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 50,871 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTMODELL | Sun Jul 28, 2013 | N.F.L. owner who moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in 1996 | Andrew Reynolds |
| CAMERALENS | Tue Jun 4, 2024 | *Equipment for zooming | Daniel Bodily |
| CARFERRY | Sat Jan 26, 2002 | Bridge competitor | Mark Diehl |
| CHARIER | Sun Feb 20, 2000 | More circumspect | Trip Payne |
| CLAUDETTE | Thu May 5, 2022 | ___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa Parks | Adam Wagner |
| CONTACTPOISONS | Sun Sep 22, 2013 | DDT and others | Mike Selinker |
| COUNTNOSES | Mon Feb 10, 2020 | Add up the number of people present | Bruce Haight |
| DIDNTSLEEPAWINK | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Tossed all night | Manny Nosowsky |
| DOORJAMB | Sat Jul 4, 2020 | Part of a frame | Peter Wentz |
| EPICUREANS | Tue Jun 19, 2007 | Devotees of fine dining | John Underwood |
| EXFED | Sun Mar 16, 2014 | Retired govt. agent | Jeremy Newton |
| FOXINSOCKS | Fri May 23, 2003 | Dr. Seuss title | Dave Tuller |
| GOODES | Thu Jun 16, 1994 | Former Philly mayor Wilson et al. | Jim Page |
| GRAVEYARDSHIFT | Tue Oct 30, 2018 | Late night for a working stiff ... or a hint to the shaded squares | Jules Markey |
| HEALTHYASAHORSE | Wed Dec 14, 1994 | Really fit | Wayne Robert Williams |
| IBADAN | Sun Aug 7, 2022 | Nigerian city of 3.5+ million | Tina Labadie |
| JETLAGGED | Fri Aug 21, 2020 | Suffering from desynchronosis | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| LIMBOED | Sun Sep 2, 2018 | Bent over backward, in a way | Tom McCoy |
| MICROHM | Thu Jun 3, 2010 | Tiny electrical measure | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MIDDLEMANAGEMENT | Sun Aug 27, 2023 | Embosses? | Rich Katz |
| MIRER | Sun Jul 5, 1998 | 1993 A.F.C. Rookie of the Year Rick | Joe DiPietro |
| MISSOUT | Mon Nov 7, 2016 | Lose an opportunity | Bruce Haight |
| NOMANS | Wed Apr 29, 2009 | Kind of land | Barry C. Silk |
| OPENBORDERS | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Feature of the European Union | John Guzzetta |
| PERCENTAGEERROR | Sat May 18, 2013 | Indicator of how accurate a numerical guess is | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| PERSONALFINANCE | Tue Nov 23, 2021 | Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29-Down | Eric Bornstein |
| PETCLINIC | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | Animal house? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RATTLED | Fri Sep 4, 2015 | All shook up | David C. Duncan Dekker |
| REDEMPTION | Sun Sep 22, 2024 | See 3-Down | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
| RIVALRY | Sat Nov 30, 1996 | Yankees vs. Red Sox, e.g. | R. Norris |
| SERENDIPITY | Wed Mar 11, 2026 | Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-Across | John Guzzetta |
| SOPHISTRY | Sat Jan 1, 2000 | Choplogic | Rich Norris |
| SPICIEST | Sat Sep 23, 2017 | Most tear-inducing, say | Robyn Weintraub |
| STARSANDBARS | Mon Apr 5, 2010 | Confederate flag | Nancy Salomon |
| SUBPRIME | Fri Apr 29, 2011 | Kind of mortgage | David Quarfoot |
| THEREAR | Sun Jan 5, 2014 | What you can bring up, in a phrase | Alan DerKazarian |
| THEREMINS | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | Eerie-sounding instruments that are played without physical contact | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| TICTACTOEBOARD | Thu May 29, 2014 | #1 | Anna Shechtman |
| TIMELIEST | Fri Mar 1, 2002 | Most opportune | Manny Nosowsky |
| VIRTUOUS | Fri Nov 3, 2006 | Chaste | Manny Nosowsky |