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 50,875 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERMEN | Mon Aug 14, 2006 | Municipal lawmakers | Gene Newman |
| BABYTALK | Wed Nov 7, 2012 | Nonsensical syllables, maybe | George Fitzgerald and Nancy Salomon |
| BALLPOINT | Tue May 10, 2011 | Paper Mate product | Alan Arbesfeld |
| BALTIMORECOLTS | Tue Feb 21, 1995 | Pre-Indianapolis team | Martin Schneider |
| BESTOFF | Sat Oct 19, 2002 | In the most favorable spot | Donald E. West |
| BLACKWATER | Sat Nov 29, 1997 | 1975 #1 hit for the Doobie Brothers | Rich Norris |
| BUCKBOARDS | Wed Apr 21, 1999 | Rustic carriages | Mary E. Brindamour |
| CHEESEGRATER | Wed Mar 3, 2021 | Pizzeria tool | Ann Shan |
| COATIS | Thu Sep 21, 2006 | Ring-tailed animals | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| CROSSBARS | Thu Sep 5, 2002 | Goalpost parts | Michael Shteyman |
| CRYABOUT | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Get upset over | Peter A. Collins |
| DURABLY | Thu Apr 19, 2012 | So as to last | Sean Dobbin |
| FINGERPAINT | Mon Aug 10, 2009 | Messy art medium for kids | Paula Gamache |
| FIRENZE | Sun May 19, 1996 | Home of the Medicis | C. M. Deber |
| GOESOFFON | Sun Sep 26, 2004 | Rips into | Joe DiPietro |
| GOODWILLAMBASSADORS | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | *Celebrities working for the U.N., perhaps | Andrew Zhou |
| HALLOWS | Sat May 14, 2022 | Makes sacred | Ada Nicolle |
| HATCHED | Wed Mar 17, 2010 | Came out of one's shell | Patrick Merrell |
| HOMEBRED | Thu Oct 4, 2001 | Native | David J. Kahn |
| HOTONTHEHEELSOF | Tue Dec 28, 1993 | Close behind | Ronald C. Hirschfield |
| IZOMBIE | Fri May 3, 2019 | CW sitcom/horror drama about a medical examiner who eats brains | Trenton Charlson |
| LATEONSET | Sun Feb 8, 2015 | *Like puberty at age 16 | Jeremy Newton |
| MAKEWORK | Fri Mar 29, 2002 | Some pointless exercises | Kevin Hagen |
| MYC | Sat Aug 1, 1998 | Mushroom: Prefix | Joe DiPietro |
| OREASSAY | Tue Feb 8, 2011 | Evaluation in Eugene? | Robert W. Harris |
| OTHMAR | Sat Jan 17, 2004 | Miss ___ (teacher in "Peanuts") | Patrick Berry |
| PASSEDOFF | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Relayed (to) | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |
| PEARLYGATES | Fri Jun 19, 2009 | Setting of many New Yorker cartoons | David Levinson Wilk |
| POPTOPCAN | Sat Aug 3, 1996 | Cola container | A. D. Cover |
| PROFITS | Mon Oct 25, 2004 | Opposite of losses | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| ROBERTDOWNEY | Thu May 5, 2011 | Actor | Joel Fagliano |
| SCAREDUP | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Found after some effort | F. Piscop |
| SCOTO | Sat Aug 23, 2003 | ___-Irish | Rich Norris |
| STAMPEDES | Sat Jan 16, 1999 | Horse races? | Rich Norris |
| STROMATA | Sun Jun 9, 1996 | Connective tissues | M. Gaffney |
| SUNFISH | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Crappie or bluegill | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| SURGEONSGENERAL | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Health V.I.P.'s | Patrick Berry |
| SURMISED | Sun Dec 11, 1994 | Engaged in conjecture | Wayne Robert Williams |
| TOPSAILS | Fri Apr 27, 2012 | Schooner features | Patrick Berry |
| UNDERTUNIC | Fri May 31, 1996 | Article of "Ben-Hur" attire | J. S. Marrone |