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 50,677 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APRILTHESES | Fri Sep 3, 2021 | Collection of 10 directives written by Vladimir Lenin | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo Pasco |
| BEASTIEBOYS | Wed May 31, 2023 | Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" ... or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? | Brandon Koppy |
| BUDDYUPTO | Thu Apr 6, 1995 | Ingratiate oneself with | Lois Sidway |
| CHARCOAL | Sun Aug 9, 2009 | Backyard briquettes | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| COMEBEFORE | Sat Mar 23, 2019 | Be more important than | David Steinberg |
| CONTROLGROUP | Mon Feb 18, 2013 | Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? | Jeffrey Harris |
| DATABUS | Sun Nov 26, 2000 | Digital information carrier | Patrick Berry |
| DIMAGE | Sun Jul 18, 2004 | Minolta digital camera | Seth A. Abel |
| DOWS | Sun Nov 30, 1997 | Gives, old-style | Charles Deber |
| EIGHTHOURDAY | Wed Feb 6, 2002 | Common shift | Joe DiPietro |
| ETONCAP | Fri Nov 3, 2017 | English headwear with a short visor | Kameron Austin Collins and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EXERTION | Wed Sep 3, 1997 | Sweat | Hugh Davis |
| FARFROM | Sun Apr 1, 2018 | Hardly | Sam Ezersky |
| FIRSTMATE | Thu Sep 12, 2024 | Foremost? | Parker Higgins |
| FOOTPAD | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Step on it | Robert H. Wolfe |
| FOURQUARTERTIME | Wed Apr 12, 2006 | Marches may be written in it | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| GIVERS | Sat Jul 1, 1995 | Angels | Eileen Lexau |
| GOAGAINSTTYPE | Thu Jun 13, 2002 | Cast Stallone as a doctor, say (-) | David J. Kahn |
| IONIZED | Fri Aug 28, 1998 | Charged, in a way | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ITSAYESFROMME | Sat Feb 20, 2021 | "You have my vote!" | Ali Gascoigne |
| LAUDES | Sun May 9, 2004 | Summa cum ___ (top grads) | Charles M. Deber |
| LESSTALKMOREROCK | Sun Sep 28, 2014 | Common slogan for a music radio station | Todd Gross |
| MACDOWELL | Sun Dec 25, 2011 | Actress Andie | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MCXC | Sun Jul 4, 2010 | Year that Emperor Frederick I died | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach |
| NETTING | Wed May 7, 2003 | Bug protection | Alan Arbesfeld |
| NOGALES | Fri May 23, 2014 | Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same name | David Steinberg |
| OILRICH | Fri Aug 8, 2014 | Like Saudi Arabia | Bruce Haight |
| OUTERARM | Thu Aug 28, 2014 | Part of a spiral galaxy farthest from the center | Ned White |
| POKERCHIP | Fri Oct 22, 2021 | Kitty food? | Robyn Weintraub |
| PRESSOFFICE | Mon Dec 16, 2024 | Department handling media inquiries | Ailee Yoshida |
| RANSOMERS | Sun Jul 20, 2003 | They might cut and paste letters | Patrick Merrell |
| RIPLEYS | Thu May 5, 2016 | Classic Sunday newspaper feature that spawned multiple museums, informally | David Poole |
| SCHONE | Fri Feb 4, 2000 | "Die ___ Müllerin" (Schubert work) | Dana Motley |
| SLOTTEDSPATULAS | Sat Nov 2, 2024 | Kitchen flippers | Blake Slonecker |
| SMUGNESS | Mon Sep 4, 1995 | Overconfidence | Richard Thomas |
| SNOWDRIFT | Mon May 2, 2011 | Road blocker after a winter storm | Caleb Madison |
| TAKEITIN | Thu Aug 21, 2025 | *Enjoy the moment, say | Simeon Seigel |
| TOILSOVER | Sun Oct 1, 2023 | Labors away at | Jeffrey Lease |
| TOLDNO | Wed Oct 5, 2022 | Refused | Jason Reich |
| WANDERINGSOUL | Sun Sep 30, 2007 | *Drifter | Kelsey Blakley |