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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 50,251 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
ALLIWANTTODOFri Mar 13, 20152008 crossover hit for the country duo SugarlandVictor Fleming
AMAZEBALLSSat Jul 15, 2017Incredible, in modern slangZachary Spitz
AREWELIVETue Aug 12, 2025"Has our broadcast started?"Erik Agard
ATWORLDSENDTue Feb 22, 2022Near the North or South Pole, sayJacob McDermott
AWARDLETTERSat Oct 30, 2004Good news from the financial aid officeByron Walden
CANTDOATHINGSun Oct 19, 2008Is completely hamstrungJoe DiPietro
CROSSBREEDSSun Aug 28, 2022Mixes animal species … as eight answers in this puzzle do?Ori Brian
DETAILINGSun Jun 25, 2023Some work at a car washJohn Westwig
EDISONEFFECTSun May 16, 2021Phenomenon by which electrons radiate from a heated filament, so named for a famous observerJoe DiPietro
EGGSHAPEDHEADMon Aug 3, 2015Notable 23-Across featureDavid Steinberg
FRIZZEDSat Sep 15, 2001Like an AfroMichael Shteyman
HATTONTue Feb 2, 2021___ Garden, London district known for diamond tradingAdesina O. Koiki
IMPAIREDThu Aug 20, 2015Intoxicated, sayJules P. Markey
ISNOTHINGSACREDFri Feb 11, 2022Rhetorical question lamenting a lack of respectTrenton Charlson
KRINGLEThu Sep 26, 2019Noted KrisDoug Peterson
LIMPETTue Nov 26, 2002Cousin of a conchAlan Arbesfeld
LIPGLOSSTue Sep 8, 2015Cosmetic applied with a small brushJacob Stulberg
MICHAELJFOXSat Mar 14, 1998Emmy-winning actor, 1986-88Ed Pegg Jr.
MISDIRECTEDWed Jun 16, 2021Led astray ... or like the films at 19-, 25-, 40- and 57-Across?Finn Vigeland
MONTMARTRESat Mar 5, 2011Area where Dalí, Monet, Picasso and van Gogh all paintedRandolph Ross
NATHSat Nov 5, 1994Part of a Hawthorne signatureManny Nosowsky
NONPLUSSESSun Jun 26, 1994ConfoundsNancy Nicholson Joline
NONSTEROIDWed May 4, 2016Like hormones synthesized from amino acidsJacob Stulberg
ONELOAFFri Jul 8, 199415 slices, maybeManny Nosowsky
OVERTIMEGOALSSun Jan 19, 2003Exciting hockey finishesEric Berlin
PLAYEDOVERSat Sep 17, 2005ReranRich Norris
QUIZZESFri Oct 26, 2001GrillsPeter Gordon
RADIATIONBELTWed Dec 2, 2015Attire during an X-ray exam?Alan Arbesfeld
RAWRECRUITSun Feb 12, 2017Greenhorn on the forceLynn Lempel
RICKSPRINGFIELDSat Apr 22, 2017Singer with a recurring role on "General Hospital"Adam Fromm
ROGEROVERANDOUTFri Aug 27, 2004Communication enderManny Nosowsky
SKIPARKASat Aug 16, 2008Protection for someone on the run?Byron Walden
SLICKERFri Feb 27, 1998City fellowKevin McCann
SOLUTIONMon Oct 4, 2004"Eureka!" causeSeth A. Abel
SWEATOFONESBROWTue Dec 12, 2000Hard laborNick Grivas
VIOLINCONCERTOSSun May 3, 2009Five works of Mozart [Rhode Island]Caleb Madison
WEIRDEDOUTSat Feb 8, 2020Getting a strange vibeHemant Mehta
WINDMILLDUNKMon Nov 11, 2019*Showy basketball two-pointerEvan Kalish
WOODSHEDSat Oct 23, 2010Place of discreet punishmentWill Nediger
YOUREINFORITNOWMon Feb 4, 2019"This means trouble, my friend"Ali Gascoigne
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