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 50,381 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSOLUTISM | Fri Aug 19, 2011 | Moral theory that doesn't allow for shades of gray | Patrick Berry |
| ALABAMABORDER | Tue Aug 4, 2009 | The Chattahoochee River forms part of it | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ALDRINS | Sat Jan 20, 1996 | Insecticides | F. Longo |
| AWAKENING | Fri Feb 9, 2007 | Realization | Eric Berlin |
| BEEKEEPERS | Tue May 17, 2022 | Hive minders | Richard D. Allen |
| BEERGROWLER | Tue Apr 20, 2021 | Brewery jug | Adam Wagner |
| BRUTALITIES | Fri Jan 3, 2020 | Savage acts | Will Treece |
| BUBBLER | Sat Nov 17, 2007 | Drinking fountain | Brad Wilber |
| CASHES | Sat Aug 3, 2002 | Takes one's profits, with "in" | Patrick Berry |
| CATLIKEREFLEXES | Sat Jan 21, 2017 | They result in very fast response times | James Mulhern |
| COCOONED | Fri Jul 22, 2005 | Wrapped tightly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COOSBAY | Fri Aug 12, 2005 | Harbor town in Oregon | Manny Nosowsky |
| COYPU | Sun Feb 22, 1998 | South American rodent | Fred Piscop |
| DESPICABLEME | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | 2010 movie with a plot to steal the moon | Todd Gross |
| ESAR | Sun Jul 28, 1996 | Comic dictionary compiler Evan | N. S. Wizer |
| GARBAGEPAILKIDS | Wed Apr 22, 1998 | Line of collectible 1980's cards | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GODBE | Thu Aug 14, 2008 | "___ with you" (parting words) | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| GRINNING | Fri May 2, 2014 | Looking sheepish, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GUERILLAWARFARE | Mon Aug 1, 2022 | Tactic employed by the Vietcong | Garrett Chalfin |
| HITPIECES | Sat Feb 1, 2025 | Attacks in the press | Kate Chin Park and Rafael Musa |
| HULLABALLOO | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | Stink | Bob Peoples |
| INVETERATE | Thu Jul 14, 1994 | Dyed-in-the-wool | Daniel R. Stark |
| JAWAS | Thu Aug 27, 2020 | Scavengers on Luke Skywalker's home planet | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| JUMPERS | Thu Jul 25, 2019 | Some basketball shots ... and the theme of this puzzle | Erik Agard and Andy Kravis |
| MARKANTONY | Tue Oct 17, 2017 | Cleopatra's lover | Jeff Chen |
| MEANTTHEWORLDTO | Tue Jul 25, 2017 | Was loved by | Alex Vratsanos |
| PASTMASTERS | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | People of much experience | Patrick Berry |
| PEACETOWER | Fri Apr 26, 2019 | Ottawa landmark completed just after W.W. I | Kyle Dolan |
| PELVIC | Mon Nov 14, 2011 | Relating to the lower part of the upper body | Mark Feldman |
| PIQUET | Tue Apr 27, 2004 | Card game for two | Janet R. Bender |
| POCKETPASSER | Sun Dec 29, 2013 | Well-protected, nonrunning quarterback | Joel Fagliano |
| POROSITIES | Fri Mar 11, 1994 | Hollowness ratios | A.J. Santora |
| QUIETCAR | Tue Jul 4, 2023 | "Library-like" section of an Amtrak train | Barbara Lin |
| RIGOROUS | Fri May 28, 2004 | Disciplined | Manny Nosowsky |
| SIZESEVEN | Sun Dec 31, 2000 | It's smallish, dresswise | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TAPDANCES | Sat Dec 8, 2018 | Really clicks with a partner, say? | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| THEMEANINGOFLIFE | Tue May 14, 2019 | What the computer Deep Thought was programmed to figure out in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" | Damon Gulczynski |
| WEAKLINKS | Thu Nov 10, 2011 | Vulnerable parts | Tim Croce |
| WINNERS | Fri Oct 13, 2000 | People in circles? | Joe DiPietro |
| YOULOSTME | Mon Dec 29, 2014 | *"Wait, wait ... go back" | Peter A. Collins |