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 50,251 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAHSAT | Sun Mar 16, 2025 | Verbally reacts to in awe | Paul Coulter |
| BUTGOOD | Sun Aug 5, 2018 | In spades | Alison Ohringer and Erik Agard |
| CARHOOD | Sun Sep 28, 2025 | Spot for an ornament | Rich Katz |
| CEDRAT | Fri Mar 31, 1995 | Lemonlike fruit | Chuck Deodene |
| CHANUKAHMENORAH | Thu Apr 3, 2014 | December display | David Benkof and Jeff Chen |
| DELREY | Sat Jan 27, 1996 | Sci-fi writer Lester___ | R. Norris |
| DJJAZZYJEFF | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | Half of a hip-hop duo | Frank Longo |
| DONTJUDGE | Fri Jun 4, 2021 | "Quit looking at me like that" | Nam Jin Yoon |
| DOWDINESS | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Opposite of chic | Derrick Niederman |
| DROLLY | Sun Sep 10, 2000 | À la Thurber | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EQUIPMENTLOCKER | Sun Aug 10, 2008 | High-school gym feature | Will Nediger |
| FAMILYCREST | Tue Dec 8, 2015 | The one for the Kennedys has three knights' helmets on it | Neville Fogarty |
| FARMING | Thu Mar 9, 2006 | Husbandry | John Farmer |
| FIDGETED | Sun Jan 31, 2010 | Had ants in one's pants | Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FIFTHESTATE | Sat Feb 24, 2018 | Blogs, social media and other nontraditional outlets | John Guzzetta |
| FIREDEPT | Thu Aug 15, 2002 | Grp. at a station | Manny Nosowsky |
| FORCEFED | Thu Sep 23, 1999 | Compelled to take | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FREEAGENTS | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Ones who haven't signed | Kameron Austin Collins |
| GRIMIER | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | More in need of a bath, say | Joe Krozel |
| JOSEJIMENEZ | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | He pitched a no-hitter in 1999 | Will Nediger |
| MENTEES | Thu Feb 10, 2011 | Students with personal guides | Derek Bowman |
| NOTGIVEAHOOTFOR | Fri May 7, 2004 | Be indifferent about | Manny Nosowsky |
| ONEMANSHOWS | Wed Mar 14, 2012 | Most stand-up comedy acts | Dave Sarpola |
| ONRADIO | Sat Mar 5, 2016 | Coming in waves? | Roland Huget |
| OURSELVES | Sun Oct 31, 2004 | Who we are | Patrick Merrell |
| OUTLAYS | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | Expenditures | Charles M. Deber |
| PENHOLDERS | Mon Jun 15, 1998 | Jail cells? | Nancy Salomon |
| PREVENTED | Tue Mar 1, 2016 | Stopped | Freddie Cheng |
| ROWB | Tue Jan 14, 2014 | Near-prime seating | Tim Croce |
| SALESPEOPLE | Sat Jan 27, 1996 | They're often in the field | R. Norris |
| STRAPPEDFORTIME | Tue Jul 11, 2023 | "Got any news magazines?" "Sorry, we're ..." | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| TOSSESANDTURNS | Tue Jul 25, 2023 | Two things associated with a game of horseshoes? | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson |
| TRAILED | Fri Mar 4, 1994 | Finished second | Betty Jorgensen |
| TRAPPIST | Sat Dec 11, 2004 | Member of a silent religious order | James E. Buell |
| TRICKLEDOWNTHEORY | Thu Apr 28, 2022 | Concept in Reaganomics | Pao Roy |
| UNITARIANCHURCH | Sun May 31, 2009 | *Religious affiliation of John Adams and William Howard Taft | Kelsey Blakley |
| WANTA | Fri Dec 27, 1996 | 1911 song "I ___ Girl..." | B. White |
| WENTOVERTHEEDGE | Mon Oct 3, 2016 | Lost one's sanity | Jacob Stulberg |
| WHATSYOURETA | Mon Sep 23, 2024 | Question to someone who's on the way | Freddie Cheng |
| WILLIWAW | Tue Mar 28, 1995 | Violent squall in the near-polar regions | Christopher Page |