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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 50,653 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
ASKEDALOTOFSat Feb 16, 2002Expected much fromFrank Longo
BALCONYSEATWed Oct 19, 2005Spot in the top tierLevi Denham
BOMPWed Apr 30, 1997Nonsense word repeated in a 1961 hitBrendan Emmett Quigley
BOSTWICKSun Jul 5, 2015Barry of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"Elizabeth C. Gorski
BRIDESMAIDMon Nov 23, 2020Wedding attendantStanley Newman
BSHARPSSun Sep 27, 2015C equivalentsTom McCoy
BUILDINGPERMITSun May 5, 2019Construction paper?Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson
CAMERAWORKMon Nov 16, 2020Job for a cinematographerJennifer Nutt
COMMONSNIPEThu Jul 24, 2025"Nice of you to show up"Ginny Too
COPSANDROBBERSMon Sep 20, 2004Children's gameA. J. Santora
CORROBORATEDMon May 2, 2005AffirmedTyler Hinman
COSLEEPERSat Sep 27, 2025Alternative to a cribAdrian Johnson and Christina Iverson
DETERMINERSat Oct 13, 2007Decision makerBarry C. Silk
DIAGNOSESMon Dec 25, 1995Doctors' determinationsSidney L. Robbins
DOONESWed Apr 4, 2012Lorna ___ (cookies)Zoe Wheeler
FANFICTIONSat Nov 14, 2015Stories unauthorized by authorsKameron Austin Collins
INTHESUNFri Nov 8, 1996Not shadedM. Gaffney
LICKSUPSun Jul 24, 1994LapsMatt Gaffney
LOTSWIFESun Jan 20, 2013Biblical figure punished for hindsight?Yaakov Bendavid
MAGDALENEFri Oct 22, 1999Cambridge University collegeMartin Ashwood-Smith
MOLDERINGFri Oct 11, 1996CrumblingF. Longo
MOONMISSIONThu Apr 1, 2004*Apollo 17 was the last oneByron Walden
MUSEUMOFNATURALHISTORYThu Mar 3, 2016Home to many stuffed animalsAndrew Zhou
PARIETALSSat Jun 3, 2006Rules for allowing members of the opposite sex into dormsBrendan Emmett Quigley
PIZZADOUGHSat Jul 9, 2011It may spin overheadCaleb Madison
PLENITUDESun Jul 12, 2015More-than-adequate supplyPatrick Berry
RAFAELNADALTue Mar 10, 2020Longtime rival of Roger FedererDavid J. Kahn
RICEPUDDINGMon Dec 15, 2008Writer Anne's favorite dessert?Susan Gelfand
ROOFDECKSat Aug 11, 2001Sunbathing localeDavid J. Kahn
ROTISSERIEOVENSFri Aug 13, 2021Revolutionary inventions in the cooking world?John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
SETSUPSHOPFri Aug 3, 2001Begins a businessElizabeth C. Gorski
SHARPCOOKIEMon Aug 16, 2021Quick-minded sortFreddie Cheng
SUGARSNAPPEASWed May 8, 2024Some stir-fry vegetablesMichael Schlossberg
SWEEPUNDERTHERUGSun Aug 10, 2008Ignore, as a problemWill Nediger
TIDERIPFri Feb 13, 1998Current phenomenonJim Page
TRAVERSSun Feb 1, 1998Mary of Peter, Paul and MaryMerl Reagle
TRYTOACTNATURALThu Mar 9, 1995Don't do anything suspiciousAlex Vaughn
UNITEDSTATESPRESIDENTSun Feb 21, 2010What you'll get if you read aloud 23-, 44-, 67-, 86- or 113-AcrossEric Berlin
UNIVALENTThu Feb 17, 2005Unpaired, as a chromosomePatrick Merrell
ZIPPOLIGHTERMon Mar 2, 2020Butane-filled item for smokersAndrea Carla Michaels
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