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 50,763 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 |
| ALICIAGARZA | Mon Jan 30, 2023 | Activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter | David Steinberg |
| BALLBEARINGS | Tue Sep 24, 2002 | Machine parts | Sherry O. Blackard |
| BLACKANDTAN | Sun Jan 12, 2014 | *Bar glass that's half Bass, half dark malt | Andrew Chaikin |
| BURNONESBRIDGES | Mon Aug 16, 2010 | Permanently sever ties | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
| DEWBERRY | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | Bramble with edible purple fruit | Barry C. Silk |
| EPILOGUES | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | Storied endings? | Timothy Polin |
| ETAMINES | Sun Sep 1, 1996 | Light cotton fabrics | D. J. Kahn |
| EURUS | Sun Aug 9, 1998 | East wind, in Greek myth | Christopher Hurt |
| FIELDJUDGE | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | Football official | David J. Kahn |
| FIXATION | Sun Aug 20, 1995 | Obsession | Cathy Millhauser |
| HIGHEREDUCATION | Sat Oct 9, 1999 | Temple offering | Manny Nosowsky |
| INTERBRED | Sun Aug 18, 2013 | Hybridized | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ITOF | Sun Apr 20, 2014 | "What business is ___ yours?" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| KEEPASECRET | Tue Sep 16, 2003 | What a blabbermouth can't do | Michael Doran |
| LEADCOATED | Sat Sep 5, 2015 | Like some copper gutters | Byron Walden |
| LEVELEDOUT | Sat Aug 9, 2008 | Stabilized | Mark Diehl |
| MALIEMPIRE | Sun Jan 8, 2017 | The sport of boxing in the 1960s and '70s, essentially? | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
| MOLLYBOLT | Sun Jan 7, 2001 | She's holding things down | Manny Nosowsky |
| MONUMENTAL | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Enormous | Frank A. Longo |
| MURKIEST | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | Least clear | R. M. Hopkins |
| NILSLOFGREN | Thu May 19, 1994 | Former E Street Band member | Richard Silvestri |
| NINETOSIX | Sat Sep 26, 1998 | Long hours | Jerry Ferguson |
| NOTSOMUCH | Wed Mar 15, 2017 | Only a little | Bruce Haight |
| OFFHOURS | Fri Jan 30, 2015 | Between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m., maybe | David Phillips |
| ONCASSETTE | Fri Mar 3, 2023 | How many 1970s-'80s movies were released | Eric Warren |
| PLATEARMOR | Sun Dec 30, 2012 | Heavy-duty protection | Steve Savoy |
| POTSOFMONEY | Tue Nov 30, 2010 | Megabucks | Kristian House |
| PREAKNESS | Sat May 2, 2009 | Part of the 23-Across | Peter A. Collins |
| PROMISSORYNOTE | Sun Aug 8, 2010 | ... in 65-Across | Pam Klawitter |
| REBABS | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | Mideastern fiddles | F. Longo |
| SCRUPLE | Thu Feb 16, 2017 | Small moral misgiving | Keith Redwine |
| TARGETHEARTRATE | Mon Oct 18, 2021 | Figure to aim for, according to personal trainers | Freddie Cheng |
| THENEWXMEN | Sun Jul 21, 2002 | Marvel superhero group | Trip Payne |
| THEPINTA | Fri Dec 16, 2005 | Member of a historical trio | Joe DiPietro |
| TRACYANDHEPBURN | Mon Oct 6, 1997 | Classic film duo | Barbara Campitelli |
| UNREVERSED | Sun Jun 23, 2002 | Normal, as a photo | Eric Berlin |
| UPWARDS | Sun Apr 22, 2001 | Above, with "of" | Patrick Berry |
| WARHEAD | Sat Oct 1, 1994 | Payload portion | Bob Klahn |
| YOUGOTAWAYWITHMURDER | Sun Nov 3, 2002 | Compliment paid to an artful hit man? | Patrick Berry |