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Random unique answer words

40 answers which have never been reused

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 50,644 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.

WordDateClueAuthor
AFARSSat Jan 22, 2000___ and the Issas (former French territory)David J. Kahn
ARBITRATESun May 19, 2013JudgeJean O'Conor
ARMBANDSFri Nov 29, 2002Team captains' accoutermentsPatrick Berry
ASHINESSFri Feb 21, 2003Lack of colorPatrick Berry
BBQAPRONSat May 28, 2005Gift for an outdoor chefBob Peoples
BEFORFri Dec 22, 1995FavorA.J. Santora
BIRDCALLSat Oct 30, 1999Quack, for oneRich Norris
BRINGTHEHEATWed Nov 9, 2016"Coach, get 'em to today's game" [N.B.A.]John Lieb
CANOERSMon Feb 18, 2013Ones paddling down a river, sayJeffrey Harris
CITYPLANSSat Jun 11, 2022Drawings with lots of little blocksSid Sivakumar
COHOSTINGFri Dec 21, 2012Working like Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, sayZoe Wheeler
DEMOTICSat Jan 6, 2007VernacularRobert H. Wolfe
DIVIDINGINTWOTue May 21, 2002HalvingPaula Gamache
DROWSINESSSat Mar 2, 1996SomnolenceN. Joline
EXECUTIVEBRANCHFri Jul 25, 2003White HouseMichael Shteyman
HITSQUADSat Mar 7, 2015Group of dispatchersDavid C. Duncan Dekker
INCOINSSun Jul 4, 2004How vending machines give changeElizabeth C. Gorski
INKSTAINMon Jun 8, 1998Tough job for a dry cleanerMark Danna
IODINSun Sep 3, 2000Medicinal aid: Var.David J. Kahn
ITSSHOWTIMEWed May 7, 2014Possible title for this puzzleKurt Mueller
LEADIERThu Aug 4, 1994More sluggishJim Page
LIGHTTIMERFri Dec 27, 2024Antiburglary deviceJem Burch
LIVEONTAPEFri Nov 30, 2007PrerecordedHenry Hook
NEWBORNBABIESThu Mar 4, 2021They're swaddled and coddledBlake Slonecker
NODOUSSat Mar 4, 1995KnottyRand H. Burns
RUNAGROUNDSat Aug 22, 2015Not pass the bar?Barry C. Silk
SARODSat Sep 1, 2007Indian luteKaren M. Tracey
SMALLFACESFri Jul 1, 2005British band with the 1967 hit "Itchycoo Park"Brendan Emmett Quigley
SOMERSAULTEDTue Mar 20, 2018FlippedAndrew Zhou
SPICEGIRLThu May 19, 2011Member of a 1990s pop quintetPaula Gamache
SUPERBOYWed Jul 9, 2025Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner KentDesirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
SWANSEASun Apr 18, 2004Dylan Thomas's birthplace, in WalesRichard Chisholm
TELEPHONECALLSSat Mar 26, 1994Some pagesRandolph Ross
TEMPERASMon May 18, 2009Poster paintsBillie Truitt
TNSWed Jan 22, 2014Weigh station wts.Jared Banta
UNBAKEDSun Mar 6, 2011Not yet in the ovenDavid Levinson Wilk
UNPOSEDMon Jun 18, 2012Candid, as a photoPeter A. Collins
WHATELSEFri Nov 10, 2017"Am I forgetting anything?"Patrick Berry
WIFESWAPSat Apr 26, 2014Reality show documenting a two-week tradeEvan Birnholz
XACTOSTue May 20, 2025Crafters' knivesRena Cohen
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