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 50,544 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APCREDIT | Fri Dec 8, 2017 | Reward for an accelerated course, in brief | Paolo Pasco |
| AUTOMUFFLER | Sun Aug 24, 1997 | Mechanic's apparel? | Michael S. Maurer |
| BACKSEATDRIVER | Wed Jun 9, 2021 | Kibitzing passenger | Byron Walden |
| BATMITZVAH | Wed Apr 5, 2023 | Certain coming-of-age event | Brandon Koppy |
| BELOWPAR | Fri Feb 9, 1996 | Like an eagle, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| BIRDERS | Fri Aug 6, 2004 | Ones who pay attention to bills | Bob Peoples |
| BLOWGABRIELBLOW | Tue Nov 29, 2005 | Song from "Anything Goes" | Adam Cohen |
| BRADLEE | Sat Dec 17, 2016 | Ben ___, legendary Washington Post editor | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| BUGGLES | Sun Dec 20, 2015 | Band with the first video on MTV, with "the" | Peter Wentz |
| BUYINGUP | Fri Dec 9, 2022 | Monopolizing, in a way | Brooke Husic and Hoang-Kim Vu |
| CHANCECARD | Sat Aug 1, 2020 | It might say "Pay poor tax of $15" | Adam Aaronson and Paolo Pasco |
| CLOCKED | Sat Nov 15, 2014 | Hit | Peter Wentz |
| CONJECTURER | Sat Nov 4, 1995 | One who hypothesizes | Frank A. Longo |
| CRUELFATE | Sun Dec 24, 2023 | What awaits a tragic hero | Drew Schmenner |
| DAUDET | Sat Oct 9, 1999 | French writer Alphonse or Léon | Manny Nosowsky |
| ETONCOLLAR | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | Accessory named for a British school | Jem Burch |
| FACEANGLE | Sun Jul 31, 2005 | Formation between two edges of a polyhedron | Mark Feldman |
| FIREAXES | Fri Sep 8, 2017 | Tools for escaping the heat? | Sam Trabucco |
| FRIENDOFDOROTHY | Sat Jan 10, 2026 | Gay man, per historical slang inspired by Judy Garland | Kameron Austin Collins |
| GOVERNMENTBILLS | Tue Sep 10, 2002 | Clinton and Bradley | Wei-Hwa Huang |
| HASGUTS | Thu May 11, 2006 | Exhibits courage | Joe DiPietro |
| HOMERIC | Fri Sep 22, 2017 | Grand | David Steinberg |
| ICECORES | Sun Mar 17, 2019 | Some Antarctic samples | Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen |
| ITSASNAP | Sat Feb 27, 2016 | "Child's play!" | Julian Lim |
| JUGULAR | Fri Oct 20, 2000 | Target of a deadly attack | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| KETTLEBELL | Tue Feb 14, 2023 | Fitness weight with a handle | Ella Dershowitz |
| LOVEBOATS | Wed Apr 24, 2013 | Some cruise ships, informally | Clive Probert |
| MESONIC | Sat Jul 13, 2013 | Of pions and kaons | Byron Walden |
| OLDTO | Sun May 8, 1994 | "You're never too _____ learn" | Ralph G. Beaman |
| PENDANTS | Thu Apr 22, 2010 | Jewelry often used in hypnosis | Caleb Madison |
| POLICESERGEANTS | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Constables' superiors | Patrick Berry |
| QUERIDO | Sat Jul 20, 1996 | Senorita's sweetheart | R. Norris |
| RADIATIONBELT | Wed Dec 2, 2015 | Attire during an X-ray exam? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SPARRER | Thu Oct 5, 1995 | Boxer at practice | Christopher Page |
| STINKSTANKSTUNK | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | "The three words that best describe" the Grinch, in song | Joe Krozel |
| TELETYPES | Sat Dec 17, 2011 | Fax forerunners | Tom Heilman |
| THEBIGBANG | Sat Aug 26, 2017 | Explosive theory? | Peter Wentz |
| THESEVENSAMURAI | Sat Nov 15, 2003 | 1954 Akira Kurosawa classic | Patrick Berry |
| WALKBY | Wed Aug 7, 2002 | Not stop for, in a way | Randolph Ross |
| WATCHCHAIN | Fri Feb 12, 2021 | Accessory that might hang out of a waistcoat | Grant Thackray |