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 50,657 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEMBIC | Sun Nov 6, 1994 | Old distiller's vessel | A.J. Santora |
| ANTNEST | Fri Jun 6, 2014 | Colony unit | Kameron Austin Collins |
| BEHAVIOR | Fri Dec 4, 1998 | Factor in a parole board's decision | John Wolting |
| CAMELEERS | Sun Feb 28, 2010 | Desert drivers | Yaakov Bendavid |
| CONTENTION | Sun Apr 22, 2007 | Struggle | Victor Fleming |
| DADVICE | Fri May 6, 2022 | Fatherly tips, to use a portmanteau coinage | Aaron Ullman |
| DERMATITIS | Sat Jan 26, 2002 | Itch cause | Mark Diehl |
| ELABORATEON | Sat Sep 27, 2014 | Explain | Martin Ashwood-Smith and George Barany |
| FLASHERS | Fri Jul 1, 2016 | Driver's hazards | James Mulhern |
| GIFTTAG | Sun Jun 16, 2013 | Present need? | Mel Rosen |
| GLYPHS | Sun Sep 9, 2012 | Some ancient carvings | Kevin G. Der |
| GOATCHEESE | Fri Nov 23, 2007 | Greek salad ingredient | Paula Gamache |
| GOLDENEYE | Sun Dec 6, 2015 | First Pierce Brosnan 007 film | Patrick Berry |
| GRANULATEDSUGAR | Fri Jan 14, 2000 | Baking ingredient, maybe | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| HIFIEQUIPMENT | Thu Oct 20, 2005 | Turntable, speakers, etc. | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOBGOBLINS | Mon Oct 31, 1994 | Halloween imps | Sidney L. Robbins |
| INSANEASYLUMS | Tue Jan 7, 2014 | Facilities with padded walls | Mark Bickham |
| LEOPOLDII | Sat Oct 27, 2018 | Belgium's longest-reigning monarch (44 years) | Byron Walden |
| LIFESTYLECHOICE | Mon Jan 2, 2017 | Vegetarianism or bohemianism | Chuck Deodene |
| LITTLEGRAINSOFSAND | Fri Dec 8, 1995 | Land's components, in a children's verse | Frances Hansen |
| MARIANIST | Thu Apr 18, 1996 | Worshiper of Jesus' mother | A. J. Santora |
| MOUTHPIECE | Mon Dec 17, 2001 | Telephone part | Christina Houlihan |
| MOVIEBUFFS | Mon Oct 16, 2023 | Avid fans of cinema ... or a punny description of 17-, 31-, 40- and 47-Across | Michael Lieberman and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| MOVIESCENARIOS | Sat Mar 26, 1994 | Screenplays | Randolph Ross |
| NARROWUNDERPASS | Wed Jun 15, 1994 | Cautionary sign | Thomas W. Schier |
| NERVECELL | Mon Oct 27, 2014 | Place for an axon | Stanley Newman |
| NEVERDIE | Sat Jan 28, 1995 | "Old soldiers _____..." | Randolph Ross |
| OILSEAL | Fri Jul 29, 2011 | Engine leakage preventer | Paula Gamache |
| PRINCEDOM | Sun Aug 2, 2009 | Monaco is one | Patrick Berry |
| RATLIN | Sat Apr 6, 2002 | Nautical rope: Var. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| RODINS | Sun Mar 12, 2006 | "The Thinker" and "The Kiss," e.g. | Daniel C. Bryant |
| ROUGHNIGHT | Sun Nov 27, 2011 | Question asked to one with a hangover | Jeff Chen |
| RUNSTOSEED | Fri Apr 12, 2002 | Goes downhill | Manny Nosowsky |
| SAPLINGS | Sun Jul 26, 2015 | Nursery purchases | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen |
| STEALING | Thu Jun 16, 1994 | Thievery | Jim Page |
| TSTRAPSANDAL | Tue Nov 7, 2023 | *Article of summer footwear | Kevin Curry and Daniel Bodily |
| UPFORDEBATE | Thu Jul 20, 2023 | Worth discussing, as an issue | Drew Schmenner |
| WATTLES | Sun Dec 5, 1993 | They hang by the neck | Manny Nosowsky |
| WIREMEN | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | Electricians | Patrick Berry |
| WITNEY | Sun Oct 4, 1998 | "Master of the World" director William | Frank Longo |