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 50,381 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIONITEMS | Sun May 13, 2018 | Good name for an extreme sports dating site? | Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard |
| BACKED | Sat Oct 31, 2020 | Patronized | Stella Zawistowski |
| BACKSAW | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | Cutting tool with a reinforced spine | Luke K. Schreiber |
| BADBLOOD | Wed Feb 17, 2010 | Enmity | Elizabeth A. Long |
| BADTERMS | Mon Jun 21, 1999 | No longer speaking, after "on" | Gregory E. Paul |
| BROADSWORD | Sun Aug 16, 1998 | Excalibur, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| CASUALTY | Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Kind of insurance | R. Norris |
| CHROMIUM | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | Major export of Albania and South Africa | Manny Nosowsky |
| CLOTHDIAPER | Tue May 31, 2022 | Alternative to Huggies or Luvs | Sam Buchbinder and Brad Wilber |
| DEFANGS | Fri May 13, 2011 | Takes the bite out of? | Joe Krozel |
| DEMONSTRATE | Fri Nov 27, 2009 | March, say | Ed Sessa |
| DRIFTAPART | Sun Aug 2, 2015 | Lose that loving feeling | Matt Ginsberg |
| DUMBLEDORE | Sat Aug 23, 2008 | Headmaster of literature | Natan Last |
| EQUALPAY | Fri Nov 12, 2021 | Focus of the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter act | Patrick John Duggan |
| GENDERSTUDIES | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | Modern college major | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| GENERALCOUNSEL | Sun Mar 14, 2004 | Military adviser's other job? | Craig Kasper |
| HIGHSPIRITS | Thu Aug 4, 2022 | Gaiety | Ella Dershowitz |
| HITBACK | Fri Mar 1, 2019 | Retaliate | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| HOMERING | Sun May 16, 2004 | Making a big hit | Patrick Berry |
| IDIDWHAT | Fri Sep 3, 2010 | Question the morning after | John Farmer |
| JANVANEYCK | Tue Aug 20, 2002 | 15th-century Flemish painter | Bob Peoples |
| JONGG | Sat Jul 17, 2010 | End of a tile game's name | Mark Diehl |
| MAJOREDIN | Mon Oct 29, 2007 | Studied primarily, at college | Fred Piscop |
| MATCHALATTE | Fri Feb 24, 2023 | Green cappuccino alternative | Margaret Seikel and Sophia Maymudes |
| NONPUBLIC | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | Private | Byron Walden |
| OCCULTISM | Sat Jan 21, 2012 | Kabbalah | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| ODIOUSLY | Sat Oct 20, 2007 | In a despicable way | Patrick Berry |
| PANTSROLE | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | Term for a male opera character played by a woman | Ryan McCarty |
| PUBL | Sun Sep 2, 2001 | Not pvt. | Manny Nosowsky |
| RIGVEDA | Sat Jan 30, 2016 | Ancient collection of Sanskrit hymns | Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber |
| RIORDAN | Sat Feb 4, 1995 | Mayor Richard of Los Angeles | Manny Nosowsky |
| SMELTERY | Mon Sep 12, 1994 | Place of refinement | Sidney L. Robbins |
| STATEFARMS | Fri Mar 9, 2007 | Communist collectives | Randolph Ross |
| STEVEKERR | Wed Aug 11, 2021 | N.B.A. great with five championship rings as a player and three as a head coach | Joe DiPietro |
| TABLESCRAP | Fri Oct 26, 2018 | It might go to the dogs | Evan Kalish |
| TOWNCLERKS | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Officials who may issue licenses | Patrick Berry |
| TURNTWO | Mon May 11, 2020 | Complete a double play, in baseball slang | Ross Trudeau |
| UNITARIANCHURCH | Sun May 31, 2009 | *Religious affiliation of John Adams and William Howard Taft | Kelsey Blakley |
| VOLTAGES | Sat Jan 24, 2009 | Appliance numbers | Mark Diehl |
| WAGEGAPS | Fri May 2, 2025 | Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness Act | Robyn Weintraub |