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 50,639 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKIOMORITA | Mon Jul 20, 2015 | Sony co-founder | John Westwig |
| ANGORARABBIT | Sun May 25, 2003 | Long-haired lagomorph | David J. Kahn |
| BAKINGSTONES | Sun Aug 6, 2023 | Slabs for making pizza or bread | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
| BANDBOXES | Thu May 31, 2012 | Cylindrical cardboard containers apropos for this puzzle? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BUSTINON | Fri Apr 19, 2024 | Surprise, F.B.I.-style | Kate Hawkins |
| CATALYTIC | Thu Feb 19, 2015 | ___ converter | Jason Flinn |
| CHRISTTHEREDEEMER | Sun Oct 22, 2017 | Facebook Status: "2016 Summer Olympics and a day trip to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!" | Tracy Gray |
| DENTALASSISTANT | Sat Jan 11, 2014 | Member of a drill team? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| DESTROYINGANGEL | Fri Oct 21, 2011 | Poisonous gilled mushrooms, crossing over? | Patrick Berry |
| DOGPOUND | Thu Jul 26, 2018 | Place to get a rescue animal | Nate Cardin |
| FACECREAMS | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Some cosmetics | Mark Feldman |
| FANCYFREE | Thu Oct 11, 2001 | 1944 ballet by 24-Across | Nancy S. Ross |
| FRANCISBACON | Sun Sep 27, 1998 | He should have written "Green Eggs and Ham" | Randolph Ross |
| GROWSUP | Wed Aug 5, 2009 | Matures | Donna S. Levin |
| ICELANDERS | Sat Apr 6, 2013 | Their anthem is "Lofsöngur" | Michael Wiesenberg |
| INASWEAT | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | Really bothered | Peter A. Collins |
| LECHS | Tue Apr 25, 1995 | Nobelist Walesa et al. | Gregory E. Paul |
| LEGALIST | Wed May 31, 2017 | One following statutes to the letter | Jacob Stulberg |
| LETSITFLY | Mon Aug 29, 2022 | Doesn't hold back one's emotions | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| MEGWHITE | Wed Oct 25, 2023 | Half of a 1990s-2000s rock duo with six Grammys | Aimee Lucido |
| NEJD | Wed May 1, 2002 | Arabian plateau region | Steve Jones |
| NOCHEBUENA | Fri Jun 28, 2024 | The evening of December 24, in the Spanish-speaking world | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano |
| NOTWITHSTANDING | Fri Sep 29, 1995 | Anyway | Manny Nosowsky |
| OMORES | Thu Jul 14, 1994 | "O tempora! _____!": Cicero | Daniel R. Stark |
| ONORABOUT | Wed Mar 30, 2016 | Approximately | Andrew Reynolds |
| OPTICALSCANNERS | Fri May 13, 2011 | Reading devices | Joe Krozel |
| PAYNIM | Thu Oct 12, 1995 | Heathen, once | Christopher Hurt |
| PLATELETCOUNT | Sat Jul 30, 2016 | Hematologist's measure | Lily Silverstein |
| QUENCHED | Fri Jan 11, 2019 | Rapidly cooled, as metal | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen |
| RAILAGE | Tue Feb 22, 1994 | Freight charge | Fred Piscop |
| REBUFFED | Mon Jun 9, 2025 | Spurned | Aimee Lucido |
| SANDTRAPS | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Treacherous places to land for eagles? | Jeremy Newton |
| SHIFTINTO | Thu May 27, 2004 | With 48-Across, wardrobe malfunction at an auto repair shop? | Cathy Millhauser |
| STEPFORWARD | Mon Jul 27, 1998 | Volunteer | Steven Picus |
| SWITCHGEARS | Mon Dec 26, 2022 | Move onto a new topic of conversation, metaphorically | Kurt Weller |
| THEPIEDPIPEROFHAMELIN | Sun Jun 20, 2004 | Leader of the pack hidden in this puzzle? | Manny Nosowsky |
| VENIR | Fri Jan 22, 2010 | To come, in Cádiz or Caen | Natan Last |
| WHISKEDAWAY | Sun Apr 30, 2017 | Removed expeditiously | Alan Arbesfeld |
| WORKINGPOOR | Sun Nov 17, 2019 | Employee efficiency: D+ | Randolph Ross |
| ZIZIT | Thu Jun 22, 1995 | Fringes worn by Orthodox Jews | Cathy Millhauser |