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 50,731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKIOMORITA | Mon Jul 20, 2015 | Sony co-founder | John Westwig |
| BOBBYORR | Sat Nov 5, 2005 | N.H.L. defenseman who twice led the league in scoring | Patrick Berry |
| BOLLIXEDUP | Tue Mar 4, 2003 | Bungled | Alan Arbesfeld |
| COINCOLLECTOR | Sun May 23, 1999 | One who wants the crème de mint? | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| COTTAGEINDUSTRY | Wed May 28, 2003 | Making of handicrafts, say | Alan Arbesfeld |
| CRYSTALGEYSER | Tue Jan 20, 2015 | Evian competitor | Susan Gelfand |
| DISGORGE | Sun Mar 6, 2022 | Eject forcefully | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger |
| DOGGIEBAG | Tue Apr 15, 2014 | Holder of tomorrow's lunch, maybe | Gary Cee |
| FIRMRESOLVE | Wed Nov 30, 2005 | Tenacity | Seth A. Abel |
| FLEXTIME | Sat Feb 16, 2019 | Alternative to a 9-to-5 work schedule | Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb |
| FRONTAL | Sun May 5, 1996 | Direct | D. J. Kahn |
| GOLDIE | Wed Jun 10, 1998 | Hawn of Hollywood | Nancy S. Ross |
| GRAPHITE | Thu Dec 14, 2023 | The lead in pencils, actually | Esha Datta |
| GREATPLAINS | Fri Jan 7, 2011 | It's known as "the Prairies" in Canada | Joe DiPietro |
| GROUSES | Sun Mar 5, 1995 | Complains | A.J. Santora |
| HOOFER | Wed Jun 5, 1996 | Dancer, slangily | G. R. Ferguson |
| HUMANNATURE | Mon Mar 6, 2023 | Set of traits we all have ... or a two-part description of the answers to the starred clues? | Lynn Lempel |
| IRSAUDITORS | Wed Aug 31, 2016 | Taxpayers' bugaboos | Ned White |
| LATRINES | Sun Mar 25, 2012 | Army heads | Patrick Berry |
| MAJORDOMOS | Fri Sep 21, 2001 | Chief stewards | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| MAKEACCUSATIONS | Sat Apr 22, 2000 | Point fingers | Rich Norris |
| NEGGA | Sat Jan 25, 2020 | Actress Ruth of "Loving" | Stella Zawistowski |
| NOTUPTOSPEED | Sun Nov 12, 1995 | Doing poorly at the marathon | Randolph Ross |
| OHSANTA | Sat Aug 18, 2018 | Mariah Carey holiday song that was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit | Mark Diehl |
| OPTEDFOR | Thu Jan 28, 1999 | Chose | Henry Hook |
| PENSION | Mon Aug 9, 2004 | Money for retirement | M. Francis Vuolo |
| PLAXICO | Sun Jan 6, 2013 | The N.F.L.'s ___ Burress | Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| POISONPOWDER | Thu Aug 21, 2014 | Means of murder in some Agatha Christie novels | Jules P. Markey |
| POLARICECAP | Mon May 9, 2005 | Shrinking Arctic mass | Jim Hyres |
| RECIDIVISM | Sat Mar 24, 2018 | Concern of "three strikes" laws | Byron Walden |
| RUNGOOD | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Enjoy consistent, favorable luck, in poker lingo | Sam Trabucco |
| SMOKEUP | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Opposite of "make clear" | Rich Norris |
| STEGOSAURS | Sat Dec 28, 1996 | Museum of natural history exhibits | N. Joline |
| TACKSUP | Sat Oct 31, 1998 | Puts on the board | Joe DiPietro |
| TAKINGABACK | Sun Aug 1, 1999 | N.F.L. draft move? | Randolph Ross |
| TELLTO | Thu Jan 14, 2016 | Give, as instructions | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| THECOPS | Fri May 13, 1994 | Phrase after "Cheese it!" | Randolph Ross |
| THENINERS | Sun Mar 23, 2014 | Five-time Super Bowl champions, informally | Ian Livengood |
| WHALEBOATS | Wed Sep 23, 2020 | The Pequod and others | Margit Christenson |
| WYNETTE | Sun Apr 9, 2023 | Tammy who sang "Stand by Your Man" | John Ewbank |