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 50,243 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIFLU | Sat Aug 3, 2024 | Like some targeted winter meds | Rich Norris |
| ANYWED | Thu Dec 17, 1998 | 1966 Fonda-Robards movie | David J. Kahn |
| ARTSCENES | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | Cultural draws for New York and Los Angeles | Sid Sivakumar |
| BARNYARDEPITHET | Sat Nov 27, 1993 | "Fowl" language? | Manny Nosowsky |
| BILLGATES | Fri Mar 29, 2002 | "The Road Ahead" author | Kevin Hagen |
| BILLYZANE | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | He played the antagonist to Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic" | Peter Wentz |
| CONCRETESLAB | Tue Nov 26, 2024 | Section of a sidewalk | Killian Olson |
| CONTAINS | Thu Jan 30, 2025 | Holds within | Joe Marquez |
| DIAMONDBACKS | Thu Nov 12, 2009 | Chase Field team | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| EMORYUNIVERSITY | Mon Jan 17, 2000 | Atlanta landmark #2 | Trip Payne |
| ENVIOUSLY | Fri Jun 26, 2009 | Way to watch someone win the lottery? | Lynn Lempel |
| ERICIV | Wed Apr 9, 2008 | 13th-century king of Denmark | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| FAKEMEAT | Fri Nov 24, 2023 | Option for a vegetarian | Rafael Musa |
| FOETID | Fri Jul 14, 2000 | Malodorous: Var. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GETREST | Sat Sep 9, 2017 | Recharge, so to speak | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| HAIRLACQUER | Sat Mar 3, 2012 | Do stuff | Byron Walden |
| HAZYIPA | Sat Jan 6, 2024 | Unfiltered brew | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao |
| HOOKLINEANDSINKER | Thu Nov 10, 2016 | 100% | Jonathan M. Kaye and Jeff Chen |
| HORRORMOVIE | Sat Mar 25, 2017 | "Frankenstein," e.g. | Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg |
| INITIALIZE | Wed Aug 5, 2015 | Format, as a disk | Patrick Berry |
| LAWRENCESUMMERS | Thu Apr 13, 2000 | Robert Rubin's successor as Treasury Secretary | Matt Gaffney |
| LEAFEATING | Sat Sep 2, 2006 | Folivorous | Mel Rosen |
| LETGOBY | Fri Jan 23, 2004 | Pass up | Sherry O. Blackard |
| LISTEE | Sun Apr 30, 1995 | Name in a directory | Warren W. Reich |
| MTELY | Sun Jun 10, 2001 | 7,300-ft. Nev. peak | Cathy Millhauser |
| NURSERYMEN | Sun May 27, 2012 | Greenhouse workers | Byron Walden |
| OFFICETEMP | Thu May 4, 2017 | Crunch time helper, maybe | Loren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray |
| OMIO | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | "___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria) | David J. Kahn |
| PEELINGS | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Some kitchen detritus | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| PREFIGURE | Sat Jan 4, 2014 | Foreshadow | Kyle Dolan |
| SEDIMENTS | Thu Mar 28, 2024 | Bank deposits? | Dominic Grillo |
| SOLOSHOTS | Fri Oct 17, 2014 | One-run homers | Michael Ashley |
| TAKINGLIBERTIES | Wed Jul 16, 2008 | Pushing beyond proper limits | Joe Krozel |
| TESTGROUP | Sun Jul 23, 2000 | Audience research focus | Patrick Berry |
| TIGERSMILK | Sun Sep 13, 2015 | Nutrition bar introduced in the 1960s | Joe DiPietro |
| TREELINEDSTREET | Fri Sep 2, 2011 | Feature of many a residential neighborhood | Tim Croce |
| VENTIS | Sun Dec 30, 2018 | Big Starbucks orders | Luke Vaughn |
| WASHERDRYER | Thu Oct 30, 2003 | Dual-purpose laundry room device | Patrick Berry |
| ZECHARIAH | Sat Jun 3, 2000 | One of the Minor Prophets | Patrick D. Berry |
| ZIMMER | Wed Aug 26, 1998 | Longtime baseball manager Don | A. J. Santora |