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 50,609 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 |
| ALLTAPPEDOUT | Wed May 24, 2017 | Exhausted, as a plumber? | Michael Hawkins |
| APPEASER | Mon Nov 12, 2007 | One who's making nice | Harvey Estes |
| ATLOOSENDS | Sun Jan 14, 1996 | In the rear of some johns? | C. Millhauser |
| BUTSERIOUSLY | Wed Jan 26, 2011 | "All kidding aside ..." | David Murchie |
| CATSANDDOGS | Fri Feb 2, 2007 | See 25-Down | David J. Kahn |
| ELECTRICALFAULT | Thu May 18, 2023 | Scientific definition, for short | Kiran Pandey |
| HEADCANON | Sun Mar 24, 2024 | Personal theory that isn't in the source material | John Kugelman |
| INTHEFIRSTPLACE | Sun Mar 29, 1998 | To begin with | Robert H. Wolfe |
| KAZAKH | Sat Jan 17, 2015 | Like one side of the Aral Sea | Josh Knapp |
| KIARIO | Sat Feb 3, 2024 | Korean model hitting the scene in 1999 | Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen |
| LIVEDATES | Wed Jun 21, 2023 | *Tab found on many musicians' websites | Jimmy Peniston |
| MARKETRATE | Sat Feb 24, 2024 | Price to pay, say | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| MEATHOOK | Fri Jan 16, 2004 | Butcher's hanger | Manny Nosowsky |
| MODERNE | Thu Aug 28, 2014 | Depression Era architectural movement | Ned White |
| NANNYGOATS | Tue Aug 18, 1998 | Female butters | Nancy Salomon |
| NANUNANU | Fri Jun 30, 2017 | Classic sitcom sign-off | Damon Gulczynski |
| NAOS | Sun Dec 19, 1993 | Ancient temple | John M. Samson |
| NOTSOLUCKY | Mon Aug 6, 2018 | Less fortunate | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
| NUMBERSIX | Fri Nov 12, 1999 | Bill Russell's was retired | Joe DiPietro |
| PERTAIN | Fri Dec 12, 2003 | Relate | Manny Nosowsky |
| POSTDATING | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Social activity on a military base? | Patrick Merrell |
| RACECARD | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | Controversial thing to play | Evan Birnholz |
| RESETBUTTON | Thu Nov 6, 2003 | Bowling lane feature | Joe DiPietro |
| ROSEOFSHARON | Sun Dec 3, 2000 | Shrub with showy blossoms | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RUCKSACKS | Mon Apr 13, 2009 | Packs for bikers and hikers | Natan Last |
| SEEKING | Thu Sep 7, 2017 | Word in many a personal ad | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SHOEBLACK | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Person whose work shines | Joanne Sullivan |
| SNOOKERTABLE | Sun Feb 13, 2011 | Where an Englishman might get a break? | Ian Livengood |
| SPLITTHEBILL | Wed Apr 12, 2017 | Go Dutch ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 37- and 44-Across | Emily Carroll |
| SPOONSOUT | Tue Sep 23, 2025 | *Serves, as soup or ice cream | Jacob Stulberg |
| SUBTLETIES | Mon Mar 14, 2016 | Easy-to-overlook details | Lynn Lempel |
| TAILLIGHT | Tue Mar 14, 1995 | Firefly component? | Bob Klahn |
| TRACEDTO | Sat Mar 20, 2010 | Had a prior link with | Joe Krozel |
| TRANSITIVEVERBS | Fri Dec 13, 2002 | English class topic | Bob Peoples |
| TROLLOP | Sun Apr 12, 1998 | Slattern | Randolph Ross |
| TWOMINUTEWARNING | Sun Feb 1, 2009 | *Caution when boiling a 60-Down? | Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg |
| VIRGINIASLIMS | Mon Dec 3, 2012 | Cigarette associated with women's tennis | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| WINONARYDER | Tue Oct 23, 2018 | Co-star of "Stranger Things" | Kathy Wienberg |
| WINTERGREENGUM | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | Trident piece? | David Woolf |