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 50,700 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACRIDLY | Fri Oct 26, 2001 | In a caustic way | Peter Gordon |
| ANDBE | Fri Apr 25, 2014 | "Watch ___ amazed" (magician's phrase) | Joel Fagliano |
| BANANASFOSTER | Fri Nov 27, 2020 | Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce | Robyn Weintraub |
| BENEDICTINE | Fri Jan 20, 1995 | Certain brother | Manny Nosowsky |
| BONUSPOINTS | Sat Mar 25, 2023 | Some video game rewards | Robyn Weintraub |
| BRIANSSONG | Sat Jul 20, 2002 | 1971 TV tear-jerker | Dana Motley |
| CREDITHISTORY | Mon May 5, 2025 | Information for a loan officer | Eric Rollfing |
| DECAFORDER | Thu Jul 1, 1999 | Light and sweet, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| ENTAL | Sun Oct 13, 1996 | Inner, in anatomy | W. R. Williams |
| EVERYSPRING | Mon May 1, 1995 | With 37 and 64 Across, a seasonal observation | Sidney L. Robbins |
| FARNORTH | Fri May 8, 2020 | Where to see the aurora borealis | Daniel Larsen |
| FRENCHS | Sun Feb 27, 2011 | Big name in mustard | Peter A. Collins |
| GILARIVER | Sun Apr 21, 1996 | It joins the Colorado near Yuma | M. Gaffney |
| GOLDSTARS | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Elementary school honors | Andrew Zhou |
| HADEN | Sun Jan 4, 2026 | Actor Thomas ___ Church | Gene Louise De Vera |
| HANDPICK | Fri Jul 12, 2024 | Personally select | Malaika Handa |
| HULLS | Sat Jan 29, 2022 | Shucks | Andrew Ries and Caitlin Reid |
| IKNOWASHORTCUT | Wed Jun 20, 2001 | Famous last words | Jay Sullivan |
| JAPANESECUISINE | Fri Mar 5, 2004 | It may be eaten with chopsticks | Gary Steinmehl |
| LITERARYSOCIETY | Wed Apr 1, 1998 | CIRCLE | Alan Arbesfeld |
| LOGANAIRPORT | Tue Oct 16, 2001 | Boston hub | Sarah Keller |
| NETPRESENTVALUE | Wed May 19, 2021 | Tomorrow's cash flow assessed today | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| NEWSBREAK | Fri Nov 25, 2011 | Reason to "interrupt this program" | Joe Krozel |
| PEERLESS | Wed Sep 13, 1995 | Incomparable | Eileen Lexau |
| PERSONALIZED | Thu Nov 29, 2001 | Like this puzzle, when 36-Across is filled in | Patrick Merrell |
| RASPBERRYPI | Tue Jun 20, 2023 | Tiny computer with a dessert-inspired name | Aimee Lucido |
| SECONDBEST | Sun Feb 23, 2020 | Runner-up | Sophia and David Maymudes |
| SETHLOW | Fri Jan 30, 2009 | Early 20th-century New York City mayor | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| SHARPCURVE | Wed Apr 30, 2014 | Hairpin, e.g. | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| SHORTER | Thu Jan 29, 1998 | More succinct | Frances Hansen |
| STEELBLUE | Sat Dec 8, 2018 | Color achieved during tempering | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
| STEPSITUP | Sat Mar 16, 2013 | Increases the intensity | Julian Lim |
| SUTURED | Sat Feb 18, 2017 | In stitches | Steve Overton |
| SWIMTEAM | Sun May 25, 2008 | Butterfly experts, perhaps | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| THEGOLDENSPIKE | Fri Dec 20, 2024 | Symbol of America's first transcontinental railroad | Henry Josephson |
| TIDEWAY | Tue Feb 22, 2022 | Water channel that rises and falls | Jacob McDermott |
| TIMEMACHINES | Thu Jul 17, 2025 | (Baseball (German (physicist Ernst) possessive) rarities) | Sam Brody |
| TWODOLLARBILL | Tue Feb 24, 2004 | Jefferson's note | Alan Arbesfeld |
| VCS | Sun Nov 26, 2017 | Major investors in start-up cos. | Jeff Chen |
| WALKOUT | Fri Jun 25, 2021 | Peaceful protest | Scott Earl |