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 50,664 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMMONITE | Wed Feb 16, 2000 | Ancient resident of Jordan's present-day capital | Gene Newman |
| ANNEWITHANE | Sun Feb 20, 2022 | Netflix series set at Green Gables | Victor Barocas |
| CAMPUSMAP | Sat Sep 15, 2018 | Admissions might give one away | David Liben-Nowell |
| CHEVRETTE | Thu Apr 2, 1998 | Thin kidskin | Alex K. Justin |
| CIGARETTESMOKER | Thu Jun 19, 2008 | One who exhibits pack mentality? | Joe Krozel |
| COMESON | Sun Oct 31, 1999 | Begins airing | Frank A. Longo |
| COVEYS | Sun Apr 24, 2016 | Groups of quail | Kathy Wienberg |
| DIRTYWORK | Thu Jun 25, 1998 | Villain's doing | Stanley B. Whitten |
| DOSEOFREALITY | Sun Nov 26, 2000 | Spoon-administered intangible? | Patrick Berry |
| DRAWINGCARD | Sun Apr 4, 2010 | *Lure | Bob Klahn |
| DRUGBUST | Mon Sep 28, 2009 | Narcs' raid | Lynn Lempel |
| FILMCARDS | Wed Dec 1, 1999 | Microfiche | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| FIREDEPT | Thu Aug 15, 2002 | Grp. at a station | Manny Nosowsky |
| FISHTANK | Wed Aug 28, 1996 | Home made of glass | F. Heaney |
| FRETAT | Fri Nov 17, 2017 | Get distressed over | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| FWDEKLERK | Tue Dec 24, 2013 | Predecessor of 36-Across and sharer with him of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize | David J. Kahn |
| GENERALDEGAULLE | Fri Feb 7, 2003 | W.W. II hero who later had a successful career in politics | Michael Shteyman |
| HASFAITH | Sat May 7, 2005 | Believes | Patrick Berry |
| HEYLOVER | Sat Apr 30, 2016 | Grammy-winning LL Cool J song that starts "I've been watching you from afar for as long as I can remember" | Mark Diehl |
| HORNBY | Tue Nov 15, 2011 | English novelist Nick who wrote "About a Boy" | Gareth Bain |
| HOUSEKEYS | Sun Nov 26, 2023 | Items exchanged when a relationship gets serious | Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman |
| ISITLIVE | Sun Feb 15, 2015 | Question asked in classic 1970s ads | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| LATEXCATSUIT | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | Dominatrix's wear | Jeff Chen |
| LEMONYELLOW | Tue Jan 19, 2021 | *Bygone Crayola color | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| LETMEEXPLAIN | Fri Aug 9, 2024 | "Don't get mad yet ..." | Hemant Mehta |
| OTTERPOPS | Thu Apr 13, 2017 | Frozen treats with "six zippy flavors" | Michael Shteyman |
| PETERFALK | Sat Mar 5, 2016 | "Murder, Inc." Oscar nominee | Roland Huget |
| RENTFREEZE | Tue Jul 14, 2020 | Super-cold spell on the set of a 1996 Broadway musical? | Stella Zawistowski |
| SAILONSAILOR | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | 1973 Beach Boys song | Peter A. Collins |
| SAWTHELIGHT | Mon Feb 14, 2000 | Finally understood | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| SERVICELIST | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Ones to whom an organization's messages are sent | Joe Krozel |
| SKINPEEL | Sun Apr 9, 2000 | Part of some facials | Joe DiPietro |
| STEPOUTOF | Sun Apr 15, 2018 | Exit | Alex Bajcz |
| STILLATIT | Sun Jan 4, 2004 | Not yet done | Patrick Merrell |
| SWEETBREADS | Wed May 22, 2024 | Unusual meat courses that are neither ... | Martin Schneider |
| TAKESAIMAT | Fri Jun 4, 2021 | Sets sights on | Nam Jin Yoon |
| TANEHISI | Fri Aug 28, 2020 | Coates who wrote "Between the World and Me" | Kate Hawkins |
| THINNEST | Sun Oct 4, 2020 | Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil options | Sam Ezersky |
| TWINBORN | Thu Jul 5, 2007 | Like Romulus and Remus | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WATSONANDCRICK | Tue Feb 19, 2013 | DNA modelers | Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan |