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 51,027 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABATABLE | Fri Nov 16, 2001 | Subject to reduction | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BAZOOKAS | Fri Jan 7, 2000 | Antitank weapons | Manny Nosowsky |
| BOMBSHELLANNOUNCEMENT | Sun Aug 1, 2004 | The candidate called reporters in for a ___ | Randolph Ross |
| CCAND | Sun Apr 3, 1994 | "_____ Company" (Namath film) | Ernie Furtado |
| CHOOSY | Wed Jul 18, 2018 | Hard to please | David Steinberg |
| EARLYLEAD | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | "And they're off! Ace Detective has the ___!" | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| EPICHEROES | Mon Apr 27, 2020 | Odysseus and King Arthur, for two | Ed Sessa |
| FLENSER | Wed May 1, 1996 | Blubber stripper | F. Piscop |
| GOODOLDDAYS | Wed Dec 17, 2008 | Yesteryear, nostalgically | John Farmer |
| HITOUT | Fri Jul 3, 2026 | Strongly criticize, with "at" | Barbara Lin |
| IBMWORKERS | Thu Jul 1, 1999 | Big Blue employees | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ILLITERATI | Fri Oct 18, 2019 | Epithet for the uninformed | Jamey Smith |
| ITSGOTAGOODBEAT | Wed May 30, 2012 | With 38- and 59-Across, typical opinion about a record on 40-/14-Across | David J. Kahn |
| KINGOFCLUBS | Thu Jul 28, 1994 | Sandwich fit for royalty? | Bryant White |
| LAMARCK | Sat Apr 20, 2013 | Naturalist who coined the term "invertebrate" | David Steinberg |
| LESSTHANSTELLAR | Sat Dec 23, 2023 | Mediocre at best | Will Nediger |
| LOGINS | Thu Dec 1, 2011 | Times going onto a secure site | Elizabeth A. Long |
| LOUISIANAPARISH | Mon Jul 27, 2009 | Lafayette or Orleans | Allan E. Parrish |
| MALEINDIVIDUAL | Sun Jan 11, 1998 | Mayun? | Nancy Joline and Peg Conner |
| MARRIEDTOTHEMOB | Fri Nov 3, 1995 | 1988 Jonathan Demme film | David J. Kahn |
| MASTERKEYS | Sat Nov 4, 2006 | Custodian's charge | Rich Norris |
| MOLELIKE | Sun Apr 5, 1998 | Given to burrowing, maybe | David J. Kahn |
| MOROS | Sun Jul 23, 2006 | Some Filipinos | Fred Piscop |
| NEAREARTH | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Like some asteroids | Peter Gordon |
| NEWCOLOSSUS | Mon Oct 28, 1996 | Poem inscribed on 17-Across, with "The" | R. Norris |
| NOWIKNOWMYABCS | Thu Mar 29, 2012 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across | Milo Beckman |
| OBAMABIDEN | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonants | Sam Buchbinder |
| PONTNEUF | Mon Apr 2, 2018 | 62-Across bridge | Jason Mueller |
| POPSUGAR | Sun Jan 4, 2026 | Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website | Gene Louise De Vera |
| ROBLE | Sun May 14, 2000 | White oak | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| ROCKETLAUNCHES | Sun Jun 16, 2024 | BOOSTER, BOTTLE, HOUSTON, MODEL? | Chandi Deitmer and Wyna Liu |
| SEEDEDTEAMS | Tue Jan 28, 2025 | The 68 participants in the N.C.A.A. March Madness tournament, e.g. | Dan Margolis |
| SKITTERY | Sun Oct 5, 2003 | Easily frightened | Richard Silvestri |
| SLIMSDOWN | Tue Jun 4, 2024 | Gets thinner | Daniel Bodily |
| SOLIDASAROCK | Tue May 4, 1999 | Gibraltar-ish? | Gayle Dean |
| STATETHEOBVIOUS | Sat May 19, 2007 | Say something to which people reply "Duh!" | Byron Walden |
| STEPHENREA | Fri Feb 11, 2011 | Loser to Al Pacino for Best Actor of 1992 | Adam Cohen |
| THINONTOP | Sat May 6, 2017 | Balding | Joe DiPietro |
| ZAPOTECAN | Sat Sep 12, 2020 | Mesoamerican language family with about half a million speakers | Ryan McCarty |
| ZESTFORLIFE | Tue Jan 15, 2008 | Joie de vivre | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |