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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 50,639 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
ACQUIRELANDSun Jun 13, 2010Buy real estateFrancis Heaney
ANACQUIREDTASTEFri Dec 13, 2013What black licorice or blue cheese is, for manyGary Cee
ARTICLESOFFAITHWed Mar 28, 2012Woman's journalism?Joe DiPietro
BIGDANCESun Jun 7, 2020March Madness tourney, with "the"Andy Kravis
CALICOSSun Apr 1, 2012Cloths with repeating patternsPatrick Merrell
CATAWBASSat Jan 16, 2010Carolina nativesNed White
CHARGEACCOUNTSun Apr 24, 1994Shopper's convenienceLouis Sabin
COMPARISONSThu Aug 21, 2025Taste tests, e.g.Simeon Seigel
COXSWAINTue Jun 12, 2007Crew's leaderJonathan Gersch
CRUSHINGITFri May 19, 2017Nailing a performanceMatthew Sewell
DAVIDANDGOLIATHFri Jan 9, 2004Biblical battlersBob Peoples
DEMOVERSIONTue Feb 6, 2018Prototype, maybeBruce Haight
DUSHKUSun Jan 24, 2016Actress Eliza of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley
FERRELLSat Apr 21, 2018"Zoolander" co-star, 2001Daniel Nierenberg
GANNETSSat Aug 8, 2015Plunge-diving seabirdsAlan Arbesfeld
GOODANDEVILSat Mar 11, 2006Sides in an age-old battleDavid Quarfoot
HESSOWed Jul 4, 2007"___ Fine" (1963 Chiffons hit)Patrick Blindauer
HIHONEYMon Aug 11, 2025Warm greeting to a spouse or partnerRebecca Goldstein
JBFLETCHERTue Feb 4, 2014Pen name for Angela Lansbury's character on "Murder, She Wrote"David Steinberg
JUSTAFEWTue Mar 20, 2012Not that manyWill Nediger
KRISSKROSSFri Jan 10, 2014Word puzzle popular since the 1930sPatrick Berry
LAUDABLESun Jul 8, 2012Deserving praiseJoel Fagliano
LUMINESCESat Dec 17, 2005GlowPatrick Berry
MENWORKINGTue Jul 26, 2011[Orange]Michael Black
MRROMANCESat Jun 28, 20082005 reality show hosted by FabioByron Walden
OGGITue Feb 25, 1997Today, in TurinGregory E. Paul
OLDBATSSat Jul 18, 2015BiddiesJoe Krozel
PAUPERSSat May 6, 2000The poorRich Norris
PORTLIESTFri Oct 27, 2006Superlatively stoutLisa Bunker
POTATORACESat Sep 16, 2017Fair competitionNatan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
PUZZLESSat Aug 8, 2009StumpsKaren M. Tracey
ROXANASun Apr 22, 2012Wife of Alexander the GreatPaula Gamache and Ed Stein
SHOPTILLYOUDROPMon Mar 29, 1999Catch phrase for the avid mallgoerBill Ballard
SIGNALFLAREMon Apr 19, 1999Trunk itemGregory E. Paul
STENTONSat Jan 6, 2007Sir Frank ___, historian of Anglo-Saxon EnglandRobert H. Wolfe
TRANIOFri Mar 18, 2005Romantic plotter in "The Taming of the Shrew"Ed Early
TRUEDUPSun Aug 4, 2019AlignedWill Nediger
TUBEPANThu Jan 23, 2014Angel food cake requirementMichael Hawkins
UNBAGWed Apr 5, 2000Remove from a sackFrances Hansen
WHISKERWed Dec 18, 1996Narrow margin of victoryM. W. Perry
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