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 50,791 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACAKE | Fri Jan 12, 2018 | Follower of "pat" in Mother Goose | Erik Agard |
| ALDERMEN | Mon Aug 14, 2006 | Municipal lawmakers | Gene Newman |
| BGIRLS | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | Saloon habitués, slangily | Byron Walden |
| BIOSCAN | Sun Apr 20, 2025 | Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation | Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett |
| CELTICSEA | Thu Feb 9, 2012 | *View from Land's End | Kevin G. Der |
| CLUEING | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | Task for a crossword constructor | David Steinberg |
| CRIEDFOUL | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Said "No fair!" | Kevin G. Der |
| CROPLAND | Fri Dec 20, 2013 | Much of the Plains States | Ian Livengood |
| CURRENCYHEDGES | Thu May 30, 1996 | Wall Street action | N. S. Wizer |
| DIGITALDETOX | Sat Mar 9, 2024 | Stepping away from screens | John Guzzetta |
| DROPSLIKEASTONE | Tue Jan 30, 2024 | Plummets precipitously | Freddie Cheng |
| DUDETTE | Thu Feb 21, 2019 | Cool woman, jocularly | Sam Trabucco |
| ENCELADUS | Sun Jan 1, 2023 | Moon of Saturn found to have a potentially habitable ocean | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa |
| FLENSES | Sun Nov 14, 1999 | Strips blubber | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| GENERATIONGAP | Fri Oct 22, 2021 | What might be found between X and Z? | Robyn Weintraub |
| GERMINATE | Fri Sep 27, 2013 | Begin | Peter A. Collins |
| HEADLINER | Fri Mar 22, 2024 | Festival closing act | Mansi Kothari and Erik Agard |
| HEAVER | Fri Sep 20, 2013 | Shot-putter, e.g. | Mangesh Ghogre and Doug Peterson |
| KINKAJOU | Sat Jul 18, 1998 | Raccoon relative | Rich Norris |
| KNEWALOT | Fri Nov 23, 2001 | Was no dummy | Byron L. Walden |
| LEIFERICSSON | Wed Sep 22, 2010 | *Turn-of-the-millennium explorer | Peter A. Collins |
| LESMISERABLES | Thu Nov 21, 2024 | 1862: 530,000+ words | Katie Hoody |
| MARVELOVER | Sat May 28, 2022 | Look at with awe | Joseph Greenbaum |
| MINDFULLY | Fri Nov 30, 2007 | With eyes open | Henry Hook |
| MINIBIKE | Sun Sep 2, 2001 | Small two-wheeler | Manny Nosowsky |
| NEWSIER | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | More informative | Fred Piscop |
| NICOLET | Wed Jan 12, 2011 | Lake Michigan explorer Jean ___ | Jim Hilger |
| NOTONEREDCENT | Tue Mar 18, 2008 | Nary a penny | David Pringle |
| NUMBERTHESTARS | Wed Aug 13, 2025 | Newbery Medal-winning 1989 novel for children by Lois Lowry | Jared Cappel |
| PRESCRIBE | Thu Mar 21, 2024 | Allow to take, perhaps | Joe Marquez |
| PRESIDENTHOOVER | Wed Aug 28, 2013 | Man whose 1930 salary was $75,000 | Erik Agard |
| PSALMIC | Sat Mar 18, 1995 | Like David's writing | Manny Nosowsky |
| PUER | Sun Dec 2, 2012 | Boy: Lat. | Steven E. Atwood |
| REIMBURSE | Fri Nov 11, 2005 | Indemnify | Eric Berlin |
| SALIFY | Fri Mar 18, 1994 | Add NaCl to | Mark Diehl |
| SALIVAS | Sat Dec 25, 1993 | They run before dinner | Rand H. Burns |
| TELLNOONE | Fri Jan 14, 2022 | "This better not get out" | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| THROWTO | Sun Jul 27, 2014 | Target, as a football receiver | Randolph Ross |
| ULULATION | Sun Feb 8, 2015 | Wavering wail | Jeremy Newton |
| WAITZ | Thu Mar 18, 2010 | Repeat New York City Marathon winner Grete ___ | Daniel A. Finan |