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 50,349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCLIVITY | Fri Jan 17, 1997 | Upward slope | B. Klahn |
| AFTERWARD | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | * war dance | Randolph Ross |
| ALLTATTEDUP | Sat Apr 3, 2021 | Covered in ink | Peter A. Collins |
| APRILFOOLS | Fri Jul 29, 2022 | Cry after pulling a prank | Robyn Weintraub |
| AWIFE | Tue May 2, 2000 | "Had ___ and couldn't keep her" (nursery rhyme line) | Manny Nosowsky |
| BEFAZED | Sat May 1, 2004 | Show fluster | Byron Walden |
| BINOCHE | Thu Jun 22, 2017 | Juliette of "Chocolat" | Ruth B. Margolin |
| BLOTCHED | Sat Feb 4, 2023 | Spotted | Kate Hawkins |
| BONDTRADERS | Wed Mar 4, 2015 | Connery and Lazenby, between 1967 and 1971? | Jeff Stillman |
| CAMNEWTON | Sat Jul 29, 2017 | 2015 N.F.L. M.V.P. | Erik Agard |
| CASTRATI | Wed Aug 28, 2019 | Singers of high notes in olden times | Daniel Grinberg |
| DOGBREEDER | Mon Sep 10, 2007 | Many a Westminster show exhibitor | Edward M Sessa |
| EBOLAVIRUS | Sun Dec 21, 2014 | Cause for a quarantine | Joel Fagliano |
| ELECTRICCOMPANY | Mon Dec 11, 2006 | Album for which 59-Across won a Grammy, 1972, with "The" | David J. Kahn |
| EQUALTIME | Fri Sep 29, 1995 | Debater's entitlement | Manny Nosowsky |
| FIRESAT | Fri Jul 19, 2002 | Tries to shoot | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FIXIEBIKE | Sat Feb 20, 2016 | Single-speed two-wheeler | James Mulhern |
| FSERIES | Wed Jun 3, 2015 | Pickup line? | Herre Schouwerwou |
| FUJIFILM | Sat Apr 10, 2010 | Giant in photography | Kevin G. Der |
| HARDISH | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Not very cushiony | Frank Longo |
| HAULEDASS | Sat Oct 18, 2025 | Was really moving, in slang | Samuel Smalley |
| IGETAROUND | Fri Nov 2, 2007 | First #1 hit by the Beach Boys | Barry C. Silk |
| ILLUMINATE | Sat Mar 31, 2012 | Put in the spotlight | Scott Atkinson |
| IVTUBES | Sun Apr 9, 2000 | I.C.U. conduits | Joe DiPietro |
| MCGRUFF | Mon May 20, 2013 | So-called "Crime Dog" of public service ads | Tim Croce |
| MIXEDBAGS | Tue Jun 11, 2013 | Assortments ... or what you'll find in 17-, 25-, 30-, 44- and 50-Across? | Pete Muller |
| NEALES | Sat Jul 3, 2010 | Tennis's Fraser and others | Joe Krozel |
| NEARDISASTER | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | Close call | Frank Longo |
| PASSEDTHETIME | Fri Jun 24, 2016 | Idled | Patrick Berry |
| REVOLUTIONARY | Wed Sep 29, 2021 | *Changing gradually | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SEASIDECOTTAGE | Tue Jul 1, 2003 | Summer retreat | Karen M. Tracey |
| SHOOTTHEBULL | Mon Jul 10, 2023 | Chat idly | Brad Wiegmann |
| SLIPSLOP | Tue Sep 23, 2014 | Twaddle | Gerry Wildenberg |
| STOPLINES | Sat Oct 6, 2001 | They're painted at many intersections | Rich Norris |
| STORIEDPAST | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | Colorful background | Drew Schmenner |
| THECOLORBARRIER | Sat Jun 14, 2003 | See 17-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| THEDOGS | Thu Jul 15, 2004 | Things can go to them | Roy Leban |
| THREEBLADERAZOR | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Grooming tool jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1979 | Jacob Stulberg |
| TIERCE | Sun Jan 23, 2000 | Defensive position in fencing | Joe DiPietro |
| TURNINGPOINT | Thu Dec 11, 2008 | Crucial moment | Jim Hilger |