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 50,956 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVT | Mon Jul 11, 1994 | Paid promotion: Abbr. | Sidney L. Robbins |
| ALTOCLEF | Fri Dec 1, 2017 | Viola staff starter | Lily Silverstein |
| AVIARIST | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | One who gets lots of tweets? | Byron Walden |
| BERGSON | Sun Jun 30, 2002 | 1927 Literature Nobelist Henri | Joe DiPietro |
| BUSTOUT | Tue Nov 23, 2004 | Stage a prison break | Kurt Mengel |
| CASTLEINSPAIN | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | Dream setting | Finn Vigeland |
| CHIMEINON | Sun Nov 16, 2014 | Add one's two cents about | Andrew J. Ries |
| CHOCOLATEECLAIRS | Sun Apr 11, 1999 | Diet setbacks | Matt Gaffney |
| COMMERCE | Mon Jan 16, 1995 | Cabinet department | Walter Covell |
| CURLINGSTONES | Tue Oct 8, 2019 | Items guided by brooms in the Winter Olympics ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Ross Trudeau |
| DAVISCUP | Mon Feb 12, 2018 | Tennis tournament since 1900 | Michael Black |
| EMPHASIZE | Sun Nov 16, 2014 | Spotlight | Andrew J. Ries |
| ENDSLATE | Fri Mar 23, 2012 | Runs over | Steven Riley |
| GREENASGRASS | Sun Feb 19, 2023 | Photosynthesize? | Rebecca Goldstein |
| JACTITATION | Wed Nov 20, 2002 | Activity for 41-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| JUMBOS | Wed Nov 10, 2010 | 747 and Airbus A380, as jets go | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| KINETICART | Wed Sep 11, 2024 | Sculptures with moving parts, e.g. | Barbara Lin |
| LANGTRY | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Actress called "The Jersey Lily" | D. Niles |
| LEADCOATED | Sat Sep 5, 2015 | Like some copper gutters | Byron Walden |
| LIARSPOKER | Sat May 9, 2009 | Bluffing bar game | Brad Wilber |
| LITON | Sat Apr 26, 2025 | Discovered unexpectedly | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
| LOSDOS | Fri Jun 26, 2026 | Spanish "both" | Spencer Leach |
| MASTERCLASSES | Sun Apr 12, 2026 | Dazzling displays of skill | Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman |
| NOWS | Mon Sep 3, 2012 | "___ the time" | C. W. Stewart |
| ORCHESTRATES | Sun Feb 11, 2018 | Narrow passages for killer whales? | Matt Ginsberg |
| OUTWORE | Tue Nov 21, 2006 | Lasted longer than | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| PHONECASES | Sun Aug 24, 2025 | If EPSON & CHASE merged and became an electronics accessories company, they would sell ___ | Michael Lieberman |
| QUICKASAWINK | Tue Dec 6, 2005 | Pronto | Nancy Salomon |
| SALTANT | Sat Jan 23, 1999 | Dancing or leaping | Frank Longo |
| SAWERS | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | Carpenters, at times | Sam Buchbinder |
| SEALEDENVELOPES | Sat Jul 25, 2020 | Props at the Oscars | Royce Ferguson |
| SEMIAXIS | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | One of a pair in an ellipse | Byron Walden |
| SHOOTEM | Thu Feb 3, 1994 | _____-up (film genre) | A.J. Santora |
| SIMMERING | Fri Mar 4, 2022 | Like some feuds and foods on a stove | David Distenfeld |
| STARTOUTSLOWLY | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Not exactly hit the ground running | Peter A. Collins |
| TENOZ | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Common strip steak weight: Abbr. | Derrick Niederman |
| TERRIBLEIDEA | Sun Nov 15, 2020 | Many a dare, in hindsight | Caitlin Reid |
| THETEMP | Sat May 18, 1996 | 1993 Hutton/Boyle thriller | M. Nosowsky |
| TOWHEADS | Wed Aug 26, 1998 | Blonds | A. J. Santora |
| UNMORAL | Fri Sep 7, 2007 | Ethically indifferent | Barry C. Silk |