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 51,009 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKINETIC | Sun Dec 8, 2019 | Unable to move well | Emily Carroll |
| ANNCOULTER | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | "In Trump We Trust" author, 2016 | Joel Fagliano |
| ATROPHIED | Wed Apr 23, 2014 | Weakened due to inactivity | David J. Kahn |
| BATLIKE | Thu Oct 17, 2024 | Tall and pointy, as ears | August Lee-Kovach |
| BESTSELLERLIST | Thu Mar 24, 1994 | Readers' perusal | A.J. Santora |
| BODYMASSINDEX | Tue Apr 14, 2020 | Calculation using height and weight | Joe Hansen |
| BOTTOMDOLLAR | Fri Dec 23, 2022 | End of one's money | Brandon Koppy |
| BOZEMAN | Fri Apr 17, 2009 | Montana State University setting | Corey Rubin |
| CARPAYMENT | Sat May 21, 2022 | Rolls dough, perhaps? | Ryan McCarty and Yacob Yonas |
| CENTURYTWENTYONE | Sun Mar 22, 2009 | Big name in real estate | Joon Pahk and Matt Matera |
| COFFERS | Sun Apr 30, 2006 | Treasury | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| COLDFISH | Tue Sep 18, 2001 | Aloof sort | Jay Livingston |
| COLONNA | Wed Aug 13, 2003 | Jerry ___, mustachioed comedian with 8-Across | Charles E. Gersch |
| DEMOLAY | Fri Mar 19, 2004 | International young men's club | Manny Nosowsky |
| DEMOLITION | Mon Jun 8, 2015 | Job done with a wrecking ball | Peter A. Collins |
| FLYBYNIGHT | Sun Oct 26, 2025 | Awesome after dark? (Gen X) | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| GRAPHPAPER | Sun Jun 22, 2008 | PIANO BAR ___ TRAILHEAD | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| HADINMEMORY | Thu Feb 13, 1997 | What's KNEW? | F. Longo |
| HITRECORDS | Thu Feb 24, 1994 | Hot stuff | Stanley Newman |
| HOMEBASE | Mon Dec 22, 2003 | Catcher's position | Joy C. Frank |
| HOMEFORECLOSURE | Tue Dec 1, 2020 | *Devastating event in a real estate bust | Byron Walden |
| INTERREGNUM | Tue Mar 17, 2020 | Period during which a throne is vacant | Ross Trudeau |
| ITISABEAUTEOUSEVENING | Sun Dec 8, 2002 | 1807 Wordsworth poem | Peter Gordon |
| KANA | Sat Oct 18, 2003 | Japanese syllabic script | Myles Callum |
| KINDWORDS | Mon Sep 18, 2006 | Compliment | Dave Tuller |
| LEBED | Sun Oct 4, 1998 | Russian politician Alexander | Frank Longo |
| LETSPLAYTHEQUIETGAME | Sun Sep 18, 2022 | Librarian's go-to parenting phrase? | Katie Hale |
| MANQUE | Thu Nov 8, 2012 | Having failed aspirations | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| MILKFED | Fri Sep 30, 2005 | Like veal calves | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| MRPICKWICK | Thu May 1, 2008 | Club founder and president in an 1836 Dickens novel | Jim Leeds |
| MUDLARK | Sat May 23, 2026 | Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage | Kameron Austin Collins |
| NONJEWISH | Wed Mar 1, 2000 | Gentile | M. Francis Vuolo |
| OOCYTES | Sun Nov 30, 2014 | Eggs-to-be | Matt Ginsberg |
| PAPETERIE | Sat Oct 28, 2017 | Container for writing materials, such as fancy stationery | Roland Huget |
| RELOANED | Sat Dec 22, 2007 | Made further advances? | Harvey Estes |
| SEMIAXIS | Sat Apr 2, 2005 | One of a pair in an ellipse | Byron Walden |
| STATESPEOPLE | Tue Feb 1, 2005 | Ambassadors and such, or an appropriate title for this puzzle | Kevan Choset |
| TROLLDOLL | Sun Dec 17, 2023 | Fad figurine with colorful unkempt hair | Jeremy Newton |
| TRUSTING | Sat Apr 4, 2009 | Remaining leery of | Matt Ginsberg |
| YELLOWFLAG | Sun Jan 15, 2017 | Signal meaning "no disease on this ship" | Joel Fagliano |