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 50,383 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AESTHETIC | Sat Feb 24, 2018 | Concept of beauty | John Guzzetta |
| ALERTTO | Tue Jun 17, 2025 | Aware of, as dangers | Tarun Krishnamurthy |
| ALGERIANS | Sat Jul 5, 2008 | Modern dwellers in ancient Numidia | Karen M. Tracey |
| ANCHORMEN | Sun Jun 15, 1997 | Rather and Jennings, e.g. | Karen Hodge |
| ARTERIO | Sun Aug 11, 1996 | Cousin of veno- | M. Schneider |
| ATESUPPER | Sat Nov 13, 2010 | Took something in at night? | Mark Diehl |
| BADMOONRISING | Tue Jan 7, 2014 | 1969 platinum record for Creedence Clearwater Revival | Mark Bickham |
| BLEWTHEJOINT | Sun Apr 27, 2014 | The demolitionist ... | John Lampkin |
| BUSCEMI | Sat Apr 5, 2003 | Actor Steve of "Reservoir Dogs" | Patrick Berry |
| COMMENTCAVA | Mon Jul 13, 2015 | "How's it going?," in Paris | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CRONYISM | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | Some partial appointments | Julian Lim |
| DONTJUDGE | Fri Jun 4, 2021 | "Quit looking at me like that" | Nam Jin Yoon |
| DUCKCALL | Fri Feb 20, 2009 | Decoy accompanier | Paula Gamache |
| EMPLOYER | Sun May 1, 2016 | Background check runner, maybe | Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden |
| FORCER | Thu Apr 15, 2004 | Coercer | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOTHUNGUPON | Fri Dec 23, 2011 | Couldn't stop obsessing about | Patrick Berry |
| GOTOOFAR | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | Cross the line | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| GREATSLAVELAKE | Mon Sep 4, 1995 | Northern Canadian body of water | Richard Thomas |
| INFILTRATE | Wed May 4, 2016 | Enter surreptitiously, as an organization | Jacob Stulberg |
| ITSANOBRAINER | Thu Oct 28, 2021 | Reason the zombies are, of course, skipping the empty house? | Alan Massengill |
| ITSGREEK | Sun Mar 7, 1999 | Declaration before "to me" | Randolph Ross |
| JACQUELINE | Wed Jul 28, 2004 | With 33-, 36- and 40-Across, American born 7/28/1929 | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| LIFEOFTHEPARTY | Mon Feb 2, 1998 | Good-time Charlie | Gregory E. Paul |
| MATRYOSHKA | Sat Aug 10, 2024 | She's so full of herself! | Spencer Leach |
| NOTTHATBAD | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Pretty good | Manny Nosowsky |
| ORLO | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | Flat plinth | Maura B. Jacobson |
| PECLASSES | Sat Jan 25, 2025 | They support many student movements | Michael Lieberman |
| POTEMKIN | Sun Oct 10, 2010 | Famed Russian battleship | Patrick Merrell |
| PROGRESSIVELENS | Mon Feb 18, 2008 | Eyeglass option for different distances | Lynn Lempel |
| PUTAFACETOANAME | Fri Feb 26, 2021 | Meet somebody you've heard lots about | Chuck Deodene |
| REGALER | Tue Jun 16, 2015 | Storyteller | Peter A. Collins |
| RESPONDINKIND | Sun May 21, 2023 | One tendin' to reply quickly? | Robert Ryan |
| ROBERTHAYS | Tue Sep 19, 1995 | "Airplane!" and "Airplane II" actor | Janet R. Bender |
| RUNTHROUGH | Thu Aug 11, 2016 | [See circled letters] | Timothy Polin |
| SATSTILL | Thu May 6, 2021 | Behaved for a haircut, say | Ed Sessa |
| SHOWMANCE | Mon Dec 19, 2016 | Neologism for an on-screen/off-screen relationship | Jason Mueller |
| SKINDIVING | Mon Aug 24, 2015 | Activity with a mask and flippers | Lynn Lempel |
| THEWINTERXGAMES | Sun Mar 16, 2014 | *Annual draw for snocross fans | Jeremy Newton |
| TIDETABLES | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Standard features of almanacs | Frank Longo |
| WELLYOUGOTME | Wed Sep 13, 2023 | Paradoxical answer to "Where does oil come from?" | Guilherme Gilioli |