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 50,899 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLEWAPART | Sat Oct 13, 2018 | Exploded | Kevin G. Der |
| BRITANNICA | Fri Nov 25, 2016 | Pax ___ (century preceding W.W. I) | Patrick Berry |
| CHEESEBOX | Fri Mar 8, 2002 | Fitting container for this puzzle? | David J. Kahn |
| CONTROVERSIAL | Sun Jun 27, 2021 | Like Merriam-Webster's inclusion of the word "irregardless," originally | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| COZYUPTO | Thu Sep 30, 2021 | Ingratiate oneself with | Rich Proulx |
| DENOTING | Fri Apr 19, 2002 | Meaning | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EDDIEVEDDER | Tue May 17, 2011 | Lead singer of Pearl Jam | John Farmer |
| FRUITDRINK | Tue Mar 5, 2024 | Many a beverage ending in "-ade" | Christina Iverson |
| HANDEDTO | Sat Oct 18, 1997 | Personally left with | Rich Norris |
| HAPPYTIMES | Sun Mar 20, 1994 | Optimist's dream | Joel Davajan |
| HEPT | Fri Oct 27, 1995 | Numerical prefix | Mark Diehl |
| HESITATER | Sun Jun 11, 2006 | Lost one? | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| IFOUNDIT | Thu May 10, 2018 | "Eureka!" | Caitlin Reid |
| INTROVERT | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Solitary sort | Patrick Berry |
| KOTTKE | Sun Mar 20, 2011 | Folk guitarist Leo | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| LIMPETS | Sun Sep 15, 2019 | Marine mollusks that cling to rocks | Andrew Kingsley |
| MALLO | Sun Aug 10, 2014 | ___ Cup (candy with a gooey center) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MUTOMBO | Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dikembe ___ | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| ONLOOKOUT | Fri Aug 18, 2006 | Watching | Joe DiPietro |
| PARASAILING | Fri Jun 5, 2026 | Modern water sport | Kelly Morenus |
| PENALTYSHOT | Fri Nov 7, 2014 | Two-person matchup on ice | Patrick Berry |
| PLUMMETS | Wed Dec 24, 1997 | Dives | Nancy S. Ross |
| POUNDERS | Tue May 29, 2012 | Quarter ___ (McDonald's orders) | Daniel A. Finan |
| PSILOCYBIN | Sat Mar 22, 2025 | The "magic" in some mushrooms | Katie Hoody |
| QUEENVICTORIA | Fri May 24, 2019 | So-called "Grandmother of Europe," born 5/24/1819 | Stanley Newman |
| SAYITAINTSOJOE | Mon Feb 28, 2000 | Plaintive plea in the 1919 Black Sox scandal | Jerry E. Rosman |
| SECRECIES | Sat Dec 29, 2012 | Concealments | Joe Krozel |
| SENSITIZED | Wed Dec 4, 2013 | Made more aware | Daniel Raymon |
| STAGEACT | Thu Sep 28, 2023 | Talent show performance, say | Ricky Cruz |
| TAKENTOTASK | Fri Jan 7, 2011 | Censured | Joe DiPietro |
| THOUGHTPOLICE | Sat Aug 15, 2015 | Iconoclast stiflers | Jeff Chen |
| TIDERIP | Fri Feb 13, 1998 | Current phenomenon | Jim Page |
| TIKIBARS | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | Beachside watering holes | Sam Ezersky |
| TIPTOETHRUTHETULIPS | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Hit song lyric of 1929 and 1968 | R. Hamel |
| TRANSLATION | Sun Feb 16, 2020 | See 90-Across | Sam Ezersky |
| TROLLEYING | Fri Nov 4, 1994 | Riding around town, maybe | Matt Jones |
| TULSAOK | Tue Jul 1, 2008 | Part of the mailing address to Oral Roberts University | Ken Bessette |
| TWINENGINES | Tue May 19, 2026 | Matching pair on many jets | Brad Wiegmann |
| WORDSWORDSWORDS | Mon Jan 16, 2012 | Hamlet's reply to "What do you read, my lord?" | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| ZIPOUT | Mon Jun 3, 2013 | Like some detachable linings | John Lampkin |