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 51,027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACIDTABS | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Doses of a certain hallucinogen | Paul Coulter |
| AIRBRUSHED | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Like many Playboy Playmate photos | Finn Vigeland |
| ALSATIANS | Sat Mar 28, 2020 | People of NE France | Erik Agard |
| APRI | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | 2nd qtr. starter | Randolph Ross |
| AREYOULISTENING | Sat Apr 16, 2011 | "Is this thing on?" | Robert H. Wolfe |
| BEACHHUT | Sat Jul 3, 2021 | Cabana | Kameron Austin Collins |
| BETTEROFF | Sun Sep 26, 1999 | Having the upper hand | Randolph Ross |
| BIKEROUTE | Mon Aug 14, 2017 | Path for cyclists | Rich Proulx |
| CHIDING | Fri May 8, 2015 | Dressing down | Ian Livengood |
| CODEMONKEY | Mon Dec 18, 2017 | Computer programmer, disparagingly | Bruce Haight |
| CRAZYABOUT | Fri Jun 2, 2000 | Infatuated with | Manny Nosowsky |
| DEREN | Sat Apr 26, 1997 | Avant-garde film maker Maya ___ | Frank Longo |
| DILAPIDATED | Mon Oct 18, 2004 | Rundown | Steve Kahn |
| DISAPPEAR | Fri Mar 18, 2022 | Dematerialize | Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic |
| DOESFOR | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Completes at the request of | Finn Vigeland |
| EGGCUPS | Sun Oct 4, 2009 | Breakfast dishware | Todd McClary |
| ELOISES | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Thompson girl and namesakes | Manny Nosowsky |
| FAKENAILS | Sun Sep 1, 2024 | Press-on beauty products | Chandi Deitmer and Matthew Stock |
| FORTYLOVE | Wed May 7, 2014 | Score just before winning a game, say | Kurt Mueller |
| FRESHENSUP | Fri Mar 16, 2018 | Attends to some personal care | Robyn Weintraub |
| GANGOFFOUR | Thu Aug 17, 2017 | Faction in China's Cultural Revolution ... or a hint to each set of circled letters | Peter A. Collins |
| GLOBALCLIMATE | Sun Jan 18, 2009 | *Kyoto Treaty topic | Randolph Ross |
| HIDDENFIGURES | Tue Oct 9, 2018 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| INFATUATES | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | Enamors | Kurt Mueller |
| INTRAMURAL | Sat Sep 1, 2012 | Unlike conference games | Tim Croce |
| IRONORES | Fri Oct 23, 1998 | Hematite, pyrite, etc. | Manny Nosowsky |
| KELLS | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Book of ___ | Josh Knapp |
| KEPTWOMEN | Sun Jun 30, 2002 | Side dishes? | Joe DiPietro |
| LEGDAY | Wed Jul 31, 2024 | Gym session devoted to squats, dead lifts, etc. | Jackson Matz and Ben Matz |
| OLDSONGS | Fri May 30, 2025 | Some nostalgic throwbacks | Rafael Musa |
| ONEOR | Fri Apr 15, 1994 | _____ the other | Cathy Millhauser |
| OVERRODE | Sun May 24, 2015 | Countermanded | Kevin G. Der |
| PLACEABET | Sat May 23, 2015 | Wager | Peter Wentz |
| SCROLLLOCK | Tue Oct 4, 2005 | Keyboard key | Barry C. Silk |
| STALLOUT | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | Abruptly stop | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TARTUFFE | Fri Mar 24, 1995 | Molière hypocrite | Christopher Hurt |
| THATDOGDONTHUNT | Sat Jan 6, 2024 | "Bad plan!," in Southern slang | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao |
| VODKAREDBULL | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Cocktail with an energy boost | Jeremy Newton |
| WOKENUP | Thu Jan 22, 2026 | Roused | Joe DiPietro |
| YOUGUYS | Wed Sep 21, 2022 | "Oh, stop it, fellas" | Matthew Stock |