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 50,421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALHUSBANDRY | Fri Aug 6, 2021 | Branch of agriculture pertinent to dairy farmers and cattle ranchers | Seth A. Abel |
| BADTOTHEBONE | Sat Aug 4, 2018 | With 1-Down, literally, downright dastardly | Sam Trabucco |
| BETAKE | Thu Dec 22, 1994 | _____ oneself (go) | Stanley Newman |
| BLUETS | Wed Nov 30, 1994 | Meadow flowers | Joan Scott |
| BOUILLONCUBE | Tue Jul 15, 2003 | Broth shortcut | Harvey Estes |
| CACHINNATE | Thu Aug 27, 2020 | Laugh uproariously | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| CARRYOUT | Wed Mar 25, 2020 | To-go | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| DATABUS | Sun Nov 26, 2000 | Digital information carrier | Patrick Berry |
| DROPPINGOFF | Thu Apr 19, 2001 | Dozing | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXPOSITION | Tue Oct 17, 2006 | Executive at American Motors or Enron, e.g.? | Alan Arbesfeld |
| FILESERVER | Sat Jul 29, 2023 | Download source | Sam Ezersky |
| GADDED | Wed Jan 30, 2013 | Traipsed (about) | Will Nediger |
| GASBOMB | Wed Dec 13, 2017 | Certain chemical weapon | Benjamin Kramer |
| GUESSTIMATES | Wed Apr 12, 2017 | Ballpark figures | Emily Carroll |
| HAWER | Sun Jun 18, 1995 | One who hesitates | Rich Norris |
| IMBECILIC | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | Doltish | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| INCOGMEATO | Sat Jan 20, 2024 | Plant-based protein brand | Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock |
| IVEBEENTAKENIN | Thu Dec 3, 1998 | "Oh dear!" cried the waist, "___." | Cathy Millhauser |
| JOWETT | Sat Nov 21, 1998 | Plato translator Benjamin | Joe DiPietro |
| KIDBROTHERS | Tue Jun 20, 2000 | Baby goat siblings? | Nancy Salomon |
| KIWIJUICE | Thu Feb 2, 2006 | Exotic green mixer | Byron Walden |
| LEGOHOUSE | Sat Jan 22, 2022 | Danish tourist attraction with multiple play areas | Daniel Okulitch |
| LEITH | Sat Jun 5, 2004 | Scottish seaport | Byron Walden |
| LOVERLY | Wed May 1, 2013 | "Wouldn't It Be ___?" ("My Fair Lady" song) | Paula Gamache |
| MAKEACALL | Fri Jun 13, 2003 | Dial | Todd McClary |
| MUANG | Thu May 15, 1997 | ___ Thai (official name of Thailand) | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| NONVOTER | Fri Mar 31, 2000 | Ticket avoider? | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| PLAYINGDEAD | Sun Jul 1, 2018 | Trying to show no signs of life | Sam Trabucco |
| RIGHTSMART | Sun Jun 25, 2023 | Considerably large, in Appalachian dialect | John Westwig |
| STEADMAN | Sun May 13, 2007 | British composer Robert | Jim Page |
| SUGARBUZZ | Sun Oct 15, 2023 | "This doughnut is the talk of the town!" | Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden |
| TABULATE | Tue Aug 24, 2004 | Arrange in columns | Lynn Lempel |
| TALKEDAT | Fri Dec 7, 2007 | Had a one-sided conversation with | Patrick Berry |
| TENDENCY | Tue May 4, 2004 | Inclination | Eric Berlin |
| TENNIEL | Thu Jan 12, 1995 | Dodgson's illustrator | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| TOAND | Mon Dec 8, 2008 | ___ fro | Sarah Keller |
| TOURISTINFO | Fri Apr 28, 2006 | Sign inside a state line | Eric Berlin |
| UPTICKS | Mon Jun 9, 2008 | Slight improvements in business activity | Paula Gamache |
| WEIGHTIER | Thu Apr 18, 2002 | More meaningful | Patrick Berry |
| WORKWITHOUTANET | Thu Nov 22, 2001 | "Romeo and Juli"? | Richard Silvestri |