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 50,730 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKING | Wed Oct 2, 1996 | Fit for ___ | K. Hodge |
| BEURRE | Sun May 17, 2020 | Butter, in Burgundy | Byron Walden |
| CHANDLERS | Sun Nov 14, 2004 | Ship provisioners | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| CONSCRIPT | Tue Aug 27, 1996 | Force into service | D. E. Donaldson |
| DODGEMINIVAN | Thu Mar 13, 2003 | Popular family vehicle | David J. Kahn |
| EXPECTSTHEWORST | Tue Mar 11, 2008 | Is pessimistic | Eugene W. Sard |
| EXPLODED | Mon Mar 2, 2015 | Went off, as a bomb | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| FLEXAGON | Sun Feb 5, 2017 | Geometric toy whose sides change depending on how it's folded | Sam Trabucco |
| FOAMPEANUTS | Sun Sep 5, 2004 | The mailroom clerk brought ... | Patrick Merrell |
| GINGOLD | Sun Apr 24, 1994 | "Gigi" actress | Louis Sabin |
| GOESEAST | Sun Apr 8, 2007 | Heads to Harvard or Georgetown, maybe | Byron Walden |
| HUXLEY | Fri Jul 3, 2015 | "Eyeless in Gaza" novelist, 1936 | Brandon Hensley |
| INDIANEXPO | Thu May 8, 1997 | World's fair pavilion | David J. Kahn |
| IREPENT | Tue Jun 1, 2021 | "Forgive me, Father" | Finn Vigeland |
| KEEPSSTRAIGHT | Sun Dec 7, 2008 | *Distinguishes | Jim Page |
| KHUFU | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | Fill in this answer with letters from five clue numbers: 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 | August Lee-Kovach |
| LAKESIDE | Fri Dec 15, 2006 | Like some resorts | Levi Denham |
| LEATHERJACKET | Mon Jan 31, 2005 | Motorcyclist's wear, often | Randall J. Hartman |
| LUNKS | Thu Jun 9, 2005 | Blockheads | David J. Kahn |
| MEDDLEDIN | Sat Jul 23, 2005 | Tampered with improperly | Joe DiPietro |
| METROPOLITANAREA | Fri May 1, 2015 | Unit in population statistics | David Steinberg |
| NONETHELESS | Tue May 29, 2007 | However | Jim Hyres |
| ORDAINING | Wed Nov 12, 2014 | Making a father of | Daniel Landman |
| OTRAVEZ | Sun Sep 24, 2017 | Again, in Mexico | Alan Arbesfeld |
| PACKLIGHT | Mon Apr 26, 2010 | Common advice to travelers | Lynn Lempel |
| PROBOWLER | Tue Apr 9, 2013 | Merlin Olsen, 14 times | Steve Blais |
| PURSUETHEMATTER | Fri Oct 21, 2016 | Take legal action, say | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| REDKEN | Wed May 15, 2019 | L'Oréal hair care brand | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| REUSING | Fri Oct 10, 2014 | Extending the life of | David Steinberg |
| ROSEANNECONNER | Sat Oct 29, 2016 | Sitcom mom whose kids were named Becky, Darlene and D.J. | Patrick Berry |
| SERAPHIC | Tue Jul 10, 2018 | Blissfully serene | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SHORTMEMORY | Wed May 29, 2002 | End of the quote | Alan Olschwang |
| SILLYBILLY | Mon Sep 23, 2002 | Clownish one | Peter Gordon |
| SN | Thu Dec 12, 2019 | See 34-Across | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| SUAVER | Thu Apr 24, 1997 | More urbane | David J. Kahn |
| SULLENER | Wed Mar 16, 2005 | More morose | Holden Baker |
| TIGHTEND | Sat Apr 4, 1998 | Line position | Rich Norris |
| TRISECTS | Sat Apr 27, 1996 | Cuts geometrically | F. Hansen |
| TWOOFHEARTS | Mon Apr 20, 2026 | Low red card in a deck | Freddie Cheng |
| VERMONTER | Mon May 21, 2018 | Bernie Sanders, for one | Hannah Slovut |