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 50,584 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADCLICKRATE | Sat Aug 15, 2020 | Internet marketing metric | Joe DiPietro |
| ADVENTURETIME | Sat Mar 11, 2017 | Award-winning Cartoon Network series with Finn the Human and Jake the Dog | Natan Last |
| AKAS | Tue Sep 28, 2021 | Aliases, informally | Meghan Morris |
| ALIENSHIP | Fri Dec 22, 2023 | Rama is one, in Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi novel "Rendezvous With Rama" | Brooke Husic and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ALLAYING | Mon May 26, 1997 | Relieving | Eileen Lexau |
| ANIMAE | Tue Aug 29, 1995 | Souls: Lat. | John R. Conrad |
| ANTEBELLUM | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | Prewar | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| APPLESANDORANGES | Sun Jan 27, 2002 | Fruit offering that's simply incomparable? | Patrick Berry |
| BALAYAGE | Fri Aug 5, 2022 | Hair highlighting technique | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| BOTTLEDUP | Thu Feb 27, 1997 | Reserved | Raymond C. Young |
| BRUCEDERN | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | LAURA'S | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| CESARS | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | French Oscars | Christopher Page |
| CLASSROSTER | Mon May 6, 2024 | Sheet with student names | Malaika Handa |
| DONTSTOPNOW | Mon Mar 9, 2009 | "Keep going!" | Betty Keller |
| EIGHTNOTES | Thu Sep 10, 2009 | Composition of a 30-Down | Kevan Choset |
| EMONO | Sun Jan 20, 2008 | See 81-Across | Natan Last |
| ENVELOPES | Tue Jun 7, 2005 | Stuffed mailers | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| FIELDEXPERIENCE | Mon Feb 24, 2025 | Some out-of-office training | Rena Cohen |
| FLIESAWAY | Tue Jun 23, 1998 | Takes to the air | Rich Norris |
| GIVEATRY | Sat Jul 3, 2021 | Test out | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HUMONGOUS | Fri Oct 29, 2021 | Ginormous | Aimee Lucido |
| IHEARYOUKNOCKING | Fri Jun 10, 2016 | Classic R&B hit about a returning lover | David Steinberg |
| LIGHTSHOWS | Sat Jan 1, 2011 | Concert spectacles | Mark Diehl |
| LOFGREN | Sat Jul 4, 2015 | Longtime E Street Band guitarist | Sam Ezersky |
| NAVARONE | Sun Jun 19, 2011 | Fictional island in two Alistair MacLean novels | Patrick Berry |
| NOPUNINTENDED | Sat Apr 28, 2018 | Comment that might follow "I used to be a banker until I lost interest" | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| NOTAPRAYER | Wed May 29, 1996 | "Never!" | R. Norris |
| PRAYSTO | Wed Nov 21, 2001 | Beseeches | M. Francis Vuolo |
| PURGATORY | Thu Aug 9, 2001 | Middle ground | Patrick Berry |
| RESPAWN | Sun Aug 18, 2024 | Appear again after being killed, in a video game | Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger |
| SCRUMS | Sun Jan 24, 1999 | Rugby formations | Robert Malinow |
| SHANNEN | Fri Aug 29, 2003 | Actress Doherty | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| SOLLAL | Tue Feb 1, 2022 | Korean New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1, 2022 | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| STRESSLESSNESS | Tue Jan 26, 2021 | *State that many people want to get to on vacation? | Peter Gordon |
| TALENTMANAGEMENT | Fri Jun 29, 2018 | Field for a Hollywood agency | David Steinberg |
| TERMINALVELOCITY | Thu Dec 19, 2024 | Speed limit, of a sort | Brandon Koppy |
| THRUSTER | Sun Oct 27, 1996 | Spacecraft part | N. N. Joline |
| TRANSVAAL | Sun Dec 1, 2002 | Historic region divided in 1994 | David J. Kahn |
| TURNSIN | Sun Oct 8, 2006 | Hits the sack | Fred Piscop |
| UPRISINGS | Thu Jul 21, 2005 | Revolts | Patrick Blindauer |