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 50,854 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
BEARTHEEXPENSE	Fri Jan 24, 2025	Accept financial responsibility	Ernest Lim
BEPOLITE	Sun Jun 21, 2009	Adolescent admonishment	Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
CHAIRLIFT	Sun Jan 29, 2012	It brings up many ticket holders	Ian Livengood
DOUBLEO	Sun Aug 31, 2025	Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across	Danny J. Rooney
ELVISAARONPRESLEY	Sun Jul 16, 2006	SEEN ALIVE? SORRY, PAL!	Ashish Vengsarkar
FIFTYSTARS	Wed Oct 4, 1995	Old Glory feature	Wayne Robert Williams
FINALDRAFT	Fri Jul 30, 2021	Result of multiple paper cuts?	Eric Bornstein
GARYSINISE	Sat Aug 24, 1996	"Forrest Gump" Oscar nominee	J. Page
GEORGEPAL	Thu Oct 6, 1994	"When Worlds Collide" producer	Richard Silvestri
GLAUCOMA	Thu Jul 29, 2004	Eyesight impairer	Patrick Merrell
GOTNOWHERE	Sat Mar 12, 2022	Went round and round in circles	Natan Last
GOTOTHIRDBASE	Sun Jun 7, 2009	Anticipate heading home	Jeremy Newton
HELLOHELLO	Sat Jul 7, 2007	Enthusiastic welcome	Todd McClary
HITUPON	Tue Jul 4, 2000	Get, as an idea	Tyler Hinman
JOBSEEKERS	Thu Nov 14, 2024	Those who apply themselves?	Matthew Faiella
LAKEPOWELL	Sun Jan 8, 2012	Glen Canyon reservoir	Tony Orbach
LAYDOWNSALLY	Sun Nov 24, 2013	"Time to show your cards, Ms. Field!"	Gary Cee
LEOPOLDIII	Sat Jun 21, 2003	King of Belgium, 1934-51	Dana Motley
MISFED	Sun Sep 22, 2019	Like a jammed printer	Tracy Gray
MOUTHPIECE	Mon Dec 17, 2001	Telephone part	Christina Houlihan
MOVADO	Tue Aug 17, 2021	Luxury watch brand	Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
MUSICS	Thu Dec 8, 2016	"When the ___ Over" (1967 Doors song)	Damon Gulczynski
NEALES	Sat Jul 3, 2010	Tennis's Fraser and others	Joe Krozel
NORMALCY	Tue Jul 2, 2019	Regularness	Peter Gordon
OCTAVAL	Sun Sep 5, 1999	Like standard music notation	Elizabeth C. Gorski
PROBING	Tue May 30, 2023	Like some nosy questions	Kathryn Ladner
PUPUSA	Fri Jul 15, 2022	Thick tortilla that's the national dish of El Salvador	Matthew Stock and Nam Jin Yoon
PUREBREDDOG	Sun Mar 12, 2023	Westminster competitor	David Tuffs
RELINED	Thu Oct 25, 2001	Like some old coats	John Scott Marrone
ROUNDHOLES	Sun Apr 12, 2009	See 65-Across	Eric Berlin
SETABLAZE	Sat Apr 30, 2016	Light	Mark Diehl
SHEEREST	Thu May 30, 1996	Most gossamery	N. S. Wizer
SHUNTER	Sun Jun 5, 1994	Railroad mechanism	Dean Niles
SOGGIEST	Sun Mar 7, 1999	Most moist	Randolph Ross
THEHANGOVER	Sat Aug 25, 2012	2009 comedy whose tagline is "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"	Caleb Madison
TICKLETHEIVORIES	Sun Jul 5, 2020	Play piano, informally	Laura Taylor Kinnel
TOUCHTYPE	Wed Jun 29, 2005	Emulate a veteran 11-Down	David Liben-Nowell
TRUMPETERSWAN	Thu Feb 29, 2024		Esha Datta
UNTAPERED	Thu Nov 9, 1995	Full, as clothes	Bob Sefick
UPKEY	Tue Jul 20, 2021	Aid in scrolling to the top	Sam Buchbinder