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 51,074 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDEL | Thu Nov 17, 2011 | Egypt's Gamal ___ Nasser | Patrick Merrell |
| ALOTTOMANAGE | Mon Jan 13, 2020 | Too much on one's plate | Alan Arbesfeld |
| APPLYFOR | Sat Sep 4, 2004 | Try to get | Patrick Berry |
| ARTICLEIII | Fri Oct 12, 2001 | Part of the Constitution covering judicial powers | Manny Nosowsky |
| BACKBURNER | Sun Apr 6, 2014 | Sleeping sunbather, at times? | Patrick Berry |
| BLUESUEDESHOES | Wed Aug 13, 1997 | 1956 Elvis song | Richard Silvestri |
| BUTCHY | Sun Mar 1, 2009 | Exaggeratedly masculine | Robert W. Harris |
| CARLREINER | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | ROB'S | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| CLADIN | Thu Feb 23, 2023 | Wearing | Joe Deeney |
| CLEAREDUP | Sat Mar 16, 2013 | Became fair | Julian Lim |
| CLOGDANCE | Fri Feb 21, 2014 | Stamp act? | Patrick Berry |
| CRIMINALIZATION | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Outlawing | Alex Vratsanos |
| DACTYLS | Wed Mar 4, 2015 | Poetic feet | Jeff Stillman |
| DATETREE | Mon Mar 18, 1996 | Oasis sight | S. L. Robbins |
| DROPPEDCALL | Sun Dec 28, 2014 | Lo____y | Joe Krozel |
| ELEMENTAL | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | Basic | Jeff Chen |
| FRAGILEEGOS | Fri Jul 4, 2003 | They're easily bruised | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FUNSPONGE | Sat Jul 28, 2018 | One who sucks the joy out of the room | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| GRAMMARIANS | Sun Jan 23, 1994 | TENSE STUDENTS? | Charles M. Deber |
| GREENBEER | Sat Mar 16, 2002 | It might wash down 17-/58-Across | Verna Suit |
| GRUBBER | Wed Apr 23, 2003 | Scrounging sort | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| HOMEWRECKERS | Tue Oct 26, 1999 | Women who go after other women's men | Kevin McCann |
| ISOTONES | Sat Sep 26, 2020 | Atoms that have the same number of neutrons | Kristian House |
| ITSELEMENTARY | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | "This doesn't exactly require a Ph.D." | Joe Krozel |
| JEREMIADS | Sun Sep 16, 2007 | Prolonged complaints | Mike Nothnagel |
| LUFTBALLONS | Wed Sep 9, 2020 | 99, in pop music | Jakob Weisblat |
| MADEABOOBOO | Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Slipped | John Guzzetta |
| MULLIGAN | Wed Sep 16, 2020 | Do-over | Paul Coulter |
| NIBBLERS | Wed Feb 6, 2019 | Dainty eaters | Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-Salners |
| NIDUS | Sat Jan 26, 2002 | Nest | Mark Diehl |
| OFFMIKE | Thu Jul 8, 2021 | Not amplified, in a way | John Lampkin |
| PACIFICRIM | Thu Oct 22, 1998 | Trade area of expanding importance | Chuck Deodene |
| READYFORTAKEOFF | Sun Jan 4, 1998 | "Prepare to do a spoof on airports" | Mark Danna |
| ROOTEDOUT | Thu Feb 8, 2007 | Expunged | Dan Reichert |
| RUBBERPENCIL | Mon Mar 31, 2003 | 34-Down for a bookkeeper? | Patrick Merrell |
| SEDANCHAIR | Mon Nov 10, 2003 | Seat carried on poles | Gail A. MacLean |
| THATREMINDSME | Wed Jun 5, 1996 | Phrase accompanying a finger-snap | G. R. Ferguson |
| TICKALLTHEBOXES | Sun Jul 5, 2020 | Be fully qualified ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| TRAPEZEARTIST | Fri May 13, 1994 | Swinging star | Randolph Ross |
| UBERBLACK | Tue Nov 21, 2023 | High-end ridesharing option | Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels |