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 50,871 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | Sun May 11, 2014 | 2001 Spielberg sci-fi film | Peter A. Collins |
| ALAMOGORDO | Sat Jul 6, 2002 | Site of a blast from the past | Nancy Joline |
| ATOUCHOVER | Thu Nov 7, 2013 | Just above | Alan DerKazarian |
| BLACKRASPBERRY | Mon Aug 31, 1998 | Ice cream flavor #2 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| BOOKOFMORMON | Mon Sep 8, 2014 | 2011 Tony-winning religious satire, with "The" | Dan Schoenholz |
| CATION | Sun Dec 26, 2010 | Charged particle | Darin McDaniel |
| CONCEALEDWEAPON | Sat Jun 2, 2012 | It may be pulled out while holding something up | Tim Croce |
| CUESHEETS | Fri Jan 6, 2023 | Aids for stage crews | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| DONNYOSMOND | Sun Apr 29, 2007 | ... and 52-Across are Mormons | Henry Hook |
| EDUCABLE | Fri Oct 13, 1995 | Having a willing mind | Charles E. Gersch |
| GAMESTER | Tue May 5, 2020 | Professional poker player, e.g. | Lee Taylor |
| GATEWAYDRUG | Sat Feb 5, 2022 | Marijuana, some say | Kameron Austin Collins |
| HEADHUNTS | Sun Nov 7, 1999 | Recruits, in a way | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| HORNBLOWER | Thu Jun 26, 2025 | Hurricane / Nor'easter | Simeon Seigel |
| ITPROS | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | Geek Squad members, e.g. | Christina Iverson |
| IVENEVERTRIEDIT | Fri Feb 27, 2009 | "This would be a first for me" | Joe DiPietro |
| LEOROSTEN | Sun Nov 11, 2007 | "The Joys of Yiddish" author | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LYSANDER | Fri Nov 15, 2013 | Whose eyes Puck squeezes magical juice on | David Woolf |
| MAKECONNECTIONS | Wed Feb 7, 2018 | Network | Stu Ockman |
| MOUNTAINLIONS | Sat Apr 16, 1994 | Catamounts | Rand H. Burns |
| OGO | Fri Oct 28, 1994 | U.S. scientific satellite of the 60's | Bryant White |
| PERMUTATIONS | Mon Oct 23, 2006 | What 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across are of each other | John Calvin Williams |
| PIFFLE | Tue Oct 5, 1999 | "Nonsense!" | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| PLEASEBEPATIENT | Fri Oct 3, 2025 | "Hold on — we're working as fast as we can" | Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa |
| PRATO | Sun Apr 22, 2001 | City near Florence | Patrick Berry |
| PRETREATMENTS | Wed Oct 31, 2007 | Stain looseners on washday | Ken Stern |
| PRINCEWILLIAM | Thu Apr 28, 2011 | Bridegroom of 4/29/11 | Gary Cee |
| RAINSTORMS | Tue Sep 7, 2010 | Nor'easters, often | MaryEllen Uthlaut |
| RHAPSODIC | Thu Jul 28, 2022 | Extravagantly emotional | Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen |
| SCALPING | Sun Jul 30, 1995 | Stadium parking lot activity | Charles M. Deber |
| SCHOOLPRINCIPAL | Wed Jul 11, 2012 | Joe Clark in "Lean on Me," e.g. | Allan E. Parrish |
| SKINNYDIPPER | Mon Jul 22, 2019 | One barely in the water? | Lynn Lempel |
| THECURSE | Sun Jan 7, 2024 | 1918-2004 Fenway Park phenomenon, familiarly | Michael Schlossberg |
| THEREISNOESCAPE | Fri Feb 14, 2020 | "You're doomed!" | Daniel Larsen |
| TRANSFIX | Thu Apr 15, 2010 | Fascinate | Brendan Emmett Quigley & Joon Pahk |
| UNISPHERE | Thu Sep 10, 1998 | 1964-65 World's Fair centerpiece | Christopher Hurt |
| UNJAMS | Mon Feb 12, 2018 | Fixes, as a photocopier | Michael Black |
| WEARYWILLIE | Tue Dec 8, 1998 | Character created by 58-Across | Frances Hansen |
| WINGATE | Sun Aug 27, 1995 | W.W. II British officer Orde _____ | Martin Schneider |
| YOUAWAKE | Fri Dec 24, 2021 | Question that cannot be answered if its answer is "no" | Evan Kalish |