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 50,537 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARPCARD | Sat Feb 23, 2019 | Evidence of eligibility for senior discounts | Sam Ezersky |
| ADDEDBONUSES | Mon Mar 28, 2022 | E+X+T+R+A+S | Leslie Rogers |
| AMSTELS | Sun Mar 27, 2011 | Dutch brews | Kevin G. Der |
| AQUITAINE | Sat Dec 27, 2025 | Historical region of southwestern France | Katie Hoody |
| BELTRAN | Sat Apr 18, 2009 | 1999 A.L. Rookie of the Year Carlos | Byron Walden |
| EXTREMELYCLOSE | Thu Jun 10, 2010 | 61-Across + 9-Across | Mike Nothnagel |
| FOLLOWINGTHECROWD | Sun Jan 26, 2003 | Behaving sheepishly? | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| GIVEEAR | Thu Sep 21, 2017 | Listen (to) | Matt Ginsberg |
| GOTAROUND | Tue Mar 6, 2001 | Bought drinks for everyone? | Ed Early |
| HEALED | Tue Jun 13, 1995 | Doctored | Trip Payne |
| HEORSHE | Sun Mar 2, 2025 | Binary pronoun options | Adam Wagner |
| HOTROCKS | Fri May 25, 2018 | 12x platinum compilation album by the Rolling Stones, familiarly | Jeff Chen |
| IDCHIPS | Fri Jun 17, 2022 | Aids in recovering lost pets | Pao Roy |
| IMTOBLAME | Fri Oct 6, 2023 | "That's on me" | Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom Pepper |
| INSHOCK | Sun Jan 22, 2017 | Reeling | Dan Schoenholz |
| INTHEFIRSTPLACE | Sun Mar 29, 1998 | To begin with | Robert H. Wolfe |
| INVENTION | Tue Jul 28, 2020 | Bubble gum in 1906, e.g. | Ross Trudeau |
| ISLEOF | Wed Oct 18, 1995 | Words before Man or Pines | Nancy S. Ross |
| LILJON | Sun Jul 8, 2012 | "Get Low" rapper | Joel Fagliano |
| MAGICALREALISM | Fri Jun 23, 2023 | Genre for Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami | Kunal Nabar |
| MARRYUP | Sat May 21, 2022 | Climb the social ladder, in a way | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| MMMMMMGOOD | Mon Aug 23, 2004 | "Dee-licious!" | Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald |
| NOSURPRISETHERE | Tue Oct 9, 2018 | "Just as I expected!" | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| ONACCOUNT | Sun Nov 1, 2020 | Because (of) | Julian Lim |
| OUAGADOUGOU | Sat May 1, 2004 | Capital of 17-Across | Byron Walden |
| PRETENDERS | Fri Mar 17, 2023 | Wannabes | Carter Cobb |
| RAISESAHAND | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Threatens violence | Byron Walden |
| REUS | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | Defendant at law | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ROSSET | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Tennis ace Marc | Frank A. Longo |
| RVING | Wed Apr 1, 2020 | Enjoying the great outdoors ... indoors | John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell |
| SHAQATTAQ | Tue Sep 13, 2016 | O'Neal's memoir of his N.B.A. rookie year | Stanley Newman |
| SILKINESS | Thu Dec 28, 2006 | Hair quality promised by some shampoos | Ed Early |
| SOLIDREASONING | Mon Jun 7, 2004 | Logic | Lynn Lempel |
| TALKSTRASH | Thu Jan 11, 2018 | Engages in some pregame banter | Sam Trabucco |
| THETURNINGPOINT | Thu Mar 7, 1996 | Rotarian's favorite movie of 1977? | C. Millhauser |
| THREADED | Sun Dec 12, 2004 | Like some nuts | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| UNNEAT | Tue Mar 26, 1996 | Messy | J. S. Marrone |
| VERVES | Sun Dec 1, 2002 | Panaches | David J. Kahn |
| WORKWITHOUTANET | Thu Nov 22, 2001 | "Romeo and Juli"? | Richard Silvestri |
| WRONGWAY | Mon Jan 22, 2007 | Road sign #2 | C. W. Stewart |