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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACENTRIC | Wed Nov 17, 1999 | Lacking a middle | Fred Piscop |
| AFREE | Mon Sep 10, 2012 | "It's ___ country!" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| ANTICANCER | Sun Dec 9, 2018 | Like chemotherapy drugs | Ross Trudeau |
| BLACKCARD | Tue Sep 16, 2025 | *High-status American Express offering | Jonathan Daly |
| BLUELIPS | Tue Aug 26, 2008 | Symptom of hypothermia | Nancy Salomon |
| BRIERY | Sun Dec 19, 1999 | Thorny | Frances Hansen |
| COVERCHARGES | Thu Sep 6, 2018 | Entry fees | Jeff Chen |
| DECISIONFATIGUE | Wed Nov 29, 2023 | Modern term for the psychological exhaustion showcased in this puzzle's theme | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| EARSOFCORN | Wed Feb 15, 2017 | "Finally, we stuck in two ___. Yum!" | Jesse Eisenberg and Patrick Blindauer |
| EFFRONTERY | Wed Dec 30, 2009 | Chutzpah | Adam Cohen |
| EUROMARKET | Fri Nov 13, 1998 | Overseas trade center | Jim Page |
| FILOFAX | Mon Dec 17, 2001 | Personal organizer | Christina Houlihan |
| FOODCOLORING | Thu Feb 16, 2023 | Easter egg-making supply | Kevin Patterson |
| FOURSPEED | Mon Sep 25, 2017 | Like most manual transmissions in the 1970s and '80s | Bruce Haight |
| FRUMPS | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | Dowdies | Joel Fagliano |
| GOWALKIES | Sun Dec 29, 2019 | Get lost or stolen, in British lingo | Andrew Chaikin |
| GRIGS | Sun Mar 16, 1997 | Lively ones | David J. Kahn |
| JUILLIARD | Mon May 5, 2008 | Noted performing arts school | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| LOVEDART | Sun Aug 12, 2018 | Missile in a mating ritual | Ross Trudeau |
| MASSCULT | Sat Sep 9, 2000 | The arts as shown on TV, e.g. | Dana Motley |
| MEATAX | Mon May 30, 2016 | Butcher's implement | David Woolf |
| MOVINGPARTS | Tue Apr 3, 2012 | Working components of an engine ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 34- and 47-Across are? | Paula Gamache |
| MUSCATGRAPE | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | Base of Asti wine | Jeff Chen |
| NAUSEE | Thu Mar 12, 2009 | Sartre novel, with "La" | David Chapus |
| NEWINNOVATION | Sun Nov 13, 1994 | Novelty? | Frank A. Longo |
| NEWSOM | Tue Sep 21, 2021 | Successor to Brown as California governor | Daniel Okulitch |
| PARTAY | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Quite a bash, in slang | Sam Trabucco |
| PRINCESSPEACH | Tue Jun 1, 2021 | Mario's love interest in Super Mario games | Finn Vigeland |
| RIPPLING | Sat Jan 15, 1994 | Undulant | Manny Nosowsky |
| SANTATRACKER | Sat Jun 28, 2025 | Deer stalking aid? | Jesse Guzman |
| SARATOGA | Thu May 26, 2016 | 1777 battle site | Andrew Zhou |
| SENET | Sat Feb 23, 2013 | Board game found in Egyptian tombs | Todd Gross |
| SERIATE | Thu Mar 11, 1999 | Arranged in order | Manny Nosowsky |
| SITTINGSHIVA | Thu May 29, 1997 | Mourning | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| SUREIS | Sun Nov 2, 2025 | "No doubt about it!" | Rafael Musa |
| THATD | Wed Aug 30, 2023 | Contraction before "be great" | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| THEBAY | Tue Mar 15, 1994 | San Francisco area | David J. Kahn |
| THERESTHERUB | Sun Oct 21, 2018 | "For a massage, go that way!," literally? | Finn Vigeland |
| WILLED | Fri May 24, 2002 | Devised, in a sense | Manny Nosowsky |
| WORKED | Sun Jun 6, 2021 | In a lather, with "up" | Robyn Weintraub |