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 50,421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABLEISM | Sun Dec 3, 2023 | Accessibility concern | Tracy Bennett |
| BABYJANE | Thu Oct 11, 2001 | 1962 Bette Davis title role | Nancy S. Ross |
| BATSFOR | Sun Dec 15, 2019 | Takes the plate in place of | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| BILLMAHER | Thu Apr 2, 2020 | TV host once with an "Explaining Jokes to Idiots" segment | Evan Mahnken |
| BREADBOX | Wed Feb 5, 2003 | Classic item in size comparisons | Ron O'Hair |
| BRITISHHUMOR | Thu Jun 22, 2023 | Feature of "Monty Python" and "Peep Show" | Michael Baker and Jeff Chen |
| CANTHACKIT | Sat Sep 7, 2013 | Is unable to cut the mustard | Julian Lim |
| CATENA | Sat Oct 21, 2000 | Connected series | Bob Klahn |
| COMBINEDFORCES | Thu Oct 17, 2019 | MILITIARMY | Randolph Ross |
| CRABWALK | Tue Apr 16, 2013 | Proceed on all fours, in a way | Peter Broda |
| FATFINGER | Fri Jul 5, 2019 | Cause of typos, humorously | Freddie Cheng |
| FILCHES | Fri Nov 22, 2002 | Cops | Sherry O. Blackard |
| FORGOLD | Thu Nov 7, 2002 | See 44-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| HEAPON | Thu Jun 7, 2012 | Add liberally to | Joe Krozel |
| HERESHOWTOORDER | Fri Dec 13, 2013 | Line near the end of an infomercial | Gary Cee |
| INTRIGUE | Thu Nov 14, 2002 | Cloak-and-dagger doings | Paula Gamache |
| OFFWITHHERHEAD | Mon May 1, 2017 | Apt cry for 41-Across | Ed Sessa |
| ONACONTINUUM | Thu Jul 26, 2012 | Situated somewhere between two extremes | Joel Fagliano |
| PATERNITY | Thu Jun 4, 2015 | Kind of test | Joe Krozel |
| PEACEGARDEN | Mon Jun 22, 1998 | North Dakota tourist attraction | Shannon Burns |
| PIANET | Tue Aug 30, 2016 | Electric keyboard heard on "I Am the Walrus" | Roland Huget |
| PREPARED | Sat Aug 3, 2024 | Ready | Rich Norris |
| RATAL | Sat Jul 15, 1995 | Tax determinant, in Britain | Rand H. Burns |
| SALADFORKS | Sun Jun 5, 2022 | Things often next to napkins in place settings | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| SEPTEMBERSONG | Thu Mar 2, 2000 | Hit by Maxwell Anderson and 64-Across | Frances Hansen |
| SHOVERS | Wed Aug 28, 2024 | They pu_ _ _ _ _ _ _tuff | Jesse Goldberg |
| SLAPJACK | Sat Apr 30, 2016 | Raucous card game | Mark Diehl |
| SPEAKERSOFTHEHOUSE | Sun Dec 10, 2023 | The sound engineer was obsessed with the ... | Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen |
| SQUIRCLE | Sat Apr 27, 2024 | Hybrid shape with straight edges and rounded corners | Rich Norris |
| STAGNES | Fri May 7, 2010 | Symbol of chastity | Tyler Hinman |
| SUFFICES | Fri Oct 6, 2006 | Will do | Nancy Joline |
| TAKINGASTAB | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | Trying | Randolph Ross |
| THATSANONO | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | "Don't do it!" | Tim Croce |
| THEDOCTORWILLSEEYOU | Sun Dec 5, 1999 | Vision of the future in medicine? | Joe DiPietro |
| THEPOOR | Fri Sep 13, 2019 | Target demographic of many social programs | Anne and Daniel Larsen |
| TROOPWITHDRAWAL | Thu Nov 16, 1995 | Peace overture, perhaps | Rich Norris |
| WHEELIES | Mon Oct 21, 2002 | Cyclists pop them | Peter Sarrett |
| WHITEPRIVILEGE | Sat Mar 11, 2017 | Modern topic in race relations | Natan Last |
| WINDBORNE | Tue Jan 27, 2009 | Like the dust in a dust storm | Jim Hyres |
| WINSOUT | Fri Jun 8, 2001 | Has the last laugh | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |