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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCENDED | Thu Nov 3, 2011 | Rose | Parker Lewis |
| AUTOTUNED | Wed Feb 26, 2020 | Artificial, as some modern pop vocals | Francis Heaney |
| BACKINTHEUSSR | Sun Jan 2, 2011 | 1968 hit song "Nazad" | David Levinson Wilk |
| BARRELCHAIR | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Furniture item with a rounded back | Andrew Zhou |
| BREATHED | Fri Dec 5, 2014 | Showed signs of life | Tim Croce |
| BRUSHPILES | Wed Jan 4, 2017 | The dentist sorted all the bristled instruments into ... | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| CICHLID | Sun Apr 11, 1999 | Spiny-rayed aquarium fish | Matt Gaffney |
| CRAZIEST | Tue Sep 24, 1996 | Most zany | S. Spadaccini |
| CREAMRINSE | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Conditioner's cousin | Byron Walden |
| DEEPBLUESEA | Thu Jul 12, 2012 | See 24-Across | Pawel Fludzinski |
| DOKE | Sun Jul 5, 2015 | Okey-___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ERRANDBOY | Sat Dec 20, 2025 | Dogsbody | Robert S. Gard |
| FAIRISFAIR | Mon Apr 10, 2023 | "The rules apply to everyone," redundantly | Gia Bosko |
| FIZZLESOUT | Fri May 1, 2020 | Ends weakly | Trenton Charlson |
| HEATHBARCRUNCH | Mon Aug 31, 1998 | Ice cream flavor #3 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HUSHING | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Activity in libraries and movie theaters | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| JAZZBANDS | Thu May 17, 2018 | 18-Across sights | David J. Kahn |
| LIONIZES | Thu Apr 20, 2023 | Praises to the heavens | Simeon Seigel |
| LITTLETRAMP | Sun May 12, 2013 | Charlie Chaplin persona, with "the" | David J. Kahn |
| MENTORED | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Guided | Bob Klahn |
| MOMENTOFINERTIA | Sat Jun 30, 2012 | Classical mechanics concept introduced by Euler | Tim Croce |
| MONIC | Fri Jan 7, 1994 | Like some polynomials | Fred Piscop |
| MONROES | Tue Jul 10, 2001 | 1820 White House residents | Patrick Merrell |
| MURMURINGPINES | Sun May 8, 1994 | Part of Longfellow's forest primeval | Ralph G. Beaman |
| PANOV | Wed Nov 1, 1995 | Israeli dancer Valery | D. J. DeChristopher |
| POMODORO | Fri Aug 11, 2023 | Tomato-and-basil pasta sauce | John-Clark Levin |
| PROXYWARS | Sat Nov 1, 2025 | Conflicts waged on behalf of third-party powers | Michael Lieberman |
| PULLSAT | Sat Apr 18, 2009 | Tries to loosen | Byron Walden |
| ROSINED | Fri Apr 5, 1996 | Like a pitcher's bag | J. Page |
| SLAUGHTERHOUSE | Sun Aug 14, 1994 | 'Shah's palace? | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| SMILINGEYES | Wed Apr 3, 2024 | Fr_endly fac_al tra_t | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| TAKEITSLOW | Tue Jan 2, 2018 | Disobey a rush order? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| THEKICKISUP | Wed Sep 26, 2012 | With 44-Across, common broadcasting phrase related to this puzzle's outer circled letters | Peter A. Collins |
| TRESLECHES | Fri Nov 8, 2024 | Dairy-heavy dessert popular throughout Latin America | Evans Clinchy |
| UNCAREDFOR | Fri Apr 26, 2002 | Neglected | Manny Nosowsky |
| UNICUM | Sat Jan 24, 2015 | Hungarian liqueur sold in green bottles | Kevin G. Der |
| WINDOWROCK | Sun Oct 28, 2018 | Arizona capital of the Navajo Nation | Erik Agard |
| WOMENSWEARDAILY | Sun Aug 17, 1997 | Fact about unladylike habits? | Cathy Millhauser |
| YOULOVE | Sun Mar 4, 2001 | Amas, to us | Cathy Millhauser |
| YUMAN | Sun May 5, 1996 | Arizona native | D. J. Kahn |