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 51,027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVT | Mon Jul 11, 1994 | Paid promotion: Abbr. | Sidney L. Robbins |
| ANGELFACE | Wed Dec 18, 2002 | Cherubic child | Merle Baker |
| BARRYGIBB | Fri Mar 29, 2019 | Only songwriter in history to write four consecutive #1 hits (1978) | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| BIALYS | Sun Jul 16, 2017 | Polish rolls | Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller |
| BOBSFORAPPLES | Sun Nov 4, 2018 | Goes to grab a bite, say | Patrick Berry |
| CELESTIALSPHERE | Fri Sep 24, 1999 | Heavens, so to speak | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| COMMIE | Wed Oct 9, 2013 | Cold war foe, slangily | Jason Flinn |
| CONCENTRATED | Thu Jun 12, 2003 | 63 + 64 + 65-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| CRYPTICALLY | Tue May 19, 2020 | "You're making a grave mistake," said Tom ___ | Trent H. Evans |
| FANDANCERS | Sat Mar 22, 1997 | Burlesque entertainers | Rich Norris |
| GANDOLFINI | Mon Sep 17, 2018 | James ___, portrayer of Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos" | Caitlin Reid |
| GLOBULAR | Sun Sep 24, 1995 | Like beads | Randolph Ross |
| HOKA | Wed Jul 29, 2026 | Trendy sneaker brand | Emily Biegas and Sala Wanetick |
| HUCKSTER | Tue Jul 29, 1997 | Snake oil salesman | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INFANTA | Sat Sep 30, 2000 | Spanish princess | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| JACKPOTJUSTICE | Sun May 18, 2008 | Awarding of huge settlements to plaintiffs, in modern lingo | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| JETBOAT | Wed Dec 16, 2015 | Propellerless craft | Paula Gamache |
| JOJORABBIT | Tue Oct 10, 2023 | *2019 Taika Waititi film about a boy with an animal nickname | Nate Cardin |
| KIRKDOUGLAS | Mon Aug 27, 2018 | Actor Cameron + actor Fairbanks = actor ___ | Susan Gelfand |
| LODGER | Thu Oct 14, 2010 | Paying guest | Jim Hilger |
| MARTIALARTS | Sat Jan 31, 2026 | Grappling is used in this | Nick Maritz |
| MEAGERDIET | Fri Mar 4, 2005 | Just bread and water, e.g. | Myles Callum |
| NIAGARARIVER | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Its falls are quite dramatic | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| NODOPE | Wed Aug 29, 2012 | A real smarty | Tony Orbach |
| NOTGO | Sat Aug 20, 2011 | "Let's ___ there" | Byron Walden |
| NOWTHEN | Thu May 25, 2023 | "Since that's over with ..." | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin |
| PALEASAGHOST | Thu Oct 27, 2011 | Visibly scared out of one's wits | Kurt Mueller |
| PROTOTYPES | Sat Oct 12, 2013 | Some mock-ups | John Farmer |
| RADIOADS | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Spots that aren't seen | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RECOMPENSE | Fri Feb 4, 2000 | Payback | Dana Motley |
| RIBOSOMES | Thu Sep 25, 2014 | Protein generators | Alex Vratsanos |
| RVING | Wed Apr 1, 2020 | Enjoying the great outdoors ... indoors | John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell |
| SCANDALOUSRUMOR | Fri Sep 30, 2005 | Reputation ruiner | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SENESCES | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | Grows old | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| SLAPSTICKCOMEDY | Mon Sep 8, 1997 | Genre of 17- and 56-Across | Robert Goldberg |
| SUGARPOP | Mon Oct 1, 2001 | Sweet drink | Janice M. Putney |
| TACKEDON | Thu Feb 10, 1994 | Added as an afterthought | Manny Nosowsky |
| UNDERONEROOF | Sun Sep 17, 2017 | All together, as a family | Mark MacLachlan |
| UPNESS | Wed Nov 28, 2001 | High spirits | Fred Piscop |
| WELTED | Thu Sep 15, 2022 | Like some upholstery | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |