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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 50,811 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
ACESATESTSun Oct 21, 2012Scores 100Caleb Rasmussen
ACQUIREDFri Apr 13, 2018With 12-Down, blue cheese and black coffee, typicallyJoe Krozel
APCLASSThu Sep 18, 2025U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g.Adam Wagner
BEARSUITSat May 1, 2004Mascot costume, maybeByron Walden
BECALMSSat Mar 6, 2004Stops the progress ofEd Early
BLUMTue Aug 6, 20021930's French P.M. LéonEthan Cooper and Michael Shteyman
CATSKILLNEWYORKSun Jan 21, 2001STATE DESTROYED BY MOUNTAIN LIONSCon Pederson
CRISISHOTLINESThu Oct 16, 2003Resources for the troubledElizabeth C. Gorski
CURTSSun Nov 15, 1998Baseball's Flood and othersRobert H. Wolfe
DAYBEDSSun Jun 8, 2014Futon alternativesPatrick Berry
DEFERRALSSun Dec 4, 2005PostponementsEric Berlin and Craig Kasper
DMASSSun Nov 16, 2008Abbr. after Ted Kennedy's nameMerl Reagle
EASTTIMORWed Feb 21, 2024Nation that shares an island with part of Indonesia [Indonesian]Jeffrey Martinovic
EASYMANSat Apr 13, 2024"Chill, bro"Jess Rucks
GRANDEESun Oct 9, 2016Spanish noblemanMichael Ashley
GUINNESSONTAPSun Nov 12, 2000Obi-Wan Kenobi actor's thoughts about Gregory Hines?Joe DiPietro
HAPPYCAMPERSSun Apr 19, 2026They've got no complaintsMichael Lieberman
HOLEDOUTSun Aug 24, 2003Putted successfullyPatrick Berry
HRAPFri Oct 11, 20131960s civil rights leader ___ BrownPeter A. Collins
INTERNALORGANSSun Jun 10, 2012*Contents of a chest?Xan Vongsathorn
ISLANDHOPPINGThu Jan 25, 2018Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred cluesAlex Eaton-Salners
ITSAMEMARIOSat Jan 26, 2019Classic video game hero's catchphraseGrant Thackray
ITSOFSun May 17, 2009"___ no importance"Oliver Hill
KELLYRIPAWed Mar 17, 2004Morning TV co-hostA. J. Santora
MADEANOTEOFSun Jul 9, 2006Jotted downPatrick Berry
MOLDERSat Jan 20, 2007CrumbleHarvey Estes
OILBOOMSSun Mar 3, 2024High times for the petroleum industryHoang-Kim Vu
RELIGIOUSFASTTue Jul 3, 2007Ramadan observanceNorma Johnson
SCHLUBSSun Oct 26, 2014BoorsCaleb Emmons
SHAFTOFSUNLIGHTWed Apr 19, 2000Ray?Frances Hansen
SISISFri Mar 28, 1997O.K.s, in ToledoJim Page
STOMPONSat May 6, 2017CrushJoe DiPietro
SYPHONSun Feb 26, 2012Draw (off): Var.Daniel A. Finan
TOOKASHOTATTue Jan 14, 2025AttemptedLance Enfinger
TORCHEDSun May 12, 2019Set aflameVictor Barocas
ULENTFri May 27, 2005Suffix with fraudManny Nosowsky
UPBRAIDEDWed Mar 9, 2016Took to taskJohn Guzzetta
VWBUGSun Dec 8, 2019Disney's Herbie, for oneEmily Carroll
WEEPINGSun Jun 15, 2025Reaction to a tearjerkerAdam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein
WINECAVEFri Oct 21, 2022Place to store some barrelsRafael Musa
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