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 50,526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAM | Fri Oct 21, 1994 | "Pooh" monogram | Mark Diehl |
| ARONOFSKY | Tue Nov 13, 2012 | "Black Swan" director Darren | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| CHARIOTEER | Wed Jan 27, 1999 | Ben Hur, e.g. | Leslie Billig |
| CORSAIR | Sat Dec 22, 2012 | Pirate | Tim Croce |
| DANUBERIVER | Sat Mar 29, 2014 | It's between Buda and Pest | Barry C. Silk |
| DONNAFARGO | Mon Mar 27, 2000 | Country singer from North Dakota? | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| DONNYOSMOND | Sun Apr 29, 2007 | ... and 52-Across are Mormons | Henry Hook |
| FALLENAPART | Sun Jul 31, 2011 | ... in 119-/120-Across | Pamela Klawitter |
| FORMULAS | Thu Jul 15, 2010 | After 66-Across, marketing gimmicks | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Patrick Blindauer |
| GROWLERS | Thu Jan 26, 2023 | Beer containers | Dan Ziring and Quiara Vasquez |
| INONESSALADDAYS | Fri Apr 13, 2012 | Young and inexperienced | Tim Croce |
| JUBILATION | Wed Mar 20, 2002 | High spirits | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| KENNEDYHALFDOLLAR | Thu Feb 26, 2015 | Coin first minted in 1964 | Caleb Emmons |
| MALEHEIR | Wed Nov 25, 2020 | Prince, e.g. | John Guzzetta and Jeff Chen |
| MICHAELBAY | Tue May 26, 2020 | "Pearl Harbor" director, 2001 | Neville Fogarty |
| MULTIPLICATIVEINVERSE | Sun Dec 22, 2019 | 1/x, for x | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| NEEDEDANAP | Thu Oct 16, 2025 | Felt tired during the day, say | Kareem Ayas |
| NEWMINT | Sun Jan 6, 2002 | Create afresh | Frank A. Longo |
| ODDOREVEN | Thu Sep 5, 2013 | Roulette choice | Damon Gulczynski |
| OFFCAMPUS | Sun Apr 30, 2006 | Like some student housing | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| ONECHIP | Fri Sep 9, 1994 | Minimal ante | Bob Klahn |
| OPENTHEDOOR | Fri Dec 20, 2019 | "Let me in!" | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| POSTOFFICE | Sun Jun 5, 2016 | ... "building" or "hours"? | Tom McCoy |
| PUBORDER | Sun Mar 30, 1997 | Ale, e.g. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| RADICCHIO | Sun Apr 7, 2019 | Leafy salad ingredient | Peter A. Collins |
| RAGINCAJUNS | Fri Apr 5, 2019 | Athletes at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Ryan McCarty |
| REWRAPS | Fri Dec 25, 1998 | Puts new bandages on | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| RIDEABLE | Thu Dec 1, 2016 | Tamed, as a bronco | Timothy Polin |
| SAINTVERONICAHAMEL | Sun Aug 11, 1996 | "VENERABLE" | M. Schneider |
| SHEERBLISS | Tue Dec 22, 2020 | Rapture | Amy Yanni and Jeff Chen |
| SOURBALL | Sat Jan 20, 1996 | Piece of hard candy | F. Longo |
| STARINGATTHESUN | Mon Apr 8, 2024 | 1997 U2 hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across | Peter Gordon |
| SUBMARINECOMMANDER | Sun Oct 9, 2022 | *Captain with a periscope [four rungs] | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau |
| TAILFANS | Sat Oct 16, 2010 | Crayfish features | Patrick Berry |
| THEROCKET | Tue Apr 9, 1996 | Rod Laver's nickname | M. E. Skolsky |
| TOLLHOUSECOOKIERECIPE | Sun May 9, 2010 | Food formula created by Ruth Wakefield (1903-77) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| TRUNKFISH | Sat May 15, 2004 | Swimmer with a boxlike body | Byron Walden |
| UNREQUITED | Fri Sep 17, 2010 | Like some love | Jonah Kagan, Brown University '13 |
| WARRIORS | Thu Apr 17, 1997 | Soldiers | Susan Smith |
| XFINITY | Wed Dec 2, 2020 | Comcast subsidiary | Will Nediger |