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 50,585 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFIANCED | Sun Aug 16, 2015 | Engaged | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| ARMPADS | Tue Nov 12, 2024 | Certain lacrosse gear | Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee |
| CARBONDATED | Thu Dec 10, 2020 | Cold? | Jack Murtagh |
| CLEANERS | Sat Feb 24, 2001 | Loser's destination | Rich Norris |
| CRISPYTACO | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | Food that makes a crunch | Mark Diehl |
| CSTUDENT | Fri Jun 9, 2006 | Honor society rejectee | Manny Nosowsky |
| DAMMING | Mon Oct 3, 2022 | Beaver's job | Sarah Sinclair |
| GASPERS | Wed Jan 24, 1996 | Cigarettes, in British slang | J. Hess |
| GETRICHQUICK | Sat Mar 18, 2023 | Schemer's mantra | Ada Nicolle |
| GLAZEDEXPRESSION | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | "I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts ..." | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| GRANARIES | Fri Feb 1, 2013 | Their contents have been threshed | Josh Knapp |
| HEYKID | Thu Nov 18, 2010 | Geezer's cry to a young 'un | Peter Wentz |
| HOLYGUACAMOLE | Wed Nov 26, 2008 | "Zounds!" | Harvey Estes |
| IMITATION | Sun Sep 9, 2007 | Made of paste | Patrick Berry |
| KINGDAVID | Sun Jul 5, 1998 | Psalms writer | Joe DiPietro |
| KINGSET | Sun Feb 20, 2005 | Linens for a large bed | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| LIFEONMARS | Fri Feb 4, 2022 | Bowie song that begins with the lyric "It's a God-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair" | Joseph Greenbaum |
| LOCKSIN | Wed Jun 20, 2007 | Commits to, as an interest rate | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| MARYGORDON | Wed Feb 21, 2007 | "The Company of Women" author, 1980 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MERIDIA | Sun Sep 11, 2011 | Onetime weight-loss drug | Kay Anderson |
| MIXEDDRINKS | Fri Sep 23, 1994 | This puzzle's theme | Bryant White |
| MUDHENS | Fri Nov 23, 2012 | Minor-league team of Toledo | Patrick Berry |
| OLIVEGROVE | Sat Nov 22, 2025 | Outdoor setting for Plato's Academy | Blake Slonecker |
| PETERUSTINOV | Mon Aug 24, 2015 | Actor with Oscars for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi" | Lynn Lempel |
| PIPESMOKER | Fri Aug 11, 2006 | Santa Claus, for one | Patrick Merrell |
| PLAYNICE | Mon Nov 20, 2023 | Be kind, follow the rules, etc. | Sam Ezersky |
| RAHEEM | Tue Aug 10, 2021 | Character with a boombox in "Do the Right Thing" | Anne Grae Martin |
| RESCUECAT | Sat Aug 23, 2025 | Purr-fect adoptee | Ryan Judge |
| SNOOZERS | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Boring events | Jim Peredo |
| SOFI | Sun Nov 16, 2025 | L.A.'s ___ Stadium, site of the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics | Randolph Ross |
| SPRINGBOARD | Thu Mar 20, 1997 | Jumping-off place? | A. J. Santora |
| STORMCHASER | Tue Jan 14, 2025 | Person often flirting with disaster | Lance Enfinger |
| SUCHSWEETSORROW | Tue Jan 27, 2015 | Parting, to Juliet | James Tuttle |
| TANOAK | Sat Jun 2, 2007 | Pacific Coast evergreen | Byron Walden |
| THENOTORIOUSBIG | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | "Mo Money Mo Problems" rapper | Natan Last |
| TOMANDJERRY | Sat Jul 5, 2008 | Duo first seen in "Puss Gets the Boot," 1940 | Karen M. Tracey |
| TONYSTARK | Sun Apr 13, 2025 | Many-time role for Robert Downey Jr. | John Kugelman |
| TOTALBODYSCAN | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | M.R.I., maybe | Todd Gross |
| TRUEORFALSETEST | Thu Aug 15, 2019 | Easy quiz to grade [5] | Andrew Zhou |
| UNSUNGHEROES | Fri May 4, 2007 | Ones not getting their deserved acclaim | Manny Nosowsky |