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 50,609 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFTERTHANKSGIVING | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | See 3-Down | Jeremy Newton |
| ALTARWINE | Wed Oct 5, 2016 | *Holy Communion drink | Michael Dewey |
| BARTENDED | Wed Mar 13, 2019 | Made the rounds, say? | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| BETAAPPS | Tue Oct 19, 2021 | Downloads in the testing phase | Ross Trudeau |
| BUTTERFINGERED | Tue Jun 5, 2018 | Klutzy | Peter Gordon |
| CITYSTATEANDZIP | Thu Dec 13, 2007 | End of some addresses | John Farmer |
| COLLAB | Sun Mar 15, 2020 | Joint effort, slangily | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
| COMETOJESUSMOMENT | Thu Jul 18, 2024 | Epiphany that precedes a major change | Kareem Ayas |
| CONSUMERPROFILE | Tue Jun 4, 2019 | Need for targeted advertising | Jake Halperin |
| CORONETED | Sat Jun 5, 2004 | Wearing a small crown | Byron Walden |
| CRAPPER | Sat Mar 30, 2024 | Can | Blake Slonecker |
| CUSH | Sat Feb 14, 2026 | Like a nepo baby's life, perhaps | David Karp |
| CUTTLE | Wed Aug 30, 2017 | Sea creature with eight arms | David J. Kahn |
| FLOORTILE | Sat Jan 23, 1999 | Bathroom block | Frank Longo |
| GENEBARRY | Fri Sep 8, 1995 | TV's Bat Masterson | A.J. Santora |
| GETTHEWRONGIDEA | Sat Apr 16, 2016 | Misunderstand | Andrew Zhou |
| GINMARTINIS | Sat Feb 8, 2025 | They may be dry or dirty | Alina Abidi |
| IDTAKETHAT | Thu Mar 15, 2018 | "Sounds like a deal" | Joe DiPietro |
| IGY | Sat Jul 7, 2012 | 1982 Donald Fagen hit subtitled "What a Beautiful World" | Tim Croce |
| INHABITABLE | Wed Jun 29, 2022 | Fit to live in | Jared Goudsmit |
| ITEMIZES | Sat Nov 27, 1999 | Details | Patrick D. Berry |
| KEEPATADISTANCE | Fri Jun 22, 2001 | Hold off | William I. Johnston |
| LARGEBILLS | Sun Jan 8, 2023 | Annoyances when trying to make change | Wyna Liu |
| LIFEEXPECTANCY | Thu Mar 29, 2018 | It's longer for women than it is for men | Claire Muscat and David Steinberg |
| LOHENGRIN | Thu Mar 27, 1997 | Happy Wagner hero? | Alex Vaughn |
| LOPING | Mon Oct 28, 2013 | Cantering | Ed Sessa |
| MAJORLY | Sun Jan 19, 2003 | In a big way | Eric Berlin |
| NEPOTIST | Fri Jan 18, 2002 | Family man? | Manny Nosowsky |
| OCEANARIA | Fri Apr 1, 2016 | Large marine fish tanks | Peter Gordon |
| PERJURY | Wed Mar 5, 1997 | Swearing falsely | Michael S. Maurer |
| PLEABARGAINS | Sun Nov 27, 2016 | Delay + dodos = some compromises | Matt Ginsberg |
| POTATOFAMINE | Sun Dec 13, 2009 | Cause of Irish emigration in the 1840s-'50s | Mike Shenk |
| PREFLIGHT | Thu Feb 24, 2022 | When pilots go through their checklists | Jake Halperin |
| RESTRAINED | Fri Mar 1, 2013 | Checked | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| SENSO | Thu Oct 5, 2000 | Feeling, Italian-style | Cathy Millhauser |
| SHARINGABED | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Living like husband and wife | Joe Krozel |
| THEREDPLANET | Sun Jun 27, 2021 | Mars | Ross Trudeau and Lindsey Hobbs |
| THERIALTO | Sun Aug 14, 2011 | Area of Venice with a famous bridge | Paula Gamache |
| TWINKLETWINKLE | Thu Mar 29, 2012 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across | Milo Beckman |
| VIRGINWOOL | Sun Sep 8, 2019 | Soft blanket material | Joe DiPietro |