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 50,390 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIPHONY | Sat Sep 30, 1995 | Responsive choir singing | Bryant White |
| BENEDICTI | Sun Aug 24, 2003 | Pope during the siege of Rome by Lombards | Patrick Berry |
| BEREAVES | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Deprives (of) | Martin Schneider |
| BOARDIES | Sat Aug 16, 2025 | Swimwear that can be worn as shorts | Byron Walden |
| BONDPAPER | Thu Feb 15, 2018 | Fine writing material | Peter Gordon |
| DALLIES | Fri Dec 12, 2008 | Lollygags | Mike Nothnagel |
| DECENTLY | Thu Jun 25, 2015 | In a respectable way | David Poole |
| DICTION | Wed Feb 27, 2019 | Subject in acting school | Will Nediger |
| ENCROACH | Thu Dec 19, 2019 | Horn in (on) | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| FELLOWCOLLEAGUE | Wed Sep 10, 1997 | Compatriot, redundantly | Randall J. Hartman |
| FENNELBULBS | Sun Oct 12, 2025 | Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.] | Michael Schlossberg |
| FIREOFLONDON | Sun Apr 7, 2013 | "Great" 1666 conflagration | Matt Ginsberg |
| FOLLICLE | Fri Feb 28, 2025 | Hair-raising thing? | Michael Lieberman |
| GRUCCI | Wed Sep 18, 2002 | Big name in fireworks | David J. Kahn |
| IMPOTENT | Sun Nov 2, 1997 | Ineffective | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| LOBSTERFISHING | Wed Nov 5, 2008 | It's done in Maine waters | Doug Peterson |
| MADDEST | Wed Mar 12, 2008 | Crossest | Larry Shearer |
| MARKING | Sun Jul 24, 2016 | Stripe on a zebra, e.g. | David Steinberg |
| MIASMS | Fri Dec 25, 1998 | Foreboding atmospheres | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| MIXTURE | Fri Jan 3, 2014 | Salmagundi | Barry C. Silk and Brad Wilber |
| MOLDIEST | Sat Apr 1, 1995 | Most outmoded | Fred Piscop |
| NUCLEARENERGY | Fri Jan 15, 1999 | Stars produce it | John Wolting |
| ORONYM | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream" | Brandon Koppy |
| OXYCONTIN | Fri Dec 29, 2017 | Percocet relative | David Steinberg |
| PETERUSTINOV | Mon Aug 24, 2015 | Actor with Oscars for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi" | Lynn Lempel |
| POLIDENT | Sat Jul 30, 2011 | Something to clean one's teeth with, maybe | Patrick Berry |
| PRICEESTIMATE | Wed Dec 4, 2024 | " | Daniel Raymon |
| PROPINQUITY | Sat Nov 12, 2005 | Kinship | Karen M. Tracey |
| RAISEAGLASS | Fri May 14, 2021 | Begin the toasting process | Yacob Yonas |
| RIGGING | Sat Sep 19, 1998 | Support system | William S. Cotter |
| SCIENT | Wed Mar 16, 1994 | Knowing | Fred Piscop |
| SENDITBACK | Fri Nov 1, 2024 | Line from an unhappy diner | Spencer Leach |
| THEWORM | Sun Nov 10, 2024 | Dance move requiring upper body and core strength | Sam Ezersky |
| TIDINESS | Sun Oct 8, 2017 | Good trait in a housemate | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| TRAFFICISLAND | Fri Dec 28, 2001 | Middle of the road? | Manny Nosowsky |
| ULTRASONIC | Fri Aug 25, 2017 | Too high to catch? | Sam Trabucco |
| VARICOSEVEIN | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Vessel seen just below the surface? | Peter A. Collins |
| VICTORYLAPS | Fri Sep 27, 2024 | Opportunities to soak up adulation | Jake Bunch |
| WINGY | Wed Aug 31, 1994 | Alate | Christopher Hurt |
| WRITTENON | Sun May 15, 2005 | Used, as notepaper | Patrick Berry |