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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 50,732 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
ACTINICSun Mar 15, 2015Like light that causes chemical changeDan Feyer
ADOPTDONTSHOPSat Mar 16, 2024Animal shelter sloganCarly Schuna
ALKYThu Dec 16, 2010BoozerCharles Deber
AMELIABLOOMERThu Aug 26, 200419th-century dress reformer who advocated 20-AcrossStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
AUTOMATICREDIALSun Mar 14, 2021Telephone feature jokingly predicted by 101-Across in 1961Jacob Stulberg
AUTOPILOTSSat Feb 21, 2004Ones who'd never think of flying?Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry
BITEMARKSTue Jun 28, 2016Things spiders leaveAlex Vratsanos
CROONEDSat Nov 26, 2005SangRich Norris
DELETEKEYSat Mar 6, 2021What takes all types?Sid Sivakumar
EATRAWSun Jun 30, 2019Avoid cooked foodsEmily Carroll
FACESTHEMUSICMon Jul 19, 2004Prepares to be punishedNancy Salomon and Kendall Twigg
FATASACOWWed May 28, 2014Scale-bustingTim Croce
FORBEARANCEMon Nov 17, 1997RestraintHolden Baker
GENDERIDENTITYMon Dec 24, 2018It may or may not correspond with one's birth sexBrendan Emmett Quigley
GLASSBOTTOMSat Feb 11, 1995Sightseeing boat featureRandolph Ross
HDRADIOSun Oct 2, 2016Digital technology that provides higher-quality soundZhouqin Burnikel
HUNDREDACREWOODMon Apr 5, 2004Home for Pooh and TiggerJim Hyres
ICANEXPLAINSat Jun 11, 2016"Hear me out"Andrew Kingsley
IMITATINGFri Jun 1, 2018Skill of many "S.N.L." cast membersAndrew J. Ries
INDEXCARDSat Feb 12, 2000Speaker's propDave Tuller
LABWASTESat May 27, 2023Scientists' discardsSamuel Smalley
LGBTRIGHTSSat Feb 3, 2018Cause associated with the rainbow flagSam Ezersky and Byron Walden
LOSINGONESNERVEMon May 4, 2009Succumbing to second thoughtsMark Milhet
LOVETAKESTIMESun Feb 14, 20161990 #1 hit for Mariah CareyMary Lou Guizzo
NAILSALONFri Jul 7, 2017Filing station?Andy Kravis
NOODLEBARFri Jun 24, 2022Place to slurp ramenSophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel
ORGANICCHEMISTRYSun May 13, 2018Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods?Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard
POETRYINMOTIONMon Jan 18, 2016Sublime physical performance ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled lettersKathy Wienberg
POSTAGESTAMPLOTSun May 22, 2005Small area of land to build onA. J. Santora
PUPPETSTRINGSSun Jun 12, 2011*Handy things for a toy?C. W. Stewart
SMASHHITSMon Nov 14, 2005Chart toppersMarjorie Berg
SPIRYMon May 30, 1994HelicalRaymond Hamel
SQUEEZEBYFri Feb 8, 2002Barely get pastManny Nosowsky
SQUIRRELEDAWAYSun Jan 12, 2020Stashed for later [Blue Hen State]Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg
THEMESSAGEThu Jun 17, 2004"Understand?"Robert H. Wolfe
VEDANTASun Nov 6, 1994Hindu philosophyA.J. Santora
VERTEBRAEWed Jun 22, 2011Facet joints connect themTim Croce
WICKETSat Jan 5, 2002Small gateRich Norris
YANGONThu Feb 9, 2006Myanmar's capitalEthan Cooper
YELLOWBELLIESSun Nov 9, 2014Lily-livered sortsTom McCoy
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