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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 50,557 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
ABTONERSun Nov 30, 2025Core-sculpting beltNatan Last
AFTERREFLECTIONThu Feb 2, 2006When things may become clearerByron Walden
ATARSat Jan 21, 2006Petal product: Var.Brendan Emmett Quigley
CALLTHEBETSSun Jan 8, 2006The telemarketer tried toMichael Ashley
CENCIFri Jul 27, 2012"The ___: A Tragedy in Five Acts" (Shelley work)Joe Krozel
COOKERWed Mar 21, 2007Slow-potEd Early
DONTANSWERTHATFri Sep 13, 2024"Actually, forget I asked"Boaz Moser
EARTHTONESFri Mar 17, 2023Browns, e.g.Carter Cobb
ENDPAPERSun Nov 8, 2009Heavy sheet inside a book's coverRobert W. Harris
FAUXBERGEThu Dec 18, 2025Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g.Joseph Gangi
GETWETWed Aug 14, 2024Lose in a logrolling match, saySamuel A. Donaldson
GODDAUGHTERSun Nov 3, 2024Zoƫ Kravitz, to Marisa TomeiSid Sivakumar
GOINGSTALETue Mar 7, 2017Losing crunchiness, as chipsFreddie Cheng
HANSOMCABSat Nov 18, 2000Central Park sightRich Norris
HIGHTIMESSat Dec 11, 1999Countercultural magazine since 1974William S. Cotter
HOHOKUSSun Mar 17, 2002New Jersey town with a hyphenated nameDavid J. Kahn
HOLTSMon Dec 26, 1994Romance novelist Victoria et al.Gregory E. Paul
JETPOWEREDTue Jun 4, 2019Like 747sJake Halperin
KNOCKINFri Nov 15, 2013Bring home, as a runDavid Woolf
LADYEVEWed Oct 18, 20061941 Stanwyck/Fonda comedy, with "The"John Farmer
LAIDOVERWed Feb 12, 2014Had a break between flightsPeter A. Collins
LITIGATESSat Dec 26, 1998Contests at the bar?A. J. Santora
MARDIGRASPARADEMon Mar 31, 2014*New Orleans event with floatsRobert Cirillo
MARLEYSGHOSTThu Oct 27, 2011Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life"Kurt Mueller
NETEFFECTTue Aug 26, 2025Overall impactKevin Curry
OBJECTIVEFri May 17, 2013AimJosh Knapp
OHYOUHAVENOIDEATue Jan 21, 2025"That's not even the half of it ..."Dan Caprera
ORONYMSTue Feb 6, 2018Words and phrases that sound approximately alike, like "ice scream" and "I scream"Bruce Haight
PETFISHThu Nov 19, 2020Aquarium denizenDerek J. Angell
POPTOPCANSat Aug 3, 1996Cola containerA. D. Cover
PRUSSIANSat Aug 26, 2000See 31-AcrossA. J. Santora
RALPHKINERFri Aug 26, 2005Pirate legendJoe DiPietro
SEARCHHISTORYSun Apr 27, 2025Depiction of 607-376006Jacob Reed
SECONDCOMMANDMENTSat Nov 12, 2016Precept about idol worshipDavid J. Kahn
SHOOTYOURSHOTSat Mar 16, 2024Go for it, slangilyCarly Schuna
SICCEDSat Aug 29, 2020Released for attackMichael Hawkins
SMUGNESSMon Sep 4, 1995OverconfidenceRichard Thomas
TAILCOATEDSat Mar 6, 1999In formal wearFred Piscop
THEBROWNBOMBERThu Nov 28, 2013Joe Louis, to fansLoren Muse Smith and Jeff Chen
WALKMANFri Jul 13, 2007Sony debut of 1979Manny Nosowsky
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