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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 50,256 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
ANALECTSSun Sep 12, 2004"The ___ of Confucius"Patrick Berry
ASPIRESTOWed May 17, 2023Aims forParker Higgins
BOULDERERSMon Feb 3, 2025Recreational rock climbersJack Scherban
BYYOURLEAVESun Jul 10, 2016Request for permissionPatrick Berry
CACHINNATEThu Aug 27, 2020Laugh uproariouslyNancy Stark and Will Nediger
CHAWONWed Jun 14, 1995Eat none too daintilyRichard Hughes
COURSEDSat Oct 28, 2017RanRoland Huget
DANICASun Mar 16, 2025Auto racer ___ PatrickPaul Coulter
DRESSDOWNDAYSTue Oct 17, 2023Casual office occasionsDominic Grillo
DREWALONGBREATHSat Nov 5, 1994Inspired (very much so!)Manny Nosowsky
ENDTABLESSun Jan 21, 2018They may sit next to sofasVictor Barocas and Andy Kravis
ETCETERAETCETERASun May 8, 2022"... you get the point"Matthew Stock and Chandi Deitmer
FLUORESCESun Mar 14, 2021Glow, in a wayJacob Stulberg
GOWIRELESSSat Feb 19, 2011Eliminate lines of communication?Tim Croce
JDANFORTHQUAYLEMon Nov 5, 2007Vice president who once famously mashed "potato"Jeremy Horwitz
JULIEADAMSSat Jul 31, 2021"Creature From the Black Lagoon" co-starBrian Thomas and Brooke Husic
LEFTRIGHTAWAYTue Mar 7, 2023*Made a hasty exitEnrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
LICENSORSun Aug 20, 2000Legal trademark userCharles M. Deber
LOTTOBALLSFri Nov 17, 2023Focus of a get-rich-quick scheme?Hemant Mehta
MARTINSHEENFri Dec 6, 2019Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. presidentAndrew J. Ries
MOONSHADOWMon Apr 8, 20241971 Cat Stevens hit that would be apt to play during a 46-AcrossPeter Gordon
MOVEBACKFri Apr 11, 2014RetreatPeter Wentz
OUGHTSThu Jun 19, 2008Possible name for the first decade of the centuryJoe Krozel
PABARKERFri Feb 26, 2016His wife and sons were Depression-era criminalsPaula Gamache
PAPERLACESun May 18, 2014Band with the 1974 #1 hit "The Night Chicago Died"Joe DiPietro
PHAIRFri Dec 16, 2011Rocker LizDoug Peterson and Barry C. Silk
PLEASESTOPFri Mar 30, 2018"Enough!"Sam Trabucco
PLUMTOMATOTue Jul 4, 2017Common ingredient in pasta sauceMangesh Ghogre and Brendan Emmett Quigley
REAUMURSat Jun 26, 200418th-century French inventor of a temperature scaleByron Walden
RETURNEESSun Aug 29, 2010Soldiers home from service, e.g.Derek Bowman
ROVINGSat Feb 9, 2002Not specifically assignedRich Norris
SAYSNOTOFri Aug 18, 2006RefusesJoe DiPietro
SLEEPINGBAGSSun Apr 28, 2002Product of a Serta/Louis Vuitton merger?Elizabeth C. Gorski
STARTERKITFri Mar 18, 2022Basics to build withClaire Rimkus and Brooke Husic
TAHITIANSThu Sep 15, 2005Papeete's peopleFrank Longo
TERNARYFri Feb 16, 2007ThreefoldCharles Barasch
TROPHIESThu Jul 13, 2000Den decorationsRich Norris
ULTERIORMOTIVESun Jun 6, 1999Reason for coyness, maybeDavid J. Kahn
USEABLESat May 19, 2007FitByron Walden
WINDROWFri Jun 2, 1995Line of drying hayFrank A. Longo
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