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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 50,527 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSISTANCE | Tue Sep 18, 2007 | See 32-Across | Chuck Deodene |
| BEENS | Wed Aug 19, 2009 | Has-___ (ones who are washed up) | Peter A. Collins |
| BUZZALDRIN | Mon May 27, 1996 | Second man to set foot on the moon | N. Steinberg |
| CRACKPOTS | Fri Sep 6, 1996 | Wackos | R. Norris |
| DAYSOFPOMPEII | Wed Dec 19, 2007 | Era ended by Vesuvius? | Victor Fleming |
| DRAWSACROWD | Mon Dec 27, 2004 | Gets noticed, as an artist? | Levi Denham |
| ECLIPSES | Mon Aug 27, 2001 | Overshadows | Holden Baker |
| EIGHTTHEHARDWAY | Tue Jan 13, 1998 | [::] [::] | Stanley B. Whitten |
| FLESHIER | Sun May 1, 1994 | More plump | Peter Gordon |
| FORTHEBEST | Mon Nov 14, 2005 | Not bad in result | Marjorie Berg |
| GINSUKNIFE | Sun May 4, 2025 | Product that "can cut a slice of bread so thin you can almost see through it!," in old ads | Brandon Koppy |
| GLOTTIS | Thu Sep 20, 2018 | Opening between the vocal cords | Sam Ezersky |
| GOTHMUSICIAN | Sun Jan 22, 2012 | Bad occupation for Happy? | Adam Fromm |
| HIGHPOINT | Wed Dec 7, 2005 | Acme | Manny Nosowsky |
| HOOPLE | Thu May 30, 1996 | Major of the comics | N. S. Wizer |
| HUMMER | Wed Mar 2, 2011 | G.M. brand discontinued in 2010 | David Poole |
| LILJON | Sun Jul 8, 2012 | "Get Low" rapper | Joel Fagliano |
| LUNDGREN | Sun Mar 23, 2014 | Dolph of "Rocky IV" | Ian Livengood |
| MASKERS | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | Some people in costume | Joe Krozel |
| OLDNEWS | Wed Nov 14, 2001 | Hardly the latest buzz | Frank A. Longo |
| OVERLINE | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | Caption above a picture, e.g. | Frank Longo |
| PAHLAVI | Sun Mar 31, 1996 | Iranian royal name | J. Savage |
| PBSSHOW | Fri Jul 27, 2018 | "Nature" or "Frontline" | Bruce Haight |
| PORTFOLIOS | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | Cruise brochures? | Charles Deber |
| REMAINSTOBESEEN | Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Contents of Lenin's Tomb, e.g.? | Joe DiPietro |
| ROBBERIES | Sun Dec 24, 2017 | Heists | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen |
| SCREENOUT | Sun Feb 7, 2016 | Exclude, as undesirable things | Alan Arbesfeld |
| SCYTALE | Wed Dec 27, 2023 | Ancient method of encipherment with a message wrapped around a cylinder | Kareem Ayas |
| SHATTEREDDREAM | Sun Mar 10, 1996 | FA NT AS Y | F. & L. Sabin |
| SHOOKTHERAFTERS | Sat May 6, 1995 | Resounded | Randolph Ross |
| SIGHTING | Sat Jan 12, 2013 | Birder's reward | Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber |
| TAKEOFFS | Tue Aug 5, 2003 | Mimics' work | D. J. DeChristopher |
| TALLGLASS | Sun Jul 3, 2011 | Container for a 117-Across | Pete Muller |
| THEBIGBANG | Sat Aug 26, 2017 | Explosive theory? | Peter Wentz |
| TWOSCOMPANY | Thu Jan 13, 2005 | Start of an appeal for privacy | Robert Zimmerman |
| UNEVENLY | Fri May 10, 1996 | Without balance | M. Gaffney |
| VENTRILOQUISTS | Sat Feb 2, 2008 | Seemingly silent types | Natan Last |
| WAFFLEFRY | Wed Feb 5, 2025 | Starchy food item named for a food it resembles | Kiran Pandey |
| YOUCANNEVERTELL | Wed Aug 29, 2001 | Former U.S. Open champ Chris's answer to "Who'll be tops this year?" | James Rogers |
| YOUREWELCOME | Wed Jul 17, 2024 |  | Alex Eaton-Salners |