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 50,845 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEODORIZE | Wed Mar 30, 2011 | Freshen | Erik Wennstrom |
| DICKCAVETT | Tue Aug 2, 2011 | Performer with a self-titled PBS series from 1977 to 1982 | Albert R. Picallo |
| DITSIEST | Sun Jul 17, 2011 | Most clueless | Daniel A. Finan |
| DRAFTED | Mon May 11, 2020 | Drew up, as plans | Ross Trudeau |
| EDDO | Sun Jun 29, 1997 | Taro root | David J. Kahn |
| EYEBATHS | Sat Aug 17, 2019 | Removers of some irritants | Michael Hawkins |
| FALLINTOPLACE | Sun Mar 6, 2022 | Become clear ... or make like the object represented by the circled letters | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| FATELVIS | Sat Jun 16, 2018 | The King, late in his career | Sam Trabucco |
| FEEDMESEYMOUR | Mon Nov 15, 2021 | Request from the voracious plant in "Little Shop of Horrors" | Ian Rathkey |
| FICHTE | Sat Oct 11, 2025 | Johann ___, philosopher who influenced Hegel | Sam Ezersky |
| FLATEARTHSOCIETY | Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Group that doesn't believe in revolution? | Timothy Polin |
| GAPINGMAW | Sat Apr 4, 2020 | Cavernous opening | Yacob Yonas |
| GIRLSCOUTCAMP | Sun Jul 20, 2025 | Brownie point? | Michael Schlossberg |
| INFOIL | Sun Nov 6, 2011 | How Hershey's Kisses are wrapped | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LAHAINA | Sat May 8, 2010 | Maui locale that was once the capital of the kingdom of Hawaii | Mark Diehl |
| LANEHOG | Sun Jan 28, 2024 | Frustrating highway driver | Nathan Hasegawa |
| LAYSISTERS | Sat Mar 18, 2006 | Manual laborers in a convent | Patrick Berry |
| LIAISING | Sat Nov 14, 2020 | Working as a go-between | Emily Carroll and Erik Agard |
| LOSEFAITH | Fri Mar 4, 2022 | Give up | David Distenfeld |
| MAKESGOOD | Mon Sep 29, 2014 | What a local success story does | Eric Sydney Phillips |
| MISSONESCUE | Tue May 6, 1997 | Err on stage | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| NAUTS | Sun Aug 5, 2007 | Voyagers: Suffix | Caroline Leong |
| NEWSPRINT | Wed Oct 17, 2001 | Forest product, or the result of a second wind | Greg Staples |
| ORGANDIE | Sat Jan 18, 1997 | Curtain fabric: Var. | D. Niles |
| PRATTLEON | Thu Oct 25, 2007 | Talk, talk, talk | Susan Harrington Smith |
| PROTOME | Fri Feb 9, 1996 | Bust used as an architectural adornment | Rich Norris |
| RADIOPHONE | Fri May 17, 1996 | Ship's communication device | J. DiPietro |
| REACHOUTTO | Sat Oct 4, 1997 | Comfort, in a way | Rich Norris |
| RESCUEMISSIONS | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | Life-saving operations | Patrick Berry |
| SEALTEAMSIX | Mon Dec 28, 2015 | Navy special force in the bin Laden raid | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SEMIDESERT | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | Area of limited growth | Byron Walden |
| SHOUTED | Tue May 11, 2021 | Exclaimed | Kevin Patterson |
| SIMULCASTED | Thu Mar 13, 2025 | Aired in multiple places at the same time | Rich Proulx and Simeon Seigel |
| STOMPSON | Mon Apr 2, 2007 | Crushes with the feet | Richard Hughes |
| SUBTYPE | Wed Nov 3, 1999 | Group within a group | Greg Staples |
| SUMTOTALS | Sat Aug 18, 2001 | Essences | Rich Norris |
| TEARTAPE | Tue Jan 8, 2019 | Opening strip on a package | Freddie Cheng |
| THEBLUESTEYE | Tue Aug 13, 2024 | 1970 novel exploring racism's effect on a young girl's self-esteem | Benjamin Panico |
| TOOKTEA | Fri Nov 19, 2010 | Enjoyed a British tradition | Victor Fleming |
| YESVIRGINIATHEREISASANTACLAUS | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Reply for Miss O'Hanlon | John M. Samson |