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 51,069 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAAUGH | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Strip's cry of disgust | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague |
| AMBULATING | Mon Jul 10, 1995 | Walking | Sidney L. Robbins |
| ANNOYANCE | Tue Dec 3, 2019 | Pebble in one's shoe, e.g. | Ed Sessa |
| BALDTIRES | Sat May 1, 2021 | They're worn on the road | Ryan McCarty |
| BIGTICKETITEM | Sat Jan 20, 2018 | One taking a lot of credit, maybe? | Alex Vratsanos |
| BLACKWATER | Sat Nov 29, 1997 | 1975 #1 hit for the Doobie Brothers | Rich Norris |
| BLOODTYPE | Fri Oct 23, 2020 | B+ or A- | Robyn Weintraub |
| BOUQUET | Thu Oct 25, 2001 | A ___ of pheasants | John Scott Marrone |
| BROWNIEBATTER | Sat Jun 8, 2024 | Mix in the kitchen | Daniel Sheremeta |
| CHEESEIT | Sun Nov 30, 2003 | Warning cry | Manny Nosowsky |
| CHOSEUP | Thu Feb 27, 2014 | Formed, as schoolyard teams, say | Stanley Newman |
| COCHISE | Tue Dec 10, 1996 | Apache chief | D. Niles |
| CRACKAJOKE | Fri Aug 20, 1999 | What you may do for laughs | Manny Nosowsky |
| CRAMIN | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | Add with force | John Hawksley |
| DATACENTERS | Sat May 20, 2023 | Places for networking | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| DOORKEYS | Fri Jan 31, 2020 | Building super's ringful | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| DOWNSTREAM | Tue Apr 5, 2005 | Toward the mouth | Harvey Estes |
| ELDRIDGECLEAVER | Sat Jun 1, 1996 | Noted 60's activist | B. Klahn |
| ENHANCEMENT | Sun Jul 24, 2016 | Bettering | David Steinberg |
| EVILOMENS | Sun Oct 20, 2019 | Dark forebodings | Natan Last |
| FINESSESHOT | Sat Jun 4, 2016 | Half-volley in tennis, e.g. | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| GAUDIEST | Thu May 3, 2018 | Most over the top | Emily Carroll |
| GETSUPSET | Fri Dec 7, 2012 | Sees red, say | Peter Wentz |
| GURNEYS | Sat Mar 31, 2001 | Hospital supplies | Rich Norris |
| HALFREST | Wed Dec 8, 1999 | Rectangular score marking | Fred Piscop |
| ILIKEITLIKETHAT | Sat Sep 25, 2010 | 1965 top 10 hit for the Dave Clark Five | Patrick Berry |
| IMPACTORS | Sun Dec 17, 2006 | Crater creators, e.g. | Joe DiPietro |
| INFLATABLEPOOL | Wed Aug 6, 2025 | Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water | Hanh Huynh |
| JIMNABORS | Fri Jun 7, 1996 | Sitcom star with a drawl | M. Jones |
| LIKUD | Thu Jan 22, 2004 | Israeli party | Roy Leban |
| MARKETGARDENERS | Fri May 19, 2000 | Local farmers | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| MISSILEENVY | Sat Aug 31, 2019 | 1980s feminist coinage regarding nuclear proliferation | Brian Thomas |
| PANBROIL | Sun Jul 11, 1999 | Brown, in a way | Nancy Salomon |
| POPEBENEDICTXVI | Wed May 4, 2005 | Leader elected in 2005 | Victor Fleming |
| RETAILED | Sat Jul 12, 2003 | Sold | Manny Nosowsky |
| RIDEASTORM | Sat Feb 13, 2010 | Endure difficulties, with "out" | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| STRETCHERBEARER | Fri Jun 4, 2010 | Battlefield attendant | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| TOPLOADERS | Sat Dec 28, 2019 | Less efficient washers | Robyn Weintraub |
| VORE | Wed Nov 2, 2022 | Suffix with omni- | Ethan Zou and Tomas Spiers |
| YOUTHFULINDISCRETIONS | Sun May 10, 2026 | Wild cats | Rachel Fabi and Adam Wagner |