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 51,078 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVANCEPAY | Thu May 1, 2003 | Early check, perhaps | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| ALCOWLINGS | Fri Sep 3, 2021 | Role for Malcolm-Jamal Warner on "The People v. O. J. Simpson" | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco |
| APERSON | Sun Apr 1, 2018 | Each | Sam Ezersky |
| ASENSEOFLOSS | Fri Oct 15, 1999 | The bereaved feel it | Mark Diehl |
| BIMONTHLY | Sun Apr 24, 2016 | Like AARP The Magazine | Kathy Wienberg |
| BIOFUEL | Sat Mar 26, 2022 | Algae, at times | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| BLISSFULIGNORANCE | Sun Mar 28, 2021 | Comfort in not knowing, say | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| BRIEFENCOUNTER | Fri Oct 12, 2012 | Brush | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| CASHDESK | Sun Jun 29, 2003 | Register site | Rich Norris |
| COCOAPUFFS | Sun Aug 30, 2020 | Cereal that changes the color of the milk | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| COUNTEDIN | Sat Sep 4, 2021 | Considered a participant | Byron Walden |
| EARTHWORM | Sun Feb 22, 2009 | Night crawler | Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson |
| ELGINBAYLOR | Wed Jan 29, 2014 | A hoops great and his league | Michael Black |
| GAMECONSOLE | Thu Jun 17, 2021 | Xbox or PlayStation | Blake Slonecker |
| GROWINGPAINS | Tue Apr 29, 2025 | Early struggles for a new enterprise ... or a hint to the shaded squares | Gene Louise De Vera |
| HARLEYDAVIDSON | Wed Dec 30, 2009 | Company with the stock ticker symbol HOG | Adam Cohen |
| HITTINGTHEWALL | Mon Sep 10, 2001 | Out of gas | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| INCLOSEQUARTERS | Fri Mar 4, 1994 | At her small condo, actress Glenn was _____ | Betty Jorgensen |
| IONIQS | Tue Feb 4, 2025 | Hyundai electric cars | Adam Aaronson |
| JEBEDIAH | Sat Nov 19, 2005 | ___ Springfield (town eponym on "The Simpsons") | Byron Walden |
| JIMMYKIMMELLIVE | Tue Aug 2, 2022 | Late-night show starting in 2003 | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor |
| LAXATIVES | Sat Mar 28, 2015 | They're taken to go | David Steinberg |
| LESSONED | Sun Aug 11, 1996 | Taught | M. Schneider |
| MIMICRY | Wed Jun 11, 1997 | Imitation | Rich Norris |
| ONESTONE | Sun Feb 9, 2003 | British unit equal to 14 pounds | David J. Kahn |
| OVERESTIMATIONS | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Unduly high appraisals | Joe Krozel |
| PARABLESOFJESUS | Thu Jul 13, 2023 | "The Good Samaritan" and "The Prodigal Son," for example | Hanh Huynh |
| QUOTABLE | Fri Aug 25, 2000 | Like Yogi Berra | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ROYALTY | Tue Nov 7, 2006 | Blue state | Bruce P. Douglas |
| RUYLOPEZOPENING | Tue May 23, 1995 | 1. e4; e5 2. Nf3; Nc6 3. Bb5 | Jay Livingston |
| SADDAMS | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Noted dictator and namesakes | Rand H. Burns |
| SAWNOFF | Sat Jan 16, 1999 | Shortened | Rich Norris |
| SNAPJUDGMENT | Wed Oct 10, 2012 | On-the-spot appraisal | Pete Muller |
| TABLETOPIC | Sun Oct 5, 2003 | Something discussed over dinner? | Richard Silvestri |
| THESECRET | Wed Aug 21, 2019 | E-book? | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| TREBLES | Sun Oct 20, 2002 | Shrill sounds | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| UNCONSTRAINED | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | At liberty | Patrick Berry |
| VELVETTOUCH | Tue Nov 28, 2000 | 1948 Rosalind Russell film, with "The" | Richard Hughes |
| VIDALIAONION | Wed May 12, 2021 | Georgia's official vegetable | Tracy Gray |
| WELLGEE | Tue Sep 17, 2024 | "Why, I'll be!" | Howard Neuthaler |