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 50,638 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJJACOBS | Tue Dec 26, 2017 | See blurb | Peter Gordon |
| ALBERTBROOKS | Mon Dec 9, 2024 | Writer, director and co-star of "Defending Your Life," 1991 | Elliot Caroll |
| ANDMAYGODBLESS | Sun Nov 10, 2013 | Red Skelton | Alan Olschwang |
| BAYSAT | Sun Dec 18, 2005 | Serenades, as the moon | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
| CRABBALLS | Mon Jan 19, 2015 | Shellfish hors d'oeuvres | Jean O'Conor |
| DATESBACK | Thu Oct 29, 2009 | Has been around since, with "to" | Joe Krozel |
| DESTRUCT | Mon Aug 8, 1994 | Ruin | Sidney L. Robbins |
| DRAGONCON | Sat Mar 22, 2025 | Annual Atlanta gathering of sci-fi/gaming fans | Katie Hoody |
| DRAMATIZATION | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | [This is how it might have happened] | Jeff Chen |
| ENERGYCZAR | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | One charged with climate policy | John Ewbank |
| GETABADNAME | Sat Aug 2, 2008 | Lose credibility | Karen M. Tracey |
| GREENERPASTURES | Sat Apr 5, 1997 | Wanderer's goal | Rand H. Burns |
| GUZZLES | Fri May 23, 2014 | Downs rapidly | David Steinberg |
| HEMMING | Tue Aug 20, 2013 | Fixing, as the bottom of a skirt | Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo |
| ISOTYPE | Sat Nov 25, 2006 | Duplicate specimen, in biology | Sherry O. Blackard |
| LILACTIME | Mon Sep 25, 2006 | Gary Cooper film of 1928 | Lynn Lempel |
| MAKINGIT | Mon Nov 14, 2011 | Achieving success | Mark Feldman |
| MAZEL | Fri Nov 1, 1996 | "___ tov!" | M. Rosen |
| MEDICINEBALLS | Fri Jul 30, 1999 | Exercise equipment | John Wolting |
| NEUTRONSTAR | Mon May 30, 2022 | Ultradense galactic body | Alexander Liebeskind |
| NORMCORE | Wed Sep 25, 2019 | Fashion trend that involves comfortable, regular-looking clothing | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| OLFACTORY | Fri Nov 25, 1994 | Kind of nerve | Daniel R. Stark |
| OVERPACKED | Tue Apr 9, 2024 | Brought nine possible outfits for a one-night stay, e.g. | Caroline Sommers and Freddie Cheng |
| PINGPONGBALLS | Tue Jul 30, 2024 | Projectiles tossed into cups of beer, in a drinking game | Jeffrey Martinovic and Will Nediger |
| PRECIOUS | Sat Nov 23, 2019 | Term of endearment | Trenton Charlson |
| PUSHPOP | Sun Dec 8, 2024 | Candy that resembles a tube of lipstick | John Kugelman |
| QUEERING | Sun Oct 15, 2000 | Ruining, as a deal | Patrick Berry |
| REFIX | Sun Nov 6, 2016 | Do more repairs on | Joe DiPietro |
| REVIEWABLE | Tue May 28, 2002 | Open to inspection | Ed Early |
| RINGSTRUE | Sat Nov 13, 1999 | Seems right | Jim Page |
| SAGACIOUS | Sun Jul 30, 1995 | YYYY | Charles M. Deber |
| SNEAKING | Thu Jul 20, 1995 | Kind of suspicion | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| STOCKTICKER | Sun Feb 11, 2024 | Bygone tape dispenser | Peter Koetters |
| TALKINGTURKEY | Mon Oct 15, 2007 | Negotiating in a no-nonsense way | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| TWOWAYRADIO | Mon Jan 16, 2017 | Walkie-talkie | John Wrenholt |
| UNBOSOMS | Sun Apr 13, 1997 | Reveals, as a secret | Cathy Millhauser |
| UPCYCLE | Sun Jan 15, 2023 | Turn from an old pallet into a bookcase, for example | Michael Schlossberg |
| USBPORTS | Fri Sep 23, 2016 | Openings in the computer field? | Andrew Zhou |
| WINGCOMMANDER | Sun Feb 17, 2013 | Rank below group captain | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| WITHCARE | Thu Mar 23, 2000 | Cautiously | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |