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 50,470 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDEDCOMPLEXITY | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | Rocket science + brain surgery | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| ARMYMAN | Mon Mar 16, 2015 | Every West Point graduate until 1980 | Ian Livengood |
| ASMARAN | Sun Apr 27, 1997 | From the capital of Eritrea | Matt Gaffney |
| BABYDIAPER | Thu Sep 1, 2011 | It may be hard to change | Joel Fagliano |
| BALLYARD | Thu Jan 30, 2014 | Home is one corner in it | Dan Schoenholz |
| BIGLOVE | Thu Feb 27, 2025 | 2000s HBO series about a polygamous family | David Steinberg |
| BOGOSITY | Thu Dec 9, 2004 | Modern jargon word for complete nonsense | Paula Gamache |
| BROODED | Sat Jul 25, 2020 | Was on eggshells? | Royce Ferguson |
| CLIPPETYCLOP | Mon Jul 10, 2000 | The horse goes ___ | Gene Newman |
| COLORLESS | Wed Sep 27, 2023 | Like helium and carbon dioxide | Scott Koenig |
| CRABCREOLE | Mon May 18, 2009 | Cajun seafood dish | Billie Truitt |
| DISMOUNTS | Sun Aug 29, 1999 | Gymnastic finishes | Lou and Fran Sabin |
| FORALLMANKIND | Tue Jul 21, 2009 | See 45-Across | Donna S. Levin |
| GAMMARAY | Wed Nov 1, 2017 | Emission from radioactive decay | Herre Schouwerwou |
| HAILSTORM | Fri Jul 5, 2024 | Hard fall? | Trent H. Evans |
| HAPPILY | Sat Jan 15, 2011 | One way to be married | Barry C. Silk |
| INDIANAPACER | Tue Dec 3, 1996 | Hoosier pro | R. Hartman |
| INTHERAIN | Tue Feb 28, 2023 | One way 38-Across is offered | Gia Bosko |
| IRSAUDITORS | Wed Aug 31, 2016 | Taxpayers' bugaboos | Ned White |
| JAMESFENIMORECOOPER | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Composing caskmaker | Martin Schneider |
| JESUSLIKE | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Describing the 32-Down's image | Byron Walden |
| LASTTANGO | Wed Apr 27, 2005 | Title happening in a much-discussed 1973 film | Lyell Rodieck |
| MASLIN | Sat Dec 20, 2014 | Literary/film critic Janet | Kevin G. Der and Ian Livengood |
| MISCALCULATIONS | Fri Jan 9, 1998 | Errors | Manny Nosowsky |
| MIXEDREVIEWS | Sun Sep 20, 2020 | *, *** and *****, say | Sam Trabucco |
| NASCARFAN | Mon Apr 28, 2008 | Daytona 500 enthusiast | Gary Disch |
| OMARBRADLEY | Wed Jun 24, 2015 | First chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949 | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| PAULDIRAC | Wed Dec 30, 2015 | Physics Nobelist who pioneered in quantum mechanics | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| REVERSESCOURSE | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | Backtracks | Randolph Ross |
| ROLLERRINK | Fri Jul 20, 2018 | Place to spin your wheels | Robyn Weintraub |
| SALTDOMES | Tue Jan 19, 2016 | Halite formations that might be oil reservoirs | Byron Walden |
| SERRATES | Tue Jul 10, 2012 | Puts teeth on, as a knife | Chris A. McGlothlin |
| SERVICEBREAK | Thu Aug 13, 2015 | Turning point in a tennis match, maybe | Jim Hilger |
| STAGNATE | Mon Jul 25, 2005 | Remain in a rut | Lynn Lempel |
| TEAMCREST | Thu Apr 12, 2018 | Image on a soccer jersey | Jules Markey |
| TERENCESTAMP | Sun Feb 1, 1998 | "...starring ___..." | Merl Reagle |
| THEGREENMONSTER | Tue Feb 15, 1994 | Bucky Dent slew it at Fenway Park in 1978 | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| TICKLEMONSTER | Wed Jun 4, 2025 | "Creature" that might "attack" a small child | Danna Rosenberg |
| TOKYOJOE | Sat Aug 14, 2010 | 1949 Humphrey Bogart/Sessue Hayakawa movie | John Farmer |
| VIETNAMVETERANS | Thu Nov 12, 1998 | Washington Memorial dedicatees | David J. Kahn |