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 51,167 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHLETICAPPAREL | Fri Jun 18, 2021 | Products of Under Armour and Nike | Daniel Larsen |
| BEADIER | Sat Oct 30, 1999 | Smaller and more glittering | Rich Norris |
| BENEDICTINE | Fri Jan 20, 1995 | Certain brother | Manny Nosowsky |
| BLAZED | Mon Oct 28, 1996 | Burned brightly | R. Norris |
| BLESSMEFATHER | Sat Jun 27, 2009 | Start of a confession | Trip Payne |
| BLUERIBBONJURY | Mon Jul 16, 2012 | Panel for a complex legal case | Randall J. Hartman |
| BUCKMINSTER | Wed Apr 21, 1999 | Fuller name? | Mary E. Brindamour |
| BUTTERPAT | Fri Apr 23, 1999 | Square in a restaurant | Harvey Estes |
| CAUDILLO | Thu Jan 21, 2010 | Authoritarian Spanish leader | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| CHAINMAN | Sat Feb 19, 2000 | Part of a surveying team | Rich Norris |
| CHISELEDABS | Mon Mar 21, 2022 | Goal of some core workouts | John Ewbank and Jeff Chen |
| CMLV | Sun Apr 13, 2008 | Mid 10th-century year | Cathy Millhauser |
| COATTAILS | Sun May 15, 2022 | They may be ridden to victory | Daniel Mauer |
| CRAPOUT | Sat Mar 16, 2019 | Lose at a gaming table | Andrew J. Ries |
| EPATHA | Sun Nov 10, 2013 | S. ___ Merkerson, four-time N.A.A.C.P. Image Award-winning actress | Alan Olschwang |
| EXTRAMONEY | Sat Jan 1, 2011 | What loaded people have | Mark Diehl |
| FEETOFCLAY | Tue Apr 16, 1996 | Hero's hidden flaw | G. E. Paul |
| GAZ | Sun Jan 21, 1996 | Ref. book | R. Wolfe |
| GIBING | Fri Jun 20, 1997 | Taunting | Manny Nosowsky |
| GOODTASTE | Sat Sep 19, 2020 | Opposite of kitsch | Robyn Weintraub |
| HAMMERS | Sun Aug 13, 1995 | Hits the nail on the head | Nancy Salomon |
| HANDMAIDEN | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Attendant | Martin Schneider |
| KEENEYED | Thu Jun 8, 2023 | Highly observant | Philip Koski |
| LEAKAGES | Sun Feb 9, 2003 | Revelations | David J. Kahn |
| LIMBODANCE | Tue Apr 16, 2013 | Caribbean party event | Peter Broda |
| MATRYOSHKA | Sat Aug 10, 2024 | She's so full of herself! | Spencer Leach |
| MODEOFTRANSPORTATION | Sun May 23, 2021 | Car in {plane, car, train, horse, car, car, train} | Jennifer Nebergall |
| RANCHHAND | Wed Jun 21, 2006 | Worker in jeans | Barry C. Silk |
| SHUTYOURPIEHOLE | Fri Oct 15, 2021 | "Put a sock in it!" | Ashton Anderson |
| SKINNYDIPS | Mon Jun 6, 2022 | Is unsuited to go swimming, but does so anyway? | Michael Schlossberg |
| STUFFEDSOLE | Mon Nov 18, 2002 | Surf serving #4 | Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski |
| SUNROSE | Sat May 10, 2025 | Mediterranean plant named for its brightly colored flowers | Shaun Phillips |
| TEARGASGUN | Sat Jun 26, 2010 | Folks may cry after it's shot | Robert H. Wolfe |
| TERRAN | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Earthling, in sci-fi | John Westwig |
| THEATERGEEK | Fri Aug 21, 2026 | Drama club enthusiast | Adryel W. Robles Ojeda |
| THIRDEYE | Thu Jul 16, 2026 | Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism | Zhou Zhang and Mallory Montgomery |
| THRILLERS | Fri Mar 18, 2011 | Games that go into overtime, say | Patrick Merrell |
| TREASURESTATE | Sat Nov 25, 2023 | Line on a Montana license plate | Jeff Stillman |
| WORLDSERIESGAME | Wed Oct 7, 2009 | See 57-Across | Tim Wescott |
| WRITTENINTHESTARS | Sun Mar 30, 2025 | * Composed * | Simeon Seigel |