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 50,417 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.

Word	Date	Clue	Author
ACARID	Sat Jun 14, 2008	Tick, e.g.	Brendan Emmett Quigley
ACCEPTERS	Sun May 6, 2007	Yes-men, maybe?	Charles M. Deber
ALEXANDERDARIUS	Wed Aug 3, 1994	Foes at Gaugamela	Richard Thomas
BANJOPLAYER	Mon Jun 26, 2023	Certain bluegrass musician	Taylor Johnson and Christina Iverson
CHARACTERSKETCHES	Sun Jul 9, 2023		Christina Iverson
CITRINES	Thu Oct 8, 2020	Gemstones resembling topaz	Francesca Goldston and Jeff Chen
CRIMINALIZATION	Fri Nov 11, 2011	Outlawing	Alex Vratsanos
CRYSTALGAZERS	Sun Feb 25, 2007	Futurists? (1990-93, 1997-98, 2000, 2004)	David J. Kahn
DOSPASSOS	Fri Dec 1, 1995	Lost Generation writer John	Manny Nosowsky
DYCE	Fri May 31, 1996	Scottish painter William	J. S. Marrone
FRAMABLE	Sun Jul 21, 1996	Like some canvases	D. Niles
FUZZBUSTER	Sat Aug 6, 2005	You may slow down when it goes off	Frank Longo
HANDILY	Fri Dec 21, 2007	Without apparent effort	Patrick Berry
HASITBOTHWAYS	Mon Sep 14, 2020	Comes out ahead in either case ... as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across?	John Guzzetta
HOMECHEF	Mon Jun 28, 2021	Popular meal kit company (or the mother of the food critic featured in this puzzle?)	Pamela F. Davis
ITAW	Wed Jan 9, 2008	"___ a Putty Tat" (Friz Freleng short)	John Farmer
LASTTIME	Thu Oct 14, 2004	"Previously ..."	Mike Sikowitz
MESSIAHCOMPLEX	Sun Feb 3, 2019	Belief in one's role as a savior	Natan Last
MONOPLANE	Fri Sep 24, 2021	Aircraft with low drag	Stella Zawistowski
MULTIMILLIONAIRES	Thu Dec 23, 2004	Fat cats	Nancy Salomon
NOSTRINGSATTACHED	Sun Nov 28, 2021	Guitar, never used, $15!	Jeff Kremer
OFFOF	Tue Oct 15, 2024	No longer taking, as a medication	Lindsay Rosenblum
OUTHIRE	Sat Jul 5, 1997	Add more staff than	Rich Norris
OVERSEEN	Sat Jan 17, 2004	Directed	Patrick Berry
OVERTON	Sun Feb 6, 2005	Tennessee county named for a jurist who co-founded Memphis	Joel Kaplow
PALEALES	Fri Mar 25, 2016	Some blonds	Ian Livengood
POPI	Sat Dec 19, 2015	1969 Alan Arkin comedy/drama	Damon Gulczynski
PORKYS	Tue Oct 17, 2017	Raunchy 1981 comedy with two sequels	Jeff Chen
PRENATALCARE	Sun Nov 27, 2016	Pasty + vacation expense, maybe = hospital specialty	Matt Ginsberg
RAILPASS	Thu May 28, 2015	Rends + word of regret = commuter's purchase	Jeff Chen
RAILROADTIE	Sun Aug 24, 1997	Engineer's apparel?	Michael S. Maurer
RICKSPRINGFIELD	Sat Apr 22, 2017	Singer with a recurring role on "General Hospital"	Adam Fromm
SIRKAY	Fri Aug 1, 2014	Boorish member of King Arthur's Round Table	Ashton Anderson and James Mulhern
STOREADS	Thu Nov 16, 2023	Some promotional material	Paolo Pasco
SUMMERRAIN	Wed Oct 1, 2025	Seasonal precipitation from SURINAME	Neville Fogarty
SURENESS	Thu Jul 23, 1998	Certainty	Randall J. Hartman
TECATES	Fri Oct 16, 2015	Some Mexican beers	Joe Krozel
THATHURTS	Sun Dec 11, 2016	"Oof!"	Tom McCoy
TRACTORBEAM	Fri Dec 23, 2016	One may hold a ship in place	Robyn Weintraub
XTS	Sun Dec 31, 2006	Old IBM PC's	Elizabeth C. Gorski