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 51,040 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIFED | Sun Apr 11, 2010 | Allergy medication brand | Patrick Berry |
| AMERICANGOTHIC | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | Two Iowans (1930) | Michael Schlossberg |
| ANTIIMMIGRATION | Mon Apr 16, 2018 | Supporting nativist policies | David Woolf |
| BREAKINGTHROUGH | Sat Jun 14, 2003 | With 56-Across, successful like Jackie Robinson [and a hint for 22-, 35- and 49-Across] | Manny Nosowsky |
| BUTTONFLIES | Sun Mar 29, 2026 | Alternatives to zippers on blue jeans | Michael and Oliver Schlossberg |
| BUYAPIGINAPOKE | Tue May 7, 2019 | Purchase something sight unseen | Ross Trudeau |
| CROWDSOURCING | Thu Mar 23, 2023 | Mass method for seeking input | David Kwong |
| DEPARTMENTALLY | Sun Mar 19, 2023 | Zone out? | Robert Ryan |
| DEPOSITONLY | Sat Apr 6, 2013 | What many checks are for | Michael Wiesenberg |
| ENTHRAL | Tue Dec 14, 2021 | Beguile, to Brits | Tao Platt |
| EWENECK | Thu Jan 22, 2009 | Conformation defect in a horse | Gary J. Whitehead |
| GAMENIGHT | Tue May 22, 2012 | Family play time | Kyle T. Dolan |
| GORMAN | Tue Aug 1, 1995 | First Miss America Margaret ____ | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| GOSLING | Sat Dec 4, 1993 | A little gander? | Glenton Petgrave |
| HAIRGREASE | Tue Oct 2, 2018 | Pomade? [1968, 1972] | Paul Coulter |
| HOTCROSSBUNS | Wed Feb 28, 1996 | Food meant for Lent | F. A. Longo |
| IFEELYOURPAIN | Mon May 12, 1997 | Classic Bill Clinton phrase | Hugh Davis |
| IHNEN | Sun Dec 28, 1997 | "Wie geht es ___?" (German greeting) | Matt Gaffney |
| INMEM | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | Gravestone abbr. | Patrick Berry |
| INSTAGRAMMER | Sun Sep 3, 2017 | *Certain photo poster | Andrew Zhou |
| ISAACMIZRAHI | Wed Oct 13, 2021 | Fashion designer and judge on "Project Runway All Stars" | Brianne McManis |
| LOGSIN | Sun Oct 10, 2021 | Successfully uses a password | Brandon Koppy |
| MICROBE | Thu Jan 23, 1997 | Germ | F. Hansen |
| RANSOMERS | Sun Jul 20, 2003 | They might cut and paste letters | Patrick Merrell |
| RINSEOFF | Wed Jul 30, 2014 | Run some water over | Jean O'Conor |
| ROPERY | Sat Sep 8, 2001 | Sisal processing plant | Jim Page |
| SARAHWOODRUFF | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Randolph Ross |
| SARGENTPORTRAIT | Wed Dec 8, 2021 | "Theodore Roosevelt" or "Robert Louis Stevenson" | Philip Koski |
| SKIPSTOWN | Wed Feb 14, 2007 | Takes a powder | Paula Gamache |
| SOFTCOLOR | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | Peach, e.g. | Jeremy Newton |
| STATEOFMIND | Sat Dec 2, 2006 | Attitude | Bob Klahn |
| STONEWORK | Wed Sep 24, 2025 | Masonry | Peter A. Collins |
| SURREYS | Sun Jul 22, 2012 | Fringed carriages | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| TOOBIGTOFAIL | Fri Sep 22, 2023 | Systemically indispensable | Rafael Musa and Michael Lieberman |
| TOONEW | Thu Apr 17, 2008 | Jarringly unfamiliar | Byron Walden |
| TORCHRELAYS | Sat Feb 9, 2019 | Some preparations for the Olympics | Ryan McCarty |
| TWISTOFF | Sun Jul 23, 1995 | Kind of cap | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| VIAGRAS | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | Pep pills? | Byron Walden |
| WHITEASASHEET | Fri May 24, 2002 | Scared stiff, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| WILLYOU | Fri Apr 18, 2008 | "Please? Please? Please?" | Joe DiPietro |