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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 50,655 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
ACETUMThu May 4, 1995VinegarA.J. Santora
ALINEDRESSSat May 12, 20121955 Dior debutCaleb Madison
ANANSITHESPIDERSat Jul 10, 2021Mischievous character in West African folkloreTrenton Charlson
ANDITISGOODWed Sep 26, 2012See 23-AcrossPeter A. Collins
AVENGERSENDGAMESat Jan 24, 2026Penultimate film in a series of 23Adrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty
BACKSLAPPINGSun Sep 15, 2002Condones eating soup impolitely?Fred Piscop
CALIFORNIAPOPPYSat Jun 25, 2005Western state flowerJohn Underwood
COEDDORMSFri Feb 21, 2014Buildings often segregated by floorPatrick Berry
CUTRATESThu Jul 16, 2009Deep discountsElizabeth C. Gorski
DEATHATAFUNERALThu Jan 7, 20212007 black comedy directed by Frank OzMatthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar
DISHONOURSun Jul 7, 2019Ill repute, to a BritJack Reuter
EBAYSALEWed Jan 21, 2026Transaction on an online marketplaceGinny Too and Avery Gee Katz
ELLIPSOIDSSat Nov 4, 2006Geometric figuresRich Norris
ENDRESULTSTue Apr 1, 2025Final outcomesSande Milton
ESTAMPASat Aug 7, 2010Imprint: Sp.Joe Krozel
GRAMMESSun Oct 13, 2002British metric unitsElizabeth C. Gorski
HIGHFIDELITYSun Sep 15, 2024Record book?Aimee Lucido
KEVINDURANTSat Oct 11, 20142014 N.B.A. M.V.P.Evans Clinchy
LEVINSSun Dec 29, 1996Writers Meyer and IraB. White
MORTONSALTWed Apr 20, 2005Publisher Zuckerman's book about weapons negotiations?Joe DiPietro
MUSTERSUPSun May 5, 2002Calls on, as strengthPatrick Berry
NEWSMAGAZINETue Jul 21, 2020"20/20," e.g.Zhouqin Burnikel
NOERRORSFri Mar 17, 2006Flawless diamond display?John Farmer
NONSTEROIDWed May 4, 2016Like hormones synthesized from amino acidsJacob Stulberg
NOVITIATESun Jun 23, 2019New brother or sisterDavid Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas
ONCASSETTEFri Mar 3, 2023How many 1970s-'80s movies were releasedEric Warren
PEARLYGATESFri Jun 19, 2009Setting of many New Yorker cartoonsDavid Levinson Wilk
POSTBOXFri Sep 30, 2011London letter getterJoe Krozel
PUSSINBOOTSSun Feb 19, 1995Charles Perrault taleAlfio Micci
QUIETCARTue Jul 4, 2023"Library-like" section of an Amtrak trainBarbara Lin
SECONDCUPWed Jun 16, 19991/60-minute drink?Gilbert H. Ludwig
SEMINOLEINDIANSMon Mar 18, 2013Native FloridiansDaniel Landman
SKICHALETSun Mar 1, 2020Alpine lodgingSam Trabucco
SOFERSat Oct 11, 1997Daytime Emmy actress RenaFred Piscop
STIFFARMThu Jul 13, 2017Push aside for selfish endsLewis E. Rothlein
STUMPFORFri Dec 29, 2023Help out on the campaign trailRobyn Weintraub
SWIMMINGBANMon Oct 12, 2009Likely result of pollution along a beachRichard Chisholm
TELLMAMAWed Sep 2, 20151968 Etta James albumKevin Christian and Bradley Wilber
WELLBEINGSat Mar 3, 2001HealthFraser Simpson
ZEDONKThu Sep 5, 2024Equine hybrid with striped legsJoe Deeney
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