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 50,505 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULTMALES | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Men | Byron Walden |
| BAMBAM | Thu Sep 3, 2020 | Former pro wrestling star ___ Bigelow | Sid Sivakumar |
| BANKIN | Wed Jul 20, 2011 | Shoot off the backboard successfully | Peter A. Collins |
| BLADEII | Wed Jan 30, 2013 | 2002 sequel starring Wesley Snipes | Will Nediger |
| CAMPING | Fri Jul 11, 2008 | Activity in which stakes may be laid | Barry C. Silk |
| CHOKINGUP | Fri Aug 1, 2008 | Having trouble delivering the eulogy, say | Patrick Berry |
| CLINIQUE | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Company that gets a lot of its money from foundations? | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| COLORBLINDNESS | Sun Dec 10, 2000 | Fairness in hiring, say | Rich Norris |
| DEDUCED | Sun Oct 17, 2010 | Gathered | Patrick Blindauer |
| DOASOLID | Sat Sep 9, 2023 | Help out, informally | Robert S. Gard |
| DOGGIEBAG | Tue Apr 15, 2014 | Holder of tomorrow's lunch, maybe | Gary Cee |
| ERRORCODE | Fri Mar 6, 2020 | 404 Not Found, e.g. | Caitlin Reid |
| EXDA | Sat Oct 7, 2017 | Rudy Giuliani or Chris Christie, for short | Byron Walden |
| FERRELL | Sat Apr 21, 2018 | "Zoolander" co-star, 2001 | Daniel Nierenberg |
| FRENCHANTILLES | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Island group near Dominica | Benjamin Kramer |
| GREENSPAN | Sun Mar 16, 2003 | Noted chairman | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| HADAGOATIT | Sun Jan 7, 2018 | Tried something | David Steinberg |
| HEADSPACE | Wed Jan 1, 2020 | State of mind | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| HIGHDEFINITION | Tue Feb 20, 2018 | adj. under the influence of a drug | Joel Fagliano |
| INFOBOX | Sat Jul 12, 2025 | Fixed-format summary of an article, as on Wikipedia | Katie Hoody |
| ITTAKESTIME | Fri Dec 6, 2024 | "These things don't happen overnight" | Robyn Weintraub |
| JOINTVENTURE | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | Founding of a hip replacement clinic? | Charles Deber |
| JOLIEPITT | Sat Dec 12, 2015 | Angelina of Hollywood | Byron Walden |
| KERPLUNKS | Sun Oct 4, 2015 | Sounds of fall? | Jeremy Newton |
| MEDIAPERSON | Sun Apr 30, 2000 | Article on a baby that's snatched up by a news anchor? | Cathy Millhauser |
| MIMESIS | Sun Nov 24, 2019 | Representation of the real world in literature and art | Frank Longo |
| NEWTONSCRADLE | Thu Jul 11, 2013 | Gizmo often with five balls that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy | Henry Hook |
| NOONION | Thu Nov 11, 2010 | *Specification in a burger order, maybe [270 degrees] | Andrew Zhou |
| PIRELLI | Wed Nov 23, 2022 | Italian tire company | Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock |
| PIZZAROLLS | Fri Nov 25, 2022 | Cheesy snack pockets | Simon Marotte |
| PLATTED | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Like surveyors' charts | Robert W. Harris |
| POLYMER | Mon Aug 11, 1997 | Nylon, for one | Daniel Halfen |
| RAISINGUP | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Giving a boost | Trenton Charlson |
| RUMEN | Sat Mar 3, 2007 | Cow's first stomach | Karen M. Tracey |
| SELLSOUT | Sat Jul 3, 2010 | Fills all the seats for | Joe Krozel |
| SHEATHED | Sat Jun 3, 2006 | Like some swords | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TORTUGA | Wed Jul 9, 2014 | Island setting for "Pirates of the Caribbean" | Bruce Haight |
| UPSTAIR | Sat Jul 25, 1998 | Like some private-home apartments | Robert H. Wolfe |
| VEGGESOUT | Sun Apr 17, 2022 | Chills | Emet Ozar |
| WEAREDEVO | Thu Feb 24, 2011 | End of a 1978 new-wave album title | Gary Cee |