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 50,685 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGREEING | Tue May 21, 2019 | On the same page | Evan Kalish |
| ANIMALPRESERVES | Fri Jul 15, 2005 | Game settings | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| ARCHING | Sun Feb 3, 2019 | Forming an upward curve | Natan Last |
| AUCTIONS | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | They have lots for sale | Peter A. Collins |
| BEIGNETS | Sun Nov 6, 2022 | Fried pastries popular in New Orleans | Michael Lieberman |
| CAPOT | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Horse of the Year that won the 1949 Preakness and Belmont | Raymond C. Young |
| CARTOONED | Fri Jan 30, 2015 | Worked for Mad, maybe | David Phillips |
| CLAMANT | Sun Feb 15, 2004 | Noisy | Derrick Niederman |
| DANCEFEVER | Sat Oct 23, 2004 | 1980's TV show in which contestants boogied | James E. Buell |
| DIPSBACK | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Returns, as from a high level | Joe DiPietro |
| FULION | Fri Jun 16, 1995 | Mythical beast in Chinese art | Thomas W. Schier |
| FUNNYLADY | Tue Nov 20, 2007 | 1975 Barbra Streisand sequel | Larry Shearer |
| GAVEHOPE | Sat Oct 17, 2009 | Offered a way out | Chuck Deodene |
| HUGHOBRIAN | Tue Dec 31, 2002 | 35-Across, from 1955-61 | Gene Newman |
| ICANTSTOP | Fri Apr 14, 2023 | Addict's plaint | Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock |
| JUMPSTREET | Wed Feb 16, 2011 | "21 ___" | Michael Barnhart |
| KEYTAGS | Fri May 9, 2014 | Accessories purchased just for openers? | James Mulhern |
| LACKEDAFILTER | Sun Apr 12, 2020 | The drip coffee tasted grainy because they ... | Joel Fagliano |
| LATERISERS | Fri Jul 17, 2009 | Most night owls | Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk |
| MELLOWED | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Aged | Alfio Micci |
| MILKFARM | Sat Jul 19, 1997 | Dairy | Robert H. Wolfe |
| OPTIMISTIC | Sat May 13, 1995 | Upbeat | Nancy Joline |
| ORLES | Fri Nov 29, 1996 | Heraldic bands | B. White |
| PERFORCE | Wed Jan 13, 1999 | Necessarily | Richard Silvestri |
| PHYSIO | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | Rehab therapy, informally | Luke K. Schreiber |
| PROCESSORS | Sun Dec 31, 2023 | Computer circuitry components | Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa |
| QUAYSIDE | Sun Dec 4, 2016 | Land near a wharf | Bruce Haight |
| REITERATED | Wed Mar 16, 1994 | Emphasized, in away | Fred Piscop |
| ROCKABYEBABY | Mon Aug 14, 1995 | Popular lullaby | Ben Wheelock |
| SHEDFUL | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Quantity of garden tools | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| SIDEARMPITCHES | Mon Mar 25, 2002 | Some thrown baseballs | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| SPITSHINES | Tue Jan 25, 2000 | Polishes, army-style | William S. Cotter |
| STOCKED | Mon Apr 17, 1995 | Supplied | Kenneth Witte |
| THEPROOF | Sat Nov 19, 2005 | Pudding content? | Byron Walden |
| UNSETTLING | Thu Nov 6, 2003 | Bothersome | Joe DiPietro |
| UPIS | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | "Breaking ___ Hard to Do" | Byron Walden |
| WEARIEST | Thu Aug 10, 2017 | Spent the most? | John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen |
| WELLER | Sat Sep 6, 1997 | Peter of "RoboCop" | Rich Norris |
| WENTTOSEA | Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Set sail | Joe DiPietro |
| WESTERNCLASSICS | Fri Jan 9, 1998 | "Giant" and "Cimarron," e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |