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 50,565 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARBORISTS | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | Tree experts | Steven Ginzburg |
| AREYOUBLIND | Fri Aug 10, 2018 | Angry shout to an umpire | Damon Gulczynski |
| ASPIRATOR | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | Suction pump | Martin Schneider |
| ATNOPOINT | Tue Sep 20, 2022 | Not even once | Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi |
| BESPATTERED | Thu May 8, 2003 | Like a painter's smock | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BLACKISH | Sun Apr 14, 2019 | ABC sitcom about the Johnsons | Will Nediger |
| BUCKTHEODDS | Sun Jan 8, 2006 | The rodeo rider tried to | Michael Ashley |
| CHICOMARX | Fri May 30, 2008 | Old comedian known for his unique piano-playing style | Natan Last |
| CISWOMAN | Mon Sep 16, 2024 | One assigned female at birth and identifying as such | Robert Corridan |
| CONTAIN | Thu Dec 16, 1999 | Hold in check | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| COOKIN | Thu Apr 19, 2007 | "What's ___?" (informal greeting) | Henry Hook |
| CORIOLISFORCE | Sun Jan 17, 2016 | What causes storms to swirl in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres | Jeff Chen |
| COWORKER | Thu Mar 22, 2007 | Colleague | Karen M. Tracey |
| GETSFAR | Sun Nov 22, 1998 | Makes a lot of progress | Nelson Hardy |
| GIBER | Sun Nov 20, 2016 | One dishing out digs | Ed Sessa |
| HOMEBREWER | Sat Jul 12, 2025 | One might start fermenting in the kitchen | Katie Hoody |
| INFUSED | Sun Jan 23, 2022 | Like some vodkas | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| INTERBANK | Fri Jan 7, 2005 | Like wire transfers | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| IWASONLYKIDDING | Sun Feb 4, 2018 | "Jeez ... lighten up!" | David Levinson Wilk |
| JAIMES | Wed Oct 25, 2006 | Common Spanish boys' names | Adam G. Perl |
| JEFFBEZOS | Tue Jul 15, 2014 | Founder of 36-Across | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| LIONIZES | Thu Apr 20, 2023 | Praises to the heavens | Simeon Seigel |
| MADEFORTV | Sun Jun 4, 2017 | Like the movies "Brian's Song" and "Sharknado" | Tom McCoy |
| MUSICCRITIC | Sat Dec 18, 2004 | Person working in concert with others? | Dana Motley |
| OFFEREDUP | Sun Feb 17, 2002 | Sacrificed | Joe DiPietro |
| PAMELAS | Thu Dec 16, 2010 | Hollywood's Anderson and Reed | Charles Deber |
| PIGHEADED | Tue Aug 21, 2001 | Obstinate | Sarah Keller |
| RECURRINGDREAMS | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | ... AMBITION AMBITION AMBITION ... | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
| SANGFOR | Fri Mar 31, 2006 | Entertained, in a way | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| SHOOTTHEBULL | Mon Jul 10, 2023 | Chat idly | Brad Wiegmann |
| SNAPDECISION | Mon Feb 16, 2009 | What a person in an emergency might have to make | David Kwong |
| SOCCERBALLS | Thu Oct 31, 2019 | They get kicked around a lot | Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen |
| SONNETEER | Thu Dec 16, 2021 | Shakespeare, notably | Trenton Charlson |
| STALLOUT | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | Abruptly stop | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TABARET | Wed Oct 30, 1996 | Upholstery fabric | A. D. Cover |
| TASTING | Sun Aug 4, 2013 | With 37-Down, restaurant offering with many small dishes | Steven Ginzburg |
| TESTABLE | Sat Dec 15, 2007 | Subject to an assessment? | Rich Norris |
| THESEVENSAMURAI | Sat Nov 15, 2003 | 1954 Akira Kurosawa classic | Patrick Berry |
| THREEBLADERAZOR | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | Grooming tool jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1979 | Jacob Stulberg |
| UPANDQUIT | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | Abruptly resign | Byron Walden |