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 50,891 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADOBOS | Sun Apr 5, 2026 | Philippine marinades | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| ALLSKINANDBONES | Wed May 17, 1995 | Emaciated | Ed Early |
| ARTICLEVII | Sun May 6, 2012 | End of the main part of the Constitution | Alex Vratsanos |
| AUTOCADES | Sat Sep 19, 2015 | They're often escorted by police | Kevin Adamick |
| AVALANCHES | Fri Jun 21, 2024 | They go downhill fast | Billy Bratton |
| BABYDOC | Tue Apr 30, 2013 | Nickname of Haiti's Duvalier, ousted in 1986 | Lynn Lempel |
| BREAKSUP | Tue Jul 15, 2014 | Splits, as a couple | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CIVILLAWYER | Wed Sep 28, 2022 | One handling personal injury claims, e.g. | Jeff Stillman |
| COMEBACKSHANE | Thu Dec 7, 1995 | 37 Across from a 1953 western | Michael S. Maurer |
| DECATHLON | Tue Aug 8, 2017 | Olympic event won by Bruce Jenner in 1976 and Ashton Eaton in 2012 and 2016 | Dan Flanagan |
| DELICIOUS | Sat Aug 17, 2013 | Compliment to the chef | Ed Sessa |
| EGGMCMUFFINS | Tue Nov 26, 2024 | Sandwiches that kick-started the fast-food breakfast industry | Killian Olson |
| FANTASIST | Fri Feb 18, 2011 | Creator of strange worlds | Patrick Berry |
| FINANCIALMYTHS | Wed Mar 27, 2019 | Misconceptions about money ... or a loose hint to 20-, 24- and 44-Across? | Michael Hawkins |
| GENERALDEGAULLE | Fri Feb 7, 2003 | W.W. II hero who later had a successful career in politics | Michael Shteyman |
| HARASSING | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | On one's case | A. J. Santora |
| HOUSEOFCOMMONS | Sat Feb 26, 2005 | It has 659 members | Jim Page |
| ITSABIRD | Thu Sep 12, 2013 | Remark about the end of 18-Across | Ian Livengood |
| JUSTSPITBALLING | Tue Dec 9, 2025 | "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions ..." | Kate Hawkins |
| LEYS | Fri Jul 15, 2011 | Simon who wrote "The Death of Napoleon" | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe Krozel |
| NAVARONE | Sun Jun 19, 2011 | Fictional island in two Alistair MacLean novels | Patrick Berry |
| NEEDTOKNOW | Fri Sep 19, 2003 | Kind of basis for revealing | Manny Nosowsky |
| ONBLAST | Mon Dec 9, 2024 | Subjected to public condemnation, in modern slang | Elliot Caroll |
| PERSONALIZEDPEN | Wed Mar 2, 2005 | Desk set item | James M. Jenista and Dana McLemore |
| REDTAB | Tue Jan 10, 2006 | Levi's jeans brand | David J. Kahn |
| SANDSHARK | Sun Feb 18, 2024 | Marine predator often seen near shorelines | Sid Sivakumar |
| SANI | Wed Jan 11, 2017 | Clean, in product names | Peter A. Collins |
| SEASCALLOP | Fri Apr 11, 2025 | Creature with over 200 tiny eyes along its shell | Jesse Guzman |
| SQR | Sun Aug 9, 1998 | Plaza abbr. | Christopher Hurt |
| SSRI | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | Antidepressant type, in brief | John Kugelman |
| THENIXONS | Sun Jun 18, 2000 | Checkers masters | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOTTERY | Sat Apr 28, 2001 | Unstable | Rich Norris |
| TRIUMPHED | Thu Dec 6, 2012 | Won | Jill Denny and Jeff Chen |
| TURNFORTHEWORSE | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Relapse, with "a" | Manny Nosowsky |
| VAI | Fri Dec 21, 2018 | Steve of rock guitar fame | Peter A. Collins |
| VICIOUSCYCLES | Wed Jul 10, 2024 | Hard patterns to break ... or a punny description of the climbs up the circled letters | Hal Moore |
| WAISTBAND | Wed Aug 31, 2005 | Pajama part | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WEEKLYPLANNERS | Mon Aug 4, 2008 | Books for jotting down appointments | Oliver Hill |
| WELFARISM | Wed Oct 14, 2015 | Policy of widespread government social programs | Joel Fagliano |
| WORTHALOT | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Dear | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |