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 51,132 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCENTLAMP | Fri Apr 25, 2025 | Light touch from a decorator? | Adrian Johnson |
| ARCHFOE | Sun Jun 13, 2021 | Lex Luthor, to Superman | Stephen McCarthy |
| ASIANLAND | Thu Nov 25, 2004 | Turkey, to a cartographer | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
| BETONIT | Thu Aug 16, 2012 | "You can be sure" | Ethan Cooper |
| CDALBUM | Sat Mar 27, 2004 | Modern record | Sherry O. Blackard |
| CHEVRETTE | Thu Apr 2, 1998 | Thin kidskin | Alex K. Justin |
| CLEANPLATECLUB | Sat Nov 13, 2021 | Something good eaters "join" | Adam Aaronson |
| COLORWARS | Sat May 2, 2026 | Summer camp competitions for which teammates dress similarly | Hannah Slovut-Einertson |
| DOGOF | Thu Mar 18, 1999 | "A ___ Flanders" (1959 tear-jerker) | Rand H. Burns |
| ESSENTIALORGANS | Fri Feb 12, 2010 | Heart and brain | Kevin G. Der |
| EYEBROWS | Mon Feb 26, 2001 | They may be penciled in | Norma Steinberg |
| FALTERED | Sat Nov 2, 2024 | Had a hiccup | Blake Slonecker |
| FIFTYFIRSTSTATE | Wed Jun 15, 2016 | Country that's an extremely close American ally, so to speak | Jason Flinn |
| GILS | Sun Dec 25, 1994 | Gerald and Hodges | Randolph Ross |
| GREATRECESSION | Sat Jul 2, 2022 | Early-21st-century crisis, with "the" | Evan Kalish |
| LENEXA | Sun Dec 24, 2006 | Kansas City suburb | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MADRUSH | Thu Mar 11, 2021 | Scramble | Leslie Rogers |
| MARRIAGEMATERIAL | Sun Aug 21, 2005 | Mr. Right, say | Byron Walden |
| MONEYSAVERS | Sat Aug 19, 2023 | Coupons, e.g. | David P. Williams |
| MRPERSONALITY | Wed Nov 8, 2006 | Upbeat, outgoing sort | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| MULATTO | Sat Jul 26, 2014 | Eliza in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," e.g. | Julian Lim |
| NATATORIA | Fri Jan 6, 2023 | Indoor swimming pools | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| NITAS | Tue Feb 6, 1996 | Actress Talbot et al. | Randy Sowell |
| PERSPIRES | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Sweats | Adrian Johnson |
| PREMIUMLAGER | Tue Dec 31, 2013 | All-malt beer | Tracy Gray |
| RUNLOOSE | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | Get unleashed | Ryan McCarty |
| SAURIAN | Sun May 10, 1998 | Lizard | Rich Silvestri |
| SCANSIN | Sun Apr 6, 2025 | Uses one's employee badge to enter, say | Kareem Ayas |
| SEMISOFTCHEESES | Sat Jul 12, 2014 | Gouda and Muenster | Tim Croce and Alex Vratsanos |
| SEXYBACK | Sat Dec 24, 2016 | 2006 Justin Timberlake #1 hit | David Steinberg |
| SOROSIS | Sat Jul 9, 1994 | Women's society | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| STEWARTISLAND | Sun Feb 25, 2007 | Birding capital of New Zealand (2006) | David J. Kahn |
| TAROROOTS | Tue Jun 10, 2025 | Staples of Polynesian cuisine | Zachary David Levy |
| TELECASTER | Sat Dec 11, 1999 | One who puts on a show | William S. Cotter |
| TESTMATCH | Fri Jul 19, 2013 | International cricket event | Patrick Berry |
| THESEVENPERCENTSOLUTION | Sun Nov 14, 2004 | Best-selling 1974 detective novel | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| TOORICHFORMYBLOOD | Thu Jan 24, 2019 | "I'm out" | Stu Ockman |
| TRAPPIST | Sat Dec 11, 2004 | Member of a silent religious order | James E. Buell |
| UNIQUEUSER | Sun Aug 7, 2022 | Visitor to a website, in analytics lingo | Tina Labadie |
| WHIFFLE | Sun Jan 9, 1994 | Vacillate | Mel Rosen |