, 1993 | One 39-Across | Peter Gordon |
| DIESE | Fri Aug 31, 2007 | This, in Thüringen | Paula Gamache |
| DINETTESETS | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Certain furniture ensembles | Frank Longo |
| DISCORDANT | Mon Mar 3, 1997 | Off-key | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| EQUALLENGTHS | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Further condition to 1-Across | Derrick Niederman |
| FACEPEEL | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Certain spa treatment | Jeff Chen |
| HOUSEWARMING | Fri May 27, 1994 | Moving tribute? | Chet Currier |
| IDIOLECTS | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Individual speech patterns | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ITSTIMETOROLL | Mon Sep 23, 2013 | "Let's go!" ... or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across | Susan Gelfand |
| KATIEHOLMES | Sun Nov 4, 2018 | Joey Potter's portrayer on "Dawson's Creek" | Patrick Berry |
| LANDONDONOVAN | Thu Oct 16, 2014 | All-time scoring leader for the U.S. men's soccer team | John Farmer |
| MUSINGON | Sat Aug 3, 2002 | Idly pondering | Patrick Berry |
| NEGAWATTS | Tue Dec 11, 2018 | Units of power saved, in modern lingo | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| NEGROS | Sun Apr 6, 1997 | Philippine island | Rich Norris |
| NIGHTSCHOOL | Wed Feb 26, 2003 | Some adult education | Greg Staples |
| NOCHANGE | Fri May 14, 2004 | Uninteresting progress report | Robert H. Wolfe |
| OVERWORKED | Fri Sep 14, 2001 | Done to death | Mark Diehl |
| PLATITUDES | Fri Mar 31, 1995 | Soothing words | Chuck Deodene |
| POLLUTERS | Sat Jan 2, 2010 | They're not green | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RAPPEDONTHEDOOR | Mon Nov 24, 2003 | Knocked | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| READALOUD | Sat Feb 25, 2023 | Like many children's stories | Trent H. Evans |
| REBABS | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Mideastern fiddles | F. Longo |
| REFLEW | Thu Apr 26, 2001 | Covered again, as an air route | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SDCARDS | Sun Jan 3, 2021 | Digital camera memory holders | Paolo Pasco |
| SECRETWORD | Fri Jan 5, 2018 | Staple feature of Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" | Ned White |
| SPLITLEVELRANCH | Thu Mar 2, 1995 | Bowler's home? | Raymond Hamel |
| TOTEBOARDS | Fri Nov 17, 1995 | Track fixtures | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| TREERING | Wed Apr 3, 2024 | Annual growth indicator | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TRICORDER | Sun Jul 31, 2022 | Hand-held device used by Mr. Spock | Jesse Goldberg |
| WENTOUTONALIMB | Sat Sep 18, 2021 | Really risked it | Ryan McCarty |
| WORKGROUP | Sun Jan 26, 2025 | See 67-Down | Rich Proulx |