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 50,505 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AOSCOTT | Tue May 31, 2016 | Longtime New York Times film critic | Sarah Keller |
| ATONESPEAK | Thu Aug 30, 2018 | Performing flawlessly | Grant Thackray |
| AVOIDABLE | Sat May 18, 2002 | Not predestined | Trip Payne |
| BATTLESCARS | Sat May 11, 2024 | Proof of past trauma | Billy Bratton |
| BOARDMEETINGS | Tue Sep 2, 2014 | Gatherings in which C.E.O.'s are chosen | Ethan Cooper |
| CONVENTIONGOERS | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Delegates | Frank Longo |
| COTTONTIE | Sat May 30, 2020 | Lightweight option for a suit | Brian Thomas |
| CROONED | Sat Nov 26, 2005 | Sang | Rich Norris |
| DEEPSPACENINE | Fri Jun 30, 1995 | 90's TV spinoff series | Rich Norris |
| ENTAILING | Thu Aug 14, 2008 | Making necessary | Damon J. Gulczynski |
| FIREDOOR | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | Emergency safeguard | Derrick Niederman |
| FLAMEOUT | Sat Apr 1, 2023 | Bomb | Wyna Liu and Joel Fagliano |
| FLEEK | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | On ___ (looking great, in slang) | Jeff Jerome and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FROTHINGATTHEMOUTH | Thu Sep 13, 2018 | Incensed | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| GALLIVANTED | Fri Dec 22, 2017 | Went from place to place | Sam Trabucco |
| GLYPHS | Sun Sep 9, 2012 | Some ancient carvings | Kevin G. Der |
| HULKOUT | Sun Dec 27, 2009 | Become enraged, as a comic book figure | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| IMPREGNATE | Sun Dec 3, 1995 | Fertilize | Martin Schneider |
| INTERESTRATECUT | Sat Jun 9, 2018 | Fed decision that spurs growth | Roland Huget |
| MATERIALGIRL | Mon May 8, 2006 | Madonna, with "the" | Norm Guggenbiller |
| MINEMINEMINE | Tue Mar 30, 2021 | Greedy person's cry | Alex Rosen and Brad Wilber |
| MONOMER | Mon Oct 22, 2018 | Amino acid vis-à-vis a protein, e.g. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| MUSICROW | Sun Jan 19, 2025 | Nashville neighborhood known for its many recording studios | Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar |
| OPENNOTE | Wed Jul 18, 2018 | Not requiring memorization, as a test | David Steinberg |
| ORANGELOS | Wed Jul 21, 2021 | Hybrid citrus fruits | Alex Vratsanos |
| PACIFICPALISADES | Sun Aug 21, 2005 | Community abutting Santa Monica | Byron Walden |
| PAULINA | Wed Jan 1, 2014 | Model Porizkova | Peter A. Collins |
| QUARTERMASTERGENERAL | Sun Jul 20, 2008 | Army supply officer | Barry C. Silk |
| SILTUP | Wed Sep 8, 2021 | Clog with sediment | Lee Taylor |
| SIPCHAMPAGNE | Sun Dec 30, 2001 | What a celebrant may do at 16-Down | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| STATIONARY | Thu May 16, 2019 | Inert | Jeff Chen |
| STRONGSUIT | Tue Feb 21, 1995 | Forte | Martin Schneider |
| SURETHINGS | Tue Jul 26, 2016 | *Really safe bets | Bruce Haight |
| THESHARPERIMAGE | Thu Mar 3, 2016 | High-tech home gadget company | Andrew Zhou |
| TRIPLESPACE | Tue Jul 31, 2007 | *Line formatting option | Allan E. Parrish |
| ULANUDE | Sat Aug 8, 2009 | Capital of the Buryat Republic | Karen M. Tracey |
| WASHABLES | Sat Aug 5, 2006 | Hamper contents | Trip Payne |
| WEDDINGOATH | Thu Jul 22, 1999 | It's taken during 42-Across | M. Preston Sherwood |
| WEREINLUCK | Mon Jul 29, 2019 | "How fortunate for us!" | Bruce Haight |
| WIGGED | Tue Aug 22, 2000 | Like a London jurist | Ed Early |