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 50,514 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULTERATED | Fri Jul 8, 2005 | No longer pure | Eric Berlin |
| ARMYBASE | Thu Jun 23, 2016 | Where many grunts may be heard? | Megan Amram and David Kwong |
| ASBLACKASTAR | Sun Jul 14, 2002 | Jet | Patrick Berry |
| AZURED | Sun Jan 8, 1995 | Blue, poetically | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| CARTIERS | Sun Nov 15, 1998 | Jeweler Pierre and family | Robert H. Wolfe |
| COTTAGEINDUSTRY | Wed May 28, 2003 | Making of handicrafts, say | Alan Arbesfeld |
| DECRIER | Thu Jul 24, 1997 | Severe critic | Randall J. Hartman |
| DERBYWINNER | Sun Aug 26, 2018 | Louisville standout | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| DVDPLAYER | Fri Jun 14, 2002 | Cinephile's purchase | Randolph Ross |
| EXECUTABLE | Fri Sep 10, 2021 | Performing tasks according to encoded instructions, as a computer file | Adrian Kabigting |
| FISTPUMP | Tue Mar 28, 2023 | [Woo-hoo!] | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| FIVESATINS | Sat Feb 25, 2012 | "In the Still of the Nite" doo-wop group, with "the" | Barry C. Silk |
| FLOORTOCEILING | Thu Jun 3, 2010 | Fully, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GODPAPA | Sat May 10, 2003 | Drosselmeier's title in "The Nutcracker" | Bob Klahn |
| GOLFSHIRT | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Swinger's attire | John Kugelman |
| GUNTOTING | Thu Dec 25, 2014 | Packing | Xan Vongsathorn |
| HEALTHPLAN | Sat Dec 17, 2016 | Part of a benefits package | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HOWLSAT | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | Serenades, as the moon | Michael Schlossberg |
| INSOMNIAC | Fri May 2, 2014 | One who's not out all night? | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KOURTNEY | Wed Nov 27, 2024 | Member of a 2000s showbiz family | Jill Singer |
| LEIFERICSSON | Wed Sep 22, 2010 | *Turn-of-the-millennium explorer | Peter A. Collins |
| LIGHTBEER | Fri Feb 13, 1998 | It's less filling | Jim Page |
| LOVETOHATE | Fri Apr 14, 2023 | Get off on criticizing, perhaps | Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock |
| MAPMAKING | Fri Sep 19, 2003 | Explorer's job | Manny Nosowsky |
| MARTINCRUZSMITH | Tue Aug 1, 1995 | "Red Square" novelist | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| MYTHBUSTER | Sat Apr 14, 2018 | Conductor of science experiments on TV | Sam Ezersky |
| NATIONALDEBT | Fri Jul 26, 2002 | Something with a ceiling | Manny Nosowsky |
| OLDTO | Sun May 8, 1994 | "You're never too _____ learn" | Ralph G. Beaman |
| PAINRELIEVERS | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | They promise no hurt feelings | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| QUIVERER | Tue Nov 11, 1997 | Shaker | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RANERRANDS | Wed Apr 17, 2024 | Performed some weekend tasks | Joseph Gangi |
| SACER | Sun Dec 12, 2010 | Holy, to Horace | Karen Young Bonin |
| SEACHANGE | Sat Jul 18, 2020 | Complete shift | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| SPOUTED | Wed Nov 27, 2002 | Spewed forth | Ron O'Hair |
| THISMAGICMOMENT | Thu Apr 10, 1997 | Favorite 60's song of 36-Across? | David J. Kahn |
| TOPTUNES | Mon Sep 29, 2003 | Hit parade contents | Richard Chisholm |
| TRANSITIONPOINT | Thu Aug 5, 2010 | Segue | Gary J. Whitehead |
| TRAVELSIZE | Sat Jun 2, 2018 | Good to go? | Trenton Charlson |
| TUNINGUP | Sun Jul 19, 2015 | Making a good pitch? | Tom McCoy |
| VEDANTA | Sun Nov 6, 1994 | Hindu philosophy | A.J. Santora |