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 51,126 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRAGES | Sat Apr 29, 2006 | Volleys | Robert H. Wolfe |
| CENTAURS | Wed Sep 13, 2000 | Some figures on the Parthenon | Jim Morton |
| CLEMATISES | Sat Feb 19, 2000 | Virgin's-bowers, e.g. | Rich Norris |
| CLOSEVOTE | Fri Aug 26, 2016 | Feature of the 1876 or 2000 presidential election | Andrew Kingsley |
| CORNFED | Sat Apr 17, 2021 | Like some chickens on farms | Leslie Rogers |
| EAUDEPARFUM | Mon May 3, 2021 | *Aromatic fragrance with a French name | Ross Trudeau |
| EMBLAZONS | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Decorates brilliantly | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| FLABBERGAST | Tue Nov 8, 2011 | Bowl over | Scott Atkinson |
| FLANGES | Wed Jan 16, 2013 | Projecting wheel rims | Michael David |
| FOODCOLORING | Thu Feb 16, 2023 | Easter egg-making supply | Kevin Patterson |
| GENTLEMANCALLER | Sat Jul 2, 2005 | Courter | Sherry O. Blackard |
| INEXPENSIVEGIFT | Fri Nov 11, 1994 | Small token of appreciation | Randolph Ross |
| IONLY | Fri Jul 26, 1996 | "___Have Eyes for You" | G. Newman |
| KINKAJOU | Sat Jul 18, 1998 | Raccoon relative | Rich Norris |
| LEADASTRAY | Wed Mar 1, 2017 | Coax a lost dog to follow you? | David Phillips |
| LOSERPAYS | Sat May 3, 2025 | Stakes of some bar bets | Michael Lieberman |
| LUTISTS | Wed Nov 14, 2012 | Minstrels, often | Joe DiPietro |
| MARSHLAND | Tue Mar 18, 2003 | Everglades | William Schaub |
| MECHANICALPOWER | Thu Apr 18, 2013 | Engine's output | Stu Ockman |
| MONONCLE | Sun Jan 15, 1995 | Jacques Tati title role | Ernie Furtado |
| NBAAGENTS | Sat Feb 8, 2020 | They get big bucks from big Bucks | Hemant Mehta |
| OBAMABIDEN | Sat Apr 9, 2022 | First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonants | Sam Buchbinder |
| OVERPROUD | Thu May 15, 2025 | Self-satisfied and then some | Simeon Seigel |
| PAMELASUE | Sat Sep 22, 2007 | Martin of Hollywood | Mark Diehl |
| PEOPLEPEOPLE | Sun May 8, 2022 | Extroverts | Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer |
| POLISHBORN | Sun Mar 30, 1997 | Like 80-Across | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| PROMULGATE | Mon Feb 19, 2001 | Announce officially | Peter Gordon |
| SALADFORKS | Sun Jun 5, 2022 | Things often next to napkins in place settings | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale |
| SALESQUOTATION | Sun May 2, 2010 | "$100 per dozen plus shipping," e.g.? | Kelsey Blakley |
| SCHEDULECHANGE | Sun Apr 13, 2014 | I.R.S. update? | Dan Schoenholz |
| SHOTINTHEARM | Sat Dec 6, 2008 | *Male booster | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| SUMMERPLACE | Mon Oct 18, 2010 | Where Donna lives? | Lynn Lempel |
| SUNNYSIDE | Tue Aug 22, 1995 | Washington Irving's home | Gregory E. Paul |
| TABLELAND | Tue May 22, 2012 | Plateau | Kyle T. Dolan |
| THEAGEOFINNOCENCE | Sun Feb 22, 2026 | Garden of Eden | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp |
| TUCKER | Sat Apr 8, 2017 | Wear (out) | Jeff Chen |
| TWOSTATESOLUTION | Wed Jul 6, 2016 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle | David Woolf |
| WALTERREED | Wed Apr 3, 1996 | Washington medical center | M. Gaffney |
| WELCOMEMATS | Fri Jan 28, 2000 | Shoe-brushing sites | Manny Nosowsky and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| WORDVOMIT | Fri Jan 26, 2018 | Verbal outpouring, in slang | Caleb Madison |