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 50,485 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABATISES | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | Tree barricades used in war | Frank A. Longo |
| AGEDIFFERENCE | Wed Jun 26, 2013 | 83, for the creators of this puzzle ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 60-Across | David Steinberg (16) and Bernice Gordon (99) |
| ALTOCLEF | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | Viola staff starter | Lily Silverstein |
| AQUANET | Sun Nov 13, 2022 | Hairspray brand since the 1950s | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| ARCHIVESITE | Wed Nov 27, 2019 | Where records of old web pages can be accessed | Matthew Sewell and Jeff Chen |
| BLUEPENCILS | Tue Oct 16, 2001 | Edits | Sarah Keller |
| CANNER | Fri Mar 3, 2023 | Food factory worker | Eric Warren |
| CASEBOOK | Sun Oct 29, 2000 | It has precedents | Karen Hodge |
| CASINOGAME | Sun Feb 20, 2005 | Venue for this puzzle's theme | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| DIAGNOSES | Mon Dec 25, 1995 | Doctors' determinations | Sidney L. Robbins |
| DRAMAMAJOR | Sun Jul 29, 2018 | Performer in a campus production, often | Will Nediger |
| EATINGAT | Tue Jun 6, 2006 | Bothering badly | Barry C. Silk |
| FESSESUP | Sun Jul 31, 2022 | Comes clean | Jesse Goldberg |
| FINETUNIC | Sun Sep 4, 2011 | Fancy garb for Caesar? | Dana Delany and Matt Ginsberg |
| GOW | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Pai ___ (Chinese gambling game) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| HOTLUNCH | Mon Apr 15, 2013 | It's served steaming in a school cafeteria | Gayle Dean |
| INSTAS | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Photo-sharing social media accounts, for short | Manaal Mohammed |
| ITALIANALPHABET | Sat Aug 4, 2007 | Dante characters? | Byron Walden |
| JAZZUPTHEPLACE | Tue Apr 2, 2019 | "Add some throw pillows or a pop of color around here, why don't you!" | Natasha Lyonne and Deb Amlen |
| JUSTTHISONETIME | Tue Jan 25, 2000 | Dad says "yes" | William S. Cotter |
| KOMEN | Wed Dec 28, 2022 | Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization) | Josh Goodman |
| KOREN | Thu Oct 10, 2013 | "The New Yorker" cartoonist Ed | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| LEGALDRINKINGAGE | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | 21 | Will Nediger |
| LEROYS | Thu Sep 19, 1996 | Conductor Anderson et al. | W. S. Cotter |
| LIVERPOOL | Sun Feb 9, 2014 | Where this puzzle's subjects got their start | Charles M. Deber |
| MORALDUTY | Thu Dec 9, 2010 | Kantian concern | Byron Walden and Caleb Madison |
| MOVESINTO | Fri Apr 2, 2010 | Starts occupying | Alan Olschwang |
| MYCOLOGY | Sat Sep 17, 2005 | Science dealing with fungi | Rich Norris |
| NESTLEUP | Wed Aug 29, 2018 | Snuggle (against) | Alex Bajcz |
| NOTHINGLEFTTOLOSE | Thu Nov 7, 2024 | Freedom, per Janis Joplin | Joe Deeney |
| ONESLEG | Sun Jun 12, 2011 | *Something to stand on | C. W. Stewart |
| PIMACOTTON | Fri Dec 18, 2015 | High-grade sheet material | Andrew Zhou |
| POISONDART | Thu Jul 16, 2020 | Cause of death in the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of the Four" | Evan Kalish |
| RELUCTANT | Wed Dec 17, 2003 | Not eager | Leonard Williams |
| ROUGHRIDERS | Mon May 15, 2000 | Theodore Roosevelt's group | Gregory E. Paul |
| SELFFIVE | Tue Jan 16, 2024 | Gesture involving hitting one's own hand in celebration | Marshal Herrmann |
| SLAKERS | Mon Apr 26, 2004 | Thirst quenchers | Merle Baker |
| TITHAL | Sun Jun 6, 1999 | Pertaining to church taxes, old-style | David J. Kahn |
| TSTOP | Fri Dec 12, 2025 | Skater's braking method with the back foot positioned horizontally | Adrian Johnson and Jess Rucks |
| TWICESHY | Wed Oct 8, 1997 | Bitten before? | Gilbert H. Ludwig |