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 50,730 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKIOMORITA | Mon Jul 20, 2015 | Sony co-founder | John Westwig |
| AROS | Fri Nov 24, 2006 | ___ de cebolla (onion rings, in Spain) | Dave Mackey |
| AUSTERITY | Wed May 2, 2012 | Cause for budget cutting | Paula Gamache |
| BATSUITS | Sun Mar 30, 2025 | Film attire for George Clooney and Christian Bale | Simeon Seigel |
| BAUDS | Thu Aug 13, 2015 | Transmission-related units | Jim Hilger |
| BLUEPAPER | Sun Nov 18, 2018 | Document listing technical specifications | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| BREAKSUP | Tue Jul 15, 2014 | Splits, as a couple | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BYANY | Tue May 31, 2005 | ___ means possible | Merl Reagle |
| DUMDADUMDUM | Thu Sep 4, 2003 | "Dragnet" signature sound | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| ENSLAVES | Sun May 22, 1994 | Fetters | Randolph Ross |
| EVILDEEDS | Sun Jul 25, 2021 | Unforgivable acts, say | Chandi Deitmer |
| FILMREEL | Sun Oct 5, 2025 | Projectionist's item | John Kugelman |
| FREUDIANSLIPS | Sun Sep 15, 1996 | Revealing comments | A. K. Justin |
| GRIDDER | Sun Jan 18, 2004 | Bowl figure | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| INHIBITS | Wed Jun 24, 2015 | Puts the brakes on | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| ITSANUPHILLBATTLE | Sun Oct 13, 2013 | Underdog's saying | Jeff Chen |
| JOINTTRUST | Wed Dec 8, 1999 | Faith among jailbirds? | Fred Piscop |
| KINGSIZEBED | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | Part of a honeymoon suite, perhaps | Steven Ginzburg |
| LANGUAGELABS | Sun Jan 23, 2000 | Places with tapes | Joe DiPietro |
| LOVENESTS | Sun Feb 14, 2016 | Tryst sites | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| LUT | Sun Oct 30, 1994 | Iranian desert | R. M. Hopkins |
| MAXILLAE | Sun May 7, 2000 | Jawbones | Patrick D. Berry |
| MLIV | Fri Feb 1, 2002 | Year in Edward the Confessor's reign | Pat M. Hugel |
| MYELIN | Sat Aug 4, 2018 | Electrically insulating material around nerve fibers | Sam Trabucco |
| OVERWRITE | Sat Jan 31, 1998 | Cover, as text | Rich Norris |
| PAPERHANGER | Mon Jun 6, 1994 | Interior decorator's hiree | Robert Zimmerman |
| PUBL | Sun Sep 2, 2001 | Not pvt. | Manny Nosowsky |
| PULLEDAFASTONE | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | Tricked somebody | Michael Schlossberg |
| QUICKTIPS | Thu May 26, 2016 | When shortened, ear swabs | Andrew Zhou |
| RADARRANGE | Sun May 27, 2012 | Area that's frequently swept? | Byron Walden |
| RICKSHA | Thu Apr 18, 1996 | Nanjing buggy: Var. | A. J. Santora |
| RINSINGS | Thu Jun 28, 2012 | Steps in a salon | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| SEWERAGE | Wed Oct 6, 1999 | Ed Norton's field of work | Fred Piscop |
| SHIPWRECK | Sun Jul 16, 2000 | "The Tempest" event | David J. Kahn |
| STAYFORDINNER | Tue Jun 6, 2017 | 1994 #1 Lisa Loeb hit played at a potluck? | Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson |
| TOPLAYERS | Tue May 31, 2005 | Outermost strata | Merl Reagle |
| VELDTS | Tue Jul 10, 2001 | Grazing lands for gnus | Patrick Merrell |
| VUDU | Tue Nov 1, 2022 | On-demand digital video brand | Bruce Haight |
| WENTFREE | Fri Aug 30, 2019 | Was released | Trent H. Evans |
| YOUWONTREGRETIT | Fri Aug 11, 2023 | "Trust me, this is the right call" | John-Clark Levin |