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 50,617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLFORFREE | Sun Sep 23, 2007 | Like pro bono work? | David Levinson Wilk |
| APPOLLS | Sun Sep 1, 2019 | Sources of weekly N.C.A.A. rankings | Finn Vigeland |
| ASTIGHT | Sun Oct 23, 2005 | Comparably tense | David J. Kahn |
| BANKABLE | Tue Mar 10, 2009 | Sure to bring in money | Thomas Takaro |
| BIOLABS | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Facilities overseen by the C.D.C. | Jeremy Newton |
| BONGJOONHO | Fri Apr 2, 2021 | First Korean to win the Best Director Oscar | Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes |
| BUTTERFLYSHRIMP | Tue Sep 21, 2010 | Entree on many a Chinese menu | Adam G. Perl |
| CHEWINGGUM | Sat Mar 29, 2025 | Wrigley field? | Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott |
| CLONEWAR | Sun May 14, 2023 | Conflict over seceding from the Galactic Republic, in sci-fi | Sid Sivakumar |
| CRUSTED | Wed Aug 2, 2017 | Like Parmesan on baked chicken, typically | Bruce Haight |
| CUTLERS | Sat Dec 8, 2007 | Sharp workers? | Barry C. Silk |
| DEALTOVER | Fri Aug 29, 2003 | Redistributed | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| DFW | Sun Aug 13, 2023 | Texas metroplex, to locals | Manaal Mohammed |
| DUNKIN | Tue May 20, 2025 | What "America runs on," in a franchise slogan | Rena Cohen |
| FINELINENS | Fri Feb 20, 2026 | Posh hotel room amenities | Kate Hawkins |
| GAMBA | Sat Oct 16, 2010 | Viola da ___ (old stringed instrument) | Patrick Berry |
| HEALUP | Wed May 19, 2021 | Form a scab, say | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| HEIMLICH | Thu Jun 17, 2010 | Eponymous doctor with a maneuver | Corey Rubin |
| HEREBEDRAGONS | Sat Aug 30, 2025 | Classic warning to a knight | Maddy Ziegler |
| IDEALITIES | Sat Jul 27, 1996 | Traits that rate 10's | F. Longo |
| IHADAHUNCH | Sun Jun 29, 2014 | "That's what my Spidey sense told me" | Byron Walden |
| ITSSATURDAYNIGHT | Sun Oct 11, 2015 | See 102-Across | David J. Kahn |
| JANI | Wed Mar 15, 1995 | Dec. 31 follower | Frances Hansen |
| LETITLOOSE | Sat Feb 16, 2013 | Triple-platinum Gloria Estefan album with "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" | Michael Ashley |
| MANTEE | Sat Aug 19, 1995 | Bogart in "The Petrified Forest" | Bryant White |
| MEISTER | Sat Jul 31, 2004 | Expert, slangily | Byron Walden |
| MOVIEFLOP | Thu Nov 25, 2004 | Turkey, to a critic | Nancy Salomon and Earl W. Reed |
| MUSICSCORE | Mon Sep 9, 2013 | It may be composed to accompany a movie | Gary Cee |
| NOMINE | Sun Jan 5, 2014 | In ___ Patris (prayer words) | Alan DerKazarian |
| PANNIERS | Sun Dec 21, 2003 | Large baskets | Frances Hansen |
| PLASTIQUE | Thu Mar 10, 2022 | DC Comics supervillain | John Westwig |
| REGEL | Sun Jul 7, 2019 | Touch up, as styled hair | Jack Reuter |
| SCRATCHPADS | Fri Jan 10, 2014 | Brainstorming session aids | Patrick Berry |
| SEAHOG | Sun Oct 22, 2023 | Porpoise, in old usage | Robert Ryan |
| SHOEADDICTS | Sat Jun 25, 2016 | Ones with wedge issues? | Kameron Austin Collins |
| SOBANOODLES | Sat Mar 23, 2019 | Japanese bowlful | David Steinberg |
| SOVIETBLOC | Fri Apr 25, 2025 | Cold War alliance | Adrian Johnson |
| STEMPIPELINE | Fri Apr 10, 2020 | Metaphorical source of the next generation of coders and researchers | Byron Walden |
| UPTOWNER | Mon Jun 4, 2001 | Northern Manhattan dweller, e.g. | Patrick Jordan |
| WHATSHISNAME | Fri Aug 4, 2000 | Whoosis | Jim Page |