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 50,584 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARTHATINMIND | Sat Dec 13, 2025 | "Remember ..." | Gene Louise De Vera |
| BIGOTED | Sat Nov 3, 2018 | Intolerant | Ryan McCarty |
| BUSTOUT | Tue Nov 23, 2004 | Stage a prison break | Kurt Mengel |
| CHEESEDOG | Wed May 21, 2025 | "Smile for the photo, dude!" | Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan |
| DELUSORY | Fri Oct 7, 2005 | Misleading | Manny Nosowsky |
| DINKIER | Sat Oct 4, 2014 | Less significant | Julian Lim |
| DITTOMARK | Fri Jul 30, 2004 | [See above] | Manny Nosowsky |
| FENLAND | Sun Jan 11, 2015 | Marshy region | Peter A. Collins |
| FLUBUG | Thu Feb 8, 2024 | It goes viral in winter | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| GETOFFTHEPHONE | Mon Aug 21, 2006 | Parental demand #1 | Elayne Cantor |
| GETSRIDOF | Fri Jul 7, 2017 | Deep-sixes | Andy Kravis |
| GRASPEDATSTRAWS | Fri Mar 15, 1996 | What tots did in the malt shop? | A. J. Santora |
| HACKERS | Sun Feb 19, 2017 | WikiLeaks associates | Bruce Haight |
| INTAKEVALVE | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Car engine component | Andrew Zhou |
| KNOWNOTHINGPARTY | Thu Nov 12, 2015 | 19th-century nativist group | David Kwong |
| LAYITALLOUTTHERE | Wed May 18, 2022 | Confess one's true feelings ... or Step 1 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? | Andy Kravis |
| LIGHTERTHANAIR | Mon Jun 21, 2021 | Capable of floating, as a balloon | Jacob Stulberg |
| LONGJUMP | Tue Apr 30, 2019 | *Track-and-field event | Erik Agard |
| MAKEITWORK | Tue Dec 7, 2021 | Iconic encouragement from Tim Gunn on "Project Runway" | Margaret Seikel |
| MYTHBUSTERS | Mon May 3, 2021 | Discovery Channel program that debunked popular beliefs | Ross Trudeau |
| NOVELTIES | Mon Oct 15, 2012 | Neckwear in a work of fiction? | Tom Pepper |
| PILTDOWNMAN | Fri May 22, 2009 | Its teeth were actually a chimpanzee's | Manny Nosowsky |
| POUREDOUT | Sat Jan 5, 2008 | Dumped | Paula Gamache |
| PSYCHOTIC | Mon Jan 12, 2015 | Crazed, in a way | Jason Flinn |
| SCOUTTROOP | Fri Oct 19, 2012 | Boy band? | Patrick Berry |
| SERIALIST | Fri Apr 25, 1997 | Dickens, notably | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SHOWHOW | Sun Sep 6, 2009 | Demonstrate | Robert H. Wolfe |
| SOEASY | Sat Apr 22, 2023 | A piece of cake | Byron Walden |
| STOLEAPEEK | Sat Mar 23, 2024 | Looked quickly | Sam Ezersky |
| TAKETHEFALL | Fri Aug 1, 2014 | Be a patsy | Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern |
| THEITALIANJOB | Wed May 15, 2019 | 2003 film starring Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| THREADERS | Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Sewing machine parts | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| TRANSLUCENT | Tue Sep 16, 2014 | Like sheer fabric or sautéed onions | Gary Cee |
| UPROARIOUS | Tue Jun 6, 2017 | Really funny | Lisa Loeb and Doug Peterson |
| VEGETATE | Mon Oct 15, 2012 | Do nothing | Tom Pepper |
| WAISTLINE | Sat Jun 19, 2010 | It often grows in winter | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| WAVESBYE | Tue Dec 31, 2019 | Silently bids adieu | Evan Kalish |
| WEELADS | Thu Oct 20, 2022 | Some small Scots | Rebecca Goldstein |
| WINGEDT | Wed Jun 20, 2007 | Gridiron formation | Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming |
| WREAKING | Sat Apr 20, 2024 | Bringing about | Garrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley |