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 50,622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABIGAILADAMS | Mon Oct 1, 2012 | Second first lady | Susan Gelfand |
| ANDQS | Fri Jan 28, 1994 | P's _____(this puzzle's theme) | Manny Nosowsky |
| APRILKEPNER | Wed Mar 25, 2020 | Sarah Drew, on "Grey's Anatomy" | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| ARCHITECTS | Tue Oct 11, 2011 | Ones making plans | Ed Sessa |
| BEWITCHED | Sun Jan 26, 2014 | 3-Down, relatively | Daniel A. Finan |
| CHAIRLADY | Tue Nov 28, 2000 | Gavel wielder | Richard Hughes |
| CHICKENALAKING | Tue Jun 9, 1998 | Popular dish often served with rice | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| CRANKSUP | Sat Apr 20, 2019 | Gets started | Kevin Adamick |
| DRAINAGES | Fri Jan 6, 2012 | Watersheds | David Steinberg |
| EASTHARLEM | Tue Oct 31, 2023 | Upper Manhattan neighborhood also known as El Barrio | Kathy Lowden and Erik Piepenburg |
| FEATHERPILLOWS | Wed Dec 15, 1999 | Soft headrests | Ethan Cooper |
| FEELSUPTOIT | Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Is ready for the task | Byron Walden |
| GENETICENGINEER | Thu May 18, 1995 | One who can make brown eyes blue? | Chuck Deodene |
| GETSAC | Thu Jan 12, 2023 | Passes, but not with flying colors | Grant Thackray |
| GODIM | Fri May 17, 2024 | Fade out | Hemant Mehta |
| HANNABARBERA | Tue Jul 8, 2025 | Animation studio behind "Scooby-Doo" | Jesse Guzman |
| HASHTAGS | Fri Aug 5, 2022 | Pounds on keyboards? | Erik Agard and Brooke Husic |
| HITTHEWALL | Wed Sep 6, 2023 | What a marathoner may do around mile 20 | Blake Slonecker |
| INREALITY | Sat Jan 11, 1997 | Actually | R. Norris |
| MADRUSSIAN | Wed Nov 17, 1999 | Classic character on "The Eddie Cantor Radio Show" | Fred Piscop |
| METROSEXUALS | Mon Feb 5, 2007 | Modern fashion-conscious guys | Joy C. Frank |
| NORTHTOALASKA | Sun Jan 29, 1995 | 1960 John Wayne movie | Bryant White |
| NOTAPROB | Thu Jun 8, 2023 | "'S all good" | Philip Koski |
| PCJR | Sun Nov 16, 2008 | Old IBM offering | Merl Reagle |
| RAV | Mon Jun 3, 2024 | Toyota's ___4 | Alana Platt |
| RESTAURATEURS | Fri Jul 30, 1999 | James Beard Award nominees | John Wolting |
| SHALOMMEIRTOWER | Mon Jul 10, 2017 | Tel Aviv skyscraper that was the first to be built in the Mideast | Timothy Polin |
| SMALLERHALF | Mon Sep 16, 2002 | Pie cutter's oxymoron | Roy Leban |
| SMOKEUP | Sat Sep 2, 2000 | Opposite of "make clear" | Rich Norris |
| SOILURE | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Stain | Brad Wilber |
| SPATTERS | Wed Sep 19, 2001 | Paints like Pollock | Steven Dorfman |
| STIFFARM | Thu Jul 13, 2017 | Push aside for selfish ends | Lewis E. Rothlein |
| STUMPFOR | Fri Dec 29, 2023 | Help out on the campaign trail | Robyn Weintraub |
| TIPPYTOES | Mon Jun 10, 2024 | You might stand on them to reach something | Kareem Ayas |
| TORELLI | Fri Feb 3, 2006 | Italian violinist Giuseppe ___ | Manny Nosowsky |
| UNANIMOUS | Sat Jun 23, 2018 | Fully in agreement | Byron Walden |
| UNENVIABLE | Fri Jan 5, 1996 | Not to be wished for | R. Ross |
| WHATTHEHECK | Fri Feb 23, 2007 | Comment of abandon | Patrick Merrell |
| WHIMWHAM | Fri Mar 23, 2007 | Gimcrack | Manny Nosowsky |
| WITHOUTFAILURE | Thu Nov 20, 2008 | Quote, part 2 | Pete Muller |