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 50,822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALONZOMOURNING | Thu Jul 2, 1998 | N.B.A. All-Star | Pat M. Hugel |
| AMERICANCITIZENS | Thu Mar 28, 2013 | Fourth of July celebrants | Randolph Ross |
| ARTIFICIALHEARTS | Sun Jul 16, 2023 | Custom-fitted pumps? | Michael Schlossberg |
| ATALLHOURS | Fri May 9, 2025 | Day and night | Willa Angel Chen Miller and Erik Agard |
| BETWEENTWOFERNS | Fri Mar 21, 2014 | Funny or Die web series hosted by Zach Galifianakis | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BLANKETDENIAL | Wed Apr 17, 2013 | "These allegations are completely false!," e.g. | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| CANWETALK | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Question that's rarely a sign of good news | Scott Earl |
| DANNER | Thu Mar 5, 2009 | Tony- and Emmy-winning actress Blythe | David J. Kahn |
| DETRAINS | Tue Dec 26, 1995 | Gets off a Pullman | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| DOUBLEDATES | Thu Jun 3, 2021 | Candlelit dinners for four, say | Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes |
| ENSALADA | Thu May 9, 2002 | It's tossed at Spanish restaurants | Cathy Millhauser |
| EXHALANTS | Sat Aug 12, 1995 | They let out air | A.J. Santora |
| FORGOLD | Thu Nov 7, 2002 | See 44-Across | Patrick Merrell |
| GANGEDUP | Fri Sep 22, 2006 | Bullied, in a way, with "on" | Sherry O. Blackard |
| GOGOBOOTS | Fri Apr 21, 2017 | Iconic part of Nancy Sinatra's early attire | Damon Gulczynski |
| IDOBELIEVE | Sat Apr 5, 2014 | Opinion leader? | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| JOBLESSRATE | Fri Nov 1, 2002 | Economist's concern | Joe DiPietro |
| KERPLUNKS | Sun Oct 4, 2015 | Sounds of fall? | Jeremy Newton |
| LANDBACK | Mon May 2, 2022 | Indigenous reclamation movement | Erik Agard |
| MEATALTERNATIVE | Sat Nov 19, 2022 | Tofu, for instance | Benji Goldsmith |
| MISSEDACUE | Sun Jul 30, 2023 | Didn't pick up what someone was putting down | John Kugelman |
| MORCEAU | Fri Jul 22, 1994 | Passage of poetry or music | Raymond Hamel |
| MYC | Sat Aug 1, 1998 | Mushroom: Prefix | Joe DiPietro |
| NETTONS | Sat Aug 24, 2002 | Freight units | Chuck Menning |
| NEWFOUNDLANDERS | Fri Oct 3, 1997 | St. John's people | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| OBJECTORS | Sun Apr 11, 2021 | Naysayers | Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger |
| ONTOGENY | Sat Jul 30, 1994 | Development of an organism | Manny Nosowsky |
| ORURO | Fri Sep 9, 1994 | Former capital of Bolivia | Bob Klahn |
| POMPEO | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | Ellen of "Grey's Anatomy" | Jim Page |
| PULASKI | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | Georgia's Fort ___, site of an 1862 surrender | Patrick Berry |
| PUMICING | Sun Apr 26, 2009 | Using a certain abrasive on | Trip Payne |
| REINSTALL | Sat May 27, 2000 | Put back in | Robert H. Wolfe |
| RERISEN | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Up again | Trip Payne |
| SAINTJOHNS | Wed May 27, 1998 | Newfoundland's capital | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| TAPEDROP | Tue Aug 13, 1996 | Convenience for Blockbuster customers | R. Hughes |
| THEKITCHENSINK | Thu Jun 27, 1996 | Everything | R. Norris |
| THERESTISEASY | Fri May 9, 2003 | "You can take it from there" | Manny Nosowsky |
| WELLABOVE | Sat Mar 13, 2010 | Easily past | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden |
| WINDBAG | Sat Jul 9, 1994 | Gabber | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| WINEGOBLETS | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | They have feet and stems | Eric Berlin |