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 50,982 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLIEDSCIENCE | Sun Aug 20, 2023 | Civil engineering or molecular biology | Michael Schlossberg |
| BICYCLERIDER | Mon Sep 17, 2007 | Bell ringer | Sarah Keller |
| BRUSHUP | Fri Apr 28, 1995 | Review | Rich Norris |
| CEREBELLA | Fri Sep 17, 1999 | Coordination centers | Patrick D. Berry |
| DEFINED | Sat Jan 7, 2017 | In the dictionary, say | Roland Huget |
| DIEMEN | Sat Dec 21, 1996 | Van ___'s Land (Tasmania, once) | F. Piscop |
| DINEDOUT | Sun Nov 12, 2017 | Patronized a restaurant | Ed Sessa |
| DREYFUSS | Fri Jan 18, 2008 | "Moon Over Parador" star, 1988 | Trip Payne |
| DUMBNESS | Thu May 15, 1997 | Stupidity | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| EARTHAKITT | Sun Dec 10, 2017 | "Batman" actress, 1967-68 | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
| EXPERTWITNESSES | Fri Aug 11, 1995 | Forensic psychiatrists, at times | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| FANEDIT | Sun Oct 8, 2023 | Film enthusiast's creative reinterpretation | Sid Sivakumar |
| FIELDCAPACITIES | Fri Oct 30, 2009 | Soil water saturation limits | David Levinson Wilk |
| FONDLER | Fri Jun 19, 1998 | Loving mother, at times | A. J. Santora |
| FORFEITEDGAME | Sun Dec 28, 2014 | Li____nt | Joe Krozel |
| GREATSHAKES | Wed Nov 14, 2007 | Mediocre | Jim Page |
| GUSSETED | Fri Feb 9, 1996 | Made roomier, as a sleeve | Rich Norris |
| KOBOLD | Tue Nov 17, 1998 | German goblin | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| LADYCRAB | Wed Oct 16, 1996 | Brightly speckled crustacean | B. Gordon |
| LASTSONG | Mon Apr 1, 2019 | Band's closing number | Joel Fagliano |
| LIFEPRESERVER | Fri Nov 22, 2013 | On-deck circle? | Patrick Berry |
| LIFETIMEBANS | Sun Apr 5, 2026 | Our cable channel is devoted to censorship! | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| NACRITE | Sun Jan 30, 2000 | Clay mineral | Peter Gordon |
| NAVYYARD | Sun Nov 3, 2013 | Cruiser repair site | Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas |
| NOESCAPE | Thu Jan 19, 2012 | 1994 Ray Liotta action film | Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller |
| NOTIFBUTWHEN | Sat Mar 13, 2021 | Statement of inevitability | John Guzzetta |
| PREPLOT | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Plan in advance | Frank Longo |
| PRESTISSIMO | Sun Oct 29, 1995 | As fast as possible | Maura B. Jacobson |
| PUTSOUT | Sun Aug 15, 1999 | Annoys | David J. Kahn |
| RECONCILEDTO | Fri Aug 24, 2007 | Reluctantly accepting | Patrick Berry |
| SEASONPREMIERES | Fri Sep 24, 2010 | September happenings, often | Mark Diehl |
| SKETCHING | Tue Aug 8, 2000 | Outlining | Joy L. Wouk |
| SLIMETRAIL | Fri Jun 21, 2024 | Sign of sluggishness? | Billy Bratton |
| SPORTAGE | Sat Apr 24, 2021 | Kia model introduced in 1993 | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| STETSONHATS | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Big tops | R. Ross |
| STRETCHOFTIME | Wed Dec 4, 2024 | . | Daniel Raymon |
| TAKETHEMONEYANDRUN | Sun May 24, 1998 | Politician's job? | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| TOOLSETS | Sun Aug 14, 2016 | Some True Value purchases | Ian Livengood |
| TOUCHTONEPHONES | Thu Oct 1, 2020 | Products since the 1960s ... on which you can see five "key" things depicted in this puzzle | Adam Fromm |
| WESTWING | Sun Jul 13, 2014 | Emmy-winning drama four years in a row, with "The" | Tom McCoy |