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 50,921 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABELLFORADANO | Sun Jun 23, 1996 | Best seller of 1944 | F. Hansen |
| APERIODICALLY | Thu Jan 4, 2007 | Without a regular schedule | Alan Olschwang |
| BECAUSEOF | Sun Jan 12, 2003 | Owing to | Patrick Berry |
| BLOWBYBLOWACCOUNT | Sun Jan 26, 2003 | Detailed description | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| BOLDLY | Mon Feb 11, 2013 | How to "go where no man has gone before" | Gary Cee |
| BRACEROS | Fri Mar 31, 2000 | Seasonal Mexican workers | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| BRAINSURGEONS | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Flourishes around monsoon events | Jeff Chen |
| CREATEHAVOC | Thu Dec 12, 2002 | Come in like a whirlwind | Michael Shteyman |
| DESTINATIONMOON | Wed Oct 25, 1995 | 1950's science fiction film | Larry Nargi |
| DUCHAMP | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Artist and chess player who said "While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists" | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| FARMSOUT | Tue Aug 11, 1998 | Sends down to the minors | Randall J. Hartman |
| FOULPLAY | Mon Apr 12, 1999 | Dirty dealing | Diane C. Baldwin |
| FTWAYNEIN | Sat Jan 15, 2005 | Home of the Univ. of St. Francis | Ed Early |
| GLEAMED | Fri Oct 4, 2024 | Shone brightly | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HEAVIER | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Like épées vis-à-vis foils | Byron Walden |
| HOMINEM | Thu Oct 2, 2025 | Ad ___ | Aidan Deshong |
| ITSFORTHEBIRDS | Fri Feb 25, 2011 | Detractors' comment concerning 19-Across? | Henry Hook |
| JOINTVENTURES | Thu Sep 14, 1995 | Arthroscopic surgeries? | Chuck Deodene |
| JUMPTHEGUN | Fri Oct 2, 2009 | Be too hasty | Brad Wilber |
| KAYEBALLARD | Wed Mar 16, 2005 | "The Mothers-in-Law" co-star | Holden Baker |
| KEPTINTOUCH | Fri May 15, 2020 | Wasn't a stranger | Christopher Adams |
| KLEPT | Thu Dec 3, 1998 | Stealing: Prefix | Cathy Millhauser |
| KNOWTHEDRILL | Sun Feb 25, 2024 | I visited a dentist and now I ... | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale |
| METRONORTH | Sat Jan 19, 2008 | New York City transportation option | David J. Kahn |
| MUSHROOM | Thu Aug 22, 2019 | Grow quickly | Emily Carroll |
| NACROUS | Thu Aug 14, 1997 | Pearly: Var. | David J. Kahn |
| NGOR | Sun Feb 20, 2011 | "The Killing Fields" actor Haing S. ___ | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PLANEFARE | Mon Aug 8, 2011 | Airline ticket cost | Ian Livengood |
| SCRATCHER | Sun May 6, 2007 | Cat, at times | Charles M. Deber |
| SEINLANGUAGE | Fri Apr 22, 1994 | Droll 1993 best seller | A.J. Santora |
| SERFDOM | Sun Apr 21, 1996 | Feudal state | M. Gaffney |
| SERVIAN | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Rome's _____ Wall | Alfio Micci |
| SHARKTALE | Sun Jul 29, 2012 | 2004 Will Smith animated film | Kevin G. Der |
| SKYPED | Tue Aug 14, 2018 | Had a video call with | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| SMALLBUSINESSES | Thu Dec 31, 2020 | Local economy makeup ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | David J. Kahn |
| SPINYEEL | Wed Nov 20, 2019 | Long fish with a row of barbs | Erik Agard |
| TREEORNAMENT | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | 91-/100-Across, often | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TVDETECTIVE | Mon Aug 16, 2010 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
| TVGAME | Sat Dec 24, 2005 | It may be blacked out | Byron Walden |
| USCIVILWAR | Sat Mar 24, 2001 | Gen. Hooker fought in it | Mark Diehl |