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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 50,681 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
AIROFFENSIVEThu Oct 29, 2009Series of sortiesJoe Krozel
AJIFFThu Dec 18, 2008In ___ (quickly)Michael Vuolo
AMANSSun Jul 26, 1998"It's ___ World" ('62 sitcom)Richard Silvestri
ARVOSun Apr 29, 2012Sacred music composer ___ PärtTracy Gray
BITTERENDERThu Aug 21, 2025*Person who persists in a hopeless causeSimeon Seigel
BOLSHEVIKSat Jan 23, 2010Lenin, for oneKaren M. Tracey
BRODOWNTue Jan 21, 2025Hang with the boys, slangilyDan Caprera
COMMUTERTue May 9, 1995Suburbanite, perhapsGregory E. Paul
COWSMILKFri May 7, 2010Swiss cheese ingredientTyler Hinman
DEDEEFri May 14, 2004Actress PfeifferRobert H. Wolfe
DEGRADESThu Nov 17, 1994CorruptsRich Norris
DIDNTBATANEYESun Oct 27, 1996Showed no emotionN. N. Joline
DIVIDERSSun Feb 13, 2022Binder inserts with tabsDavid Steinberg
DOYOGASat Jan 15, 2022Get into a pose, perhapsSam Ezersky
ESCAPECLAUSEMon Oct 21, 2013Stipulation that frees one of liabilityGary Cee
FAILUPWed Oct 5, 2022Get promoted despite poor performanceJason Reich
FLICKOFTHEWRISTMon Aug 11, 2003Quick, easy motionRandall J. Hartman
FREEDOMRIDESSat Jul 19, 2025Actions that, despite being legal, resulted in hundreds of arrests in 1961Erik Agard
GRAVITYSRAINBOWSat Oct 22, 20161974 National Book Award winner by Thomas PynchonJames Mulhern
ICECOLDBEERHEREFri Sep 15, 2023Draft announcement?David A. Rubin and Lee Demertzis
ITSAMATCHMon Mar 4, 2024"You both swiped right!," on TinderSamantha Podos Nowak
IVYROSESat Mar 24, 20121957 hit for Perry ComoBarry C. Silk
JACOBJAVITSMon Apr 20, 2009Longtime New York senator for whom a center is namedRandall J. Hartman
KRAALTue Sep 12, 2006Rural village in South AfricaJames R. Leeds
LINEARIZESat Oct 11, 1997Make straightFred Piscop
MOUSEHOLESun Jul 26, 2015Place to set a trapEllen Leuschner and Jeff Chen
NICOLAUSWed Jan 31, 2001Astronomer CopernicusJon Delfin
NIGHTVISIONSun Jan 6, 2013What some goggles provideDan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels
PAINTINTOACORNERSun May 13, 2007*Put at bayJim Page
PESSIMISTICMon Dec 2, 2024Seeing the glass half-emptyAndrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian
PISHEDSat Oct 21, 2006Directed a cry of contempt atDavid Quarfoot
PUBCRAWLMon Nov 16, 2020Bar-to-bar activityJennifer Nutt
SLIPPEDDISKTue Apr 22, 2003Back problemNancy Kavanaugh
SOUPIESTFri Feb 15, 2008Most mawkishPatrick Berry
STATELEVELSat Aug 16, 2025Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issuesByron Walden
THIRSTEDThu Jan 16, 2003CravedPatrick Merrell
TOXSSun Sep 27, 2009How drunks drinkPatrick Berry
TWOLOVERSWed Jun 25, 20252008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth PaltrowBen Zimmer and Zach Sherwin
UDONNOODLESat Feb 9, 2019Bit in some Japanese soupRyan McCarty
YOINKSSun Apr 13, 2025Snatches, comic-book styleJohn Kugelman
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