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 50,785 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERIALASSAULT | Sat Jan 30, 2010 | Shock-and-awe strategy | Mark Diehl |
| ANDREAGASSI | Wed Mar 8, 1995 | 1922 Wimbledon winner | Wayne Robert Williams |
| AUCTIONING | Sat Apr 26, 1997 | Activity around the block | Frank Longo |
| BOLSTERED | Sun Jan 29, 2023 | Supported | Rich Katz |
| CAMELSPIN | Sat Feb 12, 2022 | Figure skating move based on the arabesque in ballet | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| COCHAIRS | Thu Jan 5, 2023 | Runs together, in a way | Emily Carroll |
| CROSSESALLTHETS | Thu Jan 13, 1994 | See 35-Across | Harvey Estes |
| DAIRYMAN | Wed Jun 5, 2024 | Proprietor of cheeses and butters | David Rockow |
| DARIOFO | Sat Jun 27, 2020 | Italian playwright who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature | Ryan Mccarty |
| DATEMOVIE | Fri Oct 18, 2019 | Rom-com, typically | Jamey Smith |
| DEPILATE | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Remove hair from | Daniel Grinberg |
| EGOCENTRISM | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | Possible alternative title for this puzzle | Eric Berlin |
| ELECTRICALFAULT | Thu May 18, 2023 | Scientific definition, for short | Kiran Pandey |
| EQUILATERAL | Wed Jul 16, 2014 | Like the figure formed by the three circled letters at the bottom | Daniel Raymon |
| FEAROFHEIGHTS | Thu Apr 4, 2013 | It might prevent you from rising | Corey Rubin |
| FEDERALGRANTS | Mon Jan 27, 2025 | Funding sources for many labs | Alexander Liebeskind |
| HEAVYSECURITY | Fri Aug 5, 2022 | More cover than usual ... or what a 20-Across might offer? | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| ITHEEWED | Tue Jan 23, 2007 | Nuptials words | Timothy Powell |
| JOINEDIN | Sat Jan 5, 2002 | Took part | Rich Norris |
| LAYSISTERS | Sat Mar 18, 2006 | Manual laborers in a convent | Patrick Berry |
| LEADAPRON | Tue Jan 23, 2024 | Protective drape for an X-ray | Patrick Maher |
| LEFTOFF | Mon Aug 9, 2021 | Omitted | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MADEASTOP | Sat Apr 19, 2025 | Took five on the road | Alex Tomlinson |
| MBEKI | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | Mandela's presidential successor | Paula Gamache |
| MOOC | Sun May 7, 2017 | Acronym for a class taught over the Internet | Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| POLESITTER | Thu Oct 21, 2010 | Certain 1920s faddist | Dan Naddor |
| READYANDWILLING | Tue Jan 23, 2001 | Game | Nancy Salomon |
| SCENESTEALER | Tue Dec 3, 2019 | *One upstaging a star, say | Ed Sessa |
| SENIORDISCOUNT | Tue Dec 30, 2008 | Incentive aimed at golden agers | Doug Peterson |
| SIMPERER | Fri Nov 17, 1995 | Fatuous one | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| SKINDIVER | Sat Oct 20, 2012 | One might go after pearls | Ned White |
| SPACELY | Mon Oct 13, 2014 | ___ Sprockets, George Jetson's employer | Greg Johnson |
| SPOTTINESS | Thu Sep 13, 2001 | Irregularity | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TRACKMEETS | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | Dash holders | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais |
| TREEGUARDS | Fri Sep 6, 2013 | Barriers used in urban renewal projects | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson |
| TRUSTSIN | Sun Oct 15, 2006 | Banks on | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon |
| UNNOTED | Sun Jun 20, 1999 | Overlooked | Manny Nosowsky |
| VARICOSE | Sun May 13, 2012 | Swollen, as veins | Ben Tausig |
| VIOLETTA | Wed Aug 1, 2007 | "La Traviata" role for 21-/28-Across | David J. Kahn |
| VTUBER | Thu Aug 24, 2023 | Twitch streamer with a digital avatar, say | Robin Yu |