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 51,032 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFIERI | Sun Dec 24, 2006 | Italian tragic poet Vittorio | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ALLOSAURUSES | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Literally, "different lizards" | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| ATTENDON | Wed Apr 24, 2013 | Serve, as a maid would a lady | Clive Probert |
| BEHINDTIME | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | Running late | Jim Page |
| CALIBRE | Sun Oct 7, 2001 | Measure of an English firearm | Patrick Berry |
| CRIMINALIZATION | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Outlawing | Alex Vratsanos |
| CROZIER | Fri Mar 2, 2001 | Brian who wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire" | Manny Nosowsky |
| CUPOFCOFFEE | Mon Jan 3, 2005 | "Draw one," in diner slang | Gregory E. Paul |
| DONALDS | Sat Jun 17, 1995 | O'Connor and namesakes | Frank A. Longo |
| EMBOSSES | Wed Sep 3, 2008 | Raises, as a surface design | David J. Kahn |
| FAXERS | Mon Aug 20, 2001 | Modern document senders | Sherry O. Blackard |
| FLANGES | Wed Jan 16, 2013 | Projecting wheel rims | Michael David |
| FRANCISCOPIZARRO | Mon Oct 22, 2012 | Conqueror of the Incas | Joel Fagliano |
| HENRYMOORE | Sat Dec 23, 2006 | Abstract sculptor whose work is seen at Lincoln Center | Myles Callum |
| HOYEON | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | ___ Jung, "Squid Game" actress | Ryan McCarty |
| HUGOWEAVING | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | Player of V in "V for Vendetta" | Sam Trabucco |
| IRONOXIDE | Mon Aug 7, 2006 | Rust | Lynn Lempel |
| JAZZHOP | Tue Jul 31, 2018 | Hybrid music genre with African-American roots | David Woolf |
| JOHNLEWIS | Wed Feb 3, 2021 | Civil rights icon who led a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on 3/7/1965 | Yacob Yonas |
| KNTS | Sat Nov 3, 2001 | Some honored Brits: Abbr. | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LAPFUL | Sat Aug 19, 1995 | Squirming baby, sometimes | Bryant White |
| OFFICIAL | Fri Feb 7, 2025 | Recognized | Kelly Morenus |
| PAROS | Sat Jul 29, 2006 | Greek island that was a source of fine white marble in ancient times | Bob Klahn |
| PASSFAILCLASSES | Tue Oct 15, 2019 | Courses without letter grades | Julie Bérubé |
| PEQUOTS | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Members of a Connecticut tribe | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| PLANTATIONS | Mon Jul 14, 2003 | Farms with banana trees | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| QUADRUPLEBYPASS | Mon Mar 30, 2009 | Serious heart surgery | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| READMYLIPS | Fri Mar 30, 2007 | With 60-Across, much-heard sound bite of 1988 | David Quarfoot |
| REUBENREUBEN | Wed Sep 10, 2003 | 1983 cinematic study of a Scottish poet | Patrick Berry |
| SANDPITS | Thu Aug 4, 2011 | Grainy places to dig | David J. Kahn |
| SHALOMMEIRTOWER | Mon Jul 10, 2017 | Tel Aviv skyscraper that was the first to be built in the Mideast | Timothy Polin |
| SHOCKTROOPS | Tue Oct 19, 1999 | Infantry assault group | Fred Piscop |
| SOAKEDUP | Thu Nov 15, 2012 | Absorbed | Andrew Reynolds |
| STRAPPEDIN | Fri Nov 27, 1998 | Ready for the ride to begin | A. J. Santora |
| SUPERBOY | Wed Jul 9, 2025 | Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| TINGLED | Sun Feb 18, 1996 | Was excited | Norma Steinberg |
| TOEHOLDS | Wed Aug 12, 2015 | Points of entry | Tom McCoy |
| VERN | Wed Mar 15, 2017 | HGTV personality ___ Yip | Bruce Haight |
| WEIRDNESS | Tue Feb 22, 2022 | Oddity | Jacob McDermott |
| YOUHATETOSEEIT | Sat Jan 30, 2021 | Wry comment on a sorry situation | Nam Jin Yoon |