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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEERTAXES | Sun Mar 6, 1994 | Excises of a sort | Frances Hansen |
| BOWWOWWOW | Thu Feb 16, 2023 | Band with the 1982 hit "I Want Candy" | Kevin Patterson |
| BULKUP | Sat Aug 3, 2019 | Eat lots of protein and carbs, say | Ryan McCarty |
| CACHINNATE | Thu Aug 27, 2020 | Laugh uproariously | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| CAKIER | Thu Mar 2, 2017 | Having more clumpiness | Peter Gordon |
| CAPNUTS | Thu May 18, 2000 | Rounded bolt covers | Patrick D. Berry |
| COLLEGEGRAD | Sat Dec 21, 2024 | One who's made it to some degree? | Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein |
| CONVOKED | Sat Sep 11, 1999 | Called | Rich Norris |
| COSMICAL | Sun Mar 26, 2006 | Measureless | Patrick Berry |
| DOESNTMATTER | Fri Apr 14, 2023 | "Either is fine, honestly" | Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock |
| EZERWEIZMAN | Fri Aug 22, 2014 | Mideast president who wrote "The Battle for Peace," 1981 | Sam Ezersky |
| FARSIGHTED | Sun Oct 19, 2003 | The estate planner was ... | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| FIRSTPASTTHEPOST | Sun Oct 2, 2016 | Like a simple-majority voting system | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| FUNERAL | Thu Nov 20, 2008 | Occasion to say goodbye | Pete Muller |
| GAWKY | Thu Jun 25, 2020 | Nervously awkward | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| HADATALK | Sun Aug 5, 2007 | Conversed | Caroline Leong |
| HALLELUJAH | Mon Aug 11, 2014 | "Thank God Almighty!" | David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon |
| HAVEAPLAN | Sat Jun 25, 2022 | Go in prepared | Adam Aaronson |
| INSERVICEDAYS | Thu Feb 13, 2020 | Times when teachers go to school but students don't | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni |
| KIRIBATI | Fri May 13, 2005 | Republic on the Equator | Robert H. Wolfe |
| LEADINGNOWHERE | Wed Aug 5, 2026 | & 14 Ultimately fruitless | Daniel Bodily |
| LOOSETILE | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Bathroom item on a honey-do list | Mark Diehl |
| LOSTCAUSES | Wed Feb 2, 2022 | They're hopeless | Meredith Colton Hazy |
| LOTTOODDS | Wed Aug 12, 1998 | 25 million to 1, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LOWRENTS | Thu May 25, 2000 | New York City rarities | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| MARYASTOR | Sun Oct 17, 2010 | Oscar-winning actress for "The Great Lie," 1941 | Patrick Blindauer |
| MEANGIRL | Tue May 15, 2018 | Rachel McAdams or Amanda Seyfried role in a 2004 comedy | Garry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| NEONYELLOW | Fri Feb 17, 2017 | Highlighter color | David Steinberg |
| NOENTRANCE | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Sign to turn back | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NOTWHILE | Tue Mar 22, 2005 | With 24-Across, song from 18-Across | David J. Kahn |
| OVERSELL | Tue Apr 1, 2008 | Push too hard, as an argument | Manny Nosowsky |
| PEDES | Wed Nov 21, 2001 | Zoological feet | M. Francis Vuolo |
| PIERRECORNEILLE | Thu Apr 28, 1994 | 17th-century dramatist | Randy Sowell |
| PLOPPED | Sat Jan 11, 1997 | Fell heavily | R. Norris |
| PONDSCUM | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | Dirty film | Sid Sivakumar |
| THEEDGEOFREASON | Wed Mar 30, 2005 | Borderline logic? | Richard Silvestri |
| THEORIOLES | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doo-wop group from Baltimore | Byron Walden |
| ULTIMAS | Fri May 25, 2012 | Concluding syllables | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| WHATLLIDO | Sat May 11, 2002 | 1924 Irving Berlin tune | Mark Diehl |
| YEAROFTHEDRAGON | Sat Feb 10, 2024 | 2024, e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |