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 51,048 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AASINAPPLE | Tue Mar 17, 2015 | Start of an alphabet book | David Phillips |
| ABLEISM | Sun Dec 3, 2023 | Accessibility concern | Tracy Bennett |
| ACTIFED | Sun Apr 11, 2010 | Allergy medication brand | Patrick Berry |
| ACV | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Hovercraft, for short | Daniel R. Stark |
| BEEFWELLINGTON | Mon Aug 20, 2018 | Meat entree in New Zealand | Peter Gordon |
| BJORN | Mon May 5, 2014 | Tennis's Borg | Lynn Lempel |
| BUILDINGBLOCKS | Wed Mar 31, 2021 | Smaller parts making up a larger whole ... with a hint to the six groups of shaded squares in this puzzle | Trenton Charlson |
| CLASSIFIEDADS | Wed Feb 2, 2005 | What the paranoid C.I.A. publicist did? | Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon |
| CORKERS | Fri Jul 18, 2025 | Humdingers | Kelly Morenus |
| DAWNON | Sun May 18, 2014 | Suddenly strike | Joe DiPietro |
| DOGLIKE | Sun Dec 14, 2014 | Descriptive of dingos and jackals | Jim Peredo |
| FIXATIVE | Fri May 12, 1995 | Denture wearer's purchase | Rich Norris |
| FORTUNECOOKIES | Thu Aug 5, 1999 | After-dinner entertainment? | A. J. Santora |
| FUMET | Mon Oct 21, 2013 | Strong, seasoned stock, in cookery | Gary Cee |
| GETSINTOAPICKLE | Fri Apr 5, 2002 | Encounters trouble | Peter Gordon |
| GOTALOADOF | Sun Jun 7, 2026 | Laid eyes on but good | Adam Wagner and Simeon Seigel |
| GRANDILOQUENTLY | Mon Nov 29, 1993 | In a lofty style | Sidney L. Robbins |
| HEADINGFORTROUBLE | Sun Feb 17, 2002 | Bermuda Triangle's compass direction? | Joe DiPietro |
| HEATSUP | Sat May 6, 2000 | Gets more active | Rich Norris |
| MANCHURIA | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | Area known to the Chinese as Dongbei | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MATHEXAM | Wed Apr 18, 2018 | It might involve x, y and z | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| MOTIONLESS | Tue Aug 2, 2016 | What the trial attorney didn't want to be? | Paula Gamache |
| NOONIONS | Wed Nov 5, 2025 | Dinner order request on a first date, perhaps | Chad Hazen and Jeff Chen |
| NYMPHET | Mon Jul 11, 1994 | Lolita | Sidney L. Robbins |
| OLDBETSY | Sun Aug 8, 2021 | Rifle, in frontier lingo | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| ONETHIRD | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Four in every dozen | Patrick Berry |
| PEDDLER | Sun Dec 13, 2020 | Street vendor | Dan Margolis |
| QUICKREAD | Sun Aug 29, 2010 | Harlequin romance, e.g. | Derek Bowman |
| RECUMBENT | Sat Jul 20, 2002 | Lying | Dana Motley |
| SAATCHI | Sun Nov 6, 2005 | Big name in ad agencies | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SATSCORES | Sat May 13, 2023 | Important figures on H.S. transcripts | Spencer Leach |
| STREAMOFAIR | Fri Sep 30, 2005 | Pinwheel turner | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SUMMATHEOLOGICA | Fri Oct 22, 2004 | Religious treatise by St. Thomas Aquinas | Patrick Berry |
| TWENTYDOLLARS | Tue Oct 9, 2012 | On both sides | John Guzzetta |
| VERANDAED | Thu Feb 6, 2020 | Like many antebellum mansions | Jake Halperin |
| WINDFARMS | Sun Mar 17, 2019 | Certain green energy producers | Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen |
| WINDOWSONTHEWORLD | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | Bill Gates's favorite restaurant | Maura B. Jacobson |
| WOULDABEENNICE | Mon Aug 4, 2003 | "If only ..." | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| XINGS | Fri Oct 12, 2018 | Places for pedestrians to be alert, informally | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight |
| ZONATE | Sat Feb 3, 1996 | Having belts | W. R. Williams |