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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 50,868 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
ANTIQUESHOPSat Mar 17, 2007An old secretary might sit in oneJohn Farmer
CAKIERThu Mar 2, 2017Having more clumpinessPeter Gordon
CELERITYSun May 16, 2010SpeedMatt Ginsberg
CICHLIDSSat Jan 4, 2003Spiny-rayed fishes popular in aquariumsPatrick Berry
CONFISCATEThu Aug 11, 2016[See circled letters]Timothy Polin
DANJOUWed Nov 15, 1995Pear varietyMatt Gaffney
DEADLETTERSMon Oct 31, 2022Mail that cannot be delivered or returnedEmily Carroll
DECLAIMEDWed Jun 24, 1998Renounced?Richard Silvestri
DIAPHANOUSSat May 10, 2003GossamerBob Klahn
DIDNTBATANEYESun Oct 27, 1996Showed no emotionN. N. Joline
FLOPSWEATFri Aug 6, 2010It sometimes covers first-time performersPatrick Berry
FOOLERYSat Dec 4, 1993Tom's behaviorGlenton Petgrave
GENTLEMENTue Jan 10, 2017Twosome in a Shakespeare titleDavid Poole
GETSOPENFri Mar 21, 2014Breaks away from a defenderBrendan Emmett Quigley
HOWDOILOOKFri Jun 23, 2017Question often asked after twirlingJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
IHMSun Jul 24, 1994German pronounMatt Gaffney
INCLINEDTOSat Mar 8, 2025Thinking that one mightJoe Deeney
JOLLIESFri Aug 17, 2012KicksPeter Wentz
KTURNMon Jun 13, 2022Three-point driving maneuverHoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman
LUNISOLARWed Sep 5, 2018Concerning both the moon and sun's motionsAmanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard
MADEINHEAVENTue Mar 13, 2001Quip, part 2Michael S. Maurer
MIGRATESSun Jan 16, 19941,001 log holdersErnst Theimer
MONICASELESMon Jul 27, 2015*Youngest French Open championD. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin Burnikel
NATUREPRESERVESWed Mar 9, 2016Wildlife refugesJohn Guzzetta
NOTWORRIEDSun Sep 20, 1998InsouciantCharles M. Deber
PICKERSun Jul 31, 2011Word with cherry or cottonPamela Klawitter
PLANETARYSYSTEMFri Jul 3, 1998Star's family, perhapsMartin Ashwood-Smith
ROSSELLINISun Jan 26, 2025"Conclave" actress IsabellaRich Proulx
SEALTEAMSIXMon Dec 28, 2015Navy special force in the bin Laden raidZhouqin Burnikel
STARTINGLINEUPWed Mar 29, 2000See 34-AcrossPeter Gordon
SURFANDTURFThu Feb 23, 1995Menu optionDaniel R. Stark
THISISJEOPARDYSun Jun 9, 2024Classic game show introZachary Schiff
TOUCHPADSat Jun 23, 2018Microsoft Surface surfaceByron Walden
TRINIDADIANSSun Jun 16, 1996*West Indies residentsN. N. Joline
TURNSTOSTONESun May 13, 2007*What someone who looks at Medusa doesJim Page
ULTRAHIPSun Oct 19, 2014Cool and then someDavid Phillips
VALUESYSTEMSTue Aug 1, 2006PC's for peanuts?David Sullivan
VILFri Oct 20, 2000Disney's Cruella De ___Brendan Emmett Quigley
WINTERIZEThu Feb 17, 2022Prepare for cold weatherAaron M. Rosenberg
WIREDUPSun Oct 11, 2009Very tense and excitedRandolph Ross
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