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 50,389 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APTITUDETESTS | Sun Jan 29, 1995 | Exams for would-be workers | Bryant White |
| BCCI | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Initials in a 1991 financial scandal | D. Niles |
| BRACEYOURSELF | Sun Dec 7, 2014 | *"I have some bad news ..." | Jeff Chen |
| BRAZO | Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Spanish arm | B. White |
| BUSIES | Fri Dec 22, 1995 | Keeps occupied | A.J. Santora |
| CARCOVER | Sat Oct 8, 2005 | Shroud of Torino? | Byron Walden |
| CASHINONESCHIPS | Mon Dec 7, 2020 | Use French fries as legal tender? | Barbara Lin |
| CHILDHOODMEMORY | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | Learning to ride a bike, perhaps | Ryan Judge |
| CLXI | Thu Feb 1, 2001 | Year Marcus Aurelius became emperor | Frances Hansen |
| DAGGERS | Thu Sep 3, 1998 | Printers' marks sometimes called obelisks | Manny Nosowsky |
| DRAMATICIRONY | Fri Nov 1, 2002 | "Oedipus Rex" uses it | Joe DiPietro |
| EPEEISTS | Tue Aug 4, 2020 | Certain Olympic athletes since 1900 | Jacob Stulberg |
| EUCALYPTUSTREES | Sat Dec 24, 2022 | Bush growths | Trenton Charlson |
| FARING | Sun Feb 26, 2023 | Getting along | Will Nediger |
| FIREFLIES | Sun Jun 21, 2020 | "___ in the Garden" (Robert Frost poem) | Byron and Harrison Walden |
| FIXIEBIKE | Sat Feb 20, 2016 | Single-speed two-wheeler | James Mulhern |
| GOOGLEPLEX | Sat May 2, 2015 | Corporate headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. | Barry C. Silk |
| HOWCANIBESURE | Sun Jun 18, 1995 | Young Rascals question, 1967 | Rich Norris |
| HUASTEC | Thu Oct 26, 2006 | Mexican Indian tribe | Todd McClary and Dave Tuller |
| MARIOANDRETTI | Mon Nov 17, 2014 | Sporting champion with a drive for success? | Tom McCoy |
| MAURICESENDAK | Tue Dec 16, 2014 | Children's author/illustrator with a National Medal of Arts | Joel D. Lafargue |
| NOMINATES | Sun Sep 13, 2020 | Puts forward | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| PHILJACKSON | Mon Sep 29, 2025 | Coach of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant | Brian Keller |
| POUNDERS | Tue May 29, 2012 | Quarter ___ (McDonald's orders) | Daniel A. Finan |
| REBURSTS | Sun Jan 29, 1995 | Breaks violently again | Bryant White |
| SANDSOFTIME | Sun Apr 3, 2022 | Metaphor from an hourglass | Byron Walden |
| SCREWTHAT | Sat Sep 20, 2025 | "Hell no!" | Katie Hoody |
| STEALSUPON | Sun Jan 26, 2025 | Approaches furtively | Rich Proulx |
| SYLLOGISM | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | A = B, B = C, ergo A = C, e.g. | August Lee-Kovach |
| TALCUMS | Sat Mar 5, 2016 | Choices in the baby department | Roland Huget |
| TALLYHOS | Fri Nov 23, 2001 | Cries while hunting | Byron L. Walden |
| TANKTOPS | Mon Jul 23, 2007 | Sleeveless shirts | Randall J. Hartman |
| THREADED | Sun Dec 12, 2004 | Like some nuts | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| TROLLEYS | Tue May 15, 2018 | Relatives of cable cars | Garry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| VERYWELL | Sun Jan 27, 2013 | "Fine, have it your way!" | Jeff Chen |
| WALKSATIGHTROPE | Mon Dec 13, 1999 | Takes risks | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| WENTTOIT | Sat Oct 13, 2018 | Got cracking | Kevin G. Der |
| WETSPONGES | Sat May 6, 1995 | Carwash supplies | Randolph Ross |
| WILMAFLINTSTONE | Fri Jul 20, 2012 | Maker of gravelberry pies | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| YANGON | Thu Feb 9, 2006 | Myanmar's capital | Ethan Cooper |