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 50,425 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRADER | Thu May 1, 1997 | Rubber | Martin Schneider |
| ADDEDBONUSES | Mon Mar 28, 2022 | E+X+T+R+A+S | Leslie Rogers |
| AMERICASCUP | Tue Sep 18, 2001 | Yachting prize | Jay Livingston |
| ASACAT | Sun Sep 28, 2008 | "Vigilant ___ to steal cream": Falstaff | Cathy Allis Millhauser |
| BRASSNAMEPLATES | Sat Oct 8, 2011 | Accessories for some suits | Tim Croce |
| BREAKOUT | Sun Aug 28, 1994 | Escape | Randolph Ross |
| CLOSEDDOORMEETING | Sun May 29, 2011 | Hush-hush powwow | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| COLEUS | Sat Nov 17, 2007 | Mint-family plant with bright-colored leaves and blue flowers | Brad Wilber |
| EAUCLAIREWI | Thu Oct 8, 1998 | 54703 | Alan Arbesfeld |
| EMBOSSED | Sun Jun 8, 2014 | Raised on books? | Patrick Berry |
| ENERVATES | Fri Feb 22, 2002 | Exhausts | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ESTROGENPATCH | Sun Dec 3, 2023 | Hormone therapy product | Tracy Bennett |
| FERNAND | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Cubist Léger | Frank Longo |
| FRESCOISTS | Fri Oct 28, 2005 | Giotto and others | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HOKEYNESS | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | Corn-filled state | Mark Diehl |
| HUBBLETELESCOPE | Tue Oct 2, 2012 | NASA launch of 1990 | Ethan Cooper |
| INFERNAL | Thu Feb 20, 2003 | Hellish | Peter Sarrett |
| INTHEHEIGHTS | Fri Apr 2, 2021 | Tony-winning musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda during his second year of college | Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes |
| JACKSONMISS | Mon Oct 20, 2003 | Young Eudora Welty? | Lynn Lempel |
| KIBEI | Sat Apr 24, 2010 | U.S.-born Japanese educated in Japan | Thomas Heilman |
| LASTLEGS | Thu Jan 16, 2025 | Final race stretches ... or what racers may be on by then | Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner |
| MONUMENTS | Wed Sep 4, 2024 | Mount Rushmore and the Taj Mahal, e.g. | Kareem Ayas |
| NONGMOCROP | Sat Dec 14, 2024 | What might come up organically | Owen Bergstein |
| NOTAKEBACKS | Sat Dec 3, 2022 | "Too late to change your mind now!" | Kate Hawkins |
| NOTHINGISSACRED | Wed Aug 29, 2001 | Former U.S. Open champ Martina's feeling about an icon? | James Rogers |
| NOWANDTHEN | Mon May 9, 1994 | Occasionally | Sidney L. Robbins |
| ONESALL | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | "110%" effort | David Steinberg |
| ONIONSKIN | Sat Mar 12, 2005 | Bond alternative | Byron Walden |
| SETBACKS | Thu Sep 11, 1997 | Blows | Matt Gaffney |
| SGLS | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | Ones: Abbr. | Cathy Millhauser |
| SKAIT | Sat Feb 19, 1994 | Glide, in Glasgow | Charles E. Gersch |
| SOMETHINGELSE | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | To anyone who wasn't addressed above: "You're ..." | Sam Ezersky |
| SORRYWRONGNUMBER | Sun Jul 27, 2014 | Telephone line | Randolph Ross |
| SPRINGBREAK | Wed Nov 20, 2019 | Time for a trip to Cabo San Lucas or Miami Beach | Erik Agard |
| SPYINGON | Sun Nov 20, 2011 | Watching without being watched | Trip Payne |
| STEWMEAT | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Protein source in a hearty meal | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| TRYTORELAX | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | "Take a deep breath ..." | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| URBANIZED | Sat Feb 9, 2008 | Built up | Shannon Burns |
| VTUBER | Thu Aug 24, 2023 | Twitch streamer with a digital avatar, say | Robin Yu |
| WARMONGER | Sat Nov 22, 2014 | Hawk | David Steinberg |