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 50,704 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBEMARLE | Fri Oct 6, 1995 | Kitty Hawk's ____ Sound | Rich Norris |
| BIOSCOPE | Fri Feb 21, 2003 | Early motion picture projector | Patrick Berry |
| BLANKETDENIAL | Wed Apr 17, 2013 | "These allegations are completely false!," e.g. | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| BUOYANT | Sun Jul 10, 2011 | Cheerful | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
| DISSEVER | Wed Apr 30, 2008 | Cut into parts | Henry Hook |
| DREYFUSS | Fri Jan 18, 2008 | "Moon Over Parador" star, 1988 | Trip Payne |
| EARPIECES | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Some Secret Service wear | Erik Agard |
| EDB | Sun Jun 8, 1997 | Teacher's deg. | Richard Silvestri |
| ENERGYLEVEL | Sun Jun 17, 2001 | Exercise may increase this | David J. Kahn |
| ENTERERS | Sat Jan 2, 2010 | People working with logs? | Robert H. Wolfe |
| FACEPEEL | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Certain spa treatment | Jeff Chen |
| FILETOOLARGE | Sun Jan 25, 2026 | "Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag" | Mark MacLachlan |
| GREATTIME | Wed Mar 16, 2011 | Ball | Alan Arbesfeld |
| HENNISH | Wed Oct 2, 2002 | Brooding? | Eric Berlin |
| HOMEFORECLOSURE | Tue Dec 1, 2020 | *Devastating event in a real estate bust | Byron Walden |
| HONEYBADGER | Fri Jul 16, 2010 | Guinness's "most fearless animal" | Mel Rosen |
| IXTACIHUATL | Wed Jul 8, 1998 | Volcano southeast of Mexico City | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| JESSEHELMS | Tue May 28, 1996 | Southern senator | J. R. Bender |
| MEDICINECABINET | Tue Sep 9, 2025 | Fixture above a bathroom sink | Marshal Herrmann |
| MENFOLK | Wed Mar 20, 2002 | About half of villagers | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MUDSEASON | Sun Jan 7, 2024 | Late winter/early spring, weather-wise | Michael Schlossberg |
| NEEDILY | Fri Mar 10, 1995 | With open palms, maybe | Frank A. Longo |
| NOENTRANCE | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Sign to turn back | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NOSEUP | Sun Jul 6, 2003 | Pilot's directive on takeoff | Robert H. Wolfe |
| ONSO | Sun Dec 5, 2004 | Work ___ many levels (succeed) | David J. Kahn |
| OVERTRADE | Fri Aug 30, 1996 | Leave oneself at risk on Wall Street | A. J. Santora |
| REACTIONTIME | Sun Oct 6, 2019 | It goes up with alcohol consumption | Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas |
| ROLLERDERBY | Mon May 9, 2005 | Competition on an indoor ring | Jim Hyres |
| SEAGRAPE | Wed Apr 7, 2021 | Native Caribbean plant whose fruit grows in clusters | Adrian Johnson |
| SMELLIEST | Thu Dec 17, 2020 | Most foul | Kathryn Ladner |
| SPEEDREAD | Sat Aug 5, 2017 | Get through lines quickly | David Phillips |
| SPRINGSOPEN | Mon Nov 11, 2013 | Goes "pop!," as a jack-in-the-box | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STREETSIGN | Sat Jan 8, 2005 | One may have an arrow | David Levinson Wilk |
| THEAMERICANFLAG | Wed Jun 14, 1995 | Old Glory | Richard Hughes |
| THEIN | Tue Jun 6, 2000 | Dobie Gray's "___ Crowd" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| TOWNANDCOUNTRY | Tue Jul 25, 2023 | Two things associated with the Vatican? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| TRADELAWS | Sat Nov 13, 2010 | Import/export business concern | Mark Diehl |
| TWOHEADS | Sun Feb 3, 2008 | They're better than one | Matt Ginsberg |
| VERALYNN | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" singer, 1952 | Randolph Ross |
| WATERHEATER | Sat Jun 28, 2008 | Item called a geyser in Britain | Byron Walden |