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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 50,562 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
ASPLANNEDWed Dec 20, 2006According to scheduleNancy Salomon
BARBIEDREAMHOUSESat Jun 21, 2025Crib for a dollChristina Iverson and Doug Peterson
BOUNDTOHAPPENMon Jan 15, 2024Inevitable ... or a hint for 19-, 27- and 48-AcrossPeter A. Collins
CALABASHESSat May 19, 2018Fruits also known as bottle gourdsJohn Guzzetta
CHARLEYHORSESun Jul 3, 2022Fish with a prehensile tailTom McCoy
EMERALDISLEFri Mar 15, 2019Green landJamey Smith
FEEDERTEAMFri Nov 14, 2025Squad that trains athletes for the prosMalaika Handa
GAESun Dec 10, 1995Leave: Scot.Jim Page
GOOGLETRANSLATEFri Jul 2, 2021Cut-and-paste tool for language learnersBrooke Husic and Ada Nicolle
HANGONASECONDFri Oct 21, 2022"Hold up ..."Rafael Musa
HERENOWSat Jun 11, 2011"Without further ado ..."Gary Cee
JESSICAFLETCHERThu Nov 1, 2012With 67- & 69-Across, role that garnered 12 consecutive unsuccessful Emmy nominations, 1985-96George Barany and Victor Barocas
KIDDERSSun Nov 18, 2018Leg-pullersByron Walden and Joel Fagliano
LEMMEATEMMon Sep 17, 2012*Fightin' wordsAdam G. Perl
LEOPOLDIISat Oct 27, 2018Belgium's longest-reigning monarch (44 years)Byron Walden
LOUIESSun Nov 2, 1997Sarges' superiorsNancy Nicholson Joline
MARTINIDRINKERSun Aug 12, 2001Gibson fan, sayNancy Nicholson Joline
MLVThu Jan 29, 1998XI years before the Battle of HastingsFrances Hansen
NATIONALPARKSMon Jan 21, 2019Yosemite and YellowstoneSean Biggins
NFLCHEERLEADERThu Jul 25, 1996Figure in a Super Bowl promoA. J. Santora
OUTFLOWThu Jan 23, 2025Discharge of water, e.g.Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
PHOSPHORESCENCESat Sep 16, 1995Ignis fatuus, e.g.Bryant White
PURCHASINGAGENTFri Jun 16, 2006Company buyer of materialsAlan Olschwang
PVCPIPINGSat Jan 11, 2020Makeup of some waste linesAndrew J. Ries
RUYLOPEZOPENINGTue May 23, 19951. e4; e5 2. Nf3; Nc6 3. Bg5Jay Livingston
SCARVESFri Sep 5, 1997Hermes accessoriesHarvey Estes
SPOTPASSSat Mar 10, 2012Part of a timing pattern on a football fieldPatrick Berry
STINGILYThu Dec 11, 2003In a closefisted mannerEd Early
SWEETTREATFri Apr 2, 2021Rhyming term for a dessertKyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes
TALKBIGFri Jul 31, 2015CrowJames Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
TEENMOVIESun Oct 24, 2021Genre for "Booksmart" and "Clueless"Katie Hale
THROUGHPUTTue Apr 13, 1999Production in a given periodFred Piscop
TIDALPOOLThu Apr 18, 2013Where seawater remains after an ebbStu Ockman
TOYPOODLESFri Jan 29, 2016Possible purse poochesDavid Phillips
WIREFENCEFri Apr 10, 2015Backstop makeupDavid Phillips
WITHAGRAINOFSALTSun Mar 8, 2020How to take glib promisesLaura Taylor Kinnel
WORDGAMESMon Aug 1, 1994Scrabble, anagrams, etc.Thomas W. Schier
WYNTue Feb 21, 1995Anglo-Saxon letterMartin Schneider
YOUREWELCOMEWed Jul 17, 2024You’re welcomeAlex Eaton-Salners
ZHUZHUPWed Sep 3, 2025Fancify ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-AcrossMichael B. Berg
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