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 50,473 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHENES | Sun Oct 7, 2007 | Sunflower seeds, botanically | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| AGREESWITH | Sun Nov 22, 2009 | Seconds | Patrick Merrell |
| ALLEGATION | Sun Jul 8, 2007 | Claim | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| BERNADETTE | Sat Sep 25, 2004 | Peasant girl who became the saint of Lourdes | Byron Walden |
| BILLYZANE | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | He played the antagonist to Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic" | Peter Wentz |
| BLOODBORNE | Sat Jan 27, 2018 | Like the hepatitis B and C pathogens | Mark Diehl |
| COMBINEDINCOME | Mon Jul 26, 1999 | Family financial figure | M. Francis Vuolo |
| COMPACTED | Sun Jul 11, 1999 | Tight | Nancy Salomon |
| EXCUSEMEOFFICER | Wed Jul 26, 2006 | With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said | Dave Mackey |
| FOAMPEANUT | Wed Aug 27, 2014 | Bit of packaging detritus | Gareth Bain and David Poole |
| GEORGEWATSON | Wed Feb 15, 2023 | African American who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for valorous service in W.W. II | Sean Ziebarth |
| HASS | Sun Aug 31, 2025 | Avocado variety | Danny J. Rooney |
| HBOMAX | Mon Mar 4, 2024 | Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 | Samantha Podos Nowak |
| HIDEANDGOSEEK | Sat Nov 5, 2022 | Game where It always counts | John Westwig |
| JOININTHECHORUS | Fri Jan 14, 2000 | Sing along | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| KEEPWATCH | Thu Jun 16, 2022 | Stand guard | Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau |
| KICKEDUP | Sat Dec 25, 1999 | Started again unexpectedly | John Scott Marrone |
| LESTWE | Mon Dec 13, 1993 | "_____ forget" | Thomas W. Schier |
| MANGIONE | Sat Aug 2, 2025 | Flugelhorn player on the 1978 instrumental hit "Feels So Good" | Robert Logan |
| METEORSHOWER | Tue Jan 8, 2008 | What you really saw? | Malia Jackson and Noah Snyder |
| OTTERPOPS | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Frozen treats with "six zippy flavors" | Michael Shteyman |
| OURMISSBROOKS | Mon Sep 25, 1995 | 50's sitcom | Gregory E. Paul |
| OUTATIME | Tue Apr 7, 2020 | DeLorean license plate in "Back to the Future" | Trent H. Evans |
| OVERBEARING | Mon Nov 17, 1997 | Domineering | Holden Baker |
| PAINRELIEVERS | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | They promise no hurt feelings | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| PEDROPASCAL | Mon Oct 24, 2022 | Chilean American actor of "The Mandalorian" and "Narcos" | Joe Rodini |
| PRECIPITATION | Sun May 2, 2004 | See circled squares | Derrick Niederman |
| PRESCRIBE | Thu Mar 21, 2024 | Allow to take, perhaps | Joe Marquez |
| PUTONTHERITZ | Sat Jun 8, 2024 | Live ostentatiously | Daniel Sheremeta |
| RIJO | Sun Apr 9, 2000 | 1990 World Series M.V.P. Jose | Joe DiPietro |
| SETLINE | Sat Dec 24, 1994 | Fisherman's gear | John Stanley |
| SPEES | Tue Sep 13, 1994 | Scharnhorst commander et al. | Gregory E. Paul |
| SPICEDALES | Sat Dec 6, 2025 | Winter quaffs | Marshal Herrmann |
| TALKSON | Thu Feb 17, 2011 | Yaps | Mike Nothnagel |
| THEAMAZINGRANDI | Sun Apr 1, 2018 | Magician known for debunking paranormal claims | Sam Ezersky |
| THEDAILY | Sat Jun 1, 2024 | Popular news podcast since 2017 | Eric Warren |
| THEMOUNTAINKING | Fri Jun 13, 2003 | Scandinavian folklore figure in a Grieg title | Todd McClary |
| THEUNCONSCIOUS | Thu May 23, 2002 | Origin of 36-Across responses | John Underwood |
| UPIS | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | "Breaking ___ Hard to Do" | Byron Walden |
| VERRAZZANO | Sat Aug 8, 2009 | Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524 | Karen M. Tracey |