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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 50,845 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
ASLOUDThu Jul 19, 2007Comparatively noisyDavid J. Kahn
BRUITSFri Aug 5, 1994Spreads the newsDaniel R. Stark
CHAIRBEDSat Nov 26, 2011What might unfold when you have guestsBrad Wilber
COMPARISONSThu Aug 21, 2025Taste tests, e.g.Simeon Seigel
COSTUMEBALLSMon Sep 23, 2013Fancy dress affairsSusan Gelfand
DEFLATIONWed Apr 14, 1999Reason for some hissesAlan Arbesfeld
DETONATEDSun Jun 6, 2004Set offPatrick Merrell
DISTILLEDSPIRITMon May 7, 2012Whiskey or vodkaGuy Tabachnick
DOAFAVORSat Feb 9, 2019Help outRyan McCarty
FANTAILEDPIGEONSun Sep 12, 1999Bird with a devoted following?Nancy Scandrett Ross
FLEASHAMPOOSat Jul 30, 2011Spot treatment?Patrick Berry
FLESHTONETue May 25, 2010Body suit shade, perhapsSarah Keller
GANDERSun Jan 9, 2005Look aroundBrendan Emmett Quigley
GENERALELECTIONFri Jul 20, 2012Primary counterpartMartin Ashwood-Smith
IMHAPPYWed Nov 18, 2020"OK by me"Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
ISTHATAYESORANOFri Dec 6, 2024"Sorry, can you clarify your answer?"Robyn Weintraub
JAVASEAFri Mar 13, 2026Body of water near SumatraJames McCarron and Rachel Souza
JAYCEETue Jun 11, 1996Civic leaderG. E. Paul
JUICENEWTONMon Dec 26, 2005"Queen of Hearts" vocalist, 1981Allan E. Parrish
JUMPTHESHARKMon Jul 10, 2023Become absurdly outlandish, as a TV showBrad Wiegmann
LAIDEGGSSun Jun 30, 2024Successfully nested, sayGinny Too
LAMPEDSat Nov 26, 2016Clobbered, in British slangPaolo Pasco
LIMPBIZKITMon Oct 8, 2018Rap rock band with the 7x platinum album "Significant Other"Jacob Stulberg
LOVEWILLTEARUSAPARTSun Jan 1, 2023Seminal 1980 hit by Joy DivisionAdam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa
PEGOUTSun Nov 9, 2008Score the winning point in cribbagePaula Gamache
PHASICSat Aug 15, 2009Occurring in stagesMatt Ginsberg
ROBERTBENCHLEYSun Aug 9, 1998"From Bed to Worse" writerChristopher Hurt
SAFEINVESTMENTSun Apr 5, 2009Purchase of a vault?Charles Deber
SAINTJOANMon Apr 7, 2008Play by George Bernard ShawRandall J. Hartman
SNEAKSOUTThu Nov 25, 2021Breaks curfew, maybeChase Dittrich
SOCIALCUEFri Jul 5, 2024Crossed arms or yawning, e.g.Trent H. Evans
STEPPEDONTHEGASFri Sep 11, 2015Gunned itPeter A. Collins
TECHNOBANDThu Sep 29, 2022Group putting out electronic musicJeremy Newton
TNWed Jul 16, 2008See noteJoe Krozel
TOOKTOONESFEETTue Aug 26, 2008RoseNancy Salomon
UNDERONEROOFSun Sep 17, 2017All together, as a familyMark MacLachlan
UNDERSPENDSSun Jul 3, 2005Is frugalElizabeth C. Gorski
VOLLEYSat Jun 24, 1995BarrageBob & Sharon Klahn
WINDOWSHOPPERTue Oct 25, 1994Many a Fifth Avenue habitueLois Sidway
WITHDRAWSun Feb 24, 2013Back downJoe DiPietro
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