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 49,841 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABIENTOT | Sat Jun 17, 2023 | "See you soon!," in France | Ryan McCarty |
| AGREEING | Tue May 21, 2019 | On the same page | Evan Kalish |
| BABOO | Sun Aug 18, 2002 | Hindu "Mr." | Michael Ashley |
| BELTRAN | Sat Apr 18, 2009 | 1999 A.L. Rookie of the Year Carlos | Byron Walden |
| BONACI | Fri Dec 26, 1997 | Marine food fish | Bob Sefick |
| CARDSELECTION | Fri Jan 3, 2003 | Pick from a deck | Jim Page |
| CONTENTIOUS | Thu Jun 15, 2023 | *Likely to cause an argument | David Harris |
| CROPDUSTER | Mon Mar 23, 1998 | Rural flier | Randall J. Hartman |
| DENTALS | Thu Oct 17, 2024 | Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth | August Lee-Kovach |
| FLATASABOARD | Wed Dec 18, 2002 | Far from buxom | Merle Baker |
| FSCOTT | Sun Jul 23, 2000 | ___ Fitzgerald | Patrick Berry |
| GASLEAKS | Sat Feb 29, 2020 | Main issues? | Andrew J. Ries |
| GOBSTOPPER | Tue Sep 14, 2021 | "Everlasting" candy from Willy Wonka | Christopher Adams |
| HENGE | Sun Sep 17, 1995 | Ancient British monument | Stanley Newman |
| HUXTABLES | Wed Nov 6, 2019 | 1980s-'90s sitcom family | Ross Trudeau |
| LAWYERSUP | Sun Jun 26, 2016 | Gets fitted for a suit? | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen |
| MICROSLEEP | Mon Aug 15, 2022 | Super-quick snooze | Simon Marotte |
| MRNA | Sat Dec 28, 2024 | Kind of vaccine | Sam Berriman |
| NEWERAS | Sat Jul 31, 2021 | Some fresh starts | Brian Thomas and Brooke Husic |
| NOFLYZONES | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | Dimensions without planes | Andy Kravis |
| OUTHOUSES | Thu Apr 17, 2014 | Heads for the woods? | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| PALACEGUARD | Wed Jun 2, 2004 | Protection for the royal family | Nancy Salomon |
| PAREIDOLIA | Sun Sep 12, 2021 | Phenomenon such as the tendency to see human forms in inanimate objects | Alex Rosen |
| PETROLEUMJELLY | Sun Feb 8, 2009 | ChapStick alternative | Alan Arbesfeld |
| POINTTOPOINT | Thu Jun 22, 2006 | Like much travel | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| REEVED | Thu Aug 26, 2004 | Passed through, as a rope | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| REGRESSIVE | Sat Oct 29, 1994 | Backsliding | Frank A. Longo |
| SHOWERED | Sun Jul 10, 2011 | Didn't just spit | Ben Pall and David Kahn |
| SOLARNEWYEAR | Tue Apr 4, 2000 | Indian observance of April 13 | D. J. DeChristopher |
| STANDGUARD | Fri Jan 2, 2004 | Watch | Sherry O. Blackard |
| SUBEDIT | Sun Jul 29, 2007 | Change, as a manuscript, in Britain | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TALKA | Sun Aug 13, 2006 | ___ blue streak | Derrick Niederman |
| TAUTOU | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Actress Audrey of "Amélie" | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| TEABREAKS | Tue Jul 11, 2023 | Work intermissions for Brits | Aaron M. Rosenberg |
| THEDANCE | Sun Jul 15, 2018 | Song sung by Garth Brooks on Jay Leno's last "Tonight Show" | Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden |
| TIMEBUDGET | Tue Nov 19, 2024 | What 17- and 38-Across combine to form? | Erik Agard |
| TRAILBIKES | Wed May 29, 2013 | Off-road rides | Gary Cee |
| URTEXT | Tue Sep 12, 2006 | Composition's original form | James R. Leeds |
| USMARINECORPS | Thu Nov 13, 2003 | Its hymn contains the starts to 17-, 21- and 53-Across | Manny Nosowsky |
| WORKUP | Sat Jul 12, 2003 | Produce | Manny Nosowsky |