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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 50,523 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
AKINETICSun Dec 8, 2019Unable to move wellEmily Carroll
ATHLETICAPPARELFri Jun 18, 2021Products of Under Armour and NikeDaniel Larsen
CIADIRECTORFri Jan 23, 2009George H. W. Bush, onceBarry C. Silk
DANSEURSun Nov 23, 2003Ballet performerLeonard Williams
DIVESINThu Aug 10, 2000Gets down to workMark Diehl
DOORBUSTERDEALSun Nov 28, 2021Prop ax used in "The Shining," a valuable collectors' item, $200!Jeff Kremer
DROPALOTOFBUCKSThu Feb 11, 1999Handle many deer carelessly?Cathy Millhauser
ELIONThu Aug 11, 2005Gertrude ___, 1988 Medicine NobelistMichael Shteyman
EMULSIONSTue Oct 10, 2017Opaque liquids such as milkMark MacLachlan
FOLDABLESat Aug 11, 2007Like many a road mapKaren M. Tracey
GALVESTONSat Feb 18, 2023Onetime capital of the sovereign Republic of TexasKameron Austin Collins
GOESCUCKOOOVERTue Jul 22, 2025Enjoys immenselyJeremy Newton
GRAZIEMILLEThu Nov 27, 2014Thanksgiving phraseStanley Newman
HUSTLEANDBUSTLETue Mar 25, 1997Lots of activityBrendan Emmett Quigley
ILEFTMYSun Jul 12, 1998Bennett song startHenry Hook
INYOURDREAMSMon Aug 3, 1998"No way!"Nancy Salomon
IVENEVERTRIEDITFri Feb 27, 2009"This would be a first for me"Joe DiPietro
JAMLIKESun Sep 3, 2000Resembling preservesDavid J. Kahn
LAVENDERHILLMOBMon Feb 2, 20041951 Alec Guinness film, with "The"Gregory E. Paul
LEERINGATThu Aug 29, 2013Ogling wolfishlyTimothy Polin
LITTLEWHITELIESMon Jun 19, 2000Fibs of songManny Nosowsky
MADEASPLASHSun May 5, 2019Debuted to great acclaimSamuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
MAKEBANKSat Apr 5, 2014Earn a load of money, in modern lingoAshton Anderson and James Mulhern
MONTSSat Nov 15, 1997Alpes, e.g.Fred Piscop
MRNASat Dec 28, 2024Kind of vaccineSam Berriman
NIMBLENESSThu Apr 27, 2000One of Jack's qualitiesGreg Staples
OOZEOUTSun May 20, 2018ExudeWill Nediger
PEACEMAKERFri Dec 1, 2017Nickname of the B-36 bomber, ironicallyLily Silverstein
PEOPLETOSEETue Dec 15, 2009See 17-AcrossSteve Dobis
POLKADOTBIKINISThu Mar 10, 2005They're spotted on beachesEd Early
POSTMODERNFri Mar 5, 2004Like New York City's Sony BuildingGary Steinmehl
PROBOWLERTue Apr 9, 2013Merlin Olsen, 14 timesSteve Blais
RESPRAYEDSat May 27, 1995Handled further infestationA.J. Santora
SDCARDSun Dec 28, 2025S.L.R. insert since the early 2000sAlex Eaton-Salners
SEVENHOURSat Aug 16, 2025Like a typical flight from New York to LondonByron Walden
SHREDOFDECENCYSun Nov 26, 2000Fragment from an intangible?Patrick Berry
SUNDECKSTue Oct 27, 2009Places for tanningChuck Deodene
SUPERCHARGEDSun May 19, 2019Gave extra juiceNatan Last
THEDETROITLIONSFri Sep 29, 2000Team for which George Plimpton once playedBob Klahn
TURNOUTSFri Jul 11, 2003They're good at hitsPatrick Berry
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