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 50,684 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRWOMEN | Fri Aug 18, 2017 | Amelia Earhart and others | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ANDALL | Sat Nov 18, 2006 | Ending words of inclusiveness | Victor Fleming |
| BANNEDBOOKS | Fri Jan 12, 2024 | Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and "Where's Waldo?," once, surprisingly | Hemant Mehta |
| BASIES | Fri May 31, 1996 | Count___Kansas City Seven (old jazz group) | J. S. Marrone |
| BESTIN | Thu Jan 13, 2000 | Words before "show" or "class" | A. J. Santora |
| CAHNS | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | Lyricist Sammy et al. | A. J. Santora |
| CAMPHOROIL | Sat Nov 17, 2007 | Liniment ingredient | Brad Wilber |
| CARDCATALOG | Fri May 6, 2016 | Holder of many titles | Julian Lim |
| CONTESTANT | Sat Mar 10, 2001 | Quizzee, maybe | Charles E. Gersch |
| CUMULATE | Sat Jul 30, 2005 | Heap up | Sherry O. Blackard |
| DEADMAIL | Sun Oct 2, 2016 | It'll never reach its destination | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| DESTRUCT | Mon Aug 8, 1994 | Ruin | Sidney L. Robbins |
| DOCUSOAP | Fri Mar 4, 2022 | Genre for "Jersey Shore" and "The Real World" | David Distenfeld |
| DROVEIN | Sat Feb 16, 2008 | Caused to be scored, as a run | Tony Orbach |
| DRYLAND | Sat May 15, 2021 | Terra firma | Sam Trabucco |
| ECKHART | Sat Apr 18, 2015 | Aaron ___, "Thank You for Smoking" star | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| GETALINEON | Sat Jan 29, 2005 | Hear something about | Patrick Berry |
| INTERNALDRIVE | Wed Dec 31, 2014 | *Essential feature of a PC | David Woolf |
| IRRIGATED | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | *Watered artificially | David Steinberg |
| LAMESTREAM | Thu Apr 14, 2016 | Like traditional media, to some | Jason Flinn |
| LIVEUP | Wed Sep 26, 2007 | Meet, as expectations, with "to" | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
| LOUCHE | Sat Nov 4, 2017 | Disreputable | Michael Shteyman |
| LOWPROFILE | Fri Sep 22, 1995 | Near-anonymity | Jim Page |
| MALICIOUSINTENT | Thu Dec 28, 1995 | Like mosquitoes at a camp? | Cathy Millhauser |
| MODEOFTRANSPORTATION | Sun May 23, 2021 | Car in {plane, car, train, horse, car, car, train} | Jennifer Nebergall |
| MOSESMALONE | Thu Apr 20, 1995 | Religious basketball star? | Raymond Hamel |
| NAUSEE | Thu Mar 12, 2009 | Sartre novel, with "La" | David Chapus |
| NOTABIGDEAL | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | "It's all good" | Sam Trabucco |
| OILSPILL | Tue Aug 28, 2001 | Exxon Valdez mishap | Alan Arbesfeld |
| OPERASTAR | Wed May 14, 2008 | Callas or Sills | Doug Peterson |
| PUSHYOURLUCK | Tue Aug 11, 2015 | Ask the boss for more vacation time after getting a raise, perhaps | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| ROSEGARDENS | Wed Dec 29, 2004 | Places for American Beauties | Jay Giess |
| SELFRESTRAINT | Sun Feb 22, 2015 | Control of one's actions [fall in great quantities] | Patrick Berry |
| SHOOKTHERAFTERS | Sat May 6, 1995 | Resounded | Randolph Ross |
| SOMETIMES | Fri Apr 3, 2015 | Now and then | Patrick Berry |
| STANDARDOFPROOF | Fri Nov 16, 2012 | Something applied to a suit | Victor Fleming |
| TOXS | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | How drunks drink | Patrick Berry |
| TRUMBO | Fri May 5, 2017 | Title role for Bryan Cranston in a 2015 biopic | Patrick Berry |
| VIZIERS | Sat Aug 10, 1996 | Former Muslim officials | R. Norris |
| YEEZUS | Fri Apr 22, 2022 | 2013 #1 album from Kanye West | Daniel Sheremeta |