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 50,665 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTEDBIG | Thu Nov 8, 2018 | Played the tough guy | Sam Ezersky |
| ALLOCATOR | Fri Apr 16, 2004 | Budgeter, in a way | Ed Early |
| ASAHARA | Sun Apr 7, 1996 | Japanese cult leader Shoko | C. Millhauser |
| BACKGROUNDSOUND | Wed Jul 23, 2014 | *Crowd noise, for example | Howard Barkin |
| BETTERIDEA | Fri Oct 5, 2007 | Alternative that should be followed | Lynn Lempel |
| BLASTFURNACE | Sat Oct 2, 2010 | Coke product maker | Barry C. Silk |
| COEXISTED | Fri Oct 31, 2014 | Didn't kill each other | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| COMPOTES | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | Fruity desserts | Michael Schlossberg |
| DASHTO | Tue Dec 5, 2006 | Approach at a clip | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| DECISIONFATIGUE | Wed Nov 29, 2023 | Modern term for the psychological exhaustion showcased in this puzzle's theme | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin |
| DESMANS | Sat Oct 26, 1996 | Animals related to shrews | D. Niles |
| DONAGHY | Fri May 22, 2020 | Jack ___, Alec Baldwin's "30 Rock" role | Hal Moore |
| DONTMISSABEAT | Mon Dec 4, 2023 | Keep going without faltering one bit | Sean Ziebarth |
| ELEGANTSOLUTION | Mon Sep 15, 2025 | Ingenious fix (San Francisco) | Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman |
| ETHERIC | Sat Nov 13, 1999 | Clear, as a sky | Jim Page |
| EVENSTEVENS | Tue Mar 1, 2016 | 2000-03 Disney Channel series with Shia LaBeouf | Freddie Cheng |
| FLASHFIRE | Sat Mar 14, 2009 | Result of a combustion explosion | Barry C. Silk |
| ICANTRESIST | Fri Feb 19, 2021 | Comment before indulging | Amanda Rafkin |
| ISPOKETOOSOON | Fri Jul 29, 2022 | "Well, my comment sure sounds dumb now ..." | Robyn Weintraub |
| JERSEYSWAP | Fri Jan 3, 2025 | Postgame photo op between two opposing players | Colin Adams |
| JOHNTHEBAPTIST | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Last of the Hebrew prophets, in Christian belief | Frank A. Longo |
| LOTINLIFE | Sat Jul 18, 2020 | Kismet | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| MADEMAGIC | Sat Jul 9, 2022 | Achieved something wondrous | Kevin G. Der |
| MANANDSUPERMAN | Wed Dec 1, 2004 | 1903 Shaw play | Roy Leban |
| MOVINGTARGET | Sun Nov 22, 2015 | Mark that's hard to hit | Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen |
| NONLEVEL | Sun Jun 6, 1999 | Unbalanced | David J. Kahn |
| PENOLOGISTS | Thu Jul 6, 2000 | Ones looking at sentences | Patrick Berry |
| POMERANIAN | Fri Nov 18, 2022 | Toy from a place that no longer exists | Robyn Weintraub |
| PUDDLEJUMPERS | Fri Mar 17, 2006 | Short-hop specialists | John Farmer |
| PUTTING | Wed Jul 7, 2010 | Green skill | Will Nediger |
| REDHILLS | Sat Dec 24, 2005 | Prairie region in Kansas rich in gypsum and iron | Byron Walden |
| RIGHTSIZE | Thu Apr 4, 2002 | Set at the proper level, as a work force | Trip Payne |
| SLIGHTMISTAKE | Tue Aug 20, 2002 | Boo-boo | Bob Peoples |
| SPORTCAR | Sun Feb 4, 2001 | 12-Down, for one | Frank A. Longo |
| THEGOLDENSPIKE | Fri Dec 20, 2024 | Symbol of America's first transcontinental railroad | Henry Josephson |
| THELAWISAASS | Mon Aug 28, 2017 | Notable (and grammatically incorrect) declaration by Mr. Bumble in "Oliver Twist" | Dan Margolis |
| THELOCUSTTREEINFLOWER | Sun May 10, 2015 | 1935 poem with one word per line ... as spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters | Jacob Stulberg |
| VERMI | Sat Dec 17, 1994 | Worm: Prefix | Chuck Deodene |
| WARMBLOODED | Wed Sep 11, 2013 | Endothermic | Patrick Blindauer |
| WIFFLE | Sat May 25, 2024 | ___ ball | David P. Williams |