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 50,658 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSCISSAS | Sat Oct 9, 2004 | Distances from the y-axis on a graph | Byron Walden |
| ALANI | Sun Oct 9, 1994 | Ancient Mideast nomads | Bryant White |
| ASCOTTIE | Fri Jan 25, 2008 | Fancy haberdashery item | David Quarfoot |
| BEIGNET | Wed Aug 4, 2021 | Popular New Orleans dessert | Brandon Koppy |
| BREAKLOOSE | Fri Oct 12, 2001 | Go wild | Manny Nosowsky |
| BRONCOSTADIUM | Tue May 20, 2014 | Blue-turfed home for Boise State football | Peter A. Collins |
| CRYOGENS | Sun Jun 8, 2008 | Freezing mixtures | Will Nediger |
| DATAKEY | Thu Dec 15, 2022 | Tool for a cryptographer | Bruce Haight |
| DEADASS | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Utterly, in slang | Jeremy Newton |
| DIRTSTAINS | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | They're often found on baseball uniforms | Joe Krozel |
| DOUBLEENTENTE | Mon Oct 17, 1994 | Ambiguity | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| FAINTODOR | Wed Sep 12, 2001 | What a sensitive nose may detect | Philip Lew |
| FEELSSEEN | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | Is comforted by not being ignored | Brandon Koppy |
| FLUXGATE | Thu Jul 10, 2003 | Direction indicator of the earth's magnetic field | Michael Shteyman |
| HEYARNOLD | Mon Jul 28, 2014 | Nickelodeon show whose protagonist has a football-shaped head | Tom McCoy |
| HOTCHILIPEPPERS | Thu Dec 30, 2004 | Popular rock/rap/funk group | Kyle Mahowald |
| IBSENS | Tue Aug 15, 1995 | "Ghosts" writer and kin | Randall J. Hartman |
| KOOPATROOPA | Sat Jun 28, 2025 | Turtle-shelled flunky of 1-Across | Jesse Guzman |
| MADEWAY | Sun Oct 31, 2021 | Moved aside (for) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MOLLYBOLT | Sun Jan 7, 2001 | She's holding things down | Manny Nosowsky |
| MOORHEN | Thu Aug 15, 1996 | Aquatic bird | S. B. Whitten |
| OUTSTRIPS | Sat Feb 11, 2012 | Exceeds, as demand | Joe Krozel |
| PEMBA | Sun May 5, 2002 | Island portion of Tanzania | Patrick Berry |
| PLANTINGTHESEED | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | Groundwork? | Byron Walden |
| RAGEQUITS | Tue Jul 19, 2022 | Angrily stops playing a game, in modern parlance | Andy Kravis |
| RAREES | Wed Feb 28, 1996 | Street shows | F. A. Longo |
| SAINTJOHNSWORT | Tue Jul 13, 1999 | Natural antidepressant | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SAINTLUKE | Fri Jan 26, 2007 | His self-titled book has 24 chapters | Mike Nothnagel |
| SANHEDRIN | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | Ancient Jewish council | Randolph Ross |
| SHORTRANGE | Fri Jan 18, 2002 | For the near future | Manny Nosowsky |
| SORTE | Sun Jan 15, 1995 | French kind | Ernie Furtado |
| SPRINGFLING | Fri May 6, 2022 | Short relationship | Aaron Ullman |
| SQUALID | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | Like a pigsty | Ricky Cruz |
| TALENTSHOWS | Sat May 28, 2022 | Gifts are displayed in these | Joseph Greenbaum |
| TENREC | Sat Jun 14, 2025 | Hedgehog-like mammal of Madagascar | Barbara Lin |
| THEMOMMYTRACK | Wed May 7, 1997 | Certain corporate career path | Dean Niles |
| TOOCAREFUL | Sun Mar 30, 2014 | What fastidious people can't be | Peter A. Collins |
| TRAFFICROTARIES | Mon Apr 10, 2006 | Alternatives to stoplights | Gary J. Whitehead |
| VIABLE | Mon Jan 2, 2006 | Practical, as a plan | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| XEROXTONER | Wed May 18, 2005 | Photocopier "ink" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |