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 50,399 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABSALOMABSALOM | Sun Aug 28, 1994 | William Faulkner title from II Samuel | Randolph Ross |
| ACCRUEDINTEREST | Sat Dec 13, 2008 | Payback factor | Frank Longo |
| AGEDIFFERENCE | Wed Jun 26, 2013 | 83, for the creators of this puzzle ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 60-Across | David Steinberg (16) and Bernice Gordon (99) |
| ARIZONIAN | Thu Oct 30, 2014 | John McCain, for one | David Woolf |
| BEARTRACKS | Wed Nov 14, 2018 | Worrisome sign around a campsite | Sam Trabucco |
| BEIGNETS | Sun Nov 6, 2022 | Fried pastries popular in New Orleans | Michael Lieberman |
| BINDERCLIP | Tue Dec 24, 2019 | *Device for holding papers together | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| BOGEYED | Wed May 31, 2023 | Came in just over par | Brandon Koppy |
| BYWIRE | Thu May 29, 2003 | How some messages were once sent | Jim Page |
| CORELESS | Fri Jun 2, 1995 | Uncentered? | Frank A. Longo |
| DEBARRED | Sun Jul 9, 1995 | Excluded | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| EARTHSCIENTISTS | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Water cycle studiers, e.g. | Joe Krozel |
| ECOFREAKS | Wed Mar 7, 2012 | Green nuts? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| EDITABLE | Tue Jul 11, 2023 | Like a document that can be changed | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| FAKENAMES | Wed Jan 1, 2020 | Jokey parts of prank calls, often | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
| FOUROF | Sun Nov 6, 2005 | :56, timewise | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| FURLOUGH | Sat Jun 11, 2011 | Leave | Gary Cee |
| GEOLOGISTS | Wed Apr 5, 2017 | Rock scientists | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| GOSLINGS | Thu Feb 7, 2019 | Babies in a pond | Morton J. Mendelson |
| IMPROVEON | Fri Jul 26, 2002 | Better | Manny Nosowsky |
| INSPECTIONSPOT | Thu Jun 10, 2010 | 26-Down + 61-Across | Mike Nothnagel |
| LEROT | Sun Jan 22, 1995 | European dormouse | Frances Hansen |
| LITEBRITES | Sun Dec 22, 2024 | Rhyming toys with colored pegs | Adrian Johnson |
| MACLEN | Thu Aug 29, 1996 | Beatles music co. | R. Ross |
| NOONION | Thu Nov 11, 2010 | *Specification in a burger order, maybe [270 degrees] | Andrew Zhou |
| NUDEST | Sat Aug 12, 2000 | Least covered | Rich Norris |
| ONTHESPOT | Sat Oct 14, 1995 | Present | Alex K. Justin |
| PLAYFORTIME | Sun Jan 21, 2018 | Stall | Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis |
| PROCLAIMED | Thu Feb 28, 2013 | Declared publicly | Joe Krozel |
| PSTS | Mon Jun 5, 2000 | Attention-getters | William A. Ballard |
| PULLSAGUN | Thu Sep 25, 2008 | Draws | Victor Fleming |
| PUSHOUT | Thu Jun 15, 2023 | Forcibly remove | David Harris |
| ROYALTY | Tue Nov 7, 2006 | Blue state | Bruce P. Douglas |
| SANDOVAL | Sat Dec 3, 2016 | Pablo ___, 2012 World Series M.V.P. nicknamed "The 44-Down" | Jason Flinn |
| SHOCKJOCK | Fri Sep 23, 2016 | One making waves over the waves | Andrew Zhou |
| SNIGGLE | Sat Oct 18, 2008 | Fish by thrusting a baited hook into holes | Brad Wilber |
| SOUNDTRACK | Mon Feb 24, 2014 | Film score | Adam G. Perl |
| STAGEONE | Fri May 22, 2009 | Initial part | Manny Nosowsky |
| SUNFISH | Fri Jan 29, 1999 | Crappie or bluegill | Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon |
| THEMAGICKINGDOM | Tue Jun 3, 1997 | Disney realm | Jonathan Schmalzbach |