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 51,179 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERREBATE | Mon Jun 7, 1999 | Come-on to those who are patient | Robert O. Dillman |
| ALTERNATEREALITY | Wed Jul 1, 2026 | Theoretical timeline where things play out a little differently ... as featured in this puzzle | Jeffrey Martinovic |
| BOOKII | Sun Oct 19, 2025 | Second volume | Daniel Grinberg |
| CAUGHTAFEWWINKS | Sat Aug 10, 2013 | Grabbed some sack time | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| CENTERLANE | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | What's between fast and slow? | Joe Krozel |
| CMLV | Sun Apr 13, 2008 | Mid 10th-century year | Cathy Millhauser |
| CONRADS | Thu May 26, 1994 | Aiken and Hilton | Cathy Millhauser |
| CONTROLGROUPS | Wed Jan 20, 2010 | Parts of double-blind trials | Trip Payne |
| CREATEHAVOC | Thu Dec 12, 2002 | Come in like a whirlwind | Michael Shteyman |
| DIDGERIDOOS | Fri Jun 25, 2010 | Native Australian winds | Robin Schulman and Byron Walden |
| EMBEZZLE | Wed Jul 24, 2002 | Misappropriate | Eric Berlin |
| EMILYSLIST | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | *Prominent left-leaning political action committee | Ross Trudeau |
| EXHORTING | Tue Dec 5, 1995 | Giving a rah-rah talk | Robert Katz |
| FIDELIS | Wed May 22, 2019 | "Semper ___" (Marine Corps motto) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| FUCHSIAS | Wed Oct 3, 2018 | Purplish-red flowers | Jennifer Nutt |
| GOFORADIP | Fri Sep 14, 2007 | What you might do at the beach | John Farmer |
| GOLDENHOUR | Sat Feb 24, 2024 | Period before sunset with ideal lighting for photography | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| GONEAHEAD | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Out to scout | Manny Nosowsky |
| GREATBAMBINO | Thu Jun 6, 1996 | Legendary Yankee nickname, with "the" | A. J. Santora |
| HARVESTHOME | Sun Aug 12, 2007 | Traditional English festival | Cathy Millhauser |
| ICKFACTORS | Thu Apr 27, 2023 | Traits that trigger repulsion | Michael Schlossberg |
| ICYSEA | Sun Jun 17, 2012 | Arctic waters, on historical maps | Kyle T. Dolan |
| INLANDS | Sat Sep 10, 1994 | Nonborder regions | Rand H. Burns |
| JULIUSII | Sat May 14, 2005 | Papal patron of Michelangelo and Raphael | Bob Peoples |
| LOSINGTHEPLOT | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Getting totally confused, idiomatically | Byron Walden |
| MUDGUARD | Wed Mar 12, 2008 | Curved motorcycle part | Larry Shearer |
| NOTHOT | Sun May 1, 2005 | No longer in | Joe DiPietro |
| NOTTOMENTION | Sun Aug 21, 2011 | Also | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PANKY | Tue Jan 27, 1998 | Hanky-___ | Manny Nosowsky |
| PAULAZAHN | Mon Oct 25, 2021 | Former CNN anchor with a true-crime series on the Investigation Discovery channel | Damon Gulczynski |
| PUZZLES | Sat Aug 8, 2009 | Stumps | Karen M. Tracey |
| RUNAWAYJURY | Mon Oct 21, 2013 | John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novel | Gary Cee |
| SAROS | Sat Feb 11, 1995 | Aegean gulf | Randolph Ross |
| TARDILY | Sun Aug 20, 2006 | At a slow pace | Richard Silvestri |
| TENDERHEARTEDLY | Sat Feb 11, 2012 | With love | Joe Krozel |
| THECOLTS | Sat Mar 6, 2021 | A.F.C. South squad | Sid Sivakumar |
| THELAUGHFACTORY | Sun Feb 4, 2018 | Stand-up chain started in Los Angeles | David Levinson Wilk |
| UFOSIGHTING | Mon Jul 14, 2014 | Eerie encounter ... or a hint to 23-, 31- and 39-Across | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| VAIR | Wed Dec 4, 1996 | Heraldic fur | M. E. Skolsky |
| WROTEOFF | Sun May 10, 2020 | Dismissed out of hand | Adam Fromm |