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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 50,527 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
AFROPUFFTue Oct 1, 2019Updo styled with an elastic bandErik Agard
AIMISSun Feb 16, 1997Elvis Costello's "My ___ True"M. Gaffney
AMPLITUDESMon Aug 21, 2017Wave measurementsTom McCoy
ARTKARNAKWed May 14, 1997Egyptian second banana?Norman S. Wizer
ASHORTTue Nov 13, 2001Middle of the riddleNancy Salomon and Bob Peoples
ATONIESSat Oct 7, 1995Muscular weaknessesFrank A. Longo
BANANACAKEThu Jan 13, 2011Yellowish dessertElizabeth C. Gorski
BAWDIERFri Mar 30, 2001More off-colorManny Nosowsky
BENBOVAFri Oct 22, 2004Sci-fi author of "Venus" and "Mars"Patrick Berry
BEPOLITESun Jun 21, 2009Adolescent admonishmentMatt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
BEWIGWed May 21, 2014Put locks on?Mike Buckley
BIGHTSat May 18, 2002Shoreline curveTrip Payne
BREEZINESSSun Dec 8, 2019Carefree qualityEmily Carroll
CONOIDALThu Oct 26, 2000Shaped like a megaphonePatrick Berry
CREATIONSCIENCEFri Apr 15, 2011Field of Bible-based studyPatrick Berry
CREWMATESSat Jan 14, 2012Aldrin, Armstrong and CollinsMark Diehl
EQUITYMon Jun 4, 2001FairnessPatrick Jordan
GIMMEASECSat Aug 13, 2022"Patience ..."John Westwig
GOESBIGThu Sep 18, 2025Shoots for the starsAdam Wagner
HENRYMANCINISun Jan 25, 2004"Moon River" composerHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
HUEVOSRANCHEROSFri Aug 30, 2013Alternative to a breakfast burritoDavid Steinberg
ISOLDFri Oct 26, 2012"... despise not thy mother when she ___": Proverbs 23:22Peter A. Collins
KIRIBATIFri May 13, 2005Republic on the EquatorRobert H. Wolfe
LAYABEDTue Jun 17, 2003Lazy one, slangilySusan Harrington Smith
MMCLSun Aug 21, 2011Mid 22nd-century yearAlan Arbesfeld
OFFERINGTue Feb 4, 1997Part of a church serviceG. R. Ferguson
OVERANDABOVESun Nov 4, 2007In addition toBob Klahn
PICKSONThu Jan 20, 2005HarassesManny Nosowsky
POCKETHARDDRIVEWed Oct 23, 2024Ph.D. in Computing?Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic
RAILROADTIESun Aug 24, 1997Engineer's apparel?Michael S. Maurer
SEPTETTESat Dec 22, 2001Snow White's Dwarfs, e.g.Trip Payne
SKISEASONFri Dec 13, 2019When to go on a runLeslie Rogers
STANDCORRECTEDSun Feb 25, 2024I visited the podiatrist and now I ...Scott Hogan and Katie Hale
TETHEREDFri May 18, 2012Having the lead?Allan E. Parrish
THESHAPEOFWATERMon Nov 19, 2018"Fluid" 2017 film?Jim Hilger
THINKDIFFERENTFri Oct 7, 2011Slogan associated with 57-AcrossKevin G. Der
TIERACKSSun Jan 14, 2024Some closet organizersJohn Kugelman
TRANCEDThu May 30, 2002StupefiedPeter Gordon
WESTERNUSSat Apr 18, 2009Where M.S.T. and P.S.T. can be foundByron Walden
ZIKAVIRUSSat Feb 23, 2019Mosquito-borne danger in 2016 newsSam Ezersky
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