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 50,525 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGLEPARKING | Sat Feb 1, 2020 | Option for downtown streets | Mark Diehl |
| ARAMID | Sat Apr 21, 2001 | Synthetic polyamide used in fiber-making | David J. Kahn |
| ARMANISUITS | Thu Nov 8, 2012 | Parts of a fashionable "Collezioni" | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| AVOIDANCE | Fri Feb 14, 2014 | Dodger's talent | Bruce Haight |
| AYI | Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Ghanaian author ___ Kwei Armah | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock |
| BURMAROAD | Tue Mar 11, 2014 | Allied supply route to China during W.W. II | Mel Rosen |
| CAROLBURNETTSHOW | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | With "The," former sketch comedy program on CBS ... fittingly enough | Todd Gross |
| CINCINNATICHILI | Sat Apr 25, 2020 | Regional specialty of southern Ohio | Andrew J. Ries |
| CREWTEAMS | Sat Oct 5, 2024 | What shells can be filled with | Natan Last |
| EARTHSHINE | Sat Oct 25, 2008 | Faint illumination of the moon's dark side | Karen M. Tracey |
| EXCITABLE | Mon Oct 6, 2014 | Easily enthused | Robyn Weintraub |
| FEELSUPTOIT | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Is ready for the task | Byron Walden |
| FRATBROS | Sun Jun 12, 2016 | Stereotypically rowdy dudes | Finn Vigeland |
| GLITTERBOMB | Tue Feb 11, 2020 | Comeuppance for a package thief | Neil Padrick Wilson and Jeff Chen |
| GOUGES | Mon Jan 14, 2019 | Seriously overcharges | Craig Stowe |
| GRAYBLUE | Mon Apr 1, 2019 | Shade similar to slate | Joel Fagliano |
| HOMEFRIES | Sun Jun 28, 1998 | The real estate agent ordered ___ | Fred Piscop |
| JOEMANNIX | Sat Sep 25, 1999 | 60's-70's TV sleuth | David J. Kahn |
| MURDERONTHENILE | Thu Jan 13, 2011 | 1944 mystery play by Agatha Christie | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ONCOMETONCUPID | Thu Dec 6, 2007 | Cry from Santa | Joe Krozel |
| ONEMORETHING | Fri Jun 9, 2006 | "And while I'm on the subject ..." | Manny Nosowsky |
| POURSITON | Wed Aug 28, 1996 | Gives maximum effort | F. Heaney |
| PREDATORY | Thu Feb 20, 2014 | Rapacious | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| PUBLICITYPOSTER | Sun Oct 5, 2008 | *Novice in an ad campaign | Byron Walden |
| PUZZLEBOX | Fri Dec 8, 2017 | Frustrating thing to open | Paolo Pasco |
| RAVECULTURE | Fri Mar 8, 2019 | Phenomenon characterized by electronic dance music | David Steinberg |
| REGENERATES | Sat Jun 12, 1999 | Becomes a new person | Matt Gaffney |
| REVERSER | Sun Sep 25, 2011 | "R" card in Uno, in effect | Paul Hunsberger |
| SHERBERT | Sun Dec 19, 2004 | Ice alternative: Var. | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| SHORTERDAYS | Thu Dec 17, 1998 | Winter feature with a hint to today's puzzle theme | David J. Kahn |
| SILVERWINGS | Tue May 23, 2000 | Classic 1969 Merle Haggard song | Monica Krausse |
| SLIDETACKLE | Mon Sep 17, 2018 | Aggressive defensive soccer maneuver | Caitlin Reid |
| SOPHOMORESLUMPS | Sat May 6, 2023 | Terrible twos? | Carter Cobb |
| THEWHOLESHMEAR | Mon Aug 29, 2011 | Everything ... or what might cover an everything 62-Across? | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake |
| TURKEYWRAPS | Fri Nov 5, 2021 | Deli lunch options | Joseph Greenbaum |
| TWIDDLE | Wed Apr 9, 2025 | Apt rhyme for "fiddle" | Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein |
| TWOSTRIPER | Sun Jan 29, 2017 | Lieutenant, informally | Jim Hyres and David Steinberg |
| VANILLAFLAN | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | Sweet Mexican dessert | Sam Trabucco |
| VICTORBORGE | Thu Sep 28, 2006 | Pianist called a "clown prince" | Richard Chisholm |
| YERKS | Fri Jan 21, 1994 | Goads a hillbilly | A.J. Santora |