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 50,463 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASLARGE | Sat Jan 19, 2008 | Comparatively bulky | David J. Kahn |
| BABYGAP | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | Where one might get one's first pair of overalls | Bill Thompson |
| BASICTRUTH | Fri Nov 23, 2007 | Axiom | Paula Gamache |
| BINGER | Fri Jul 19, 2002 | Problem drinker | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| BOUNDFORGLORY | Mon May 8, 2000 | 1976 film about Woody Guthrie | Ed Early |
| BREATHMINTS | Fri Aug 9, 2024 | Apt anagram of TINS BEAR THEM, minus an E | Hemant Mehta |
| BUCKUP | Sat Nov 27, 1999 | Advice for a gloomy Gus | Patrick D. Berry |
| CERVIX | Sat Dec 14, 1996 | Neck, anatomically | R. Norris |
| CHURLISH | Sun Jun 25, 1995 | Ill-natured | Frances Hansen |
| CHUTED | Sun Nov 28, 1999 | Skydived | Cathy Millhauser |
| CRACKEDCRAB | Mon Jan 9, 2023 | Seafood often served with picks | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian |
| DONTYOUCARE | Tue Jul 1, 2014 | Reproach from the Buckinghams, 1967 | Gary Cee |
| DRAINTILE | Thu Feb 15, 2001 | Item used in basement waterproofing | David Ainslie Macleod |
| EASINGIN | Sun Jul 17, 2022 | Entering gingerly | Greg Slovacek |
| EQUALIZER | Thu Oct 20, 2005 | Pistol, in slang | Manny Nosowsky |
| EXPEDITES | Thu Mar 12, 2009 | Hastens | David Chapus |
| EXQUISITECORPSE | Sat Oct 27, 2007 | Classic laugh-inducing parlor game with writing or illustrations | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| FRANCISCOGOYA | Mon Oct 24, 2022 | Spanish painter of "The Third of May 1808" | Joe Rodini |
| HAVINGSAIDTHAT | Mon Feb 21, 2022 | "On the other hand ..." [#33] | Natalie Murphy |
| ICHORS | Sun Jul 21, 1996 | Ethereal fluids | D. Niles |
| INCOHERENT | Thu Feb 14, 2019 | Babbling | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
| LACERS | Mon Jun 12, 2000 | Ones stringing up shoes | Andrea C. Michaels |
| NLF | Sun May 14, 2000 | Vietcong insurgent grp. | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| OVERBEARING | Mon Nov 17, 1997 | Domineering | Holden Baker |
| POLKAPOWER | Mon Feb 5, 2024 | Weird Al Yankovic medley that features "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls | Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock |
| PREPLOT | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Plan in advance | Frank Longo |
| PROCEDURAL | Wed Feb 5, 2020 | Police show, say | Ross Trudeau |
| READJUST | Tue Feb 17, 1998 | Adapt anew | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| RITZCRACKER | Fri Jan 3, 2020 | Saltine alternative | Will Treece |
| SANDTRAPS | Sun Jun 19, 2022 | Treacherous places to land for eagles? | Jeremy Newton |
| SANDUSKY | Sun Feb 11, 2024 | Ohio home to Cedar Point, the "Roller Coaster Capital of the World" | Peter Koetters |
| SPRINKLE | Fri May 31, 2019 | Light shower | Sam Ezersky |
| STRAITISTHEGATE | Fri Oct 30, 2009 | André Gide novel whose title comes from Matthew 7:14 | David Levinson Wilk |
| SWEATOFONESBROW | Tue Dec 12, 2000 | Hard labor | Nick Grivas |
| TAILGATER | Fri Nov 14, 2008 | Menace in the mirror | Brad Wilber |
| TANAGRA | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | Athens-Sparta battle site | Martin Schneider |
| THECARTERCENTER | Mon Jan 17, 2000 | Atlanta landmark #3 | Trip Payne |
| THEUNTOUCHABLES | Tue Dec 6, 1994 | 1987 Kevin Costner film | Wayne Robert Williams |
| WNBAFINALS | Thu Jan 25, 2024 | The Mercury might be in this | Sam Ezersky |
| WORDSWITHFRIENDS | Tue Jun 25, 2013 | Popular app ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24- and 49-Across | Joel Fagliano |