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 50,507 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRBRUSHED | Sun Mar 10, 2013 | Like many Playboy Playmate photos | Finn Vigeland |
| BONDMAN | Sun Jun 21, 1998 | Male slave | Jim Page |
| BREWERSYEAST | Mon Jun 9, 2025 | Beermaker's supply | Aimee Lucido |
| CABINCRUISER | Wed May 28, 2003 | Certain pleasure craft | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CMLI | Sat Dec 10, 2011 | Year Otto I became king of the Lombards | Corey Rubin |
| COOLJERK | Sat Mar 14, 2009 | 1966 hit for the Capitols | Barry C. Silk |
| DASHTO | Tue Dec 5, 2006 | Approach at a clip | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| DIALSNINEONEONE | Fri Feb 5, 2010 | Calls for a quick dispatch | Joe Krozel |
| DISCOVERING | Tue Mar 4, 2014 | With 23-Down, what 27-Across/32-Down is often credited with | Bruce Haight and Peter A. Collins |
| ENCHANTS | Tue Dec 21, 1993 | Delights | Janie Lyons |
| FERRERO | Thu May 14, 2015 | Noted Italian chocolatier | Kameron Austin Collins |
| FHOLES | Thu Nov 4, 2010 | Violin cutouts | Mike Nothnagel |
| GETSATIP | Fri Apr 5, 2019 | Is rewarded for service | Ryan McCarty |
| GROWLS | Wed Dec 8, 2021 | Speaks brusquely | Philip Koski |
| GRUDGED | Sun May 11, 2014 | Resented | Peter A. Collins |
| ITSGONNACOSTYOU | Thu Apr 26, 2007 | Bargaining phrase ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | Mike Nothnagel |
| JAINS | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Believers who practice ahimsa, strict nonviolence to all living creatures | Byron Walden |
| LACTATED | Sun Dec 12, 2004 | Got milk | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| LEAFAGE | Sun Sep 7, 1997 | Greenery | Randolph Ross |
| MANENOUGH | Sat Aug 2, 2014 | Not too wimpy | Kristian House |
| MEDICINEMEN | Tue Dec 10, 2013 | Aboriginal healers | Bill Thompson |
| MEGADYNE | Thu Apr 6, 2006 | 10 newtons | Ed Early |
| MODRED | Mon Oct 16, 1995 | King Arthur's killer | Bernice Gordon |
| MORISOT | Sat Feb 10, 2007 | French Impressionist Berthe | Bob Peoples |
| MRKNOWITALL | Mon May 27, 2002 | One with encyclopedic knowledge | Norman Wizer |
| NETNEGATIVE | Tue Feb 28, 2017 | Outcome that's overall unfavorable | Jacob Stulberg |
| OATMEALS | Fri Jan 1, 2021 | Some instant breakfast packets | Milo Beckman |
| OPTIONED | Fri Sep 3, 2010 | Secured the rights to | John Farmer |
| PURPLING | Sat Mar 15, 1997 | Bruise discoloration | Daniel R. Stark |
| SATISFACTION | Tue Jul 30, 2013 | Fulfillment ... and #2 on the list | Peter A. Collins |
| SCULPTED | Mon Nov 2, 2020 | Made a bust? | Luke Vaughn |
| SHINTOISM | Sat Dec 15, 2012 | Its central deity is Amaterasu | Will Nediger |
| SKINCAREROUTINE | Sat Jun 18, 2022 | Morning ritual for some | Brooke Husic |
| SONNE | Sun Mar 21, 1999 | Past: Fr. | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| STRUCKDUMB | Fri Oct 17, 2014 | Overawed | Michael Ashley |
| TIMESAVERS | Wed Nov 3, 2021 | Shortcuts | Dan Harris |
| TOPKICK | Sat Mar 25, 1995 | First sergeant, in military slang | Walter Webb |
| WARMEMORIALS | Sun Sep 12, 2010 | Arc de Triomphe and Nelson's Column | Paula Gamache |
| WARRANTOR | Fri Apr 16, 2004 | Product manufacturer, at times | Ed Early |
| WILDIDEA | Tue Feb 20, 2024 | Flight of fancy | Robert S. Gard |