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 50,601 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGELI | Thu Mar 10, 2011 | Figures on the ceiling of la Cappella Sistina | Matt Ginsberg |
| ATION | Mon Dec 26, 2016 | Suffix with valid | Jules P. Markey |
| BAALIST | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Idolater | Rand H. Burns |
| BANKRUN | Mon Aug 6, 2012 | *Result of a financial panic | Lynn Lempel |
| BEDCOVER | Fri Feb 29, 2008 | Soft spread | Patrick Berry |
| BODIESOFWATER | Tue May 26, 2020 | What 17-, 21-, 55- and 60-Across end in | Neville Fogarty |
| BRITTLEST | Sat Feb 18, 1995 | Least likely to bend | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| COMEDICEFFECT | Thu Feb 11, 2021 | What a pratfall may be done for | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| CONDIMENTSAISLE | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | What may hold the mayo | Joe Krozel |
| DANAUGUST | Mon Jan 29, 1996 | Burt Reynolds TV title role | G. Paul |
| DATINGAPP | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Modern medium for meeting someone ... or what each of the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 50-Across is | Sarah Sinclair |
| DUCKIE | Wed Jan 21, 2009 | Ernie the Muppet's rubber toy | Fred Piscop |
| DUROCS | Fri Jun 15, 2007 | Some hogs | Nancy Joline |
| FARMTEAMS | Sat Feb 17, 2018 | Professional feeders | Peter Wentz |
| FERNDALE | Thu Oct 4, 2007 | Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown with | Sheldon Benardo |
| FOUNDING | Sun Jun 23, 2013 | Setting up | Patrick Berry |
| GETSTOIT | Fri Oct 13, 1995 | Begins work | Charles E. Gersch |
| HUMORISTS | Wed Jan 28, 2004 | Will Rogers and others | Jim Hyres |
| IMNOTBUYINGIT | Mon Jan 8, 2007 | What a 20-Across might say | Harriet Clifton |
| JELLYJAR | Mon Apr 20, 2009 | Smucker's container | Randall J. Hartman |
| KRAUSE | Sat Oct 25, 2008 | "Six Feet Under" star Peter | Karen M. Tracey |
| LAKEBIEL | Sun Apr 19, 2009 | The Aare flows into it | Will Nediger |
| LINEWORKER | Sun Dec 29, 2024 | Electrician who might put in overtime after a bad storm | Harry Zheng |
| MINICOMPUTER | Mon Apr 8, 2002 | Electronic development of the 1960's | Richard Chisholm |
| MINITWIX | Tue Dec 3, 2024 | Bite-size Mars candy, familiarly | Henry Lin-David |
| MODERNDANCE | Fri Sep 5, 2014 | Alvin Ailey's field | Joe Krozel |
| NEXTDAYAIR | Wed Mar 23, 2016 | *Speedy shipping option | Alex Boisvert and Jeff Chen |
| NONPLUS | Tue Oct 9, 2018 | Puzzle | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| SHEATHED | Sat Jun 3, 2006 | Like some swords | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SLINKS | Tue Nov 4, 2003 | Moves stealthily | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SPEAKSOF | Sun Sep 12, 2004 | Talks about | Patrick Berry |
| SQUEAKTOY | Sat Oct 3, 2015 | Diversion for a baby or a puppy | Barry C. Silk |
| SUBGENRE | Thu Jan 19, 2023 | Dixieland or bebop vis-à-vis jazz | Daniel Bodily |
| SWIFTYLAZAR | Mon May 4, 1998 | Agent noted for Oscar night bashes | Hugh Davis |
| THEREITIS | Fri Sep 23, 2022 | "Knew that was coming" | Erik Agard |
| THEWILDWILDWEST | Sun Feb 10, 2013 | Somewhat redundant 1960s spy series? | Patrick Berry |
| TYCHE | Sun Mar 4, 2001 | Greek goddess of chance | Cathy Millhauser |
| UNDERTAKEN | Fri Aug 6, 1999 | Assumed | Raymond Hamel |
| WALLEDUP | Fri Oct 17, 2003 | Like Fortunato in "The Cask of Amontillado" | Bob Peoples |
| WIDECUT | Tue Jan 19, 2021 | Like some roomy jeans | Olivia Mitra Framke |