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 50,477 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULATORY | Fri Oct 21, 2022 | Excessively admiring | Rafael Musa |
| ALJARREAU | Sat Jan 18, 2020 | R&B/soul singer with the 1981 hit album "Breakin' Away" | Ryan McCarty |
| AUTOGRAPHS | Thu Jul 18, 2013 | Features of some prized memorabilia | Todd Gross and David Steinberg |
| CAMRON | Tue Dec 29, 2015 | Grammy-nominated rapper with the 2002 hit "Oh Boy" | Jeff Stillman |
| CATTLEMAN | Sun Jul 6, 2003 | Rancher | Robert H. Wolfe |
| CENCI | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | "The ___: A Tragedy in Five Acts" (Shelley work) | Joe Krozel |
| CENTURYPLANT | Wed Sep 13, 2000 | Agave | Jim Morton |
| COPESTONE | Fri Feb 28, 1997 | Crowning point on a building | Bob Klahn |
| DANGEROUSCURVES | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | What twisty arrows warn drivers of | Todd Gross and Doug Peterson |
| DASHLIGHTS | Sun Aug 8, 2004 | Panel illumination | Bill Zais |
| ECOFREAK | Sat Dec 17, 2016 | One who's extremely green? | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| EDITORINCHIEF | Fri May 28, 2021 | Post master? | Andrew J. Ries |
| FAITS | Sat Sep 17, 2011 | Sartre's "Les Jeux Sont ___" | Peter A. Collins |
| FIGHTWITH | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Go to battle alongside ... or struggle against | Bruce Haight |
| FLOWERINGPLANTS | Mon Oct 21, 1996 | Irises | J. Bender |
| FORTDEVENS | Sat Jan 19, 2002 | W.W. II training center near Boston | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| FREESILVER | Sun May 5, 1996 | Political cause of the late 1800's | D. J. Kahn |
| GAVEOUT | Mon Dec 2, 2024 | Dispensed, as Halloween candy | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian |
| GUMWEEDS | Sun Aug 24, 2003 | Plants known as "sticky-heads" | Patrick Berry |
| GUNSHIP | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | Armada component | A. J. Santora |
| HADNOOOMPH | Sat Apr 20, 2024 | Lacked pop | Garrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley |
| IRIDIC | Thu Jul 2, 2015 | Containing element #77 | Timothy Polin |
| JUSTMISS | Sat Jul 3, 2004 | Come this close | Eric Berlin |
| KIASOUL | Sat Jun 27, 2015 | Korean compact | Tim Croce |
| LESTROYENS | Fri Apr 20, 2007 | Berlioz opera based on Virgil's "Aeneid" | David Quarfoot |
| LOAMED | Sat Mar 29, 2003 | Plastered over, in a way | Michael Shteyman |
| ONFAMILIARTERMS | Sat Nov 5, 2011 | Friendly | Kurt Mueller |
| PATTERSON | Mon Apr 4, 2016 | James whose novels have sold more than 300 million copies | David Kwong |
| RECEPTACLES | Fri Jun 4, 1999 | Vessels | John Wolting |
| ROSSET | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Tennis ace Marc | Frank A. Longo |
| SNOWPACK | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Layered buildup in the Arctic | Ross Trudeau |
| STAGEHAND | Thu Jun 24, 2021 | One making a scene | Danny Lawson |
| STANE | Sat Apr 9, 2011 | ___ Street (road from London Bridge to Chichester) | Scott Atkinson |
| STEEPENED | Fri Nov 28, 1997 | Made more precipitous | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| TISDALE | Thu Jun 28, 2012 | Actress Ashley of "High School Musical" | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TOWNEE | Thu Aug 22, 1996 | Nonstudent living in a college community: Var. | R. Norris |
| TROUBLESHOOTERS | Sun Apr 11, 2021 | Result of a merger between Hasbro and Nikon? | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| URALRIVER | Fri Mar 12, 2010 | Course in Russian geography? | Tim Croce |
| WANDAVISION | Mon Sep 12, 2022 | Disney+ series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe | Michael Lieberman |
| WHENI | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | "___ Fall in Love" (1961 hit by the Lettermen) | Kurt Mueller |