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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 50,755 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
ASITHASBEENSAIDWed Dec 27, 2006Quotation citer's intro?Manny Nosowsky
ATRICEFri Aug 1, 2003Instantly, after "in"Manny Nosowsky
ATTACKERSSat Mar 8, 2008People in a rushBrad Wilber
BIGGESTFANFri Sep 29, 2006Admirer, and then someDavid Quarfoot
CLEAVERSSat Mar 30, 20021950's-60's TV familyMark Diehl
COLOSSAEFri Aug 22, 2008Ancient city to which Paul wrote an EpistleKevin G. Der
COOLAIRFri Dec 12, 2014Fan's outputEvan Birnholz
CREDITORSSat Sep 28, 1996Bankruptcy listingG. R. Ferguson
DONTGOAWAYFOLKSFri Dec 24, 1993Stay tuned, Part 1Merl H. Reagle
EUREKACAThu Oct 8, 199895501Alan Arbesfeld
EWALLETSat Feb 10, 2024Apple Pay, e.g.Zhouqin Burnikel
FALLSOUTOFFAVORSun Apr 23, 2023"Everyone dislikes autumn now!"Katie Hale and Scott Hogan
GHOTIThu Dec 23, 2010"Fish"Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg
GINJOINTSFri Oct 24, 2014SaloonsPatrick Blindauer
GREENCHEESETue Jul 4, 2023Moon's makeup, fancifullyBarbara Lin
GREERGARSONSun Jul 23, 1995Top female box-office draw in 1945Fran & Lou Sabin
GUETTASat Jul 20, 2024David ___, Grammy-winning French D.J.Ricky J. Sirois
HAWAIIANSHIRTSat May 25, 2019Top of a Pacific island chainPaolo Pasco
HESNOTATHISDESKTue Jul 28, 1998Stock secretarial ploy #3Robert Dillman
HITSTHEROOFMon Jun 12, 2023Explodes in angerAlice Liang
INBUNCHESMon Feb 17, 2003GroupedAlan Arbesfeld
LEOGSun Jan 26, 1997Actor ___ CarrollS. Elliott
LIBERALISMFri Jul 1, 2011What's not right?Chris A. McGlothlin
LOSESSEATSFri Jan 5, 1996Does poorly in Congressional electionR. Ross
MEGALITHICSat Jul 4, 2015Like StonehengeSam Ezersky
NOLLESun Aug 10, 2014___ prosequi ("proceed no further" court entry)Elizabeth C. Gorski
ONESMALLSTEPSun Jul 21, 2019What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzleJason Mueller and Jeff Chen
OVERRULESSat Nov 4, 1995VetoesFrank A. Longo
PANTSROLESun Dec 18, 2022Term for a male opera character played by a womanRyan McCarty
PICKMEUPSWed Jul 13, 2016Cry from an eager applicant for a delivery job?Tom McCoy
REBRANDEDSun Dec 21, 2025Like a corporation with a new logo, perhapsDavid Kwong
SHOOPSHOOPSONGWed Oct 13, 19991964 Betty Everett hit, with "The"David Levinson Wilk
SOIGATHEREDSat Jul 1, 2023"Well, that much was clear"Ben Tolkin
STROLLINThu Dec 7, 2023Arrive nonchalantlyRebecca Goldstein
TAOOFPOOHSun Apr 13, 20251982 Benjamin Hoff best seller on Eastern philosophy, with "The"John Kugelman
THETALKINGHORSEWed Jan 5, 2011Familiar title for the star of the showMr. Ed Sessa
TOROIDALFri Nov 16, 2001DoughnutlikeElizabeth C. Gorski
TVDRAMASMon Mar 24, 2025"The Boys" and "The Bear," for twoVictor Schmitt
UGRICSat May 3, 2003Language branch containing HungarianJohn Scott Marrone
WORKLOADSMon Sep 3, 2012Sets of tasks, as at an officeC. W. Stewart
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