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 50,548 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOUTTURNS | Sat Oct 4, 2014 | 180s | Julian Lim |
| ADCOUNCIL | Sat Jun 1, 2019 | Group working on P.S.A. campaigns | Ari Richter |
| AMANDACROSS | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | "The Puzzled Heart" mystery novelist | Frank Longo |
| ANTIPERSPIRANT | Sun Jan 15, 2012 | You probably raise your arm for this | Finn Vigeland |
| AUDIOJACK | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | One end of a headphone cable | John Kugelman |
| BACKWARDMESSAGE | Fri Nov 30, 2012 | "Turn me on, dead man," supposedly, in the Beatles' "Revolution 9" | Gary Cee |
| BERYLINE | Sun May 23, 1999 | Greenish blue | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| CHEWTHESCENERY | Mon Aug 9, 2010 | Ham it up | David Poole |
| DOUBLEENTENTE | Mon Oct 17, 1994 | Ambiguity | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| DURIAN | Thu May 4, 2006 | Malodorous Malaysian fruit | Rob Richardson |
| FRISETTE | Sun Nov 28, 1993 | Fringe of curls | Joanne W. Edwards |
| HOTTIMES | Fri Aug 15, 2003 | Blasts | Jim Page |
| MAKESLOVE | Fri May 26, 2023 | Pursues a passion? | Hemant Mehta |
| MEOWERS | Sun May 22, 2016 | Vocal cats | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| NATTERON | Fri Oct 24, 2025 | Ramble away | Kelvin Zhou |
| NOWWHEREWASI | Sun Sep 2, 2018 | Words after an interruption | Tom McCoy |
| ONTHEREBOUND | Fri Apr 9, 2021 | Newly single and ready to mingle | Jamey Smith |
| PENANDPAPER | Sun Dec 27, 2020 | Writing partners | Daniel Grinberg |
| PNEUMATICDRILLS | Thu Feb 5, 2004 | Road repair tools | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PRESIDENTHOOVER | Wed Aug 28, 2013 | Man whose 1930 salary was $75,000 | Erik Agard |
| ROOFGARDENS | Tue Jul 16, 2019 | Adjuncts to some penthouses | Ross Trudeau |
| SCHOLARLYREVIEW | Thu Jul 21, 2022 | Commentary on a scientific article | Anne Marie Crinnion and Eric Bornstein |
| SCHOOLROOM | Thu Aug 7, 1997 | Test site | Mark Diehl |
| SENATEAIDE | Tue Nov 25, 2003 | See 41-Across | Allan E. Parrish |
| SENTIMENTALVALUE | Thu Aug 20, 2020 | *An old wedding dress might have this | Grant Thackray |
| SISEPUEDE | Fri Jun 27, 2025 | Motto of the United Farm Workers of America | Carolyn Davies Lynch |
| SLANTSUP | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Has a certain bias | Trip Payne |
| SOLONGATTHEFAIR | Wed Oct 1, 1997 | 1950 Jean Simmons film | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SOROSIS | Sat Jul 9, 1994 | Women's society | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| SPOONFEED | Thu Oct 8, 2015 | Longest common word in the English language ... that has its letters in reverse alphabetical order | Stu Ockman |
| SURFACETENSION | Sun Jul 17, 2022 | What can keep a bubble from bursting | Greg Slovacek |
| THATISTOSAY | Fri Oct 12, 2018 | "In other words ..." | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight |
| THEACADEMY | Sat Jun 12, 2010 | Much-thanked group | Joe DiPietro |
| THEBUG | Sun Sep 24, 2000 | It may be caught in winter | Randolph Ross |
| THEPROOF | Sat Nov 19, 2005 | Pudding content? | Byron Walden |
| TIMESPICAYUNE | Thu Jul 15, 2021 | Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The" | Max Carpenter |
| TOLDNO | Wed Oct 5, 2022 | Refused | Jason Reich |
| TREBLING | Sun May 25, 2003 | Getting bigger quickly | David J. Kahn |
| TWEEDLES | Sat May 14, 2016 | Lures with music | Jeff Chen |
| WEDELS | Thu Feb 20, 1997 | Skis with high-speed turns | D. J. Kahn |