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 50,544 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHANUMERICS | Sat Oct 25, 2014 | Certain character set ... and a hint to translating this week's final answer | Patrick Blindauer |
| ANTIAGING | Thu Jul 28, 2022 | Like some face creams and serums, supposedly | Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen |
| BAMBOOSHOOTS | Mon Jun 15, 2020 | Stir-fry ingredients, often | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| BOOKOFMORMON | Mon Sep 8, 2014 | 2011 Tony-winning religious satire, with "The" | Dan Schoenholz |
| CATCARRIER | Sat May 16, 2020 | Claw-proof crate | Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen |
| CELTICKNOT | Sun Dec 11, 2022 | Symbol of Irish heritage | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| CONFLICTOFINTEREST | Sun Aug 1, 2004 | The candidate was accused of having a ___ | Randolph Ross |
| DENTIN | Sun Jan 5, 2014 | Major part of a tooth | Alan DerKazarian |
| DORN | Sat Nov 29, 2014 | Michael who played Worf on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DREAMYOGA | Sat Apr 26, 2025 | Tantric meditation practiced while in a sleeping state | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| FOOTBALLPLAYER | Tue Sep 13, 2022 | Buffalo Bill, e.g. | Adam Wagner |
| FREUDIAN | Mon Nov 27, 2006 | Revealing kind of slip | Marlon R. Howell |
| FUNNYORDIE | Sun Feb 4, 2018 | Internet home to "Between Two Ferns" | David Levinson Wilk |
| GOODFOR | Sun Nov 22, 2015 | Beneficial to | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| HABEASCORPUS | Wed Oct 24, 2007 | *You should have the body | Patrick Blindauer |
| HELENHAYES | Tue Oct 10, 2000 | Tony-, Oscar- and Emmy-winner born 10/10/1900 | Frances Hansen |
| HELLORHIGHWATER | Wed Feb 5, 2014 | *Any foreseeable difficulty | Tracy Gray |
| HERBIVORES | Sat Apr 30, 1994 | "Friendly" dinosaurs | Wayne Robert Williams |
| HEROIZED | Sun Oct 13, 2019 | Placed on a pedestal | Erik Agard |
| JOHNX | Thu Nov 30, 2017 | Pope before Leo VI | Trenton Charlson |
| LILTER | Sun Jul 13, 2014 | Traditional Gaelic singer | Tom McCoy |
| LITHOS | Sun Apr 18, 2004 | Some gallery offerings | Richard Chisholm |
| MAIDENFORM | Sat Feb 14, 2015 | Brand that supports women? | David Steinberg |
| MELBATOAST | Fri Oct 25, 2002 | It's named after an opera star | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MISDATES | Fri Mar 22, 1996 | Makes an archeological error | F. A. Longo |
| MOLDIER | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | More decayed | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| OILRIGGER | Thu Mar 27, 2003 | Nicholson role in "Five Easy Pieces" | David J. Kahn |
| OTTOPREMINGER | Tue Mar 8, 2016 | "Anatomy of a Murder" director | David Steinberg |
| RBIMEN | Wed May 20, 2009 | Ones who drive people home? | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| ROCKWELL | Sun Aug 9, 2020 | Painter of the "Four Freedoms" series, 1943 | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| RUMBAED | Sun Nov 22, 2015 | Danced to Xavier Cugat, say | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| SHRIKES | Thu Dec 8, 2022 | Butcher birds | Grant Thackray |
| TEARASUNDER | Wed Dec 23, 2020 | Rend | Juliana Tringali Golden |
| THATSSURPRISING | Tue Jan 3, 2023 | "Never would have guessed it!" | Margaret Seikel |
| TRACTORS | Fri May 28, 2004 | Caterpillars, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| TRUTHSERA | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Confession inducers | Sam Trabucco |
| TUCKEREDOUT | Sun Nov 5, 2023 | Holy Week | Rich Katz |
| USERRESEARCH | Thu Jan 30, 2025 | Focus of a product development test | Joe Marquez |
| WHALEBOATS | Wed Sep 23, 2020 | The Pequod and others | Margit Christenson |
| WITHERINGLY | Mon May 18, 2015 | "You forgot to water the plants," Tom said ___ | Gene Newman |