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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 50,558 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
ACTTHREEFri Jul 7, 2000When "To be or not to be" is recitedM. Francis Vuolo
ALONGWAYSOFFMon Mar 27, 2017DistantTom McCoy
ALPHABITSSat Nov 1, 2025Product with the onetime slogan "An adventure in every bowl!"Michael Lieberman
APHELIAThu Aug 25, 1994Highest orbital pointsHarvey Estes
BALTIMOREANTue Oct 3, 2017One might stare at the SunChuck Deodene
CITYPLAZASat Aug 18, 2018Urban open spaceMark Diehl
CREDENTIALSThu Jun 28, 2018Bona fidesJeff Chen
DAVIDBIRNEYTue Aug 30, 2011TV/film/stage actor once married to actress Meredith BaxterBernice Gordon
DEEPWATERSat Feb 10, 1996Area of dangerJohn R. Conrad
DOGSLEDSWed Mar 3, 1999Iditarod runnersRich Norris
DOWNWARDFACINGDOGThu Apr 28, 2022Part of a sun salutation, in yogaPao Roy
DRIVINGCRAZYSun Sep 8, 2024Age 16Meghan Morris
EARTHNUTFri Sep 8, 1995Truffle, e.g.A.J. Santora
ENGINESONSat Jan 26, 2013Pre-takeoff commandRaymond C. Young
FIRSTCLASSSEATSSun May 2, 1999Upfront offeringsJim Page
FREIGHTTRAINSFri Jun 24, 2016They're good for the long haulPatrick Berry
HAULEDASSSat Oct 18, 2025Was really moving, in slangSamuel Smalley
HERSTORIESSat Feb 6, 2021Chronicles from a feminist perspectiveKameron Austin Collins
INKLINGSFri Feb 6, 1998Vague notionsWayne Robert Williams
JACKINTHEBOXESWed May 12, 2010Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the shaded areas of this puzzlePete Muller
LAKEPOETFri Feb 14, 2014Wordsworth or ColeridgeBruce Haight
LITONSat Apr 26, 2025Discovered unexpectedlySarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
LOOSELIPPEDTue Jun 2, 1998Not discreetElizabeth C. Gorski
MAINLANDERSat Jun 7, 2008Many a Hawaiian touristKaren M. Tracey
NIGHTMARESSat Sep 9, 2000Sleep clinic topicDana Motley
NODISun Dec 28, 1997KnotsMatt Gaffney
OBAMABIDENSat Apr 9, 2022First winning presidential ticket to alternate vowels and consonantsSam Buchbinder
PARLIAMENTARIANWed Feb 23, 1994What's my line: #2Joel Davajan
PITTANCESWed Mar 30, 1994Lousy tipsEileen Lexau
RELIGIONSSat Oct 4, 2014Service providers?Julian Lim
SAFEINVESTMENTSun Apr 5, 2009Purchase of a vault?Charles Deber
SAINTDOMWed Jul 6, 2016Pope's bestowalDavid Woolf
SCORECARDSSat Jul 29, 2000Where some eagles are seenRich Norris
SPOKESMANSat Dec 22, 2001Employee needed by a bicycle manufacturer?Trip Payne
STOPSSHORTMon Sep 21, 2015Comes to rest too soonBruce Haight
SUBTITLESSun Aug 11, 2013Low notes?Dan Schoenholz
THESHADOWMon Jan 8, 1996Lamont CranstonN. Steinberg
TOBEISTODOWed May 11, 2016Words from SocratesPawel Fludzinski
TORNDOWNTue Apr 18, 2023RazedKiran Pandey
TRAINEDSEALWed Oct 7, 2015Coached the singer of "Kiss From a Rose"?Julian Lim
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