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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 50,793 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
ADVANCEDFORMULAMon Jun 17, 1996Ad puffS. L. Robbins
ALLTOOEASYFri Dec 1, 2023A real piece of cakeJem Burch
AREAFIFTYONESun Mar 17, 2024Attraction in 69-Across on the Extraterrestrial HighwaySimeon Seigel
BACKSLIDESun Aug 8, 2004Reverse progressBill Zais
BANOSWed Jan 11, 2017Spanish bathsPeter A. Collins
BIGSHOULDERSTue Jul 19, 1994Feature of 40-Across, according to SandburgChristopher Hurt
CLOSEDSHOPSun Aug 6, 2000Union siteManny Nosowsky
DEPORTSMon Oct 30, 2000Kicks out of the countryGregory E. Paul
DESKFULFri Sep 3, 1999Complete supply of paper and office thingsDavid J. Kahn
DRAMATISTSThu Aug 9, 2012Playmakers?Joe Krozel
DROPKICKThu Mar 30, 2023Quit / QuitAdam Wagner and Brooke Husic
FATASACOWWed May 28, 2014Scale-bustingTim Croce
FITTOThu Oct 15, 2015___ be tiedKevin G. Der
FIVEFLOORWALKUPWed Aug 24, 2022"You can cancel that gym membership!"Colin Ernst
GFSSun Apr 17, 2016Guys' dates, informallyHoward Barkin
GLADNESSWed Aug 16, 1995Happy Eliot?Judith Perry
GLAZEDEXPRESSIONSun Oct 15, 2023"I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts ..."Jeff Chen and Juliana Tringali Golden
HORSESTABLEWed Jan 28, 2026Article of furniture on which a plate of oats might be set?Kevin Curry
HOSTINGFri Jan 18, 2019Web serviceAndrew J. Ries
HURRICANESANDYSun Apr 1, 2018Natural disaster of 2012Sam Ezersky
HYSONSFri May 18, 2018Some Chinese teasRyan McCarty
INSOLENTLYFri Jun 10, 2022With sauceBlake Slonecker
IRRATIONALFri Mar 9, 2007Like some fearsRandolph Ross
LESSERAPESun May 7, 2000Gibbon, for onePatrick D. Berry
LETEMINTue Aug 17, 20101976 hit that begins "Someone's knockin' at the door"Michael Sharp
MACGYVERSSat Aug 17, 2024Fashions out of whatever's lying aroundBrandon Koppy
MIXESITUPSat Apr 27, 2019Gets into a fistfightJoe Deeney
MOUNTYWed Dec 21, 1994Nelson Eddy in "Rose Marie"Alfio Micci
NOTLOOKINGSOHOTTue Jul 28, 2009"Doubtful"Tony Orbach
OHDEMSun Oct 20, 1996"___ Golden Slippers"R. Ross
OPENSINCESat Jan 14, 2017Words before a business's date of establishmentAndrew Kingsley
PAPACIESSun Jun 21, 2009Vatican rulesMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
SINGLEPLACEThu Sep 2, 2004With 20- and 55-Across, description of 60-AcrossDavid J. Kahn
STICKSITTOSun Oct 22, 2000Treats unfairlyHenry Hook
STRUGGLEBUSSat Nov 9, 2024Something the floundering are said to be onChandi Deitmer and Hoang-Kim Vu
TABLEMANNERSSat Jan 24, 1998Post subjectRandolph Ross
TOORICHFORMYBLOODThu Jan 24, 2019"I'm out"Stu Ockman
WARRANTORFri Apr 16, 2004Product manufacturer, at timesEd Early
WHOOPIGOLDBERGThu Feb 3, 19941990 Best Supporting ActressA.J. Santora
WOODARDSun Feb 16, 1997Lynette ___, first female Harlem GlobetrotterM. Gaffney
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