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 51,195 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIBIOTIC | Fri Sep 1, 2000 | Protection from bugs | Joe DiPietro |
| ARWEN | Sat Nov 20, 2021 | Daughter of Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| ASSS | Sat May 25, 1996 | ___-ear (tropical abalone) | F. Piscop |
| AYRE | Sun Sep 15, 1996 | Point of ___ (British lighthouse site) | A. K. Justin |
| BALLOONARTIST | Fri Jun 5, 2020 | One whose work is always blowing up? | John Wrenholt |
| BANDMATE | Fri Jan 14, 2022 | One playing second fiddle, perhaps | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
| BLUECHIPS | Fri Mar 28, 2014 | Relatively low-risk investments | David J. Kahn |
| CATSANDDOGS | Fri Feb 2, 2007 | See 25-Down | David J. Kahn |
| CHAIRYOGA | Fri Feb 8, 2019 | Way to get fit while you sit | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| CHIFFONCAKE | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | It provides a light finish | Byron Walden |
| CONTENDS | Fri Feb 4, 1994 | Is in the running | Joe Clonick |
| DOCTORATEDEGREE | Mon May 29, 2000 | Academic accomplishment, redundantly | Randall J. Hartman |
| DOORMAN | Thu Apr 1, 2021 | Quite a job, you have to admit? | Sam Ezersky |
| ENUMERATED | Sun Aug 15, 2004 | Listed | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FANTASTS | Sat May 7, 2005 | Visionaries | Patrick Berry |
| FINELINE | Sun May 8, 2016 | Very small distinction | David J. Kahn |
| GLOATOVER | Fri Aug 26, 2011 | Show poor sportsmanship about, say | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| GNOSTIC | Sun May 2, 2010 | Early Christian | Kelsey Blakley |
| HECKYEAH | Fri Jan 9, 2026 | "You better believe it!" | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis |
| KOREANAIR | Sat Apr 13, 2019 | Carrier with a yin/yang symbol in its logo | Debbie Ellerin |
| MARSHLAND | Tue Mar 18, 2003 | Everglades | William Schaub |
| MEETJOHNDOE | Tue Jan 24, 2012 | 1941 Frank Capra film | Alex Boisvert |
| MINIMAP | Thu Mar 27, 2025 | Video game navigation aid | Brad Lively |
| MIXMASTER | Wed Aug 15, 2018 | STREAM | Kathy Wienberg |
| MOTORCITY | Sun Jun 2, 2019 | Center of the U.S. auto industry | Erik Agard |
| MOVIENIGHT | Sun Jun 5, 2016 | Setting for a watch? | Tom McCoy |
| MYDEARWATSON | Tue Apr 25, 2006 | See 18-Across | Kevan Choset |
| NEEDLETRADE | Sat Oct 13, 2001 | Tailor's business | Jim Page |
| OVEROPINIONATED | Fri Mar 25, 2022 | Conceitedly dogmatic | Evans Clinchy |
| POSTHOLE | Thu Nov 4, 2010 | Fence builder's starting point | Mike Nothnagel |
| REWATER | Sat Jul 25, 1998 | Hose again | Robert H. Wolfe |
| STRINGSECTION | Thu Sep 20, 2018 | Group that bows onstage | Sam Ezersky |
| SUH | Wed Nov 20, 2013 | Ndamukong ___, 2010 N.F.L. Defensive Rookie of the Year | Peter A. Collins |
| SUMMITMEETING | Mon May 26, 1997 | Heads of state get-together | Eileen Lexau |
| SUPERC | Wed Apr 23, 2014 | Very high trumpet note | David J. Kahn |
| SWEETLOVE | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | Amore from Anita Baker, 1986 | D. Niles |
| THUNDERTHIGHS | Sun Jan 20, 2002 | Nickname opposite of Beanpole | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TRUSTING | Sat Apr 4, 2009 | Remaining leery of | Matt Ginsberg |
| UNTAPERED | Thu Nov 9, 1995 | Full, as clothes | Bob Sefick |
| WADINGBIRD | Sun Apr 25, 2004 | Pink flamingo, for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |