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 50,634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSCISSAS | Sat Oct 9, 2004 | Distances from the y-axis on a graph | Byron Walden |
| ADDEDATTRACTION | Fri Nov 17, 2000 | It's not on the standard bill | Manny Nosowsky |
| APPROBATION | Fri Oct 8, 1999 | Blessing | Nancy Salomon |
| BACCATE | Sun Jan 29, 1995 | Berrylike | Bryant White |
| BRONZY | Sat Mar 13, 1999 | Nicely sun-tanned | David J. Kahn |
| BUTSERIOUSLY | Wed Jan 26, 2011 | "All kidding aside ..." | David Murchie |
| CEASING | Fri Jan 23, 2004 | Knocking off | Sherry O. Blackard |
| COURTSIDESEATS | Thu Apr 11, 2024 | Pricey basketball tickets | Dan Caprera |
| EDGRIMLEY | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Neurotic Martin Short character | Joe DiPietro |
| ENDEAVOUR | Wed Nov 24, 2010 | #6 | Allan E. Parrish |
| EPOXIED | Sat Oct 18, 2008 | Glued, in a way | Brad Wilber |
| JERRYRICE | Fri Jan 6, 2006 | Legendary 49ers receiver | David Levinson Wilk |
| KANSA | Sat Jan 26, 2013 | American tribe that lent its name to a state | Raymond C. Young |
| LEONPANETTA | Fri Feb 17, 2006 | 1990's White House chief of staff | Trip Payne |
| MATLESS | Wed Mar 15, 2000 | Like a bare floor | Jim Page |
| MEETTHEBEATLES | Fri Feb 8, 2013 | 1964 album that was #1 for 11 weeks | Barry C. Silk |
| MINICAB | Sun Mar 7, 2004 | Small taxi | Tyler Hinman |
| NEATARRANGEMENT | Thu Jan 18, 2007 | ANTE | Randolph Ross |
| OONAONEILL | Fri Apr 30, 2010 | Debutante who dated J. D. Salinger and Orson Welles | Natan Last |
| PEACEFUL | Tue Feb 29, 2000 | Tranquil | Peter Gordon |
| PICKETED | Thu Jun 20, 2024 | Walked for a cause | Ella Dershowitz |
| POTATOSACKRACES | Sat Aug 27, 2005 | Hopping good times | Byron Walden |
| PREPARATIVE | Sun Aug 21, 2022 | Like fire drills and dress rehearsals | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger |
| PREVENTED | Tue Mar 1, 2016 | Stopped | Freddie Cheng |
| PYROTECHNIST | Tue Sep 22, 2015 | Fireworks expert | Victor Barocas and Tom Pepper |
| RANOUTOFRUNWAY | Sun Jan 21, 2024 | "I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we ..." | John Westwig |
| RECOATS | Fri May 3, 2024 | Puts another layer on | Eli Cotham |
| RUBBERCHICKEN | Mon May 28, 2012 | Stereotypical entree at a campaign event | Kurt Mueller |
| RUSSETPOTATO | Thu Feb 6, 2025 | Identity? | Aidan Deshong and Jacob Reed |
| SOHUMAN | Fri Apr 11, 2008 | Words before "a Brain" and "an Animal" in book titles | Manny Nosowsky |
| STEPOUTSIDE | Sat Aug 17, 2013 | Leave to scrap, maybe | Ed Sessa |
| STREAMLET | Fri Oct 19, 2012 | Short run | Patrick Berry |
| TAKEONESCUEFROM | Fri Oct 12, 2012 | Follow, as a leader | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| THURSDAYSGAME | Sun Sep 3, 1995 | Gene Wilder flick | Ernie Furtado |
| TOBEALOVER | Thu Oct 3, 2013 | 1986 top 10 hit for Billy Idol | Evan Birnholz |
| TOBEISTODO | Wed May 11, 2016 | Words from Socrates | Pawel Fludzinski |
| TOOTIE | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Gossipy schoolmate on "The Facts of Life" | Ryan McCarty |
| UNNEAT | Tue Mar 26, 1996 | Messy | J. S. Marrone |
| UPRAISING | Sun Dec 22, 2013 | Giving a boost | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| WEIRDFLEXBUTOK | Fri Sep 19, 2025 | "I, personally, wouldn't boast about that" | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |