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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 50,417 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
ABUGSLIFESun Aug 25, 2013Pixar movie between "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2"Victor Barocas
BALLCARRIERSun Feb 1, 2009*Airline for Lucille?Victor Fleming and Matt Ginsberg
BARBARIANTue Jun 11, 2013Conan, for onePete Muller
CAPITALRFri May 4, 2007You can always identify a Republican by oneManny Nosowsky
COLDSPELLFri Dec 23, 2022Follower of an arctic blastBrandon Koppy
CROSSROADThu Sep 5, 2002Traffic light site, maybeMichael Shteyman
DONOTWANTSat Jun 1, 2024"Hard pass"Eric Warren
DONTCALLUSWELLCALLYOUThu Aug 22, 2013Audition rebuffStu Ockman
FALLINGSTARSThu Oct 11, 2007Wishful things? ... or a literal description of 16-, 17-, 32-, 44- and 60-AcrossE. J. Platt
GABBANAFri Nov 20, 2020Dolce's partner in fashionKameron Austin Collins
HAVINGSECONDTHOUGHTSWed Mar 26, 2025Not so sure about a wedding, sayNathan Hale
INCANDESCENTLIGHTBULBSun Mar 23, 2014Development of 86-Across ... as depicted in the middle of this gridIan Livengood
JAVAAPPLETThu Feb 12, 2004Interactive part of some Web pagesCraig Kasper
LENSHOODSat Jul 7, 2012Preventer of photographic glareTim Croce
LETHAVEITSat Nov 20, 2010Give the businessJoe DiPietro
LONGTONSWed Feb 17, 20102,240-pound unitsElizabeth A. Long
LOUSINGUPSun Jul 10, 2011BotchingBen Pall and David Kahn
LUCYLIUSun Oct 27, 2024"Charlie's Angels" actressJeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen
MALEGENESSat Jul 8, 1995They're on the Y chromosomeRandolph Ross
MCINTYRESun Jan 10, 1999Trapper John's last nameDavid J. Kahn
MORNINGRITUALFri Aug 12, 2022Making one's bed, taking a shower and solving a crossword, sayTrent H. Evans
OFFICEGOSSIPThu Aug 10, 2023Dish near a water cooler?Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
OPENTHEDOORFri Dec 20, 2019"Let me in!"Zhouqin Burnikel
PAAKWed Sep 21, 2022Musician Anderson .___Matthew Stock
POKEAHOLEINThu Jan 22, 1998___Patrick Jordan
PREACHIERFri May 13, 2022More sententiousBrooke Husic and Nam Jin Yoon
RECEPTACLESFri Jun 4, 1999VesselsJohn Wolting
REFORMATIONTue Oct 31, 2017See 17-AcrossAlex Eaton-Salners
SAMLETSFri Jun 6, 1997Young salmonGerald R. Ferguson
SHIRLEYMACLAINESun Feb 24, 2008Actress (1983), supporting actor (1999)Nancy Nicholson Joline
SIGNALFLAREMon Apr 19, 1999Trunk itemGregory E. Paul
SPADIXWed Feb 16, 1994Floral spikeJohn Greenman
SUCCORERTue Apr 27, 1999Giver of reliefFred Piscop
TATEMODERNFri Feb 16, 2018London museum whose oldest piece is from 1900David Steinberg
TEARSOPENTue Oct 28, 2008Unwraps in a hurryAllan E. Parrish
TENEBRAESat Feb 22, 1997Holy Week service, for CatholicsA. J. Santora
UNIFYINGThu Apr 1, 1999Making wholeKelly Clark
VINERYSun Dec 22, 2002Where grapes are grownFrances Hansen
WATERUNDERTHEBRIDGESun Dec 17, 2023Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle?Jeremy Newton
WAVThu Jul 10, 2003Form of music files on the NetMichael Shteyman
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