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 50,587 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGENORM | Wed Dec 12, 2018 | Benchmark figure given how old a person is | David J. Kahn |
| ALOTTOLOSE | Thu Mar 9, 2023 | Much on the line | Simeon Seigel |
| AURALLY | Sun Nov 5, 2006 | With respect to hearing | Derrick Niederman |
| BUNRAKU | Sun Jan 1, 1995 | Japanese puppet theater | Henry Hook |
| CAYMANISLANDS | Sat Nov 28, 1998 | George Town is its capital | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| CHOSESIDES | Thu Dec 14, 1995 | Didn't engage in fence sitting | Matt Gaffney |
| COMMERCESECRETARY | Sun May 31, 2020 | Cabinet position once held by Herbert Hoover | Lewis Rothlein and Jeff Chen |
| DONTFORGET | Sat Mar 27, 2021 | Start of a nudge | Michael Hawkins |
| DWINDLE | Wed Apr 9, 2025 | Fall off | Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein |
| FISHEYE | Mon Aug 30, 2010 | Kind of lens with a wide angle | Richard Chisholm |
| FITUP | Mon Oct 3, 2011 | Equip | Stanley Newman |
| FROWNS | Fri Feb 19, 2010 | Displays displeasure | Victor Fleming |
| GOSFORD | Fri Feb 7, 2003 | "___ Park" (2001 whodunit) | Michael Shteyman |
| GOTHMUSICIAN | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Bad occupation for Happy? | Adam Fromm |
| GRANDMAMA | Sun Jul 12, 1998 | Addams Family member | Henry Hook |
| HERSH | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour | Byron Walden |
| INFRAREDCAMERA | Tue Oct 21, 2025 | Device for capturing thermal images | Spencer Leach |
| INSINUATION | Sun Apr 19, 2015 | Sly suggestion | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| JOBONE | Sun Oct 10, 2004 | Quality, in a Ford slogan | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LIGHTSUPTHEROOM | Thu Mar 3, 2005 | Makes a dazzling entrance | Byron Walden |
| METALHEAD | Fri Jul 21, 2017 | Devotee of Mötley Crüe or Megadeth | Paolo Pasco |
| MICROSLEEP | Mon Aug 15, 2022 | Super-quick snooze | Simon Marotte |
| ONONESKNEES | Fri Sep 29, 1995 | Begging | Manny Nosowsky |
| PANELISTS | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Game show lineup | Frank A. Longo |
| PARACHUTEIN | Sun Sep 4, 2022 | *Glide down from above | Tracy Gray |
| PARLIAMENT | Thu Oct 25, 2001 | A ___ of owls | John Scott Marrone |
| PIAO | Sun Apr 18, 2010 | Former Chinese Communist military leader Lin ___ | Randolph Ross |
| PINKS | Sun Nov 12, 1995 | Fox hunter's coat | Randolph Ross |
| POORSPORT | Fri Apr 3, 2015 | Person who just can't lose? | Patrick Berry |
| PUBCRAWL | Mon Nov 16, 2020 | Bar-to-bar activity | Jennifer Nutt |
| RENAISSANCEMAN | Tue Jun 4, 2002 | Either 38- or 53-Across | Matthew J. Koceich |
| ROCKSPRINGS | Tue Aug 8, 1995 | Wyoming's fourth-largest city | Gregory E. Paul |
| ROTARYCLUB | Mon Dec 11, 2017 | Service organization with a wheel logo | Brian Thomas |
| SEISMOGRAPHER | Mon Dec 16, 2002 | Earthquake measurer | Jim Hyres |
| SERVESMERIGHT | Sun Jun 16, 2024 | "That's what I get" | Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu |
| STOPBATHS | Fri Jul 21, 1995 | Photo lab rinses | Matt Gaffney |
| SUMMATHEOLOGICA | Fri Oct 22, 2004 | Religious treatise by St. Thomas Aquinas | Patrick Berry |
| THEGRANDOLEOPRY | Thu Sep 17, 2020 | Major Nashville landmark | Simeon Seigel |
| VELVETTOUCH | Tue Nov 28, 2000 | 1948 Rosalind Russell film, with "The" | Richard Hughes |
| WRITTENINTHESTARS | Sun Mar 30, 2025 | * Composed * | Simeon Seigel |